ADVANCING SOCIAL JUSTICE IN EUROPE – SOLIDAR calls for fighting back the shrinking civic space
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ADVANCING SOCIAL JUSTICE IN EUROPE – SOLIDAR calls for fighting back the shrinking civic space

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
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Eight years after the Arab Spring, rethinking EU policies for the Southern Neighbourhood

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…

Towards a more structured dialogue between civil society from the Southern Mediterranean and the EU
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Towards a more structured dialogue between civil society from the Southern Mediterranean and the EU

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…

SOLIDAR NETWORK’S VISION FOR STRONGER AND FAIRER EU- LAC RELATIONS
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SOLIDAR NETWORK’S VISION FOR STRONGER AND FAIRER EU- LAC RELATIONS

The EU intends to ‘refresh’ its relations with the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries to ‘expand cooperation and build stronger partnerships with Latin America and the Caribbean, grounded on shared values and interests’[1]. SOLIDAR Members have a long record of cooperation with partners in the region, where they work to promote the full realisation…

Progressive lab for sustainable development: From vision to action
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Progressive lab for sustainable development: From vision to action

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted in September 2015, sets out the framework for achieving, by 2030, a sustainable development model where no one is left behind and where planetary boundaries are respected. The 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals are universal as they apply to all countries at all levels of…

Make Europe Sustainable for All: a growing movement to fight inequalities
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Make Europe Sustainable for All: a growing movement to fight inequalities

In the past decades, inequalities, both between and within countries, have significantly increased in Europe as well as globally. The global financial (and subsequently economic) crisis started in 2008 has further contributed to this trend as the political response has concentrated on austerity policies with a direct impact on people’s everyday lives. The need for a…