This 20 February 2022 marked the third year of SOLIDAR’s mobilisation for the World Day for Social Justice. In the span of a week, SOLIDAR and its members shared about their work to further social justice in Europe, Asia, Africa, Central and Latin America and how they keep doing so despite their space for action…
In the early hours of today, 24 February, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Fear, and worry grip our hearts and minds and our thoughts go the citizens of Ukraine in these dark times. In the face of a large-scale invasion, not seen in Europe since the Second World War, we stand united in…
February 1, 2022 February 1st 2022 marked the kick-off of a new, exciting project for SOLIDAR! Titled REAL-DEAL, which stands for ‘Reshaping European Advances towards green Leadership through DEliberative Approaches and Learning’, it is a 3-year project funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme and mainly coordinated by the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS). The overall objective…
We call on all EU-member states and the EU-institutions as well as our European neighbours, to engage in an initiative for active neutrality to reduce tension and promote a political agreement between all parties involved. We are witnessing a worrying escalation of tension between Russia and Ukraine, with the United States and NATO getting involved…
Is observance all we can do? Support teachers & quality education for all! International Day of Education With a shorter history that Teacher’s Day, the International Day of Education (24 January) was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly as such in 2018. The reason was to celebrate the role of education in bringing global…
European Roundtable on Unpaid Labour in the Platform Economy On Thursday 9 December, SOLIDAR organised its online 2021 European Roundtable titled “Unpaid Labour in the Platform Economy”. The objective of the Roundtable was to present the findings of SOLIDAR’s thematic publication realised by two researchers from KU Leuven, Valeria Pulignano and Claudia Marà, about one intrinsic – yet little explored – feature…
European Conference 2021 – “BUILDING BACK BETTER: Social rights and wellbeing at the heart of a new EU economic governance” On 1 December 2021, SOLIDAR organised in collaboration with FEPS (Foundation for Progressive Studies) their annual European Conference. The event, titled “BUILDING BACK BETTER: Social rights and wellbeing at the heart of a new EU economic governance” coincided with the official presentation of the Social Rights…
Ahead of 18th December 2021, International Migrants’ Day, SOLIDAR & SOLIDAR Foundation look back on the past year’s migration developments. This statement is an opportunity to denounce current policies and reiterate our commitment to a solidarity- and rights-based approach to migration, in Europe and worldwide. It is disappointing to conclude that – migration policy, debates and developments in Europe – do not have much positive to offer. Over a year after its presentation, the New EU Pact on Migration and Asylum presents a rather bleak…
December 17, 2021 In December 2019, the European Commission unveiled the European Green Deal and committed to reach climate neutrality in Europe by 2050. Since then, despite the obstacles and damages caused by the global Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing economic and social crises, the European Union’s political will to stay “on track” with the objectives of…
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