March 7, 2022 SOLIDAR welcomes the latest IPCC report, which provides strong scientific proof of the close interconnection between climate change, environmental degradation and the structural injustices and inequalities that pervade our societies. On 28 February, in the shadows of war once again tormenting Europe, the United Nations’ (UN) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)…
On February 17 and 18, the 6th European Union (EU) – Africa Union (AU) Summit took place in Brussels in an event that gathered the heads of the states and governments from the Members States of both regions. One of the outcomes of this Summit was the final declaration “A Joint Vision for 2030”. Ahead of this…
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…
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