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 delojemalcev v EESO
Spremembe v industriji lahko prinesejo boljša delovna mesta in delovne pogoje s trajnostno rastjo in vključenostjo. Lahko pa tudi zaostrijo neenakosti in revščino, povečajo stopnjo brezposelnosti nekaterih skupin in nazadnje ustvarijo razpoko v socialni koheziji, ki bo ogrozila EU in demokracijo.
Zgodovinske spremembe materialnih pogojev proizvodnje ter odnosov med delodajalci in delojemalci niso brez razloga pogosto pretresle samih temeljev družbe.
Kljub temu bo način izvedbe sprememb močno odvisen od političnih odločitev. EESO je na plenarnem zasedanju decembra 2020 sprejel pomembno mnenje o industrijskem prehodu, ki ga je pripravil na zaprosilo Evropskega parlamenta. Mnenje, ki vsebuje načrt, kako se odzvati na potrebo po poštenosti in pravičnosti v tehnološkem in gospodarskem razvoju v industriji in v svetu dela.
Za premagovanje upada gospodarske rasti, ki ga je povzročila pandemija, ter vzpostavitev odpornejšega, sodobnejšega, zelenega, digitalnega in vključujočega gospodarstva in družbe bo v prvi vrsti potrebna močna socialna komponenta. V središču preobrazbe mora biti evropski steber socialnih pravic, ki mora vključevati jasno, široko in močno udeležbo socialnih partnerjev ter trden in jasen regulativni okvir.
To mnenje zato poudarja potrebno in pogosto spregledano ravnovesje, ne le v okoljskem in gospodarskem smislu, temveč tudi v socialnem smislu: načelo, da nihče ne sme biti zapostavljen, niso samo prazne besede. Je nuja, če želimo preprečiti, da bi populizem dokončal svoj pohod, ki ga je začel po krizi leta 2008 in varčevalnih ukrepih, ki so ji sledili. (prp)