The Silver Rose Lifetime Achievement Award goes to… Margot Wallström!
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The Silver Rose Lifetime Achievement Award goes to… Margot Wallström!

Silver Rose is the annual Award ceremony co-organised by SOLIDAR and its members and the progressive family, with the S&D Group in the European Parliament, the Party of European Socialists (PES), and this year in collaboration with the Foundation of European Progressive Studies (FEPS) and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC). With the Silver Rose Award, we highlight the work…

Civil Society TOWARDS enabling space: Views from South-East ASIA
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Civil Society TOWARDS enabling space: Views from South-East ASIA

The EU is currently reviewing its Thematic Programme on Civil Society Organisations. SOLIDAR participated in the Consultation organised by INTPA on the 10th of July, and expressed its support for the programme to keep its strong focus on enabling environment for civil society. As more and more CSOs and independent, democratic and representative trade unions are under attack…

The moment is now: SOLIDAR and allies urge EU institutions to shape a just platform economy
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The moment is now: SOLIDAR and allies urge EU institutions to shape a just platform economy

The moment is now: SOLIDAR and allies urge EU institutions to shape a just platform economy Inter-institutional negotiations (trialogues) on the proposed Directive on improving working conditions in platform work began on 11th July. This legislative file is key to set the direction of both the present and the future of work in Europe. The…

For people and the planet: Progressive forces & Ministers join forces and call for a Just Transition in Europe and beyond
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For people and the planet: Progressive forces & Ministers join forces and call for a Just Transition in Europe and beyond

July 20, 2023 As part of their mission to advance a socially and environmentally Just Transition in Europe and beyond, FEPS, SOLIDAR, Movimiento por la Paz, el Desarme y la Libertad (MPDL) and Asamblea de Cooperación por la Paz (ACPP) hosted an event on 11 July 2023 in Valladolid, Spain that gathered Progressive stakeholders from Spain, other EU Member States and…

Civil Society Meets in Brussels for Dialogue on Shaping Europe’s Green Future with Policymakers
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Civil Society Meets in Brussels for Dialogue on Shaping Europe’s Green Future with Policymakers

More than 60 civil society organisations (CSOs) from across Europe and beyond met in Brussels for the fifth edition of the “Civil Society Forum for Sustainability: Shaping the European Green Deal” on the 26th and 27th of June 2023. Over the course of two days, CSOs with an interest in the just transition, deliberative democracy,…