Deadline: 31-May-23

SOLIDAR in partnership with the Socialists & Democrats, the Party of European Socialists and the Foundation of European Progressive Studies is excited to announce the Silver Rose Awards.

In its 2023 edition, the Silver Rose will celebrate those who work actively towards a just transition towards carbon-neutrality. They seek nominations of individuals or organisations that remind us that with collective action, courage, perseverance, and commitment – they can do not what is politically reasonable but what is necessary to put people and the planet first.

Every year, since the year 2000, SOLIDAR organises its Silver Rose Awards in the European Parliament in cooperation with the Socialists & Democrats Group in the European Parliament (S&D), an occasion to celebrate Civil Society Organisations and individuals whose extraordinary struggles contribute greatly to social justice and solidarity throughout the world.

The awardee will be invited, with travel and accommodation costs covered, to an award ceremony during fall 2023 on the premises of the European Parliament in Brussels, and their story will be published on SOLIDAR’s website and social media channels

The Thematic Award

• Given the urgency of the climate crisis and the central role it plays for SOLIDAR’s work, this year the focus will be a socially Just Transition to carbon neutrality. They will collect nominations from civil society, trade unions, activists, citizens or politicians that have distinguished themselves in their work and dedication to ensuring a truly transformative ecological transition, one that is socially fair and just.
• What they regard as “Just Transition”: Initiatives aimed at ensuring that people and socioeconomic fairness are at the heart of action against climate change and environmental degradation, so that this contributes to advancing social justice and promoting socioeconomic equality. This includes, among others, ensuring that green jobs are decent, that people in vulnerable situations have access to affordable clean energy, that the shift to clean mobility takes into account the needs of underrepresented groups such as people with disabilities, etc. The nominee for the Thematic award should be someone who:
  • Is active in the field of humanitarian support, human rights, social rights, education, information and journalism, climate justice, migrants and refugees’ rights or crisis-response.
  • Takes part in advocacy, campaigning, social or political actions, community organising, or political journalism.
  • Has a positive impact in their communities, on legislation, policies or by bringing people together, or inspiring others to activism and organizing.
  • The nominations can preferably be linked to concrete achievements, in the form of success stories or similar events, with a local, national, European or international dimension.
  • Since the climate crisis will have a particular detrimental impact on the populations of the Global South, they welcome and encourage nominations for activists, journalists, organisers, or individuals that carry out their work and activism on ensuring a Just Transition in these regions.

Selection Process

• Through an open nomination process, they are looking for stories of activists, organisations, movements or groups of citizens who successfully mobilised for climate justice and just transition at local, national, European and international levels.
• The awardee will be selected by the Jury based on:
  • The impact of Nominee’s work, engagement and cooperation with others, in their respective communities, political and public life in relation to the characteristics.
  • Nominator’s compelling and thorough justification of the nominee and their work.
  • Nominee is coming from, and active in the Global South.

For more information, visit SOLIDAR.