January 8, 2019

Marking the first anniversary of the proclamation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, SOLIDAR successfully hosted a conference in the European Parliament on 22 November 2018, attended by more than 120 participants. The aim of this event was to raise the bar in the debate over the implementation of the Pillar by highlighting the necessary connection with objectives of sustainability set out in the Sustainable Development Goals.

The conference title “The unsustainable burden of inequalities – How the implementation of the EPSR can lead to the achievement of the Agenda 2030” attracted high-level speakers and was greatly supplemented by an inspiring key note speech by Kate Pickett, Professor of Social Epidemiology and co-author with Richard Wilkinson of several books on the interconnectedness of inequality, well-being and health. In 2013, Pickett and Wilkinson have been also awarded by SOLIDAR with the Silver Rose.

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