Knowledge Hub

The Together for Social Europe* Knowledge Hub gathers the latest news, briefings, case studies, country reports, activity reports and training material produced within the framework of the pillar working on social affairs, the Social Progress Watch and Lab.

The material available results from the many activities organised by SOLIDAR's Social Affairs Forum.

Social Progress Watch

• 2017 Country Reports
• 2017 Social Progress Watch Report
• 2017 Case Studies | A journey through a Europe of solidarity, the SOLIDAR Network in Action
• 2016 Country Reports
• 2016 Case Studies
  -       2016 Case studies on Non-discriminatory universal access to quality services
  -       2016 Case studies on Integration of third country nationals and promotion of intercultural coexistance
• 2015 Country Reports
• 2015 Case Studies
• 2014 Country Reports
• 2014 Case Studies

SOLIDAR Social Progress Watch Newsletters

• SOLIDAR Social Progress Watch - No. 8 - 24th February 2016
• SOLIDAR Social Progress Watch - No. 7 - 17th February 2016
• SOLIDAR Social Progress Watch - No. 6 - 10th February 2016
• SOLIDAR Social Progress Watch - No. 5 - 3rd February 2016
• SOLIDAR Social Progress Watch - No. 4 - 27th January 2016
• SOLIDAR Social Progress Watch - No. 3 - 19th January 2016
• SOLIDAR Social Progress Watch - No. 2 - 13th January 2016
• SOLIDAR Social Progress Watch - No. 1 - 6th January 2016

SOLIDAR Social Affairs Monthly Update

• SOLIDAR Social Affairs Monthly Update - November/ December 2017
• SOLIDAR Social Affairs Monthly Update - October 2017
• SOLIDAR Social Affairs Monthly Update - September 2017
• SOLIDAR Social Affairs Monthly Update - July/ August 2017
• SOLIDAR Social Affairs Monthly Update - June 2017
• SOLIDAR Social Affairs Monthly Update - May 2017
• SOLIDAR Social Affairs Monthly Update - April 2017
• SOLIDAR Social Affairs Monthly Update - March 2017
• SOLIDAR Social Affairs Monthly Update - February 2017
• SOLIDAR Social Affairs Monthly Update - January 2017
• SOLIDAR Social Affairs Monthly Update - November/ December 2016
• SOLIDAR Social Affairs Monthly Update - October 2016
• SOLIDAR Social Affairs Monthly Update - September 2016
• SOLIDAR Social Affairs Monthly Update - July/ August 2016
• SOLIDAR Social Affairs Monthly Update - June 2016
• SOLIDAR Social Affairs Monthly Update - May 2016
• SOLIDAR Social Affairs Monthly Update - April 2016
• SOLIDAR Social Affairs Monthly Update - March 2016
• SOLIDAR Social Affairs Monthly Update - January/ February 2016
• SOLIDAR Social Affairs Monthly Update - December 2015
• SOLIDAR Social Affairs Monthly Update - November 2015
• SOLIDAR Social Affairs Monthly Update - October 2015
• SOLIDAR Social Affairs Monthly Update - August/ September 2015
• SOLIDAR Social Affairs Monthly Update - June/ July 2015
• SOLIDAR Social Affairs Monthly Update - January - May 2015 (compiled)
• SOLIDAR Social Affairs Monthly Update - 2014 (compiled)

The latest on Jobs, Growth and Social Investment

SOLIDAR’s main objective in the field of Social Affairs is to improve progress towards a more social Europe. Against the background of our European social fabric which has been seriously damaged by the economic crisis and by the effects of one-sided austerity policies, SOLIDAR advocates for a policy change that puts social consolidation back at the heart of EU policies.
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 The latest on Social Standards

The SOLIDAR network considers an EU-wide applicable set of common and high-level social safeguards as an indispensable element for empowering people and constructing a social union. Poverty and inequalities can only be efficiently tackled by adopting a set of unequivocal safeguards for everyone living in Europe. This is what is needed to achieve the social and territorial cohesion stipulated in the Treaties.
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 The latest on Migration and Fundamental Rights

Solidarity has to be placed at the heart of Europe’s migration and asylum policy by incorporating a right-based approach based on a more efficient responsibility-sharing system and improved harmonisation of protection’s standards among Member States The opening of humanitarian corridors with the involvement of the United Nations is urgently needed. This is the mian reason why we advocate for equal access to public and social services for those arriving in Europe especially health and care services, education and housing on equal grounds, as stated in the Charter of fundamental rights of the European Union.
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 The latest on Health Care and Social Services

SOLIDAR works to promote people’s access to affordable, sustainable and high quality social services which are crucial for developing social cohesion, realising social inclusion and safeguarding the fundamental rights of individual service users.
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 The latest on the LABCIT project

The LABCIT project, “Testing EU Citizenship as Labour Citizenship: From cases of Labour Rights Violations to a strengthened Labour Rights Regime”, which is co-funded by the Europe For Citizens Programme of the European Union, joined together twelve partners from eleven countries to investigate cases of labour rights violations of mobile EU citizens. The project held several hearings and consulted with over 250 workers, labour experts, and civil society actors and stakeholders.
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Our Training Material

You can find our training material in the SOLIDAR Resource Training Centre.