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SOLIDAR & SOLIDAR Foundation @solidar-eu.bsky.social · 1d

We are excited to invite you to these 2 panels we are co-organising next week, on Thursday 16th at the European Parliament.

Our own Barbara Caracciolo, International Cooperation & Sustainable Development Coordinator, will be moderating both panels.

Register at the link below! 👇

FEPS Europe @feps-europe.eu · 1d

🌎Join us on 16 Oct in the EU Parliament for a FEPS-led fringe session at the S&D Latin American Days
➡️ bit.ly/LatAm25

We'll examine how stronger EU-LAC cooperation in trade & development
🔺Drives sustainable growth in the digital & green transitions
🔺Builds more resilient, fair & inclusive economies

SOLIDAR & SOLIDAR Foundation @solidar-eu.bsky.social · 1d

In a time of growing political instability, we must push back against regression & deregulation while prioritising the objectives of a just transition in EU policymaking.🌍✊

Decent work is the foundation of a #JustTransition.

🔗 Read the brief: bit.ly/4o71uac
#WDDW2025

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SOLIDAR & SOLIDAR Foundation @solidar-eu.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 Today, on #WorldDayforDecentWork, SOLIDAR launches the first brief in our new series, “Unlocking Opportunities for a Just Transition.” 🌍

Our first brief — A Quality Jobs Roadmap & Act to Advance a Just Green Transition — sets out 10 key recommendations for fair, green & inclusive EU policies. 💼🌱

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SOLIDAR & SOLIDAR Foundation @solidar-eu.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 Civil society needs a seat at the table in the EU's Global Gateway!

Ahead of the Global Gateway Forum, we've published an advocacy toolkit to equip CSOs to shape the future of Global Gateway so it reduces poverty and advances sustainable development.

Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/4nYS9RA

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SOLIDAR & SOLIDAR Foundation @solidar-eu.bsky.social · 7d

📢 New SOLIDAR Dispatch is out! 🗞️

This month:
✍️ Inaction = Complicity on Palestine & Gaza
🏛️ Just4All final event at the European Parliament
🌍 Joining 80+ orgs in “Stop Trade with Settlements”
and more

👉 Read in full here: bit.ly/4o1LZAl

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SOLIDAR & SOLIDAR Foundation @solidar-eu.bsky.social · 8d

Our Secretary-General @mikaelleyi.bsky.social will speak on a panel on rethinking solidarity in health at the European Health Forum Gastein this afternoon! #EHFG2025

Follow along live at 14:30: ehfg.live/stage/confer...

European Health Forum Gastein @gasteinforum.bsky.social · Jul 8

📣 We are excited to launch the programme & open registration for the hybrid #EHFG2025!

Join us 30 Sep–3 Oct to explore how we can heal Europe’s fractured social contract for health & well-being.

🔍 Explore sessions & stay tuned for updates 👉 www.ehfg.org

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EU-LAT Network / Red EU-LAT @eulatnetwork.bsky.social · 9d

🌍 Register now!
The EU–LAC Civil Society Working Group is pleased to invite you to the upcoming event:
"Latin America and the Caribbean and the EU in the Face of Global Challenges"
📅 13 October 2025
🕒 15:00 CEST
📝 Registration is mandatory by 7 October – forms.office.com/e/pKRaSjgkiX...

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CONCORD @concord-europe.bsky.social · 10d

The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry concluded that genocide and manmade famine are unfolding in Gaza.

CONCORD calls on the EU to refrain from resorting to half-measures and empty rhetoric. Now is the moment to act!

🔗 Read our statement: buff.ly/rS60Awl

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SOLIDAR & SOLIDAR Foundation @solidar-eu.bsky.social · 15d

That’s’ a wrap on the #Just4All Final EU Policy Roundtable! 🙌

Thank you to all speakers, partners & participants who helped shape a greener, fairer, more inclusive Europe! 🌿🇪🇺

#lifelonglearning

SOLIDAR & SOLIDAR Foundation @solidar-eu.bsky.social · 15d

Finishing the roundtable with the panel on evidence-based policy recommendations, barriers and opportunities for a just transition with speakers from DG EMPL, SOLIDAR, & the International Council for Adult Education (ICAE)

SOLIDAR & SOLIDAR Foundation @solidar-eu.bsky.social · 15d

From Cyprus to Ireland, from France to Sweden, our project partners are sharing powerful national insights on the realities of adult learning on the ground! @aontas.com @ligue-enseignement.bsky.social

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SOLIDAR & SOLIDAR Foundation @solidar-eu.bsky.social · 15d

🚨Kicking off now: the final #Just4All EU Policy Roundtable at the European Parliament. 🇪🇺

We are discussing inclusive adult learning for a green & social future in Europe with the Vice President of the European Parliament, Victor Negrescu (S&D) 🌍📢

@socialistsanddemocrats.eu

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SOLIDAR & SOLIDAR Foundation @solidar-eu.bsky.social · 17d

Tired but happy! 😃 Yesterday, we joined the Refugee Walk in Ghent with 4,000+ people walking 40 km for refugees.

