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Building alliances: SOLIDAR Days returns for the 2025 edition

Building alliances: SOLIDAR Days returns for the 2025 edition The SOLIDAR Days returned for another edition from 1-3 December in Brussels! The SOLIDAR Days is our annual initiative which bring together SOLIDAR’s members, partners and allies for a week of events, networking and discussion. It is a moment to come together, build alliances and exchange…

25 years of Silver Rose: Advancing a just transition in the face of political challenges
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25 years of Silver Rose: Advancing a just transition in the face of political challenges

25 years of Silver Rose: Advancing a just transition in the face of political challenges On Wednesday 3 December 2025, SOLIDAR came together with members, partners and allies to celebrate a very special edition of the Silver Rose Awards. With the support of the S&D, PES, FEPS and in collaboration with ETUC, PES Women and…

SOLIDAR travels to Santa Marta to demand a new model of EU-LAC trade partnership
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SOLIDAR travels to Santa Marta to demand a new model of EU-LAC trade partnership

SOLIDAR travels to Santa Marta to demand a new model of EU-LAC trade partnership The IV EU-CELAC Summit On 9 November, leaders from the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) met in Santa Marta, Colombia, to celebrate the IV EU-CELAC Summit, an opportunity to reaffirm shared commitments and…

Stronger Together: How EU–LAC Cooperation Can Shape a Fairer World? 
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Stronger Together: How EU–LAC Cooperation Can Shape a Fairer World? 

Stronger Together: How CAN EU–LAC Cooperation Shape a Fairer World?  The climate crisis, the current shift in geopolitical dynamics, and the renewed European Union’s focus on clean industrialisation and economic security present a critical opportunity to redesign the relationship between Latin America and the Caribbean (hereinafter LAC) and the EU and to advance a shared…

The CELAC-EU Summit: which alternatives for a broken economic system?
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The CELAC-EU Summit: which alternatives for a broken economic system?

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…

EU-CELAC Summit: civil society mobilises for an ambitious renewed partnership
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EU-CELAC Summit: civil society mobilises for an ambitious renewed partnership

After a relative silence on the bi-regional agenda, the EU and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean Countries (CELAC) will renew their strategic partnership with the holding of the 3rd EU-CELAC Summit (17-18 July 2023 in Brussels).  Ahead of the Summit, CSOs have mobilised to call for a bi-regional partnership that promotes sustainable development and human…

European Union and Latin America: Towards a Just Transition focused Partnership
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European Union and Latin America: Towards a Just Transition focused Partnership

On July 7th, the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the European Commission issued a Joint Communication to the European Parliament and the Council “A New Agenda for Relations between the EU and Latin America and the Caribbean”.   The New Agenda focuses on 6 main areas to enhance the cooperation between the two regions: 1)…