On 4 March 2021, four years after the proclamation of the European Pillar of Social Rights in Gothenburg, the European Commission presented its long awaited Action Plan for the Social Pillar. With this new Action Plan, the European Commission aims to turn principles into actions “for a strong Social Europe that focuses on jobs and skills for the future and…
SOLIDAR Foundation members’ work supports the urgently needed transition towards a social, economic and environmentally sustainable future. Nonetheless, it isn’t always self-evident for members, especially for the staff operating locally, to acknowledge the profound link of their current activities with the goals expressed in the Agenda 2030. For this reason, on 26 and 27 November 2020,…
After briefly defining the policy framework, this paper describes the latest developments in the field of migration and inclusion at the EU level: the New Pact on Migration and Asylum, and the Action Plan on Integration and Inclusion 2021-2027. Subsequently, it lays out SOLIDAR’s position with respect to these developments and introduces some recommendations directed…
21 December 2020 This briefing paper explores how the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been mainstreamed in the European Semester process. It outlines SOLIDAR’s recommendations to transform structurally this process for it to become a tool for Sustainable Development.
We are proud to present the second edition of SOLIDAR’s Social Rights Monitor that provides an insight into the state of social rights in different European countries. This edition reports on 14 countries from the European Union – Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Spain and the Netherlands; two candidate…
October 7, 2020 Since its inception, the European Semester has attracted interest in its effects on the EU’s social outcomes. Nevertheless, the Semester lacks a framework to monitor socio-economic inequalities within member states. Together with FEPS, Kalevi Sorsa Foundation (FI), Fondazione Pietro Nenni (IT) and Progresiva (SI), we present the Policy Study “Inequalities in the European Semester” : “As the European Semester will play a…
On 30 September 2020, the European Commission updated its vision of the European Education Area (EEA) setting out the roadmap on achieving this by 2025. SOLIDAR Foundation welcomes the coherent and comprehensive vision put forward by the European Commission but it expresses its worries at the unclear means through which the goals would be met….
On 30 September 2020, the European Commission has revealed its updated Digital Education Action Plan, which is set to ensure the coordination of the digital transition between 2021 and 2027. The update comes after the previous Action Plan finished its cycle (2018-2020) and after a public consultation in which SOLIDAR Foundation took part. SOLIDAR Foundation…
June 16, 2020 In December 2019 the European Commission announced that it would put forward a proposal for an EU minimum wage. Six months later, the need for a European initiative on minimum wages is more evident than ever as the COVID-19 crisis makes us re-evaluate the value of work and highlights that essential workers…
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