Who is the voice of EU civil society? We are. 📢

What we do in a nutshell:

1️⃣ We give advice to the EU institutions when they pass laws.

2️⃣ We pass on the views of civil society organisations to the main EU institutions on many topics such as energy, climate change and youth.

3️⃣ We support the work of civil society organisations in the European Union and around the world.

Find out more about us here → www.eesc.europa.eu/en/about

#EESC #EUCivilSociety #EuropeanUnion

EU could experiment with a participatory budget, experts say https://www.euractiv.com/section/participatory-democracy/news/eu-could-experiment-with-a-participatory-budget-experts-say/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #citizenparticipation #ECAS #EESC #EU #EuropeanCommission

@mikulas_peksa

#EESC = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Economic_and_Social_Committee#Critique_of_the_EESC

2020-09-30 "#Poland and Commission clash over official accused of harassment at EU body" https://www.politico.eu/article/jacek-krawczyk-eesc-poland-and-commission-clash-over-official-accused-of-harassment/ (archive: https://archive.today/WPzr0)

discharge = #EuroParl budgetary committee approval of the accounts of the EESC

2020-06-26 "Belgium opens criminal proceedings into claims of harassment at EU body" https://www.politico.eu/article/jacek-krawczyk-belgian-prosecutor-opens-criminal-procedure-over-harassment-at-eu-body/ (archive: https://archive.today/Xzvol)

Jacek Krawczyk (pl only): https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacek_Piotr_Krawczyk

@EU_EESC@twitter.com @Europarl_EN@twitter.com We have severe doubts on the measures taken up by #EESC to remedy the situation, as well as the capacity of the Committee to deal with potential new cases of harassment in the future. Such miss-conduct must be made impossible by fundamental changes in the whole system.

Protection of #WhistleBlowers and victims from harassment is essential. We managed to persuade a large majority of the MEPs to reject the budgetary discharge of #EESC until Jacek #Krawczyk resigned. https://www.politico.eu/article/eesc-suspends-group-president-after-psychological-harassment-probe/

L’économie sociale peut être le modèle économique pour relever le double défi de l’urgence climatique et de la crise sociale
https://www.ess-et-societe.net/L-economie-sociale-peut-etre-le-modele-economique-pour-relever-le-double-defi-de-l-urgence-climatique-et-de-la-crise-sociale

#ess #christopheitier #ursulavonderleyen #eesc #europe