Brussels, 22nd January 2024 Why do we need a Global Green Deal? What a Global Green Deal should look like? What are the pros and cons of transforming the European Green Deal (EGD) into a Global Green Deal to foster Just Transition worldwide? These are some of the questions that will be discussed at the…
The EU is lagging behind on the implementation of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development, while some of its policies risk putting at stake partner countries’ capacity to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The European Green Deal itself risks increasing the lack of Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development (PCSD). This is because some of…
History is judging us all, Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary General, in an appeal for aid to Gaza. This statement was updated on November 16th 2023. More than 40 days after Hamas’ horrific attack and Israel’s massive and ongoing counterattack, the situation is more dire and tragic than ever. The situation in Gaza has turned into…
Last Saturday, 7th October, Hamas went on a full-scale attack on Southern Israel and its civilian population, indiscriminately assaulting, kidnapping, and killing more than a 1300 innocent Israeli men, women, and children in the most brutal way, while letting thousands of rockets rain. The death toll and horrific details of the attack are still coming to…
The EU is currently reviewing its Thematic Programme on Civil Society Organisations. SOLIDAR participated in the Consultation organised by INTPA on the 10th of July, and expressed its support for the programme to keep its strong focus on enabling environment for civil society. As more and more CSOs and independent, democratic and representative trade unions are under attack…
The 3rd European Union (EU) and Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Summit took place on 17th and 18th of July in Brussels. Before and during the Summit, civil society organisations from Europe and Latin America came together to present their views about what a renewed political partnership between the two regions should…
After a relative silence on the bi-regional agenda, the EU and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean Countries (CELAC) will renew their strategic partnership with the holding of the 3rd EU-CELAC Summit (17-18 July 2023 in Brussels). Ahead of the Summit, CSOs have mobilised to call for a bi-regional partnership that promotes sustainable development and human…
On July 7th, the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the European Commission issued a Joint Communication to the European Parliament and the Council “A New Agenda for Relations between the EU and Latin America and the Caribbean”. The New Agenda focuses on 6 main areas to enhance the cooperation between the two regions: 1)…
In view of the Spanish presidency of the Council of the European Union, and on the 75th anniversary of Nakba, the Spanish Platform for the Recognition of the State of Palestine issued a statement calling on the Spanish government to fulfil its commitment to recognise the State of Palestine. The Platform, which includes many SOLIDAR’s…
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