May 15, 2019 Civil society – concrete solutions against anti-immigrant rhetoric and systematic impasse The anti-immigrant sentiment fueled by nationalists and populists across Europe has been causing restrictive immigration policies that breed the stigmatization of migrants. The politics of fear is fed by the same hate, racism and xenophobia that it fuels and that is embodied…
SOLIDAR and trade unions organisations from the Mediterranean region met in Marseille to strengthen advocacy on human and trade union rights On the 9 and 10 April, SOLIDAR members together with representatives from trade union organisations from Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Jordan, Italy, France and Spain gathered in Marseille for a workshop entitled “In search of…
March 14, 2019 No democracy without strong Civil Society Organisations Civic space is the bedrock of any open and democratic society. Civil Society Organisations are a key player for our democracy to flourish, and the more the civic space shrinks the less a society can be considered democratic. Today, the civic space is narrowing in…
Eight years after the Arab Spring, rethinking EU policies for the Southern Neighbourhood A report on the post-Arab Spring: way forward for the MENA region was approved in early February by the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET). The text will be presented in a European Parliament plenary on 2 March and is expected…
The Social Economy – Putting the individual and social objective over capital SOLIDAR attended the conference “Social Economy for the Future of the European Union” organised by Social Economy Europe, and hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee and the European Committee of the Regions on 6 February this week. With high-level speakers from different EU…
European Parliament votes in favour of a stronger European Social Fund With the European Union budget for 2021-2027 currently being negotiated, the European Social Fund Plus is also up for modification. On 16 January MEPs agreed in plenary to increase the money allocated to the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) to €120 billion for the…
Majalat 2019: towards a structured dialogue between the CSOs from the Southern Neighbourhood and the EU On 15, 16 and 17 January, SOLIDAR met with consortium’s members of the Majalat Project. Launched in 2018 for a three-year duration, Majalat aims at building a constructive dialogue between the EU and Civil Society. During the three-day meeting, consortium’s…
Promoting decent work for all in Bolivia: the best way to fight child labour On 10 January 2019 SOLIDAR participated in a preparatory meeting in view of the forthcoming EU GSP + monitoring mission which will take place from 21 to 24 January 2019 in Bolivia. The Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) + is…
Next week, SOLIDAR will be in Amman for a Seminar that will take place in the context of the new EU-funded project, called Malajat. This new project, a partnership between EuroMed Rights, Forum des Alternatives Maroc, the Arab NGO Network for Development, the Arab Trade Union Confederation, Réseau Euromed France and SOLIDAR, aims to address…
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