Resources & Publications

Social Policy

NEW: 'Decent Work & Industrial Relations' Booklet:

Social dialogue: a tool to promote and defend decent work and quality jobs in Europe

SOLIDAR Positions & Contributions

SOLIDAR's contribution to the European Commission consultation on Financial Inclusion (Apr 2009)
SOLIDAR's positions on the Open Method of Coordination (Feb 2009)
SOLIDAR's contribution to Socially-Responsible Public Procurement Guide (Jan 2009)
SOLIDAR contribution to Green Paper on Education and Migration (Dec 2008)
SOLIDAR's position on Flexicurity (Oct 2008)
"Challenges to collective agreements in the EU" - SOLIDAR position on EP's Employment and Social Affairs Committee Report (Oct 2008)
SOLIDAR's comments on the draft Patients' Rights Directive (Sept 2008)
SOLIDAR's contribution to the Commission's consultation on Active Inclusion (Feb 2008)
SOLIDAR's contribution to Europe's social reality stocktaking exercise (Feb 2008)
"Ensuring Decent Work for a Decent Life for All – The Challenge for Labour Law in the 21^st Century" - SOLIDAR response to the European Commission Green Paper 'Modernising labour law to meet the challenges of the 21st century' (2007)
"The Services Directive and Beyond…The future of social, educational and health care services in the EU internal market" (2007)

SOLIDAR's views on Social Europe

Event report: Investing in people - the Importance of Social Infrastructures (Nov 2009)
Together for Social Europe Declaration (May 2009)
Conference report from FIC/SOLIDAR seminar on Flexicurity (Feb 2009)
Resolution on Social Europe in English | French | German | Italian and Background Paper from Social Europe Conference 25 June 2008 in Paris
"STRONG, SOCIAL, JUST - A social Europe is possible" - SOLIDAR Statement to heads of state and government on the occasion of the Spring European Council, March 2007
Report in English | German from SOS Europe Conference 1-2 March 2007 in Berlin
Background paper to SOS Europe Conference 2-3 February 2006 in Vienna

Social Services of General Interest

INSSP Report: Impact of EU legislation on social services (June 2010)
2nd Forum on SSGI - Presentation: Challenges in relation to employment creation, qualification, recruitment and working conditions in the field of SSGI (Oct 2008)
Conference Report from TSEN/CSV/SOLIDAR seminar (Dec 2008)
SOLIDAR letter to President Barroso on the European framework for Social Services
1st Forum on SSGI - Report (Oct 2007)
NGO Social Service Providers facing the Challenges of the Future
A Guide to Good Practice for non-discriminatory access to services provided by NGOs

Lisbon Treaty

Constitutional Treaty
Article on Lisbon Treaty in SOLIDAR member MPDL's 'Tiempo de Paz' magazine in English | Spanish (Dec 2007)

Civil Dialogue

Civil Society Day Manifesto in EN | FR

Together for Social Europe

Sign the Call to Action for Decent Work!

Silver Rose winners urge French President to halt mass eviction and expulsion for Roma and travellers
[03/09/2010]

SOLIDAR signs petition for the Ratification of the Migrant Workers Convention
[03/09/2010]

SOLIDAR members in Pakistan
[26/08/2010]

In Solidarity with Pakistani People
[20/08/2010]

Job Vacancy: SOLIDAR Social Policy Intern
[19/08/2010]