Investing in a Europe based on solidarity, Riga

Riga
date April 1, 2015
city Riga, Latvia
location Latvian National Library Show location
attending L. (Laimdota) Straujuma i et al.
organisation European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) i

On 1 April 2015, the Workers' Group will hold its next extraordinary meeting in Riga, at the Latvian National Library.

After the welcome addresses by Georges Dassis, President of the Group, and Laimdota Straujuma, Prime Minister of Latvia, there will be a discussion on the possibility and means of implementing an employment-oriented investment plan that promotes solidarity, with the participation among others of Uldis Augulis, Latvian Minister for Welfare, Aija Barča, Member of the Parliament of Latvia, and Steven Tobin, Senior Economist of the ILO Research Department.

Participants will examine to what extent the investment plan proposed by the new Commission as a new strategy of solidarity in the fight against unemployment will attain its main target: the creation of jobs.


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European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is an EU advisory body comprising representatives of workers' and employers' organisations and other interest groups. It issues opinions on EU issues to the European Commission, the Council of the EU and the European Parliament, thus acting as a bridge between the EU's decision-making institutions and EU citizens.

What does the EESC do?

It gives the interest groups a formal say on EU legislative proposals. Its 3 key tasks are to:

  • ensure that EU policy and law are geared to economic and social conditions, by seeking a consensus that serves the common good

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