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 Raznolikost Evrope v EESO
Skupina Raznolikost Evrope bo 12. marca gostila hibridno konferenco z naslovom Organizacije civilne družbe med pandemijo COVID-19 in po njej: aktualni in prihodnji izzivi. Na programu dogodka so predstavitev študije EESO z naslovom Odziv organizacij civilne družbe na pandemijo COVID-19 in z njo povezane omejevalne ukrepe, sprejete v Evropi, ter tematske razprave z govorniki na visoki ravni in predstavniki civilne družbe.
V središču študije, ki jo je EESO naročil na prošnjo skupine Raznolikost Evrope, so dejavnosti organizacij civilne družbe v podporo lokalnim skupnostim in ranljivim skupinam pri soočanju s pandemijo. Kvantitativni in kvalitativni podatki o njihovih dejavnostih so predstavljeni v obliki študij primerov.
Avtorji so uporabili mešano metodo, ki je združevala analizo sekundarne literature in poglobljeno spletno anketo. Študija izpostavlja ključne teme za prihodnost organizacij civilne družbe, kot so pomanjkanje stabilnih tokov financiranja, pravni okviri ter ustrezni viri in znanja. Na teh področjih bodo v prihodnje potrebni razmislek in drzne politične odločitve, da bi zagotovili nadaljnjo ohranitev in krepitev zmogljivosti organizacij civilne družbe med okrevanjem po pandemiji COVID-19. Avtorji študije bodo na konferenci predstavili svoje glavne ugotovitve in priporočila.
Temu bo sledila razprava z govorniki na visoki ravni in predstavniki civilne družbe o vplivu pandemije na ranljive skupine ljudi in o podpori organizacij civilne družbe tem skupinam. Razprava bo potekala tudi o tem, kako so se organizacije civilne družbe spoprijele s krizo ter kako bodo prispevale k okrevanju in trajnostnim skupnostim po pandemiji COVID-19.
Več informacij o dogodku je na voljo na: https://europa.eu/!PG36rF (jk)