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
Nedavni dogodki, ki jih je povzročil COVID-19, ekstremni vremenski dogodki, ki so posledica podnebnih sprememb, kibernetski napadi in brexit kažejo, da je treba ponovno razmisliti o prednostnih nalogah ter izboljšati odpornost in trajnostnost prehranskih sistemov EU z okrepitvijo strateške avtonomije. Prehranska varnost za mnoge državljane EU ni samoumevna.
EESO meni, da je treba nujno razviti nabor orodij, ki obsega ukrepe za obvladovanje tveganj, s katerimi verigam preskrbe s hrano pomagamo pri soočanju s skrajnimi razmerami, oblastem, kmetom in industriji pa sprejemati hitre ukrepe.
V svojem mnenju na lastno pobudo Strateška avtonomija ter prehranska varnost in trajnostnost predlaga opredelitev odprte strateške avtonomije za prehranske sisteme, ki temelji na proizvodnji hrane, delovni sili in pošteni trgovini. Poglavitni cilj je zagotoviti prehransko varnost in trajnostnost za vse državljane EU s pomočjo pravične, zdrave, trajnostne in odporne preskrbe s hrano.
„Kmetije, rodovitna kmetijska zemljišča in voda so strateška sredstva in jih je treba v vsej EU zaščititi, saj so osnova naše odprte strateške prehranske avtonomije,“ je poudaril Klaas Johan Osinga, poročevalec EESO za to mnenje. (mr)