Soc Section Secretariat
Brussels Area, Belgium
The Section for Employment, Social Affairs and Citizenship (SOC) is one of six specialized sections within the European Economic and Social Committee. It has 135 members. The SOC section deals with a broad range of policy areas: employment and working conditions, social policy and poverty, education and training, justice and home affairs (including immigration and asylum), health, gender equality, disability issues, demography, family, culture, sport, citizenship, volunteering and the Roma. The section’s activities thus cover the work of several Commission Directorates-General, European Parliamentary Committees and Council configurations.Main Tasks and Responsibilities:▪ supporting the preparatory process of SOC opinions requested by the Commission, European Parliament or Council as well as own-initiative opinions, with policy analysis and specific proposals. ▪ regularly organizing public events, hearings and conferences in Brussels involving civil society organizations.▪ focusing on the EESC opinions in the field of Education and training, primary, secondary, higher and vocational education and training.▪ working on the opinions dealing with the social and professional integration of young women and men.