How can emotional literacy and meaningful participation contribute to young people’s mental health? The EMPASY final conference brought together civil society organisations, practitioners and policymakers at the European Parliament to explore this question and discuss how its findings can inform future practice and policy. Held on 14 October 2026 at the European Parliament in Brussels,…
Civic space is a cornerstone of democracy: the space where individuals, civil society organisations, trade unions, media, activists, and human rights defenders organise, participate, communicate, and influence public and political life. Yet across Europe and beyond, this space is increasingly under threat, restricted through tactics ranging from restrictive legislation and funding cuts to smear campaigns…
This toolkit is the result of a series of online training sessions on advocacy delivered by SOLIDAR+ between January and March 2026, as part of the EMPASY project – Emotional Literacy & Participatory Approaches to Support Youth Mental Health. The sessions brought together youth workers from the project countries – Lebanon, Jordan and Morocco –…
From 15 to 19 June 2026, the partners of the ECODE project (Ceméa France, SOLIDAR+, FITCEMEA, Ceméa Belgium, and Dafni Kek) came together in Patras, Greece, for their Transnational Meeting, hosted by local partner Dafni Kek. ECODE (Ethical, Common and Open Digital in Education) aims to foster a critical approach to digital tools and an awareness of digital commons values among young people across Europe. The project is developing training modules for civil…
From 19 to 21 May 2026, hosted by HAND (Hungarian Association of NGOs for Development and Humanitarian Aid), members of the Civil Society Alliance for Global Citizenship Education came together in Budapest for a three-day gathering combining the Alliance’s first-ever in-person meeting with the GEAR UP! Networking Event on Global Citizenship Education and gender equality. The Civil Society Alliance for GCE meeting in person for the first time On 19 May, members of…
On 26–27 May 2026, SOLIDAR and SOLIDAR+ members met in Brussels for two events connecting work on civil society funding, education, and citizenship, and their shared role in sustaining democratic participation. Training Academy on Diversifying Funding for Civil Society Organisations The programme opened on 26 May with a Training Academy on Diversifying Funding for Civil Society Organisations, facilitated by Katarina Bartovičová, Senior Fundraising Manager at EDRi (European Digital…
On 12 May 2026, the final conference of the ENHANCE project, funded by the European Commission through the Erasmus+ programme, brought together adult education practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and learners to reflect on how learner voices can be strengthened across adult learning systems in Europe. The event marked the closing phase of a project coordinated by the European Association for the Education of…
On 21 April 2026, SOLIDAR+, in collaboration with the S&D Group, organised the Policy Knowledge Exchange ‘Enabling learning environments: The role of non-formal and informal learning in building citizenship and basic digital competences’. The event, taking place at the European Parliament in Brussels, brought together policymakers, civil society organisations and education and training stakeholders to discuss the role of non-formal and informal learning (NFIL)…
WHAT IS THE PROJECT ABOUT? The Digital Citizenship Education (DigiCitizenEdu) project is an Erasmus+ funded initiative running from January 2026 to end of June 2028 (30 months). DigiCitizenEdu aims to advance Digital Citizenship Education (DCE) by equipping educators and learners across Europe with the skills and knowledge needed to actively and responsibly participate in today’s…
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