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
Em vésperas de Portugal assumir a Presidência do Conselho da UE e colocar a agenda social no topo das suas prioridades, o CESE acolhe uma exposição virtual da artista portuguesa Maria Reis Rocha, que presta homenagem aos laços humanos e à solidariedade.
A exposição Hand in Hand [De mãos dadas] apresenta uma série de ilustrações e curtas-metragens de Maria Reis Rocha (https://www.mariareisrocha.com/) sobre questões sociais prementes como a saúde mental, a participação e a transformação sociais, a educação de qualidade, o acesso universal aos cuidados de saúde, os direitos das crianças e a luta contra a pobreza e o racismo.
Estes temas estão estreitamente ligados às prioridades da Presidência portuguesa (uma Europa resiliente, uma Europa social, uma Europa ecológica, uma Europa digital e uma Europa global), que se inicia em 1 de janeiro de 2021.
Devido à pandemia de COVID-19, a exposição será apresentada em linha – uma estreia na organização de eventos culturais – e estará acessível de 15 de janeiro a 15 de fevereiro de 2021 em: https://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/agenda/our-events/events/hand-hand. (ck)