SOLIDAR & SOLIDAR Foundation

🫵Join us for a two-day conference on the theme: “Speaking for Change. Speaking about Change” 📢with workshops, presentations, & networking ✨ This is the first event of the Erasmus+ Project Critical Language Awareness, Democratic Engagement, and Sustainability (CLADES) 📍House of Connection, Groningen (NL) ⏱️24-25 February 2025 ✅Register here: 🔗https://bit.ly/4jWcyG3

📢The role of civil society in shaping and implementing future EU policies cannot be undermined, as it is one of the cornerstones of EU democratic values.✨ ✍️Our latest policy brief from the Civil Society Forum for Sustainability, part of the #REALDEAL project, brings together insights from 70+ CSOs. 📑The policy brief offers comprehensive recommendations for achieving a socially and environmentally just transition🌱 The time to act is NOW!✊ 👉Read it here: 🔗https://bit.ly/4hJTqZG #JustTransition

📌Last week, the European Commission’s “Competitiveness Compass” was published containing the vision for overcoming the economic challenges of the next five years✍️ ⛔ It is hard to get hopeful about the Commission’s ambitions to simplify, streamline, and accelerate✂️ ⁉️Instead, we are left with one major question: what place do social rights, equality and sustainability have in these political aspirations? Read SOLIDAR's take here:👇 🔗https://bit.ly/4hnJa9N

The #ICJ has been clear: trade and business with #Israel's settlements are illegal and must stop⛔🤚 👀When will the EU comply? ✍️Our joint letter to Ursula von der Leyen: 🔗https://bit.ly/42F1MO0 #StopTradeWithSettlements

🇪🇺In a Europe increasingly focused on competitiveness, defence, and security, civil society has a clear message: 🌱"A fair transition that neglects social and environmental justice and the well-being of the planet is no transition at all." 🌍✋ ✍️Writes SOLIDAR's civic space policy officer, Hilmi Tekoglu, with contributions from partners of the REAL DEAL consortium 🤝 ✨Glad to see our policy brief in the EUobserver! #JustTransition

✉️Our January News Roundup is out!👀🚀 📢 SOLIDAR's take on the EC's competitiveness compass 🌱 Joint letter against the amendment of key pillars of the EU Green Deal 🤝 Read our latest policy brief on civil society's strategic role in the 2024-2029 mandate and more... 💻Read the full newsletter 👇 🔗https://bit.ly/4hguoBB ✍️Subscribe 👇 🔗https://bit.ly/4c3iNCo

🌍 Europe at a Crossroads: Will Sustainability and Social Justice Be Left Behind in the EU’s Green Transition? As the EU enters a new mandate, the shift from the #EuropeanGreenDeal to the #CleanIndustrialDeal raises concerns. Will #competitiveness and #growth overshadow social and #EnvironmentalJustice? Will the vital role of #CivilSociety in policymaking be sidelined? Our latest policy brief from the Civil Society Forum for Sustainability, part of the #REALDEAL project, brings together insights from 70+ CSOs. We highlight urgent priorities: ✅ Ensuring a fair transition that includes marginalised groups ✅ Gender justice in climate policies ✅ A shift towards an economy of well-being within planetary boundaries ✅ Deliberative democracy and structured civil society engagement A fair transition must be a transition for all—leaving no one behind, including the planet we live on. The time to act is now! 📖 Read the policy brief: https://lnkd.in/enEXAY9j #JustTransition #EUGreenDeal #SocialJustice #ClimateAction #CivilSociety #Sustainability European Environmental Bureau WECF International European Movement International Climate Action Network International alda* - European Association for Local Democracy Social Platform

📢The Commission's Competitiveness Compass is out! Von Der Leyen's long-awaited compass aims to "simplify and accelerate" competitiveness. At SOLIDAR, we see more social justice in it✊⚖️ 👀Read our take on the Draghi report: 🔗👉https://bit.ly/3PyRLKD

🌍💚 A fair and just #GreenTransition is essential to tackle today’s interconnected global crises!     ✨ Discover the collective vision of 40+ European stakeholders for the new #EU mandate.    Our vision is of an EU that:   1️⃣ Ensures the green transition leads to prosperity for all, with a strong focus on reducing socio-economic inequalities.    2️⃣ Advances ambitious and forward-looking climate, environmental and social agendas in a coordinated, coherent and mutually reinforcing manner.    3️⃣ Applies and promotes proactive decision-making for a fair and just transition and makes substantial investments to support it.    4️⃣ Puts social, climate and environmental objectives at the heart of all its internal and external actions and investments to foster a truly sustainable society.  📖👇 Read more and join the movement for change!✊ 🔗https://bit.ly/4hqFvHL #JustTransition

🎉Exciting News! The EMPASY Project is here! We are thrilled to announce the launch of EMPASY: EMotional Literacy and Participatory Approaches to Support Youth Mental Health! 📢Our Mission: Empowering youth workers and leaders across Europe and the MENA region with tools to enhance emotional literacy and participatory approaches—because every young person deserves a brighter, healthier future. Together, we aim to foster inclusion, resilience, and wellbeing for youth globally. #EMPASY #ERASMUS #YouthEmpowerment Insieme Per Mano Fondazione ISMU (Iniziative e Studi sulla Multietnicità) Support Youth Leaders Chabibeh Club, The Mediterranean Forum for Youth (FOMEJE) 👉Read more on EMPASY here: https://ow.ly/PeYz50UOttO