Appointment of National Semester Contact Points as part of the project ‘Involving SGIs in the European Semester’

In the framework of the project ‘Involving SGIs in the European Semester’ co-financed by the European Commission, SGI Europe aims at upgrading its members’ involvement and capacity to engage in the European Semester process.

SGI Europe appointed in this context one National Semester Contact Point for each national section, to reinforce its members’ participation in the Semester and improve the coherence between EU and national levels. Within the project, SGI Europe will organize a series of trainings for helping the National Semester Contact Points to become more knowledgeable and aware of the European Semester process.

In the next 2 years, with the help of the National Semester Contact Points, the project will create different tools and methods for improving the quality of SGI Europe’s members input and for empowering our members to be more vocal in the consultation process, based on a common SGI Europe methodology for the European Semester.

Appointing the National Semester Contact Points becomes even more important in the setting of the European Semester Spring Package 2021, presented by the European Commission on 2 June. SGI Europe welcomes the idea of relaunching the public debate on the economic governance framework, focusing on long-term investments priorities, such as productive public investment in essential services and in key physical and social infrastructures.

Contact: Stefan Enica