Learning for citizenship never ends: Repository of Good Practices on Citizenship and Lifelong Learning
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Learning for citizenship never ends: Repository of Good Practices on Citizenship and Lifelong Learning

After 7 years of work, covering 6 flagship publications, the work of SOLIDAR Foundation on the Citizenship and Lifelong Learning Monitor is coming to an end. The conclusion represents the end of a research endeavour and an exercise in taking stock of how national and European policies on lifelong learning, especially on citizenship education, have…

Briefing Paper 103 – Improving working conditions in platform work
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Briefing Paper 103 – Improving working conditions in platform work

On 9 December 2021 the European Commission presented a proposed directive on improving working conditions in platform work. This was the latest step of a path started some years before and reflecting the political will of EU institutions to regulate a fast-growing platform economy. The pandemic has given great impetus to the sector, but has also exposed…

Coming up: Civil Society Forum for Sustainability – Shaping the European Green Deal
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Coming up: Civil Society Forum for Sustainability – Shaping the European Green Deal

May 11, 2022 On 9 and 10 June 2022, Civil Society Organisations with an interest in sustainability, a socially Just Transition and climate and environmental action will gather in Brussels to conduct a mid-term review of the European Green Deal. In the framework of the Real Deal project funded by the EU programme Horizon 2020, SOLIDAR, the European Environmental…

Citizenship and Lifelong Learning Monitor 2021
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Citizenship and Lifelong Learning Monitor 2021

The Citizenship and Lifelong Learning Monitor is SOLIDAR Foundation’s flagship publication, coming into its 6th edition and analysing policy developments linked to citizenship education and lifelong learning at EU level and across Europe. The 6th edition represents the last edition, considering that, since the Paris Declaration, there has been more work done at EU level with regards to strategic documents on citizenship education while…

Social Rights Monitor 2021 – the state of social rights in Europe
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Social Rights Monitor 2021 – the state of social rights in Europe

December 17, 2021 The Social Rights Monitor 2021 is out! We are proud to present the third edition of the Social Rights Monitor, SOLIDAR & FEPS publication that assesses the state of social rights in Europe. In this year’s edition 16 countries have been analysed: 13 EU countries – Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Spain and the Netherlands –…

Social Rights Monitor 2021- Country Monitors.
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Social Rights Monitor 2021- Country Monitors.

December 17, 2021 SOLIDAR’s Social Rights Monitor 2021 offers an analysis of the state of social rights in 16 European countries: 13 EU countries – Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Spain and the Netherlands – 2 candidate countries – North Macedonia and Serbia– and the United Kingdom. A National Strategy Group (NSG), composed of experts from civil society organisations, trade…

Working for nothing in the platform economy – Thematic Publication
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Working for nothing in the platform economy – Thematic Publication

December 9, 2021 The advent of digital labour platforms – and its acceleration during the pandemic -require researchers, civil society organizations, and policymakers to question the impact of this new mode of labour on workers’ livelihoods and the quality of their jobs. SOLIDAR, in collaboration with the Employment Relations and Labour Markets Research Group (ERLM) at the Centre for Sociological Research (KU Leuven), presents a study titled “Working for…

Briefing Paper 99 – Leave no woman behind: a European regulation for a gender-responsive recovery
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Briefing Paper 99 – Leave no woman behind: a European regulation for a gender-responsive recovery

November 25, 2021 The COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated pre-existing inequalities, including gender inequalities. Indeed, the socio-economic consequences of the crisis have had – among other effects – a detrimental impact on women’s participation in the labour market. Moreover, the pandemic has given an unprecedented push to the spread of teleworking, which also had significant repercussions…