Palestine: call for effective measures to stop annexations by Israel 1st of July was the announced date for the beginning of the Israeli plan to annex more than 30% of the occupied West Bank. Faced with great uncertainty about whether Israel will finally go ahead with the annexation initiative, which has generated international condemnation from some…
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: SOLIDAR actions in the field Together with its members, partners and allies, SOLIDAR Network is committed to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. More in particular, it works all around the world to ensure the progressive realisation of Economic and Social Rights and for an enabling space for…
June 16, 2020 In December 2019 the European Commission announced that it would put forward a proposal for an EU minimum wage. Six months later, the need for a European initiative on minimum wages is more evident than ever as the COVID-19 crisis makes us re-evaluate the value of work and highlights that essential workers…
On 12 June 2020, SOLIDAR Foundation has provided its views on the European Commission public consultation on the White Paper on Artificial Intelligence (AI) – A European Approach. The White Paper represents the initial strategy of the new European Commission on the future of AI in Europe. It presents a vision solely informed by an…
Our Silver Rose Award winners 2020, the Creative Communities Group from the United Kingdom, tell us about their endeavours in a candid reportage. Nominated by Professor Romesh Gupta OBE, the group has been awarded in the category “Building Learning Societies”, for its outstanding efforts in advancing education and lifelong learning. The impossibility to hold the Silver Rose ceremony due to the coronavirus crisis, and deliver a merited award to CCG, does not mean their work is on hold….
9 May Statement: “No Europe Day, without a Green and Social Europe” May 9th, Europe Day’s celebration, comes in difficult times for Europe and the European project. The need for building a real Social Europe and finding a way out of the crisis, that puts the continent on a sustainable path, has never been greater. Boosting…
International Workers´ Day – Central America’s maquilas workers: falling off the boat in the coronavirus storm? With almost 25 million jobs predicted to be lost as a consequence of the COVID-19, it is clear that the pandemic is not a health crisis only, it is an economic and social crisis. Among the sectors whose workers are being strongly…
Left behind?: Maquila workers in Central America and the COVID19 crisis About 400.000 people working in the maquilas (factories in the free trade zone) in Central America, are at risk to be left behind due to the coronavirus crisis. The group includes mostly women, many of them poor, with low level of education, single mothers, head of…
Impact of COVID-19 in Central America: Economic and Social Rights cannot be kept on hold! SOLIDAR members in Central America joined together to analyse the impact of COVID-19 on the region, looking particularly to economic and social rights – enabling environment, decent work and access to health. This analysis also includes recommendations to the European Union to…
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