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
Evropska komisija bi morala narediti korak naprej v postopku ocenjevanja večsektorskega učinka novih tehnologij 5G in 6G. Za obravnavo tveganj in ranljivosti so potrebni orodja in ukrepi. V mnenju, ki ga je pripravil Dumitru Fornea, skupščina pa ga je sprejela na oktobrskem plenarnem zasedanju, EESO izraža trdno stališče in ugotavlja, da je treba preučiti socialna, zdravstvena in okoljska vprašanja, pri tem pa vključiti državljane in vse ustrezne akterje, ne glede na to, da je razprava o uvajanju omrežij 5G postala polemična in politična.
Dumitru Fornea je ob robu plenarnega zasedanja povedal: „Hitra digitalizacija in razvoj elektronskih komunikacij imata velik učinek na gospodarstvo in družbo na splošno. Človeštvo ima zgodovinsko priložnost, da z odgovorno uporabo teh tehnologij ustvarja boljšo družbo. Vendar se bodo naše skupnosti brez potrebne skrbnosti in demokratičnega nadzora v prihodnosti morda soočale z resnimi izzivi pri upravljanju teh tehnoloških sistemov.“
Pandemija je pokazala, da ima infrastruktura za elektronsko komuniciranje pomembno vlogo v družbi in lahko bistveno izboljša kakovost življenja državljanov ter neposredno vpliva na boj proti revščini. Vseeno je treba nenehno ocenjevati morebitno nevarnost. Zato EESO priporoča, da se evropska in nacionalna sredstva namenijo za bolj poglobljene večdisciplinarne raziskave in študije vpliva, osredotočene na ljudi in okolje, ter za razširjanje teh rezultatov, da bi služili izobraževanju javnosti in nosilcev odločanja. (mp)