TRANSVAL – EU: Survey on innovative initiatives for the validation of transversal skills
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TRANSVAL – EU: Survey on innovative initiatives for the validation of transversal skills

TRANSVAL – EU: Survey on innovative initiatives for the validation of transversal skills The EU-funded project TRANSVAL-EU, in which SOLIDAR Foundation is a partner, is a European policy experimentation concerning innovative approaches for the validation of transversal skills obtained in non-formal and informal learning (VNFIL) contexts, including guidance services.  “Transversal skills and competences (TSCs) are learned and…

Just Transition for a Sustainable Future
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Just Transition for a Sustainable Future

Between the 15th and 16th of June, the 14th edition of the European Development Days (EDDs) will take place. The theme of this year’s edition is “The Green Deal for a Sustainable Future”.  Ahead of the EDDs, SOLIDAR members met within the Just Transition Academy to discuss about the measures to adopt to ensure that the implementation of the Green Deal is socially just, inclusive, fair and promotes gender equality. According to SOLIDAR, for this to happen, there is…

Let’s talk real and clear the field of false problems
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Let’s talk real and clear the field of false problems

Let’s talk real and clear the field of false problems Citizens’ trust in Civil Society Organisations remains high because CSOs stay grounded through their concrete commitments. We have taken the same approach in the run-up to the European elections. The EU is trapped in a cycle of increasing income inequality, exacerbated by the reduction in…

The Porto Social Summit is yet another step to a Social Europe
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The Porto Social Summit is yet another step to a Social Europe

The Porto Social Summit is yet another step to a Social Europe This weekend, apart from the 71st celebration of Europe Day, the Social Summit in Porto (Portugal) was a crucial event, 4 years after the establishment of the Pillar of Social Rights. The Declaration and Commitments emanating from the meeting, including the resounding commitment to the EPSR Action Plan, together with trade unions and civil…

Building back better needs strong trade unions: SOLIDAR message on May Day
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Building back better needs strong trade unions: SOLIDAR message on May Day

Social justice, social dialogue, social rights and feminism are key elements for a sustainable, fair, human-centred and resilient recovery in a just transition.  On May 1st, International Workers’ Day, the second we are living in this context of a global pandemic, SOLIDAR celebrates the international workers’ movement and trade unions’ work to achieve social justice all around the world.  Trade unions are the backbone of sound democracies and indispensable partners to ensure a human-centered just recovery from the COVID-19…

SOLIDAR Network: Statement on #SocialJusticeDay 2021
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SOLIDAR Network: Statement on #SocialJusticeDay 2021

Did you know the United Nations decided on a World #SocialJusticeDay every 20th of February? The SOLIDAR Network issues the Statement “Social Justice through a Just Transition” to open a week for disseminating our member´s work and reflections around this date, hoping to contribute to the promotion of Social Justice worldwide, as a core prerequisite for peace and a just transition. Find…

“Solidarity is what has kept us going” – The Silver Rose 2020 awardees celebration on Human Rights Day
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“Solidarity is what has kept us going” – The Silver Rose 2020 awardees celebration on Human Rights Day

SOLIDAR and SOLIDAR Foundation held an online celebration of the 2020 Silver Rose awardees on Human Rights´ Day, to demonstrate once again that the fight for Social Justice does not halt – not even in times of a pandemic. With the impossibility to hold the traditional ceremony in the European Parliament with partners S&D Group and PES, the ceremony took the form of…

Celebrating the Silver Rose 2020 Winners – A pandemic is no excuse to bypass Human Rights
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Celebrating the Silver Rose 2020 Winners – A pandemic is no excuse to bypass Human Rights

Due to the current health and social crisis, the SOLIDAR and SOLIDAR Foundation Board has decided the Silver Rose Ceremony will not take place this year in person*.  However, an online event will be held in honour of the winners and their work, on 10th December 2020, Human Rights Day. Please register at this link to virtually attend the event – registration…

Stand Up for Human Rights, Stand Up for Workers’ Rights – ITUC, ETUC, SOLIDAR: SOLIDARITY Statement with ZCTU Zimbabwe
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Stand Up for Human Rights, Stand Up for Workers’ Rights – ITUC, ETUC, SOLIDAR: SOLIDARITY Statement with ZCTU Zimbabwe

At the occasion of the World Day for Human Rights and the SOLIDAR Silver Rose Award ceremony, the ITUC, the ETUC and SOLIDAR, reiterate their support and solidarity with the struggle of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) to promote social justice, human rights and workers’ rights in the country.   Japhet Moyo, Secretary General of the ZCTU and Silver Rose…