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.
Here you can find news and information about the EESC'swork, including its social media accounts, the EESC Info newsletter, photo galleries and videos.
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.
Download — Parecer de secção do CESE: Towards a clear EU framework for the posting of third-country nationals (TCNs): Ensuring genuine posting, legal certainty and fair competition
Download — Parecer do CESE: Ensuring affordable and stable energy for the European energy-intensive industries using the example of the chemical sector
Download — Parecer de secção do CESE: Boosting the capacity of the EIB and national promotional banks for innovation, effective industrial policy and economic growth
The opinion will examine how the EU’s institutional framework could become more agile and effective for a deeper and better-functioning Single Market by 2028, to ensure that it can respond more effectively to rapid geopolitical, technological and economic changes.
The EESC is drafting an opinion on European Commission proposal for the Cloud and AI Development Act (CADA) which aims at strengthening the EU's cloud and AI ecosystem, investment and infrastructure.