Comitetul Economic si Social European
Pentru a asigura un viitor mai prosper pentru cetățenii lor, guvernele din Balcanii de Vest trebuie să abordeze problemele cu care se confruntă tinerii, care dețin cheia unui astfel de viitor. Alocările bugetare suficiente și transparente pentru dezvoltarea politicii de tineret și includerea tinerilor în procesul de aderare la UE reprezintă o condiție prealabilă pentru facilitarea unor schimbări pozitive și îmbunătățirea situației tinerilor din regiune.
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and Serbia held the 10th meeting of their Civil Society Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) in Brussels on 10 March, adopting a joint declaration by majority on 31 March. JCC members called on the EU institutions to take better account of civil society's role and to strengthen its involvement in monitoring Serbia's accession process and holding authorities to account.
The importance of Social Dialogue, the role of employers' organisations, the economic situation in the Balkan countries, progress in the accession process and current political challenges: these were main topics of the discussions at the Balkan Employers' Round Table that took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 22 March 2017. The event brought together representatives of employers' organisations from former Yugoslavia (Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia).
How can Europeans build upon common values to tackle global challenges, such as climate change, migration, terrorism, economic crises, tax evasion, organised crime, pandemics and humanitarian emergencies?
“Foreign policy begins at home,” according to the European Economic and Social Committee’s (EESC) recent opinion on the strategy on foreign and security policy proposed by the European Commission.
