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Inclusive volunteering: sharing good practices to promote the participation of people with disabilities

A look back at our webinars on inclusive volunteering: survey findings, field testimonies and European initiatives.
  • Social affairs

BoostIT Summer Workshops: 11 Free Digital Skills Workshops for Young People in Brussels

This summer, POUR LA SOLIDARITÉ–PLS, in partnership with the CPAS of the City of Brussels, is launching the BoostIT Summer Workshops—a new series of free digital workshops for young people aged 18 to 30, including NEETs and students.
  • Citizen participation ｜ Social economy ｜ Sustainable development

AGORA 2030: What If Your Third Place Became a Driver of the Ecological Transition in Europe?

Third places are now living laboratories of territorial resilience. But how can their impact be amplified in the face of the climate emergency? This is precisely the challenge addressed by the European project AGORA 2030, coordinated by Pour La Solidarité, which is launching a major consultation today with practitioners and stakeholders across Europe.

Self-determination and disability: resources developed by RAAVI

To support the self-determination of people with disabilities, the RAAVI project offers two complementary resources: a literature review, which lays the theoretical and conceptual foundations, and a toolkit database that compiles more than a hundred tools promoting self-determination.
  • Social economy ｜ Sustainable development

When Third Places Become Drivers of Ecological Transition

It’s official: the European project Agora 2030 – Strengthening Third Places as Spaces for Citizen Participation in the Ecological Transition – has begun!
  • Social economy

ENACT: 2025 shaped by European study visits and agri-food innovation

In 2025, the European project ENACT – Enabling Social Innovation Entrepreneurship in Agri-Food through Digital Transition – continued its commitment to advancing the digital transition and social innovation in the agri-food sector.
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Our motto

Understand to act!

Our thematics

Social affairs
Social economy
Diversity and CSR
Sustainable development and transition
Citizen participation

Understand

Stimulate reflection, encourage action and share the knowledge
and experience of all those involved in our five thematic areas.

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We conduct research and analysis to raise awareness of societal issues, offer new perspectives for reflection and make European policies accessible to as many people as possible, with a view to lifelong learning.

Recommendations to enhance employability to youngsters in the audiovisual field and reduce barriers to cultural participation

  • Educational tools

SportyMentor : Sport and mentoring to help disadvantaged young people !

  • Studies & Cases

THIRD PLACES IN EUROPE A comparative analysis

Socio-professional (re)integration of women victims of domestic violence: the ACTIV consortium publishes its white paper

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Upcoming events

  • 04/12/2025
  • Bruxelles

Conference – Improving European youngsters’ employability in the audiovisual sector and their active citizenship

  • 14/10/2025
  • Brussels

Conference – Ensuring Access to Quality Food for All

  • 14/10/2025
  • Bruxelles

Pedaling Forward : Building Inclusive and Professional Cycle Logistics in Europe

  • 24/10/2024

CONFERENCE – HERITAGE FOR A MORE INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE EUROPE

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Our thematic websites

We carry out a thematic European watch, listing a wide range of documentary resources that can be consulted via our three European Observatories.

European observatory of Social economy

www.ess-europe.eu

European Diversity Observatory

www.diversite-europe.eu

European Transition Observatory

www.transition-europe.eu

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We take part in, design and coordinate transnational projects in cooperation with all our European partners in the 27 member states, to raise awareness and take action on current issues facing European society, with the aim of achieving a genuine critical mass capable of overturning the current balance of power.

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POUR LA SOLIDARITÉ-PLS has consolidated a expertise it puts serving both public⸱que⸱sand private⸱e⸱scommitted⸱e⸱sto solidarity. Whether through training courses, support for the creation and development of transnational projects, strategic consulting, influencing strategy or networking.

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In Belgium, Pour La Solidarité-PLS develops grassroots actions and implements concrete projects to strengthen social cohesion, support inclusion and promote equal opportunities.

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