On January 5, CESI issued statements to the European Commission on the occasion of ad-hoc EU social partner consultations on a possible creation of a new European Labour Authority (ELA) and European Social Security Number (ESSN). According to CESI, both an ELA as well as an ESSN could contribute to fairer and more rule-based labour mobility in the EU, a matter which CESI has advocated for long.

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) held recently a public hearing on ‘The role of civil society in the prevention of radicalization of young people’. The event, which gathered policy makers, practitioners and experts in the field, was organised as a preparatory consultation for an own-initiative opinion on ‘Prevention of radicalisation’, an initiative driven by Mr Christian Moos, active member of CESI and the EESC and Divisional Director for European and International Affairs at the German Civil Servants Association (dbb). As such, both the opinion and the event aimed at addressing how civil society, supported by institutional bodies, could counteract the effects of political and religious radicalisation.

On Tuesday last week CESI, Eurodiaconia and Social Platform held a high-level meeting with key stakeholders and decision-makers from the European institutions to discuss ways to promote more public social investments in the Member States.