A key element of legitimate policymaking is enabling the meaningful participation and deliberation of citizens, amplifying their voices, and ensuring they are heard and reflected in the process. For policies at all levels to be able to tackle real issues and propose effective solutions, citizens and their representatives must be involved through all steps of the policy-making cycle, from agenda-setting…
On 20 September 2023, ESU and SOLIDAR Foundation organised the SMILE Policy Roundtable: Policy Recommendations for a more inclusive higher education, that took place at the European Parliament’s Info Hub. The event focused on the Policy Recommendations and Action Plan developed in the frame of the SMILE project, and Higher Education representatives (HE), policymakers and representatives of civil society…
ELF & SAF Peer Learning Activity | Social Portrait of Patras, Greece On 5-6 September, the SAF and ELF teams of SOLIDAR and SOLIDAR Foundation were hosted by DAFNI KEK in Patras, Greece. During the Peer Learning Activity, DAFNI KEK presented its work whose aim is to foster a more engaged and empowered society through its pillars: access and participation in non-formal and…
A year ago, at the State of the European Union address (SOTEU), the European Commission proposed to make 2023 the European Year of Skills (EYS). When it was launched, on 9 May 2023, SOLIDAR published its statement, strongly advocating for a shift towards a lifelong and life-wide learning perspective, focusing on key competences and transversal competences…
The European Year of Skills (EYS) was officially launched by the European Commission on May 9th of this year. Aimed at addressing labour shortages and mismatches in skills, the EYS is intended to showcase existing initiatives in skills development across Europe. The Commission wants the EYS to bring together national and European authorities, trade unions, chambers of…
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,…
ECO-IN at the LLLab 2023: local dissemination event The LLLP’s Lifelong Learning Lab 2023, which took place in Girona on the 26th and 27th of June, brought together education stakeholders, policy makers and civil society representatives. In this context, several workshops took place to explore ideas and disseminate best practices. One of the workshops was…
WHAT IS THE PROJECT ABOUT? ECHO (Ethical, Common, Human and Open) Network is a project running until 2024 which intends to promote digital citizenship and responsible use of digital technology, providing citizens and organisations with a clear understanding of how to use digital technology ethically, and focuses on how EU institutions address this matter to…
LLLP’s Lifelong Learning Lab 2023 took place in Girona on the 26th and 27th of June, where education stakeholders, policy makers and civil society representatives gathered to discuss existing educational practices and ideas for the Future of Europe. The first day focused on the European agenda and decision-making processes in education and training, with insights…
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