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
Pripravila skupina organizacij civilne družbe v EESO
Skupina organizacij civilne družbe v Evropskem ekonomsko-socialnem odboru (EESO) in Mladi evropski federalisti so julija soorganizirali mladinski seminar z naslovom Mladi pod pritiskom – zaščititi civilno družbo mladih. Seminar je bil nadaljevanje prejšnjih spletnih seminarjev o državljanski udeležbi mladih, ki jih je skupina organizacij civilne družbe organizirala leta 2021 in 2022.
Na seminarju so predstavniki mladih in institucij, vključno z gostujočimi govorniki dr. Sergeyem Lagodinskym (poslancem EP, Zeleni/ESZ), Alessio Valentino (pravnico v Evropski komisiji) in Christianom Moosom (članom skupine organizacij civilne družbe in poročevalcem za prihodnje mnenje EESO o svežnju za obrambo demokracije), razpravljali o težnjah in konkretnih kršitvah državljanskega prostora za mlade v Evropi.
Opozorili so na nujnost usklajenega državljanskega dialoga na nacionalni in evropski ravni, večjega financiranja za mladinske organizacije in vključujoče udeležbe vseh mladih. Poudarili so tudi, da so potrebni mehanizmi za zaščito aktivistov, smiselno spremljanje mladinskih dialogov in obravnava vse večjih omejitev za organizacije civilne družbe. Kljub različnim pogledom in priznanju, da ni enakega pristopa k vprašanjem v državah članicah, ki bi ustrezal vsem, so se vsi govorniki in udeleženci strinjali, da je treba civilno družbo mladih nujno zaščititi in ji dati več odgovornosti, če naj bi demokracije še naprej uspevale.
Celoten seznam sklepov in priporočil s seminarja je na voljo na: https://www.eesc.europa.eu/sl/agenda/our-events/events/youth-under-pressure/recommendations-and-conclusions.