From 15 to 19 May 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…
In a period in which competitiveness, defence and strategic autonomy are the top of the EU agenda, FEPS, FES and Res Publica – in collaboration with SOLIDAR, Johannes Mihkelson Center and Proforum – organised a high-level event in Porto on 19 June, bringing together decision-makers, academia, civil society organisations and trade unions to discuss ways to relaunch the Porto spirit. The event was titled “Social Europe is our target”. Five years after the…
x Forgetting transition regions in the next EU long-term budget? The Just Transition Fund (JTF), currently under implementation across all EU member states in 96 territories, represents one of the most significant policy experiments of the current Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF): a dedicated instrument with a mission-driven intervention logic, designed to accompany the structural transformation…
Council finally published its Conclusions on Global Gateway: a step forward, but not far enough On Monday the Council has finally adopted its Conclusions on Global Gateway under the Cyprus Presidency. This represents the Council’s first formal collective position since the Global Gateway strategy’s launch in 2021, and comes at a crucial moment, following the European Parliament’s Report “Global Gateway – past impacts and…
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…
Council Recommendation on Fighting Housing Exclusion – an (imperfect) welcome tool On 6 May, together with the long-awaited Anti-Poverty Strategy and other documents, the European Commission published its proposal for a Council Recommendation on fighting housing exclusion. This initiative should ensure the full implementation of Principle 19 of the European Pillar of Social Rights. SOLIDAR had contributed to the call for evidence opened by the Commission presenting recommendations to…
x On Thursday 28 May, we gathered our members in Brussels for the Annual General Assembly of SOLIDAR and SOLIDAR+. It was a day of important decision-making and discussion for our network which will shape much of our work over the next year, and in particular our approach to the EU’s next long-term budget. In the morning,…
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…
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