Gender Balance EESC
Dear European Economic and Social Committee,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the following information:
- The composition of the current Committee broken down by the gender of the members (ie: the total number of men, the total number of women on the Committee).
- Any documents from the period 1 January 2018 to present which contain a study/analysis/commentary or similar of the gender composition of the Committee.
I would prefer to receive these documents in a digital, machine-readable format.
Please feel free to contact me for any question or clarification regarding this request.
Yours faithfully,
Helen Darbishire
Executive Director
Access Info Europe
Dear Ms Darbishire,
Thank you for your e-mail and interest in the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC).
The European Economic and Social Committee hereby acknowledges receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered on 16/03/2021 under reference ICD-AD-04/2021.
All requests for public access to documents are treated in compliance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents and the relevant Decision of the European Economic and Social Committee No 2003/603/EC of 1 July 2003 on public access to European Economic and Social Committee documents
In accordance with the above-mentioned rules, your application will be handled within 15 working days upon registration of your request.
The European Economic and Social Committee reserves the right to ask for additional information regarding your identity in order to verify compliance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 and the European Economic and Social Committee's Decision.
Your attention is drawn to the fact that you have lodged your application via the AsktheEU.org website, which is a private website not officially related to the European Economic and Social Committee. Therefore, the European Economic and Social Committee cannot be held accountable for any technical issue or problem linked to the use of this system.
Yours sincerely,
The Information Centre and Document Management Sector
Dear Ms Darbishire,
We refer to your request with regard to access to documents registered on 16/03/2021 under reference n° ICD-AD 04/21.
On 17 March 2021 the composition of the European Economic and Social Committee's (EESC) members under the aspect of gender was: 107 Women (32,52%) and 222 Men (67,48%).
Furthermore, we have identified the following documents pursuant to your request hereby enclosed:
a) Study requested by the Workers' Group Secretariat of the EESC on gender balance in the EESC (16/12/2019)
b) Press release EESC Term of office 2020-2025 (13/10/2020) under the link https://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media...
c) EESC Opinion on the Gender Equality Strategy
On the basis of this reply, the European Economic and Social Committee considers your application as handled and the file closed.
Should you have any new requests for specific documents, please do not hesitate to come back to us.
Yours faithfully,
The Information Centre and Document Management Sector