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It also organises several annual initiatives and events with a focus on civil society and citizens’ participation such as the Civil Society Prize, the Civil Society Days, the Your Europe, Your Say youth plenary and the ECI Day.
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The EESC brings together representatives from all areas of organised civil society, who give their independent advice on EU policies and legislation. The EESC's326 Members are organised into three groups: Employers, Workers and Various Interests.
The EESC has six sections, specialising in concrete topics of relevance to the citizens of the European Union, ranging from social to economic affairs, energy, environment, external relations or the internal market.
Największa polska organizacja pozaformalnej edukacji młodzieży, Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego (ZHP), znalazła się w gronie finalistów Nagrody EKES-u dla Społeczeństwa Obywatelskiego 2022, która w tym roku przyznawana jest w dwóch kategoriach: wzmocnienie pozycji młodych ludzi i pomoc dla ukraińskich ofiar wojny. ZHP ubiega się o nagrodę w kategorii dotyczącej pomocy dla Ukrainy wraz z dwoma projektami z Rumunii i Hiszpanii. Trzech finalistów nagrody w kategorii „Młodzież” pochodzi z Włoch, Portugalii i Hiszpanii.
Are you ready for our annual YEYS! event, where students from all over Europe have their say on their active citizenship in a participatory democracy?If yes, join us!
Your Europe, Your Say! (YEYS!) will run its 14th edition this year, returning to in-person format after three years. It is called "Youth Democracy Dialogues", and will take place between 23 and 24 March 2023.
European organised civil society and citizens have shown unprecedented solidarity with Ukrainian refugees, throwing open their homes, helping these refugees enter the labour market and quickly integrating Ukrainian children into European schools. The EU should now learn from this success story to help all refugees and migrants, the 2022 Forum said.
During its September plenary session, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) adopted an own-initiative opinion on the EU Youth Test. For years, young people have demanded that their voices be heard in decision-making processes. With this opinion, the EESC becomes the first EU body to support their call for a mechanism to assess the impact of future legislation on youth.
To secure a more prosperous future for their citizens, Western Balkan governments need to address the problems encountered by young people, who hold the key to such a future. Sufficient and transparentbudget allocations for youth policy development and the inclusion of young people in the EU accession process are a prerequisite for facilitating positive changes and improving the situation of young people in the region.
The EESC held a public hearing in preparation for an own-initiative opinion on The EU Youth Test. The event provided an opportunity to learn from the experiences of other Member States that have already implemented similar youth test approaches, as well as to consider youth participation in the context of Europe's future.
On 29 June, the Civil Society Organisations' Group (Group III) held a webinar entitled Youth in the post-war reconstruction process. The webinar was organised in the context of the European Year of Youth 2022and moderated by Group III Member Katrīna Leitāne, who is chairing the EESC coordination group for the European Year.
Dwoma tematami tegorocznej Nagrody EKES-u dla Społeczeństwa Obywatelskiego są zapewnienie młodym ludziom lepszej przyszłości i pomoc dla ukraińskich ofiar wojny.
Although the majority of young people were not considered as the main risk group for COVID-19, they were among those who most strongly felt the consequences of the social and economic measures deployed to fight against the spread of the virus
Uczniowie szkół średnich z całej Europy przekazali europejskiej komisarz do spraw wartości i przejrzystości osiem konkretnych propozycji. Wszystko to w ramach wirtualnego wydarzenia dla młodych ludzi „Twoja Europa – Twoje zdanie”, któremu w tym roku przyświecało hasło: Prawda o kłamstwach. Młodzież demaskuje dezinformację. Gospodarzem imprezy, która odbyła się w dniach 31 marca i 1 kwietnia, był Europejski Komitet Ekonomiczno-Społeczny (EKES).