EU Member States commit to action for a Just Transition towards climate neutrality in new Council Recommendation
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EU Member States commit to action for a Just Transition towards climate neutrality in new Council Recommendation

June 19, 2022 In the context of the European Green Deal, the Council of the EU just adopted its first text drawing close connections between the climate neutrality objectives and the pursuit of social justice. The catch? The act is, alas, non-binding. On June 16, 2022, ministers responsible for employment, social affairs, health and consumer policy from the…

Time for EU Leaders to Choose a Just Energy Transition and a Stronger Social Europe
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Time for EU Leaders to Choose a Just Energy Transition and a Stronger Social Europe

May 30, 2022 SOLIDAR and FEPS call on leaders in Europe to put in place transformative action aimed at making our societies and economies peaceful, equitable and climate-neutral, starting with ensuring a rapid and just energy transition and building a stronger social Europe. We live in times of recurrent and mutually reinforcing global crises. The…

Learning for citizenship never ends: Repository of Good Practices on Citizenship and Lifelong Learning
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Learning for citizenship never ends: Repository of Good Practices on Citizenship and Lifelong Learning

After 7 years of work, covering 6 flagship publications, the work of SOLIDAR Foundation on the Citizenship and Lifelong Learning Monitor is coming to an end. The conclusion represents the end of a research endeavour and an exercise in taking stock of how national and European policies on lifelong learning, especially on citizenship education, have…

Briefing Paper 103 – Improving working conditions in platform work
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Briefing Paper 103 – Improving working conditions in platform work

On 9 December 2021 the European Commission presented a proposed directive on improving working conditions in platform work. This was the latest step of a path started some years before and reflecting the political will of EU institutions to regulate a fast-growing platform economy. The pandemic has given great impetus to the sector, but has also exposed…

Coming up: Civil Society Forum for Sustainability – Shaping the European Green Deal
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Coming up: Civil Society Forum for Sustainability – Shaping the European Green Deal

May 11, 2022 On 9 and 10 June 2022, Civil Society Organisations with an interest in sustainability, a socially Just Transition and climate and environmental action will gather in Brussels to conduct a mid-term review of the European Green Deal. In the framework of the Real Deal project funded by the EU programme Horizon 2020, SOLIDAR, the European Environmental…

Citizenship and Lifelong Learning Monitor 2021
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Citizenship and Lifelong Learning Monitor 2021

The Citizenship and Lifelong Learning Monitor is SOLIDAR Foundation’s flagship publication, coming into its 6th edition and analysing policy developments linked to citizenship education and lifelong learning at EU level and across Europe. The 6th edition represents the last edition, considering that, since the Paris Declaration, there has been more work done at EU level with regards to strategic documents on citizenship education while…

Social Rights Monitor 2021 – the state of social rights in Europe
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Social Rights Monitor 2021 – the state of social rights in Europe

December 17, 2021 The Social Rights Monitor 2021 is out! We are proud to present the third edition of the Social Rights Monitor, SOLIDAR & FEPS publication that assesses the state of social rights in Europe. In this year’s edition 16 countries have been analysed: 13 EU countries – Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Spain and the Netherlands –…

Social Rights Monitor 2021- Country Monitors.
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Social Rights Monitor 2021- Country Monitors.

December 17, 2021 SOLIDAR’s Social Rights Monitor 2021 offers an analysis of the state of social rights in 16 European countries: 13 EU countries – Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Spain and the Netherlands – 2 candidate countries – North Macedonia and Serbia– and the United Kingdom. A National Strategy Group (NSG), composed of experts from civil society organisations, trade…