The Brazil-Greece Civil Society Roundtable was established in June 2012 by the signature of the Inter-institutional Cooperation Agreement between the Economic and Social Development Council (CDES) and the Economic and Social Council of Greece (OKE).
The Roundtable held its first meeting in Athens, Greece, on June 25th and 26th, 2013, and discussed the economic and social aspects of the current global crisis and the impact of big events such as the Olympic Games in the economic development.
20 Jun 5 Jul 2013
The European Economic and Social Committee is honoured to welcome the Republic of Croatia as a new member joining the European Union on 1 July 2013. In cooperation with the Mission of the Republic of Croatia to the EU the photo exhibition'Croatia – Flashes of diversity' has been organised. We invite you to come and see testimonies of the natural and cultural heritage of Croatia at our premises.
The CNEL (Italian economic and social council), together with the Italian National Institute for Statistics, have elaborated a report on the "Equitable and sustainable well-being in Italy" on the basis of several dimensions and statistics indicators tending to evaluate the social reality.
491st Plenary session with the participation of M. Vytautas Landsbergis, EP Member and former Lithuanian President, M. Vincent Reuter, CESW President and M. Tonio Borg, European Commissioner for Health and Consumers.
With the participation of the new Croatian Members
The Lithuanian EU presidency has started. Enclosed you find a document of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) presenting the priorities of the Committee for this Presidency and the Lithuanian EESC Members. Discover also the Lithuanian exhibition "Lithuania in the Mail Parcel" that can be visited in the EESC premises from 11 July till 25 September 2013.
UCESIF Seminar on "The role of the ESCs in times of crisis"
Mr. Henri Malosse, President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), and Mr. George Dassis, President of the Worker’s Group of the EESC, were the main speakers of the Seminar.
The King Juan Carlos I of Spain attended a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Spanish Economic and Social Council (ESC) for the first time in the 21-year existence of this government advisory body made up of the most representative trade unions in Spain, the employers' organizations and representatives of the third sector (consumers, the social economy, agriculture and fisheries). The meeting was also attended by the employment minister, Fátima Báñez
Presentation of the Council's 2012 Report at the Nueva Sociedad Forum
Marcos Peña, President of the Spanish Economic and Social Council, set out in a talk today at the Nueva Economía Forum the contents of the Council's 2012 Socioeconomic and Employment Report, recently adopted by its plenary session by a very wide majority (with just one abstention).
Regarding the economy, Peña highlighted the importance of distinguishing between the structural budgetary deficit and the deficit due to the economic situation. He reiterated the need for the Spanish government to make an in-depth fiscal reform more in keeping with Spain's new economic model, as the current one's capacity to raise revenue has much declined. However, regarding the deficit he warned that only with economic growth will it be possible to close the budgetary gap, so he stressed the need for Brussels to promote stimulus plans in EU countries with healthy fiscal accounts, as described in the Council's 2012 Report.
4 Sep 2013 - Public Hearing - EESC, JDE 62, Brussels, Belgium
International negotiations under the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action are aiming at a new global climate protocol by 2015. Parties are getting ready for COP 19 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Warsaw.
Civil society needs a forum for public debate on future international climate change policies. Therefore, the Sustainable Development Observatory of the European Economic and Social Committee organises a public hearing On the Road to a Global Climate Agreement in 2015 on 4 September 2013, 9.30 to 13.00 in Brussels. You are kindly invited to participate in this event.