Together we raised €780,000. This is solidarity in action ✊ #RefugeeWalk

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Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) @ieep.eu · 20d

📅 Next Wednesday @canto-nelli.bsky.social will speak at @feps-europe.eu conference on building a clean, just, and competitive European Industry.

@socialistsanddemocrats.eu @etuc-ces.bsky.social @solidar-eu.bsky.social @industrialleurope.bsky.social

Find out more and register ⬇️

A clean, just, and competitive European Industry - Foundation for European Progressive Studies

Policy Conference

feps-europe.eu

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SOLIDAR & SOLIDAR Foundation @solidar-eu.bsky.social · 21d

"We must stand together to ensure that Europe is democratic, inclusive, sustainable and rooted in social rights."

Yesterday our Sec-Gen Mikael Leyi joined the @eesc.bsky.social End of Mandate Ceremony. We were delighted to be represented among EU leaders, civil society & international partners. 💪

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AONTAS @aontas.com · 22d

📣 On 24 September, we’re heading to the European Parliament for the Final #Just4All Policy Roundtable! 🌍

We’ll be spotlighting adult education as a key tool for a just green & digital transition.
#JustTransition #AdultLearning
@ligue-enseignement.bsky.social  @eaea.org  @solidar-eu.bsky.social

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SOLIDAR & SOLIDAR Foundation @solidar-eu.bsky.social · 22d

@eaea.org @ligue-enseignement.bsky.social @aontas.com

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SOLIDAR & SOLIDAR Foundation @solidar-eu.bsky.social · 22d

📢 On 24 September, we’re heading to the European Parliament for the Final #Just4All Policy Roundtable! 🌍

We’ll be spotlighting adult education as a key tool for a just green & digital transition.

🗓️ 24 September, 8:30h - 12:00h
📍 European Parliament, Room 3H1
🔗 Register now: bit.ly/4llHRcN

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SOLIDAR & SOLIDAR Foundation @solidar-eu.bsky.social · 23d

Migration policy should strengthen communities, not criminalise them.

The EU must reject this punitive proposal🛑✋

European Network Against Racism (ENAR) @enareurope.bsky.social · 24d

🚨The EU’s new “Return Regulation” is really a Deportation Regulation.

It expands detention, weakens safeguards & creates profit for private contractors – at the expense of people’s dignity & communities.

Over 200 organisations say: Reject it.
@ec.europa.eu @europarl.europa.eu @eu2025dk.bsky.social

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Oxfam International @oxfaminternational.bsky.social · 24d

Israel’s illegal settlements in the West Bank violate international law and devastate Palestinian lives. Trade with these settlements sustains the occupation.

It’s time to ban settlement trade.

www.oxfam.org/en/stop-trad...

#StopSettlementTrade #EndTheOccupation

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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · Sep 9

Tomorrow, von der Leyen will address the EU Parliament with her SOTEU speech. Today, civil society and trade unions delivered a very clear message in a statement signed by 470 organisations: we need rules to protect people and the environment!

corporateeurope.org/en/2025/09/o...

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SOLIDAR & SOLIDAR Foundation @solidar-eu.bsky.social · Sep 8

🌍 How can adult learning power Europe’s green & social future?

Join us at the Final EU Policy Roundtable of the Just4All project and take part in shaping the way forward for inclusive, sustainable education!

📅 24 September 2025 | 🕗 08:30–12:00 | 📍 European Parliament

🔗Register: bit.ly/4pcrkuL

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SOLIDAR & SOLIDAR Foundation @solidar-eu.bsky.social · Sep 1

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SOLIDAR & SOLIDAR Foundation @solidar-eu.bsky.social · Sep 1

The EU should foster civil dialogue also in the candidate countries by making it compulsory for these governments to meaningfully involve CSOs in national policymaking, especially in the framework of their accession process.

Read more here: bit.ly/41pOLXh

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