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.
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The EESC is active in a wide range of areas, from social affairs to economy, energy and sustainability.
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The EESC holds nine plenary sessions per year. It also organises many conferences, public hearings and high-level debates related to its work.
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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
Tehnologija veriženja blokov bi lahko ponudila koristne rešitve za digitalno rudarjenje v prihodnosti, pri digitalnem prehodu pa je treba upoštevati socialne posledice. To je bilo glavno sporočilo spletne okrogle mize, ki jo je 14. decembra 2020 organizirala posvetovalna komisija EESO za spremembe v industriji (CCMI).
„Rudarska podjetja, ki so sprejela digitalni prehod, so izboljšala svojo varnost, trajnost, produktivnost in dobičkonosnost. Blokovne verige so prihodnost industrije, dogovoriti pa se je treba o njihovem upravljanju. Čim bolj moramo zmanjšati tudi družbena in regionalna neravnovesja, ki so posledica preobrazbe dejavnosti zaradi zelenega dogovora in krožnega gospodarstva,“ je dejal predsednik CCMI Pietro De Lotto,
Članica CCMI Hilde Van Laere pa je dejala: „Blokovne verige so temelj digitalnega prehoda in lahko temeljito spremenijo podjetja in celotno družbo, ne samo rudarstvo. Tako so se spremenila vsa podjetja v vseh sektorjih in spremenilo se je tudi samo rudarstvo. Tehnologija veriženja blokov omogoča varnost in transparentnost poslovnih transakcij in sledenje spremembam v dokumentih in poslovnih dogovorih in je za rudarstvo izredno zanimiva“.
Razpravi se je pridružilo več deležnikov iz panoge in institucij: Svemin, Minespider, Kamni Chain, IndustriALL Norveška, Intraw, Organizacija za gospodarsko sodelovanje in razvoj (OECD), Evropska komisija in Evropska služba za zunanje delovanje (ESZD).
Spletni seminar je bil organiziran v okviru spremljanja mnenja CCMI/176 z naslovom Digitalno rudarjenje v Evropi: nove rešitve za trajnostno pridobivanje surovin (poročevalca: Marian Krzaklewski in Hilde Van Laere), ki ga je EESO sprejel na septembrskem plenarnem zasedanju. (mp)