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 bo 24. marca v okviru zaključne slovesnosti svojega dogodka za mlade „Vaša Evropa, vaš glas!“ gostil glasbeni nastop. Predstava povezuje pesmi, ki pripovedujejo zgodbe o navadnem junaštvu, in je poklon ukrajinskemu boju za demokracijo in svobodo.
Predstavo z naslovom „Svit za oči“ (Svet, skrit očem) izvajajo člani poljske gledališke skupine Teatr Navpaky. Gre za niz devetih pesmi o mladih, ki se soočajo z različnimi življenjskimi izkušnjami v okolju, ki odraža trenutno dogajanje v Ukrajini.
S predstavo želijo pokazati, da ljudje, ki se junaško borijo za svojo svobodo, niso veličastni bronasti kipi, temveč navadni ljudje iz mesa in krvi, ki imajo svoja življenja, veselja in dileme.
Pesmi bodo izvajane v ukrajinščini, podnapisi pa bodo v angleščini. Predstava je edinstvena priložnost za neukrajinske gledalce, da doživijo nekaj ukrajinske kulture.
Nastopili bodo med zaključnim zasedanjem letnega dogodka EESO za mlade „Vaša Evropa, vaš glas!“, ki bo letos potekal 23. in 24. marca. Sto pet dijakov iz 35 srednjih šol iz vse EU in držav kandidatk, vključno z Ukrajino in Moldavijo, bo dopotovalo Bruselj, kjer bodo razpravljali o demokraciji in udeležbi mladih v javnem življenju. Uporabili bodo metode parlamentarne demokracije in oblikovali predloge za izboljšanje sodelovanja mladih pri oblikovanju politik EU. EESO bo nato poskrbel, da bodo njihovi predlogi dosegli institucije EU in odločevalce.
Udeležijo se je sicer lahko samo povabljeni, posnetek nastopa pa bo na voljo na spletišču EESO.
Oglejte si celoten program dogodka „Vaša Evropa, vaš glas!“ (YEYS). (ck/dm)