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
Evropski ekonomsko-socialni odbor je organiziral projekcijo filma Do zadnje kaplje (Until the last drop), ki obravnava krizo na področju sladke vode. Projekcija, ki se je je udeležila poljska režiserka Ewa Ewart, je bila del niza dogodkov EESO na temo vode, ki so se zaključili s konferenco Poziv k modremu dogovoru EU, na kateri je EESO predstavil svojo strategijo EU za vodo.
„Voda je življenje, zaščitimo jo in skrbimo zanjo. Brez vode na tem planetu ni življenja,“ je dejala Ewa Ewart ob začetku projekcije svojega dokumentarnega filma o vodi 24. oktobra 2023.
Dogodek je otvoril predsednik EESO Oliver Röpke, udeležila pa sta se ga tudi podpredsednik Laurențiu Plosceanu in član Pietro De Lotto, gonilna sila pobude EESO za modri dogovor. Film si je ogledalo več kot 100 gostov, vključno s člani EESO, predstavniki EU novinarji.
Filmi Ewe Ewart obravnavajo težka vprašanja in nevarne teme. Pripovedujejo zgodbe o tanki meji med življenjem in smrtjo, o ljudeh in vojnah. Režiserka pravi, da je tudi film Do zadnje kaplje pripoved o vojni.
Pripoveduje namreč zgodbo o drugačni vojni, najbolj nesmiselni od vseh – vojni, ki jo je človeštvo v imenu napredka napovedalo vodi, viru življenja. Govori pa tudi o upanju, ki ga lahko najdemo v naših rekah: glavnemu viru sveže, čiste vode, ki jo potrebujemo za življenje. Vse več ljudi se bolj zaveda, da nam utegne kmalu zmanjkati časa za to, da bi spremenili način gospodarjenja z vodo, našim najdragocenejšim virom. (glavni urednik)