Ambassador Duško Lopandić met with President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) Georges Dassis on March 11, 2016. It was noted during the meeting that Serbia has established a good cooperation with the EESC, through the Joint Consultative Committee. The EESC welcomed the more intense involvement of civil society in the negotiation process of Serbia with the EU. During the conversation, they discussed current issues that burden the region, such as the crisis with migrants, a large percentage of unemployed, especially among the young population, and in this regard for a long time present problem of the "brain drain".

The meeting was held in a friendly atmosphere, with expressed interesse from both sides for inhenced cooperation in the coming period.