Frontline and facing forward, the EESC’s next generation strategy

2024 brings a new European Union mandate and a multitude of challenges. The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) plans to be increasingly visible and relevant as the EU navigates climate and technological change, and the employment challenges they will bring.

The EESC's president, Oliver Röpke, has been in office for one year, launching a bold manifesto and taking a fresh approach to enlargement. With an ambitious agenda, he seeks to strengthen the position of the EESC in the frontline of EU politics.

This Special Report looks closely at the EESC as it deploys its next-generation strategy.

• EESC, Albania establish Joint Consultative Committee, including civil society in EU integration process

  News | Advocacy Lab Content | Enlargement & Neighbourhood 26-09-2024

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  Albania and the European Economic and Social Committee will set up a Joint Consultative Committee as Albania moves forward on its European Union integration path.

• Holistic farm policies needed to keep focus on SDGs argues EESC’s Peter Schmidt

  News | Advocacy Lab Content | Economy 15-07-2024

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  Governments are shifting their priorities away from Sustainable Development Goals, but the EESC’s Peter Schmidt argues for a holistic approach, designing policies that can help farmers and citizens transition to a more sustainable way of producing and consuming.

• Combatting energy poverty needs local community engagement, says EESC

  News | Advocacy Lab Content | Energy efficiency 12-07-2024

  Est. 6min
  

  For many Europeans, flipping a light switch or turning the faucet for warm water is an unremarkable action, yet around 42 million people across Europe could not warm their homes effectively, the EESC is demanding more action.

• Candidate countries must sync and blend with the EU, argues EESC’s Dimitris Dimitriadis

  Interview | Advocacy Lab Content | Enlargement & Neighbourhood 06-06-2024

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  To catch the enlargement train, EU candidate countries must run simultaneously with the European Union, argues the EESC’s Dimitris Dimitriadis. He says responsibility for an increasing Western Balkans' disillusionment with the EU is shared.

• Oliver Röpke’s big tent approach in his first year as EESC president

  News | Advocacy Lab Content | Economy 23-04-2024

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  After one year in office, the launch of a bold manifesto including the voices of youth, an emphasis on gender equality, and a fresh approach to enlargement, Oliver Röpke, President of the EESC is making waves with a Blue Deal.

• EESC deploys learning curve engagement for EU candidate countries

  News | Advocacy Lab Content | Enlargement & Neighbourhood 27-05-2024

  Est. 5min
  

  The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has taken a unique approach to enlargement, using a future-proofing strategy to engage with EU candidate countries through a pilot initiative to include them in policy development discussions. 

Global Europe

EESC, Albania establish Joint Consultative Committee, including civil society in EU integration process

26/09/2024

5 min. read

Economy

Holistic farm policies needed to keep focus on SDGs argues EESC’s Peter Schmidt

15/07/2024

7 min. read

Energy, Environment & Transport

Combatting energy poverty needs local community engagement, says EESC

12/07/2024

5 min. read

Global Europe

interview

Candidate countries must sync and blend with the EU, argues EESC’s Dimitris Dimitriadis

06/06/2024

6 min. read

Economy

Oliver Röpke’s big tent approach in his first year as EESC president

24/04/2024

6 min. read

Global Europe

EESC deploys learning curve engagement for EU candidate countries

28/05/2024

5 min. read