Seminar: civil society protecting and advancing socio-economic rights in Europe
EVENT BRIEF With the backdrop of the Porto Social Forum which took place on 27 May 2023, where the European Pillar of Social Rights was once again put high on the agenda of European political, social partner and civil society leaders, and with the several crucial elections taking place across Europe, it is timely to […]
Celebrating Europe Day – no place for complacency!
Firstly, may I wish you all a very happy Europe Day! As we are reflecting on the second anniversary of the Social Summit in Porto, which took place in 2021, and on this important day today, I would like to reiterate that the European Pillar of Social Rights must be the compass of the European […]
Green employment or green washing?
Volonteurope is engaged in an Erasmus+ GreenerFuture project funded by the European Union and led by a consortium of four organisations (two of which are our members): Alianza por la Solidaridad – ActionAid (Spain), WeWorld (Italy) and ActionAid Denmark (Denmark). In cooperation with Traza Territorio, we delighted to announce that our consortium has just published […]
Social Rights Tracker – a platform for monitoring and safeguarding social rights in Europe
Through its membership in the Council of Europe Conference of INGOs (where many of the Liaison Group CSOs are also members), Volonteurope, together with partners in the “Action for Social Rights” Committee, has developed and launched the Social Rights Tracker. The Tracker is a secure, online platform, available in English and French, for collecting and […]
FLOW Project Workshops and Youth Advisory Board
Volonteurope would like to share an information with its members and partners on a new EU Horizon Project, FLOW (Future Lives with Oceans and Water). Briefly, the project was kicked off in January 2023 and Radboud University coordinates the project. UiT the Arctic University of Norway and Fraunhofer ISI are other project partners. Briefly, the […]
Future Lifes with Oceans and Waters (FLOW) Kick-off Meeting in Brussels
On the 25th of January, Future Lifes with Oceans and Waters (FLOW), funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme, has been kicked off in Brussels. FLOW is a two years long project that is coordinated by Radboud University, the Institute for Science in Society and Centre for Connecting Humans […]
Bottom up: Conditions supporting policy influence of civil society organisations at national and EU level
Patricia Scherer and Ferdi de Ville focus on CSOs influence on policy changes and which conditions are conducive to policy influence of CSOs at the national level in view of the multi-level governance decision-making process of the EU. As an EU-level umbrella organisation, Volonteurope works closely with its members at the national level across Europe, […]
VOSOTROS Project Public Forum December 13th
Since early 2021, Volonteurope has been part of the “VOSOTROS” project, funded by Erasmus+ and coordinated by CEMEA France. Vosotros project focused on the effects of volunteering on volunteers & mentors of volunteers, structures, territories and the welcomed public. Project consortium organised six study visits in Romania, Portugal, France, Spain, Italy and Slovakia. In June 2021, in Poland, a forum […]
Political Festival of Europe 2022
At the Political Festival of Europe, 25 – 28 August 2022, Constantin Dedu, Vice-President of our network, represented Volonteurope in various debates and panels on the future of Europe and its present. Political Festival of Europe is an informal gathering of representatives from different professional backgrounds that took place in Mariager, northern Denmark, a community […]
Madrid Pride 2022 – in the face of hate: visibility, pride and resilience
I have just returned from Madrid, where I was volunteering at the annual Pride event (MADO), which this year ran from 1-10 July 2022. Madrid delivers outstanding Pride celebrations year on year, and it is the city with hosted the 2017 World Pride. It was a real privilege for me to be able to walk […]