Civil Society Alliance for Global Citizenship Education Who are we? The Civil Society Alliance for Global Citizenship Education brings together ca. 25 civil society organisations (CSOs) across Europe that are dedicated to advancing Global Citizenship Education (GCE). Through campaigning, advocacy, awareness-raising, capacity building, and the development of learning materials, our members work to promote GCE…
The EU’s recent proposals in the area of migration and asylum risk seriously undermining people’s access to fair and full asylum procedures in Europe. The European Commission’s recent initiatives appear to be interconnected components of a broader strategy to externalise the bloc’s migration management – these include its proposed revision to EU return or deportation…
x On 25 June 2025, the Annual General Assembly (AGA) of SOLIDAR and SOLIDAR Foundation took place in Brussels. We gathered our members and allies to take important decisions, exchange about our shared challenges and connect. The meeting was kicked off with introductions by Mikael Leyi, SOLIDAR Secretary General, Salima Chitalia, Project Manager at Pour…
What more needs to happen before the EU acts with determination and force? Gaza has been turned into dust. The last hospital functioning in the North of Gaza was forced to close. On 2nd June, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) killed 31 Palestinians that were walking to an aid site to collect food. 500,000 people…
From 9th to 11th April, delegations of SOLIDAR and SOLIDAR Foundation (SOLIDAR) and their members were happy to visit School With Class Foundation and Konsorcjum Migracyjne in Warsaw, Poland. The two-days journey focused on encouraging newcomer participation in civic and political life to strengthen social inclusion. The programme started with a Social Affairs and Education…
The CELAC-EU Summit: which alternatives for a broken economic system? The fourth Summit of the European Union’s (EU) member states and the 33 countries of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) has recently been announced to take place in Santa Marta, Colombia on 9-10 November 2025. Key priorities on the agenda will be trade…
Advancing a socially just transition in the face of political challenges The ongoing climate, environmental and social crisis can only be tackled through ambitious action, and by remaining steadfast in the face of challenges. Against a backdrop of de-prioritisation of a just transition, the people, communities and movements who hold firm and continue to keep…
On 11th March, the European Commission published a proposal for a Returns Regulation, with the objective to increase and streamline removals of people staying irregularly from EU territory. Foreseen to replace the current EU Returns Directive, the text features several innovations in terms of ruthlessness people are treated with, and in terms of shifting responsibility…
570+ Organisations Join Forces to Defend Civil Society! European civil society organisations (CSOs) are currently facing an attack coming from certain Members of the European Parliament. Spearheaded by some MEPs from the European People’s Party (EPP) and by far-right groups, this attack resorts to misleading arguments to fabricate a scandal. This portrayal has been amplified…
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