Publications

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    8 pages

    The EESC Employers' Group strives for a business environment that contributes to sustainable development, while keeping the EU's economy resilient and resourceful in an ever-changing world.  Our Political Priorities beyond 2020 explain how to achieve this goal by fostering EU values, strengthening the EU's economic foundation, bringing the EU to the digital forefront and seizing opportunities provided by proactive climate action.

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    72 pages

    I started in April 2018 thinking we needed to rediscover the humanistic spirit of the Renaissance to speed our journey on the path to a sustainable Europe. On the back of Brexit and ahead of the European elections, I knew civil society had a vital role to play to steer the European economy and society towards more sustainable and smart models.

    At the end of my mandate, I can say Europe has once again shown its resilience.

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    Study
    48 pages

    This study examines the impact on the automatic stabilisation properties of national unemployment benefit systems of a European policy initiative that would introduce minimum standards to those systems. 

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    11 pages

    The Group on Fundamental Rights and the Rule of Law (FRRL) was set up in 2018 as a horizontal body within the EESC, and was tasked with enhancing the contribution of organised civil society in strengthening fundamental rights, democracy and the rule of law and responding to the shrinking civic space for civil society organisations.

    The End of Mandate Report summarises the main activities led by the FRRL Group between 2018 and 2020. 

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    Annual activity report
    68 pages

    This brochure looks back on some of the success stories of the Committee from 2019. It illustrates our ongoing efforts to fulfil the mission we were given more than 60 years ago. 2019 was an eventful year on many levels for the European Union and the EESC has played to the fullest its role of acting as a bridge between the EU and civil society through their work in the Member States to systematically advance civil and social dialogue and put citizens at the heart of the Committee's opinions, publications and activities.

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    Executive summary
    10 pages

    This publication is the executive summary of the study "Finding a new consensus on European civil society values and their evaluation".

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    Study
    135 pages

    Do civil society organisations in France, Germany, Italy, Greece, Hungary, and Poland share a common understanding of the values of democracy, the rule of law, and solidarity? This research shows that CSOs tend to converge in their definitions of these values, even if they display more diverse interpretations of solidarity than of democracy and the rule of law. It also reveals that CSOs recognise the crucial role that the civil sector plays in promoting these values. 

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    62 pages

    The study provides a review of the issues facing non-state actors in accessing climate finance in the EU. Non-state actors, including local and regional authorities, businesses (including SMEs), trade unions, civil society and NGOs, face specific challenges when accessing climate finance. These can include the absence of enabling regulatory and policy frameworks, information barriers, internal capacity constraints and a group of challenges related to restricted availability of climate finance.

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    2 pages

    The EESC adopted its contribution to the 2021 European Commission work programme on 17 July 2020, with a very broad consensus. The document links the priorities already identified in the EESC resolution on post-Covid 19 recovery and reconstruction with the six Headline ambitions defined by the EC President von der Leyen.

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    20 pages

    The EESC adopted its contribution to the 2021 European Commission work programme on 17 July 2020, with a very broad consensus. The document links the priorities already identified in the EESC resolution on post-Covid 19 recovery and reconstruction with the six Headline ambitions defined by the EC President von der Leyen