The EU’s recent proposals in the area of migration and asylum risk seriously undermining people’s access to fair and full asylum procedures in Europe. The European Commission’s recent initiatives appear to be interconnected components of a broader strategy to externalise the bloc’s migration management – these include its proposed revision to EU return or deportation…
Strengthening and Mainstreaming Just Transition Goals in the EU Budget What role for a socially just green transition in the next European Union budget? In July 2024, Ursula von der Leyen’s Political Guidelines promised to significantly increase funding for a just transition in the next long-term EU budget. However, subsequent communications by the European Commission,…
On 27 and 28 May, the EMPASY project partners gathered in Milan for their first in person meeting focused on enhancing the quality of youth work. This gathering was not only an opportunity to align on project goals, but also a chance to present the findings from the desk and field research conducted by ISMU…
What more needs to happen before the EU acts with determination and force? Gaza has been turned into dust. The last hospital functioning in the North of Gaza was forced to close. On 2nd June, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) killed 31 Palestinians that were walking to an aid site to collect food. 500,000 people…
On 13th May 2025, SOLIDAR Foundation organised a high-level policy roundtable at the European Parliament under the title “Breaking Barriers: Global Citizenship Education (GCE) for Inclusive Participation”. This event gathered over 30 in-person and online participants, including MEP Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, representatives from the European Commission, civil society organisations, and education practitioners to reflect on the…
Digital Citizenship Education (DCE) has been a topic of growing importance to the work of SOLIDAR Foundation membership, and is a key part of the network’s work on Global Citizenship Education. GCE is recognised as political education on a global scale which equips individuals to develop a sense of belonging to the global community, to engage…
From 9th to 11th April, delegations of SOLIDAR and SOLIDAR Foundation (SOLIDAR) and their members were happy to visit School With Class Foundation and Konsorcjum Migracyjne in Warsaw, Poland. The two-days journey focused on encouraging newcomer participation in civic and political life to strengthen social inclusion. The programme started with a Social Affairs and Education…
The CELAC-EU Summit: which alternatives for a broken economic system? The fourth Summit of the European Union’s (EU) member states and the 33 countries of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) has recently been announced to take place in Santa Marta, Colombia on 9-10 November 2025. Key priorities on the agenda will be trade…
On 10-11 April, SOLIDAR Foundation facilitated two sessions during the Global Education Network (GEN) Annual Meeting 2025 to stimulate discussions on active citizenship, promote Global Citizenship Education (GCE) in Europe and disseminate SOLIDAR’s ongoing work on the topic. SOLIDAR Foundation’s sessions, led by Alexandra Matthys, Education & Lifelong Learning Officer, explored advocacy strategies for…
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