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
V mnenju EESO o strukturiranem sodelovanju mladih na področju podnebja in trajnosti v postopku odločanja EU je bil podan predlog o organizaciji okrogle mize za mlade o podnebju in trajnostnosti, ki naj bi jo gostil Odbor v sodelovanju z Evropsko komisijo, Evropskim parlamentom in mladinskimi organizacijami.
Komisija je pozdravila pobudo kot uporabno orodje za krepitev posvetovalne vloge EESO in kot priložnost za mlajšo generacijo, da deli svoja stališča o evropskem zelenem dogovoru. Prvo srečanje z 11 predstavniki mladih je bilo 13. julija 2021, udeležil pa se ga je izvršni podpredsednik Frans Timmermans.
„Po vaši zaslugi se je v našem prebivalstvu okrepil čut za nujno ukrepanje. Vsi moramo trdo delati, ne da bi za to pričakovali lastne koristi, temveč da bi koristili prihodnjim generacijam. Nekateri od vas morda menijo, da ne naredimo dovolj, a prisežem vam, da dajem vse od sebe, in upam, da lahko najdemo skupno izhodišče v boju za nekaj dobrega,“ je poudaril podpredsednik Timmermans.
Predstavniki mladih so podpredsedniku na srečanju predstavili dokument, ki sta ga pripravila združenje organizacij Generation Climate Europe in Evropski mladinski forum in v katerem so navedeni konkretni predlogi za gospodarski sistem EU, tudi glede upravljanja naravnih virov in kazalnikov napredka.
Cillian Lohan, podpredsednik EESO, je v sklepnem govoru dejal: „To je enkratna priložnost za generacijo, da odpravi sistemske neenakosti in se odmakne od netrajnostnih praks. Toda mlade je treba podpreti. Ekosistem aktivizma je treba spodbujati, ga negovati in mu dati prostor na političnem prizorišču EU. Prostori za dialog imajo vrednost le, če jim sledijo dejanja. Čas je za akcijo!“ (mr)