Luca Jahier is the President of the European Economic and Social Committee (term of office April 2018-September 2020). He was priorly President of Group III (Various Interests) at the EESC since 2002, focusing on social affairs and economic issues.

Recent EESC opinions drawn up by Mr Jahier as rapporteur include: The European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR), Towards an EU Strategy for International Cultural Relations and Improving the Functioning of the EU by Building on the Lisbon Treaty (exploratory opinion requested by the European Parliament). Other Opinions have included the Implementation of Article 11 of the Treaty on European Union on Participatory Democracy, the Social Dimension of EMU, Perspectives for Africa”s Social Economy, Cooperation between the EU, Africa and China and the Statute for European Political Parties.

Mr Jahier was President of FOCSIV (Federation of development cooperation NGOs) from 1994 to 2000. He was among the founders of the Italian Third Sector Forum and between 2008 and 2012 was President of the national council of ACLI – Christian Associations of Italian Workers, an organisation which promotes employment and active participation in social life through its network of local branches, services, enterprises and ad-hoc projects.

A former international relations journalist covering development programmes in Africa and elsewhere, he has also carried out many communication initiatives and public campaigns, studies and research projects and engaged in several Italian and European social economy networks.

Mr Jahier is an Italian national. He holds a degree in political science from the University of Turin.