SOTEU: did the social dimension get lost in translation?
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SOTEU: did the social dimension get lost in translation?

SOTEU: did the social dimension get lost in translation? SOLIDAR and SOLIDAR FOUNDATION welcome Ursula von der Leyen’s recognition of the fragility of the current system amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. President von der Leyen has echoed the sentiment of SOLIDAR and SOLIDAR Foundation’s Secretary General Mikael Leyi on the need to establish a new normality in…

Open letter to EU leaders from 150 organisations: Our sustainable future must start now
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Open letter to EU leaders from 150 organisations: Our sustainable future must start now

On 11 June 2019, an open letter prepared by Concord Europe, Social Platform and the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and signed by 150 civil society organisations in Europe, including SOLIDAR, was sent to 28 Heads of State and Government and published on Euractiv. The letter openly calls on EU leaders to make sustainable development the overarching…

SDGs Handbook: The Sustainable Development Goals in brief
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SDGs Handbook: The Sustainable Development Goals in brief

This short handbook is designed to introduce the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to European Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) active in the area of economic and social rights. It aims particularly at providing social CSOs willing to engage in national sustainable development processes, with a basic understanding of the 2030 Agenda, and the opportunities its…