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
Evropa po krizi zaradi COVID-19 zdaj počasi okreva, zato je skrajni čas, da od besed preide k dejanjem in začne izvajati strategijo „od vil do vilic“. EESO se močno zavzema za podporo preoblikovanju prehranskih sistemov Evrope tako, da bodo okolju prijaznejši ter gospodarsko in socialno bolj trajnostni. Hkrati poudarja, da je za odpornejši in bolj vključujoč prehranski sistem, ki vsem zagotavlja pravičen delež, bolj kot konkurenca ključno sodelovanje med izvajalci dejavnosti v prehranski verigi.
Evropska unija je 23. septembra 2021 praznovala prvi ekološki dan, EESO pa je ravnokar sprejel mnenje o akcijskem načrtu za razvoj ekološke pridelave v EU in mnenje Na poti k pravični verigi preskrbe s hrano.
Nosilci odločanja bodo kmalu imeli dobre priložnosti za doseganje nujnih sprememb. Smo na kritični točki za izvajanje celovite prehranske politike.
Z 8,5 % na 25 % kmetijskih zemljišč v EU namenjenih ekološkemu kmetovanju – ambiciozen cilj
Komisija je v okviru evropskega zelenega dogovora s strategijo „od vil do vilic“ in strategijo za biotsko raznovrstnost določila cilj za ekološke proizvode v EU, in sicer naj bi se do leta 2030 na vsaj 25 % kmetijskih zemljiščih v EU kmetovalo na ekološki način.
„Ekološko kmetovanje ima svojo vlogo pri doseganju ciljev evropskega zelenega dogovora. Ključnega pomena bo tržno usmerjen pristop za nadaljnje povečanje povpraševanja potrošnikov in njihovega zaupanja v ekološke proizvode,“ je dejal Andreas Thurner, poročevalec za mnenje EESO o ekološki pridelavi.
EESO kljub temu poudarja, da so potrebna zadostna finančna sredstva, da bodo lahko koristi tega velikega prehoda na ekološko kmetovanje uživali vsi državljani EU. (mr)