Start date : 12/03/2021
End date : 12/03/2021
Where:
EESC (room JDE62), Brussels, Belgium
European Economic and Social Committee,
Covid-19, Economy and the euro, Employment and social rights,
- Events/Conf/Fairs
This hybrid conference will see the launch of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) study ‘The response of civil society organisations to the COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent restrictive measures adopted in Europe’, as well as topical debates with high-level speakers and civil society representatives.
Discussions with high-level speakers and civil society representatives will focus on:
- the impact of the pandemic on vulnerable groups of people
- how CSOs helped these vulnerable groups
- initiatives taken by CSOs to review how they handled the crisis
- the ways in which CSOs will contribute to reconstruction and to sustainable post COVID-19 communities.
The event is aimed at:
- assisting CSOs to redesign their own structures and to become more sustainable
- helping CSOs to be involved in the design and implementation of the recovery plan for Europe
- feeding into the wider debates on the Conference on the future of Europe and on the Social Summit in Porto (May 2021).
