Europeiska ekonomiska och sociala kommittén
EESK:s kontakter med det civila samhällets organisationer i Ryssland styrs av de fem vägledande principer för förbindelserna mellan EU och Ryssland som EU:s utrikesministrar och EU:s höga representant för utrikes frågor och säkerhetspolitik kommit överens om. En av dessa vägledande principer är ”stöd till kontakter mellan människor”.
Dialogen och utbytet av erfarenheter mellan företrädare för det civila samhället i EU och Ryssland bidrar i stor utsträckning till det fortsatta genomförandet av det strategiska partnerskapet mellan EU och Ryssland. EESK har antagit en tvådelad strategi för sina förbindelser med det civila samhället i Ryssland för att komma i kontakt med ett så brett spektrum av företrädare för det civila samhället som möjligt. Å ena sidan har EESK kontakt med Rysslands medborgarkammare som officiell rysk motsvarighet och anordnar – bland annat – årliga gemensamma seminarier om frågor av intresse för det civila samhället på båda sidor. EESK:s andra partner är forumet för det civila samhället mellan EU och Ryssland, som för samman en annan grupp av civilsamhällesorganisationer.
Uppföljningskommittén EU–Ryssland är ett internt EESK-organ som fungerar som styrgrupp och ansvarar för att utveckla och upprätthålla förbindelser och anordna möten och gemensamma seminarier med det civila samhället i Ryssland.
On 30 and 31 March, 100 students and 39 teachers from all 28 EU Member States and the five EU candidate countries (Albania, Northern Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey) met at the EESC in Brussels for “Your Europe, Your Say!” 2017. This year's theme was “Europe @ 60: Where to next?”.
The EESC organised debates with organised civil society in all Member States between 2 September and 2 November 2016. The debates were coordinated by three EESC members ('trios') from the country concerned, often in co-operation with the European Commission (15 debates) or the national Economic and Social Council (7 debates).
On 17-18 March 2016, students from schools in all 28 EU Member States and, for the first time, from the 5 EU candidate countries (Albania, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Turkey) met at the EESC in Brussels for Your Europe, Your Say!. They came to debate an issue that has been one of the most important topics on the European political agenda for some time: migration and integration. The key question for this year’s event was “How can we better integrate migrants and refugees in our societies?”.
The European Union: how does it work? Can you influence decisions? Do you know how the policies that affect your life are made?
What if some of the EU’s complicated procedures were turned into a game – fun to play but challenging as well – that you could download onto your smartphone, tablet or laptop?
The study was conducted with the aim of analysing feasibility of a supply chain, to capitalise on unsold seafood products for distribution to deprived people
The European Economic and Social Committee has been an ardent supporter of the Eastern Partnership from the very outset and the EESC's Employers' Group has continually emphasised the need to strengthen the partnership's economic dimension. An appropriate tool was needed to enable the representatives of employers, entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized enterprises from the EU and its partner countries to meet and openly assess the process of convergence with the European acquis and its impact on the economic situation.
Inaugural speech by President Luca JAHIER at the Seminar in Helsinki on Tuesday 7 July 2015.
Inaugural speech by President Luc JAHIER at the Seminar organised in Helsinki on Tuesday 7 July 2015.
The business sector in Europe believes a deep and comprehensive Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) can further enhance this economic relationship and ensure that everyone enjoys the benefits of trade and investment ties more fully.
The document is a summary of the discussion on the Impact of the TTIP in Malta, which took place in Valletta, Malta on 9 March 2015. The meeting was organised together with the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry.
