EU Artificial Intelligence Act: civil society calls for regulating surveillance technology
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EU Artificial Intelligence Act: civil society calls for regulating surveillance technology

Increasingly, in Europe as in the rest of the world, Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems are built and deployed for harmful purposes linked to state surveillance. As the negotiations between EU legislators on the EU AI Act are ongoing, civil society organisations including SOLIDAR & SOLIDAR Foundation are calling on policy-makers to set strict limits and scrutiny…

The Silver Rose Lifetime Achievement Award goes to… Margot Wallström!
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The Silver Rose Lifetime Achievement Award goes to… Margot Wallström!

Silver Rose is the annual Award ceremony co-organised by SOLIDAR and its members and the progressive family, with the S&D Group in the European Parliament, the Party of European Socialists (PES), and this year in collaboration with the Foundation of European Progressive Studies (FEPS) and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC). With the Silver Rose Award, we highlight the work…

Education Policy Pill: European Year of Skills through a social justice lens
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Education Policy Pill: European Year of Skills through a social justice lens

A year ago, at the State of the European Union address (SOTEU), the European Commission proposed to make 2023 the European Year of Skills (EYS). When it was launched, on 9 May 2023, SOLIDAR published its statement, strongly advocating for a shift towards a lifelong and life-wide learning perspective, focusing on key competences and transversal competences…

Briefing Paper 105 – The European Year of Skills Through Social Justice Lenses
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Briefing Paper 105 – The European Year of Skills Through Social Justice Lenses

The European Year of Skills (EYS) was officially launched by the European Commission on May 9th of this year. Aimed at addressing labour shortages and mismatches in skills, the EYS is intended to showcase existing initiatives in skills development across Europe. The Commission wants the EYS to bring together national and European authorities, trade unions, chambers of…

Civil Society TOWARDS enabling space: Views from South-East ASIA
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Civil Society TOWARDS enabling space: Views from South-East ASIA

The EU is currently reviewing its Thematic Programme on Civil Society Organisations. SOLIDAR participated in the Consultation organised by INTPA on the 10th of July, and expressed its support for the programme to keep its strong focus on enabling environment for civil society. As more and more CSOs and independent, democratic and representative trade unions are under attack…

The moment is now: SOLIDAR and allies urge EU institutions to shape a just platform economy
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The moment is now: SOLIDAR and allies urge EU institutions to shape a just platform economy

The moment is now: SOLIDAR and allies urge EU institutions to shape a just platform economy Inter-institutional negotiations (trialogues) on the proposed Directive on improving working conditions in platform work began on 11th July. This legislative file is key to set the direction of both the present and the future of work in Europe. The…