Silver Rose Awards 2024 | Call 4 Nominations
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Silver Rose Awards 2024 | Call 4 Nominations

🌍 The Award for those Shaping a Sustainable and Just Future! đŸŒ±  The urgency of the climate crisis calls for bold and inclusive actions. As we navigate this pivotal moment in history, it’s crucial to champion initiatives that not only combat environmental degradation but also prioritize social justice, equality and inclusion.  🏆 Introducing the Silver…

SOLIDAR to the EESC to reiterate the role of civil dialogue for inclusive democracy – Civil society week ’24
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SOLIDAR to the EESC to reiterate the role of civil dialogue for inclusive democracy – Civil society week ’24

SOLIDAR to the EESC to reiterate the role of civil dialogue for inclusive democracy – civil society week ’24 SOLIDAR and its partners Social Platform, Civil Society Europe and the European Civic Forum organised a workshop in the framework of the EESC Civil Society Week on 6th March. The workshop, titled “Civil dialogue for inclusive…

Case Study |  Unveiling the social effects of oil palm monoculture in Montes De MarĂ­a in Colombia
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Case Study | Unveiling the social effects of oil palm monoculture in Montes De MarĂ­a in Colombia

Colombia is the largest oil palm producer in Latin America and the fourth largest in the world. This crop has been promoted as a development factor since the end of the last century. In the case of the Montes de MarĂ­a region, the recent expansion of the oil palm agribusiness model was due to a…

THE DIRE SITUATION IN WAR-TORN PALESTINE
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THE DIRE SITUATION IN WAR-TORN PALESTINE

THE DIRE SITUATION IN WAR-TORN PALESTINE Original article in Swedish  A delegation of Olof Palme International Center, SOLIDAR member based in Sweden, has recently travelled to Palestine and Israel to meet their local partners and other political representatives and civil society organisations.  Anna Sundström, Secretary General of Olof Palme International Center and Chair of the SOLIDAR…

Just4all Starts Collecting 50 Good Practices on Adult Education and Just Transition
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Just4all Starts Collecting 50 Good Practices on Adult Education and Just Transition

Just4All, a project to bridge Adult Education and Just Transition will start collecting a series of 50 good practices on these topics. The collection is one of three research and training activities which also include developing four research papers and a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). Just4All, an EU-funded project seeks to raise awareness on the…

Open letter on the role of the social economy in the issue of textile waste
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Open letter on the role of the social economy in the issue of textile waste

SOLIDAR and more than 80 other organisations sign a letter stressing the need for policy makers to harness the potential of the social economy in the ongoing revision of the Waste Framework Directive.  The revision of the Waste Framework Directive (WFD) In July 2023, the European Commission published its proposal for a targeted revision of…

Joint letter to Ministers calling for an EU policy framework for a just transition
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Joint letter to Ministers calling for an EU policy framework for a just transition

Following the European Conference for a Just Transition and ahead of the negotiations on the Environment Council Conclusions, SOLIDAR and 20 other members of the European Alliance for a Just Transition have sent a letter to Ministers calling for a holistic and coordinated EU policy framework for a just transition. The European Conference for a Just Transition…

Policy Tool: The European Green Deal: Towards new social and ecological narratives for the European Elections 2024 by the Civil Society Forum for Sustainability
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Policy Tool: The European Green Deal: Towards new social and ecological narratives for the European Elections 2024 by the Civil Society Forum for Sustainability

Our common future will soon be in the hands of a newly elected European Parliament (EP). In order to ensure the development of a comprehensive EU policy framework for a socio-ecological transition within the European Green Deal (EGD) that puts living species at its core, addresses the needs of disadvantaged groups, reduces inequalities and ensures…