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
Pripravila skupina organizacij civilne družbe
Skupina Raznolikost Evrope (III. skupina) Evropskega ekonomsko-socialnega odbora (EESO) je 18. maja 2022 soglasno sklenila, da spremeni svoje ime v skupino organizacij civilne družbe. Sprememba imena je začela veljati takoj.
Predsednik skupine organizacij civilne družbe Séamus Boland je dejal: „Gospodarska in finančna kriza, pandemija COVID-19 in sedanja vojna v Ukrajini so pokazale, da organizacije civilne družbe dejavno prispevajo k odpornosti in trajnosti naših skupnosti. Prinašajo rešitve za izzive, ščitijo naše evropske vrednote in so bistvenega pomena za izvajanje učinkovitih politik. Organizacije civilne družbe so ključni akterji za trajnostno prihodnost in jih je treba priznati kot take.“
V tem okviru se je skupina odločila spremeniti svoje ime, da bi deležnikom zagotovila večjo jasnost glede njene sestave in poslanstva.
Glede na objavo končnega poročila o izidu Konference o prihodnosti Evrope je do spremembe imena prišlo v zelo primernem času. V poročilu je predlagana okrepitev obstoječih struktur, da bi bolje odražale potrebe in pričakovanja državljanov EU v postopku odločanja, ter v zvezi s tem krepitev institucionalne vloge EESO in njegovo opolnomočenje, da bo spodbujal in zagotavljal dejavnosti participativne demokracije, kot so strukturiran dialog z organizacijami civilne družbe in državljanski forumi.
Skupina civilnih organizacij se v mandatu 2020–2023 osredotoča na revščino in vlogo organizacij civilne družbe v boju proti njej.
Več informacij o skupini je na voljo na spletišču EESO.