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 je na zaprosilo španskega predsedstva Sveta EU predstavil svoj pogled na prihodnost kohezijske politike ter predlagal priporočila za bolj prilagodljivo in socialno usmerjeno „kohezijsko politiko 2.0“, da bi se lahko posvetili spreminjajočim se izzivom, kot so pandemija, podnebne spremembe in digitalna preobrazba.
Evropska kohezijska politika temelji na trdni zavezanosti načelu, da nihče ne sme biti zapostavljen. „Pozivamo, da se to kljub pomanjkljivostim ohrani,“ pravi poročevalka EESO María del Carmen Barrera Chamorro. „Civilnodružbeni partnerji so pripravljeni svoja prizadevanja uskladiti s trdno naložbeno politiko EU, ki ohranja to načelo v samem središču. Ker se Evropa sooča s spreminjajočimi se razmerami, to neomajno načelo ostaja vodilo za pravičnejšo prihodnost.“ Soporočevalec David Sventek je dodal: „Če želimo doseči cilje kohezije, je nujno spodbujati povezovanje horizontalnih politik EU in kohezijske politike, da bi vse politike uskladili s temeljnimi cilji EU in ustvarili sinergije.“
EESO poziva k osredotočeni in prilagodljivi kohezijski politiki EU, pri čemer poudarja vpliv neenakosti na rast in konkurenčnost. Poziva tudi k odpravljanju razlik med državami članicami, regijami in mesti, s poudarkom na močno prizadetih območjih. Podpora, prilagojena različnim skupinam, in sodelovanje s socialnimi partnerji sta ključnega pomena. EESO se zavzema za posodobljeno in prožno kohezijsko politiko, ki ohranja obstanek MSP in podpira strateške tehnologije v velikih podjetjih. Za resnično konvergenco je treba okrepiti regionalno odpornost, osredotočiti se na razvojne potrebe in spodbujati partnerstva za bolj vključujočo in prilagodljivo Evropo.