Economic Social and Environmental Council

Presentation

                                
Missions
                
 The Economic, Social and Environmental is the second constitutional Assembly of Senegal. It is with the public authorities, a consultative assembly that can be seized by the President of the Republic, the National Assembly or the Prime Minister on behalf of the Government, requests for advice or study.
Composed of living forces of the nation, the Economic and Social Council is a place for collaboration and participation of socio-professional categories in the economic, social and environmental Nation. It examines trends in economic, social and environmental and suggest necessary changes. It promotes a policy of dialogue and cooperation with local authorities and similar foreign organizations.
It can take up consideration of economic, social and financial, undertaken for this purpose the necessary studies and investigations and issue finally, the opinions and suggestions for reform which seem likely to promote the economic, social and environmental of the nation.
Before it, for review by the President of the Republic:
• mandatory for program bills and to economic, social or environmental;
• optionally for programming bill defining the multiannual guidelines for public finances, bills, ordinances or decrees and draft laws within the scope of its powers.
The EESC can also be seized, request opinions or studies by the President of the Republic, the President of the National Assembly or the Prime Minister.
It may on its own initiative to draw the attention of the Government and the National Assembly on the reforms it deems necessary as it contributes to the evaluation of public policies on economic, social or environmental.
Finally, the EESC can be entered by voice petition signed by 5,000 citizens, questions on economic, social or environmental.