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 bil povabljen k sodelovanju v ključnem organu konference, ki bo začrtal pot prihodnjega razvoja EU.
Predsednica Evropske komisije Ursula von der Leyen je julija 2019 v političnih smernicah nove Komisije pozvala h konferenci o prihodnosti Evrope, da bi državljani lahko sooblikovali prihodnji razvoj EU.
Na tej podlagi so 10. marca 2021 predsedniki treh glavnih institucij EU (Evropskega parlamenta, Evropske komisije in Sveta EU) podpisali skupno izjavo o konferenci o prihodnosti Evrope, s katero so natančno opredelili njen obseg (dialog z državljani), vsebino (uresničevanje dvojnega, zelenega in digitalnega prehoda, ter okrepitev evropske odpornosti, konkurenčnosti in solidarnosti) ter časovni potek (sklepi naj bi bili pripravljeni do pomladi 2022).
Za upravljanje konference je pristojen izvršni odbor, ki nadzoruje delo konference in neposredno poroča njeni skupščini.
EESO je bil kot dom evropske civilne družbe ter most med evropskimi institucijami in organizirano civilno družbo vabljen k sodelovanju v izvršnem odboru.
Predsednica EESO Christa Schweng se je udeležila vseh sej izvršnega odbora.
EESO pripravlja tudi svoj prispevek h konferenci, pri čemer lahko uporabi vsaj tri ključne prednosti:
EESO je bolj kot kdaj koli prepričan, da lahko s specifičnimi in konkretnimi prispevki h konferenci o prihodnosti Evrope doseže spremembe in zagotovi, da se bo jasno in glasno slišal glas evropske civilne družbe. (sm)