European Economic
and Social Committee
European Economic
and Social Committee
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is the voice of organised civil society in Europe.
Find out more about its role and structure at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/about
The EESC issues between 160 and 190 opinions, evaluation and information reports a year.
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.
Find the latest EESC opinions and publications at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/opinions-information-reports/opinions and http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/publications-other-work/publications respectively.
The EESC is active in a wide range of areas, from social affairs to economy, energy and sustainability.
Learn more about our policy areas and policy highlights at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/policies
The EESC holds nine plenary sessions per year. It also organises many conferences, public hearings and high-level debates related to its work.
Find out more about our upcoming events at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/agenda/our-events/upcoming-events
Here you can find news and information about the EESC'swork, including its social media accounts, the EESC Info newsletter, photo galleries and videos.
Read the latest EESC news http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media/news and press releases http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media/press-releases
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.
Find out more about our Members and groups at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/members-groups
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.
Find out more at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/sections-other-bodies
O Comité Económico e Social Europeu (CESE) tem a honra de anunciar os finalistas, por categoria, dos primeiros prémios europeus da produção biológica, organizados conjuntamente com a Comissão Europeia e outros parceiros para recompensar a excelência na cadeia de valor biológica europeia. Os vencedores de cada categoria serão anunciados no dia 23 de setembro, Dia Biológico da UE, numa cerimónia especial, com a participação de Janusz Wojciechowski, comissário da UE responsável pela Agricultura.
Várias iniciativas inspiradoras no terreno mostram que a transição para a produção biológica começa a ganhar força em toda a Europa. A primeira fase do processo de avaliação encontra-se agora concluída e, após a análise detalhada de todas as candidaturas, os finalistas das três categorias seguintes são:
Gino Girolomoni Cooperativa Agricola – Isola del Piano, Província de Pesaro e Urbino, Itália
Goodvenience.bio GmbH – Magdala, Turíngia, Alemanha
Labonca Biohof GmbH – Burgau, Estíria, Áustria
Ecoveritas SA – Barcelona, Espanha
La ferme à l’arbre de Liège – Lantin, Liège, Bélgica
BIO MERCATO, seiVital GmbH – Kempten, Bavária, Alemanha
Trattino – Lyon, França
Lilla Bjers HB – Visby, ilha de Gotland, Suécia
Luftburg – Kolarik im Prater – Viena, Áustria
Para mais informações sobre os candidatos, os critérios de seleção e os prémios em geral, consulte o sítio Web dos prémios europeus da produção biológica e o sítio Web do CESE.