European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is an instrument for communication to the Confederation of Finnish Industries EK

EESC is composed by 344 members representing organised civil society in the member states: business and employers, trade unions, agriculture, consumers etc. EESC is the voice of these actors and expresses opinions and recommendations to the European Commission and the European Parliament.

There are nine Finnish members and two of them represent EK:
Ms Ulla Sirkeinen, Former Head of EK's office in Brussels, (ulla.sirkeinen@ek.fi) and Mr Filip Hamro-Drotz, Senior Adviser, (fillip.hamro-drotz@ek.fi).

EESC was established 50 years ago, 19th May 1958.
BUSINESSEUROPE is the main channel for EK to have its voice heard within the EU.

European Economic and Social Committee's home pages
www.eesc.europa.eu/.

Published on: 25.02.2011

EECS's opinions

The EESC's input to the Northern Dimension Action Plan at the Senior Officials meeting (pdf)

Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation between the European Economic and Social Committee and the Pyblic Chamber of the Russian Federation, January 2008 (pdf)