European Economic and Social Committee

NOTICE OF MEETING

EUROPE 2020 STEERING COMMITTEE

Date / 07/02/2016, 10:00
Venue / EESC building, Brussels
Room / JDE63
President / Etele BARÁTH
Meeting No / 28
Document date / 31/01/2017

Draft agenda:

1.Adoption of the draft agenda

2.Adoption of the minutes of the 27thSteering Committee meeting, held on 23 November 2016

3.Welcome message from Mr Etele Baráth, Steering Committee President

4.Debate on the European Semester and the Involvement of the National Economic and Social Councils[1](NESC) therein[2].

  • Discussion of the Integrated Report; How can it be used in the future?
  • The situation in individual Member States, reporting from representatives of the National Economic and Social Councils
  • Involvement of Organised Civil Society in Member States that do not have a NESC[3]
  • How to adequately balance the three pillars of the Semester?

5.Discussion of the draft EESC Opinionon the AGS 2017, in the presence of the EP rapporteur, MrHökmark (tbc). Presentation by the rapporteur, Mr Baráth

6.Any other items

7.Date of the next meeting: 10 April 2017

A buffet lunchwill be offered in Atrium 6 between 1 and 2.30 p.m.

Working languages: / ES-DE-EN-FR-IT-HU
Interpreting: / ES-DE-EN-FR-IT-HUinto DE-EN-FR

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N.B.:The documents referred to in this invitation will be made available as soon as possible via the Members' Portal.

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 DI CESE 22/2010.

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[1]And the Liaison Group.

[2]With the participation of Ms Constanze Adolf of Green Budget Europe.

[3]With a representative of the Semester Alliance (tbc).