68th SDO meeting & SOER 2020 event , Brussels

Atomium in Brussel
© Kevin Bergenhenegouwen
date February 12, 2020 09:00 - 18:00
city Brussels, Belgium
location Van Maerlant building (VMA) Show location
attending F.C.G.M. (Frans) Timmermans i et al.
organisation European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) i

Draft agenda- Sustainable Development Observatory - meeting of 12/02/2020

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NOTICE OF MEETING

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OBSERVATORY

 

Date

12/02/2020, 09:00 - 13:00 and 14:30 - 17:30

Venue

2 rue van Maerlant - van Maerlant building

Room

VMA3

President

Peter Schmidt

Meeting No

68

Draft agenda:

9:00 - 13:00 Joint event - EESC SDO and European Environment Agency - SOER 2020: Civil society's role for a just and fast transition towards sustainability

(please see separate agenda on Members´ Portal)

13:00 - 14:30 Lunch break

14:30 - 17:30 SDO meeting

  • Adoption of the draft agenda
  • Approval of the minutes of the 67th SDO meeting held in Brussels on 23 October 2019
  • European Youth Dialogue - panel debate with participation of:
    • Isabel Caño Aguilar, Vice-President, European Economic and Social Committee
    • Monika Skadborg, Nathan Metenier, Maartje Zaal, representatives of Generation Climate Europe, Rita Jonusaite, European Youth Forum
    • Claudia Hahn, Team Leader Environmental Strategy and Nathalie Hecq, Communication unit, DG Environment, European Commission
    • Hans Bruyninckx, Executive Director, European Environment Agency
    • Martin Frick, Senior Director for Policy and Programme Coordination, UNFCCC
    • Fabienne Metayer, Head of Sector for Youth policy - Youth, Volunteer Solidarity and Traineeships Office, DG EAC, European Commission
    • Vladimir Somen, Cchair of the Youth Working Party, Croatian Presidency
  • The European Green Deal and a European Climate Pact
    • Presentation by Clara de la Torre, deputy director general, DG CLIMA, European Commission
    • Discussion with the members
  • Any other business
     

    Interpreting requested from

    ES-DE-EN-FR-PL + IT in the morning

    into

    ES-DE-EN-FR-PL

    _____________

    N.B.: Members and experts are asked to sign the attendance list in order to ensure that their meeting expenses are refunded.

    Members unable to attend the meeting are asked to give advance notice to their group secretariat so that interpreters do not attend unnecessarily.

    Recorded meeting - see Decision No 206/17A.

    EESC-2020-00316-00-01-CONVPOJ-TRA (EN) 2/2


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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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