Whilst highlighting the plight of young people in his State of the Union speech, President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker left many questions unanswered after his welcome statement that he cannot accept Europe as the continent of youth unemployment. His good words are at odds with the subsequent announcement of an effective cut in […]
Social Platform is one of 177 European and national civil society organisations and trade unions to sign a common statement calling for a new direction for the European Union. Read the full statement and see a full list of signatories here. Europe is at a crossroads, and the future of European cooperation and the benefits […]
Information på svenska Read the report of this event here On 14-15 December Social Platform Secretariat will carry out a two-days fact-finding visit to Malmö and Helsingborg in South Sweden to learn about successful practices of integration of migrants into Swedish life, with a particular focus on low and medium skilled migrant workers. We will […]
A strong earthquake struck central Italy early on 24 August, causing severe destruction to buildings and the loss of life. The magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck around the Rieti region. The worst hit towns were Amatrice and Accumoli, with the epicentre in Norcia. “The situation is terrible,” said Bishop Giovanni D’Ercole of Ascoli Piceno, who arrived […]
Thursday 22 September, 09.30-12.30 – Register here (by the latest 19 September) After the meeting we invite all our members to our ‘Advocacy networking lunch‘ at 12:30-14:00 , with guests from the European Commission Draft Agenda The purpose of the meeting is to inform about the activities of the Secretariat and exchange information about upcoming priorities by member A detailed […]
Last week the European Parliament adopted an important resolution concerning the mid-term revision of the political priorities of the European Union’s budget. When the 2014-2020 regulations were adopted, it was decided that the European Commission would conduct an interim review to assess if the framework decided in 2013 was still adequate to manage the EU’s […]
On 4 July Social Platform joined a small group of civil society representatives working on human rights and asylum and migration to meet European Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans. Our agenda was to address the EU-Turkey deal, the asylum package and EU’s integration action plan (read my blog from our previous meeting in February on […]
The second online course “Adult Learning in the 21st Century” of the successful European free e-training organised by the AE-PRO project attracted hundreds of participants. The course was organised between March and June 2016 and had over 700 participants in its live and recorded webinar sessions that were held on the learning platform created for […]
The children’s rights community in Europe gathered in Brussels this week to answer the question “Why Europe needs to invest in children”. Not only policy makers, professionals working with children and politicians, but children and young people themselves were actively involved in this event, which was held under the patronage of Her Majesty Queen of […]
Today, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Hungary’s two-month-long detention of an Iranian gay man applying for asylum is a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights. In judgment of OM v Hungary, the Court, unanimously ruled that the applicant’s detention was arbitrary and unjustified, in violation of Article 5 (Right […]
