On 27 and 28 May, the EMPASY project partners gathered in Milan for their first in person meeting focused on enhancing the quality of youth work. This gathering was not only an opportunity to align on project goals, but also a chance to present the findings from the desk and field research conducted by ISMU…
What more needs to happen before the EU acts with determination and force? Gaza has been turned into dust. The last hospital functioning in the North of Gaza was forced to close. On 2nd June, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) killed 31 Palestinians that were walking to an aid site to collect food. 500,000 people…
On 13th May 2025, SOLIDAR Foundation organised a high-level policy roundtable at the European Parliament under the title “Breaking Barriers: Global Citizenship Education (GCE) for Inclusive Participation”. This event gathered over 30 in-person and online participants, including MEP Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, representatives from the European Commission, civil society organisations, and education practitioners to reflect on the…
Digital Citizenship Education (DCE) has been a topic of growing importance to the work of SOLIDAR Foundation membership, and is a key part of the network’s work on Global Citizenship Education. GCE is recognised as political education on a global scale which equips individuals to develop a sense of belonging to the global community, to engage…
From 9th to 11th April, delegations of SOLIDAR and SOLIDAR Foundation (SOLIDAR) and their members were happy to visit School With Class Foundation and Konsorcjum Migracyjne in Warsaw, Poland. The two-days journey focused on encouraging newcomer participation in civic and political life to strengthen social inclusion. The programme started with a Social Affairs and Education…
The CELAC-EU Summit: which alternatives for a broken economic system? The fourth Summit of the European Union’s (EU) member states and the 33 countries of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) has recently been announced to take place in Santa Marta, Colombia on 9-10 November 2025. Key priorities on the agenda will be trade…
On 10-11 April, SOLIDAR Foundation facilitated two sessions during the Global Education Network (GEN) Annual Meeting 2025 to stimulate discussions on active citizenship, promote Global Citizenship Education (GCE) in Europe and disseminate SOLIDAR’s ongoing work on the topic. SOLIDAR Foundation’s sessions, led by Alexandra Matthys, Education & Lifelong Learning Officer, explored advocacy strategies for…
Advancing a socially just transition in the face of political challenges The ongoing climate, environmental and social crisis can only be tackled through ambitious action, and by remaining steadfast in the face of challenges. Against a backdrop of de-prioritisation of a just transition, the people, communities and movements who hold firm and continue to keep…
On 11th March, the European Commission published a proposal for a Returns Regulation, with the objective to increase and streamline removals of people staying irregularly from EU territory. Foreseen to replace the current EU Returns Directive, the text features several innovations in terms of ruthlessness people are treated with, and in terms of shifting responsibility…
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