The Network

Alliance building is central to SOLIDAR’s identity and work. It is essential if we want to achieve social, political, and economic change. SOLIDAR is well positioned to play an important role in these processes based on our diverse membership of civil society spanning from trade unions, large federations and smaller NGOs, and our wide reach and connections with access to many kinds of contexts and decision-making arenas.

This is also a central part of the added value that our network represents for our members and partners alike – opening doors and opportunities for collaborations, influence, and impact that would otherwise be closed.

SOLIDAR provides spaces of cooperation, initiates political campaigns and advocacy initiatives, and facilitates access to both decision-makers and decision-making at the European, international levels and connect to the national and local levels. We do this in close cooperation with our members and partners.

Our Members

Our members are progressive civil society organisations based all over Europe as well as some broader networks active at International level.

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Our Partners

Our partners include:

Trade unions: as part of our membership, a key ally and a reference point for our movement, we work with national federations, sectorial structures and organisations, the European Trade Union Confederation, the European Trade Union Institute for Research, and the International Trade Union Confederation and its regional structures.
Civil Society Networks: we work together and through alliances, networks, and platforms at the European level such as the Social Platform, CONCORD, Lifelong Learning Platform, Civil Society Europe, the European Alliance for a Just Transition, the EESC Liaison Group, SDG Watch Europe (co-founded by SOLIDAR and EEB in 2015), ECRE, and sustained campaigns such as the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors.
Progressive political forces: we engage closely with the Progressive Caucus in the European Parliament, the Socialists & Democrats Group, the Party of European Socialists (including PES Women, PES in the European Committee of Regions), Young European Socialists, the Progressive Alliance, and the International Union of Socialist Youth, the Greens/EFA Group, the European Greens, Gauche unitaire européenne/Nordic Green Left, and European Left.
Progressive foundations: we also engage in collaborations and partnerships with sister foundations to advocate for common positions and objectives such as the Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung, Foundation for European Progressive Studies, the Global Progressive Forum, the Green Foundation, and Transform!Europe.