Economic,
Environmental and Social Issues: Examining the relationship
between the economic system and environmental and social policies,
especially with regard to the specific policies of the European
institutions and economies in transition.
The economic crisis is a call for change:
Reply from the President's Office to the Open Letter on the economic crisis - September 2009
Reply from Commisisoner Vladimir Špidla to the Open Letter on the economic crisis - 7 October 2009
Open letter(English) to the Presidents of the EU Institutions
French tranlsaton of the Open Letter to the Presidents of the EU Institutions
Finnish translation of the Open Letter to the Presidents of the EU Institutions
Shaping European Economic and Social Policies in Times of Uncertainty - April 2009
On 29 April 2009 representatives of the European churches met in the European Parliament with representatives of the European institutions to discuss EU's economic and social policies in the ongoing economic crisis. Documents from the meeting:
Programme
Introductory statements on behalf of the Czech Presidency - Martin Zabokrtsky, Czech Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
Transition from the society of destruction toward the community of creation - János Zsugyel, PhD
Social aspects of the Lisbon Treaty - Vladimír Špidla, Member of the European Commission, with responsibility for Employment, Social Affairs, and Equal Opportunity
Press Release - European churches urge EU to give priority to people in economic crisis
Press Release - CEC sends open letter (English) to the Presidents of the EU Institutions
Briefing Paper on Sunday Rest in EU Working Time Directive - November 2008
European churches are pleading for a re-integration of Sunday as a weekly rest day in the revised EU Working Time Directive, which is at the moment discussed in the European Parliament. A decision shall be taken in the Parliament on 16 December 2008. - 28 November 2008
Employment and the churches - On 27-29 February 2008, the Church and Society Commission of CEC together with the Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME) and the European Contact Group (ECG) held a Consultation on “Employment and the Churches in Europe”. The Consultation included a Dialogue Seminar with the European Commission on “Flexicurity from a Values Perspective”, which was co-organised with COMECE and the Bureau of European Policy Advisors. The main speakers at the Dialogue Seminar were Mr Vladimir Spidla, the Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs, and Mr Jan Figel, the Commissioner for Education and Culture.
Documents from the Employment and the Churches in Europe Consultation - February, 2008
Response by the Church and Society Commission of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) and the Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME) to the consultation of the European Commission on “Modernising social protection for greater social justice and economic cohesion: taking forward the active inclusion of people furthest from the labour market (COM (2007) 620)
- 27 February 2008
Joint statement from the Church and Society Commission of the Conference of European Churches (CEC), the Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME) and Eurodiaconia to the Commission consultation on “Europe’s Social Reality” and the Communication “Towards a new social vision.”
- 15 February 2008
Joint statement from the Church and Society Commission of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) and Eurodiaconia:
Ensuring Social Rights is essential for the EU’S future: Churches and Diaconal Organisations urge EU Member States to maintain the social dimension of the Constitutional Treaty - 19 June 2007
Response of the Church and Society Commission of the Conference of European Churches and of Eurodiaconia to the Questionnaire on the Commission's proposal to designate 2010 as the European Year of Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion
- 5 June 2007
A Letter to the Presidency of the European Union Federal Chancellor, Angela Merkel.
European churches and diaconal organisations ask EU Member States
to deliver on their promises to combat poverty and social exclusion. - 7 March 2007
CEC Church and Society Commission Briefing paper:
EU Green Paper on 'Modernising labour law to meet the challenges of the 21st century." - 14 February 2007
Contribution
of the CEC Church and Society Commission in cooperation with the Churches' Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME) and the European Contact Group (ECG) to the Green Paper on 'Modernising labour law to meet the challenges of the 21st century'. - February 2007
CEC Church and Society Commission - COMECE - Caritas Europe - Eurodiaconia: Joint Response to the Social Servcies of General Interest Questionnaire - January 2007
The EU Directive on Services in the Internal Market
What does this mean for churches and diaconal organisaions?
CEC Church and Society Commission Briefing Paper - 2007
Joint Response to the Consultation from the Commission regarding Community Action on Health Services.
- 31 January 2007
Mental Health from the perspective of European Churches and Diaconal Organisations
Contribution of European Churches and Diaconal Organisations to the Green Paper “Improving the mental health of the population: Towards a strategy on mental health for the European Union.” - May 2006
Common view regarding the first reading
of the Proposal for a Directive on Services in the Internal Market
in the plenary session of the European Parliament
We note the forthcoming first reading of the draft “Services” Directive in the plenary session of the European Parliament. We wish to comment on the proposal for a Directive on Services in the Internal Market and express some concerns. - January 2006
Conference Reader: A Common Vision for a Social Europe
A joint Conference of the Church & Society Commission of the Conference of European Churches and Eurodiaconia Brussels - 25 November 2005
Strengthen a mutual sense of responsibility in European Societies
Contribution of European churches, diaconal, migrant and youth organisations to the EU Green Paper on demographic changes.
- October 2005
Letter to Luxemburg Presidency on Lisbon Strategy
Eurodiaconia and the Church and Society Commission of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) welcome the efforts of the European Commission to provide a better implementation of the Lisbon Strategy and utilise the enlarged Union’s potential in order to create prosperity and to increase opportunity and justice for all its citizens.
- 18 March 2005
A joint answer from Church and Society Commission of the Conference of European Churches and Eurodiaconia to the Questionnaire on Social Services of General Interest for the Social Protection Committee and the European Commission
- 14 December 2004
Sustainable Development
and the European Union-The Need to Develop New Strategies and New Lifestyles.
Report of the working group on Economy, Ecology and Social Issues - May
2002
Papers by former EECCS:
Sustainable development
and the market economy: integrating environment in EU-economic and employment
policies. - January 2000 (Part
II, click here)
The dominant economic
model and sustainable development: are they compatible? - June 1995
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