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
Evropska unija mora premagati krizo zaradi COVID-19 z oblikovanjem novega modela družbe, ki bo temeljil na bolj zelenih, pravičnejših in odpornejših gospodarstvih. Vodik kot čista energija je lahko ključno gonilo preobrazbe. To je bistvo mnenja, ki ga je pripravil Pierre Jean Coulon in je bilo sprejeto na januarskem plenarnem zasedanju EESO.
EESO v tem dokumentu podpira strategijo EU za vodik, ki jo je predlagala Evropska komisija kot korak naprej pri ustvarjanju ugodnega okolja za povečanje ponudbe vodika in povpraševanja po njem ter za doseganje ogljično nevtralnega gospodarstva.
„Čisti vodik mora postati jasna prednostna naloga, saj je to edina izbira, ki je v skladu s podnebno nevtralnostjo,“ je med razpravo dejal Coulon. „Evropska sredstva za okrevanje morajo podjetjem, inovatorjem, delavcem in vlagateljem omogočiti, da utrdijo vodilno vlogo v svetu na rastočih trgih čiste energije.“
EESO podpira zlasti ustanovitev evropskega zavezništva za čisti vodik, ki bo zadolženo za načrtovanje naložb v proizvodnjo in organizacijo povpraševanja po čistem vodiku v EU.
Ta organ bo vključeval vodilne v tej panogi, civilno družbo, nacionalne in regionalne ministre ter Evropsko investicijsko banko. Imel bo ključno vlogo pri pospeševanju preoblikovanja evropske industrije, zato je bistveno, da EESO v njem sodeluje kot predstavnik organizirane civilne družbe. (mp)