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Amidst all the debates around European digital sovereignty and the influence of Big Tech, its sometimes easy to forget that algorithms and all other digital technologies are created by human hands and it is us humans who decide how they are shaped and in turn, how they shape our lives. As the trajectory of many digital developments becomes increasingly at odds with the interests of the common good, it is more important than ever for progressives to step up and take control. 

For only through a progressive, people-centred approach can we ensure that digital is a means to an end for a better life and sustainable planet, not an extractive system that divides our society and serves the interests of just a handful of elites.

📕 Join us online for the launch of the book “Algorithmic rule“, which presents an overview of how AI systems already influence public and workplace decisions and the social and political dilemmas this raises.

The event will also mark the opening of the FEPS and the EESC Workers’ Group exhibition “My boss, the algorithm”. Through powerful testimonies, it shows how algorithmic management affects workers’ daily. 

Algorithms are playing a key role in even the smallest decisions – but this brings new risks, particularly when legal frameworks have not kept pace with AI and such systems at work are badly understood. In this Progressive Page, Charlotta Kronblad highlights these risks through the example of Sweden’s school allocation case. Read more.

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Upcoming events

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📅  15 NOVEMBER

📍  AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS

Africa Day 2025
FEPS fringe sessions

This year’s Africa Day will be on “Africa in a new global order”. 

FEPS will host a series of fringe sessions on its own FEPS global stage, as well as on the main stage:

• The power of pride: Defending LGBTIQ+ rights in a changing world
• The EU and Africa in a new global order
• Digital frontlines: Youth putting climate on the agenda in North Africa 
• Reshaping development partnerships: Aligning the EU’s global gateway with Africa’s priorities 
• The erosion of migration governance: A Progressive Migration Group panel

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📅  29 NOVEMBER

📍  COPENHAGEN, DENMARK

Call to Europe Denmark 2025
Well-being for all

With the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU, a new opportunity emerges to place “Well-being for all” at the heart of Europe’s future, which means building a Europe that delivers for people, from mental health and energy security to peace and prosperity. 

This edition addresses the following topics:

• Promoting well-being for young workers
• Advancing human security in a changing geopolitical context 
• Building a resilient Energy Union for all

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📅  8 NOVEMBER

📍 SANTA MARTA, COLOMBIA

EU-LAC dialogue on Just Transition and trade

In the context of the IV EU-CELAC Summit taking place in Colombia, FEPS is attending the Civil Society Forum and is organising an EU-LAC dialogue on just transition and trade.

The event will present and discuss a joint declaration for a Just Transition bi-regional partnership together with civil society organisations, trade unions, Indigenous and feminist groups, and policymakers from both regions. Find out more.

Past events

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• Implications of Ukraine’s potential EU membership
• Role played by the Baltic states in supporting Ukraine

We also presented the newly translated Ukrainian edition of the book “Europe and the war in Ukraine” and a series of policy briefs on post-war reconstruction.

Read the new dossier of the Progressive Post with articles on:

• The Global Gateway in context by San Bilal
• The importance of shaking hands – Tracking the AU-EU partnership between talk and action by Rachel Dubale 
• Beyond mercantilism: rethinking the EU-Latin America relations by Julieta Zelicovich

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