cover image: The EESC's first Civil Society Week, held from 4-7 March 2024 successfully brought together 800

The EESC's first Civil Society Week, held from 4-7 March 2024 successfully brought together 800

15 May 2024

Civil dialogue for inclusive democracy ✓ Civil dialogue is the backbone of representative democracy and is essential to amplify the voice of the most vulnerable groups in our society and to give concrete responses to the diverse needs of the people in Europe. [...] A Single Market for public good ✓ Move ahead for creating a single market for public good with a swift adoption of the ECBA proposal by the Council of the EU (see the call of 19 MS in the Liège roadmap for the Social Economy in the EU) Important step towards enabling civil society space and develop a similar legislative initiative to ease cross-border work for foundations and mutual societies. [...] ✓ Policymakers need to ensure follow up of e-democracy initiatives in terms of impact and feedback to citizens and should acknowledge the work and dedication of volunteers. [...] For the EU Blue Deal to be successful will require robust governance of freshwater resources, including groundwater and we require EU Institutions, and Member States, to consider water as a priority, and place the EU Blue Deal on an equal footing and view it as fully complementary with the EU Green Deal and the UN SDGs. [...] Take efforts to bringing more actors to the table to contribute with different types of knowledge and experience, including reflections on the economic system, and to support the implementation of CSRs.

Authors

Koukouzeli Stavroula

Pages
7
Published in
Belgium

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