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
EESO in Komisija sta podpisala nov protokol o sodelovanju, ki dodatno utrjuje in krepi politično in zakonodajno sodelovanje med organizacijama, pa tudi njuna skupna prizadevanja za obveščanje o evropskih temah. Protokol tudi krepi strateško funkcijo Odbora v odnosu do institucij EU ter njegovo vlogo pri promociji vrednot evropskega povezovanja in participativne demokracije.
Z novim protokolom, ki je bil podpisan 27. oktobra, je EESO dobil večjo vlogo tako pri izvajanju evropske državljanske pobude kot v okviru evropskega semestra, ki je ključno orodje gospodarske in fiskalne politike.
„Pomembna novost v protokolu je zaveza, da bomo po sprejetju delovnega programa Komisije vsako leto skupaj opredelili pet tem za raziskovalna mnenja. To je za nas zelo pomembno, saj nam bo omogočilo, da bo naše delo bolj usmerjeno v prihodnost,“ je menila predsednica EESO Christa Schweng. Raziskovalna mnenja so mnenja, ki se pripravijo na zaprosilo Evropskega parlamenta, Evropske komisije ali Sveta EU o temah, ki so za civilno družbo zelo pomembne.
Podpredsednik Komisije, pristojen za medinstitucionalne odnose in predvidevanje, Maroš Šefčovič, je dejal: „Sprememba protokola nam bo omogočila, da bo naše sodelovanje bolj prilagojeno trenutnim razmeram in izzivom, s katerimi se soočamo. Z njo se tudi poudarja pomembna vloga Odbora pri razvoju naših politik, medsebojne sinergije pa bodo prispevale k nemotenemu delovanju EU.“ (tk)