Silver Rose Awards
What are the Silver Rose Awards?
SOLIDAR co-organises the Silver Rose Awards together with the S&D Group in the European Parliament, the Party of European Socialists (PES), and since 2023, the Foundation of European Progressive Studies (FEPS).
Since 2024, we organise the event in partnership with the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), PES Women and the Young European Socialists (YES).
On 3 December 2025, SOLIDAR gathered with members, partners and allies to mark a landmark occasion: the 25th anniversary of the Silver Rose Awards. Held in collaboration with the S&D, PES, FEPS, ETUC, PES Women and YES, the evening brought together leading voices from across the progressive movement to celebrate those who champion equality, justice and solidarity.
The ceremony honoured two outstanding awardees: Agnes Jongerius, recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of her decades-long dedication to workers’ rights and alliance-building across Europe; and La Via Campesina, presented with the Just Transition Award for their tireless work uniting peasants, indigenous peoples and rural communities in the fight for a fairer world.
For 25 years, the Silver Rose Awards has spotlighted the activists, defenders and organisations who inspire our movement — often at great personal risk. As the evening’s closing voices reminded us, the future of the progressive movement lies in recognising the leadership of the people on the frontline of these struggles and in turning shared values into concrete action. Together, we are always stronger.
The next edition of Silver Rose will take place in December 2026.
Previous winners
The people and organisations who have had the honour of taking the Silver Rose stage to receive their award range from grassroots human rights activists to academics who have researched the social consequences of inequality, to undercover journalists who have shed light on working conditions in the lower social classes.
Previous winners of the SOLIDAR Silver Rose Awards include Juan Somavia (2005), former Director-General of the International Labour Organisation; the Sudanese Organisation Against Torture (2006); Aminatou Haidar (2007), human rights defender from Western Sahara; Plataforma de Mujeres Aristas contra la Violencia de Genero (2007), Spanish group of musicians; the Colombian Trade Union Federations (2010); Gunter Wallraff (2015), German author and undercover journalist, and many more.
For more information, contact us at: communications@solidar.org
