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 nosso convidado surpresa é Bruno Kaufmann, embaixador da Iniciativa de Cidadania Europeia, um instrumento único e ideal para os cidadãos da UE proporem nova legislação europeia. Explica-nos por que motivo a Iniciativa de Cidadania Europeia é extremamente importante, e defende que, se continuar a prosperar, a iniciativa poderá um dia ser considerada uma das conquistas mais extraordinárias da democracia desde o marco histórico do sufrágio universal e igualitário no século XX.
Bruno Kaufmann é politólogo e jornalista sueco, autor de publicações traduzidas em mais de 40 línguas sobre a democracia moderna direta e representativa. É correspondente sobre a democracia mundial no SWI swissinfo.ch, a unidade internacional do serviço de radiodifusão suíço Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, e faz a cobertura da situação no norte da Europa para o serviço público de rádio e televisão da Suíça. Bruno Kaufmann é cofundador e membro do conselho de administração de organizações de apoio à democracia, como o Instituto da Iniciativa e do Referendo, a Democracy International e o Fórum Mundial da Democracia Direta Moderna. É diretor do departamento de cooperação internacional na Fundação Suíça para a Democracia.