15 OCT – BRASILIA, BRAZIL

EU and Brazilian perspectives on a Just Transition match-making platform for COP30

From dialogue to bankable pipelines

An event by FEPS and Plataforma CIPÓ 

One month before COP30 in Brazil, FEPS organised a seminar in Brasilia, which explored the challenges and priorities for a Just Transition at COP30 and the idea of creating a Just Transition Match-Making Platform.

On this occasion, we also launched the policy brief “Governing the global Just Transition from fossil fuels to clean energy“, which outlines the key challenges and targets that will be discussed in Belém under the Brazilian presidency, the justice principles that need to guide discussions and policy recommendations that the EU should champion.

This policy brief is part of the FEPS-Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Climate Programme.

8 NOV – SANTA MARTA, COLOMBIA

EU-LAC dialogue on Just Transition and trade

An event by FEPS, FES Just Climate and SOLIDAR

In the context of the fourth EU-CELAC Summit and the EU-LAC Civil Society Forum, this event brought together civil society organisations, trade unions, indigenous and feminist groups, and official representatives from both regions. It was the opportunity to present the declaration for a bi-regional partnership centred on Just Transition, developed by SOLIDAR in collaboration with key EU and LAC stakeholders.

5 NOV – EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE HQ

Understanding the power of AI over decisions

Fostering a better understanding of AI’s implications for employment 

An event by FEPS and the Workers’ Group at the EESC

At the EESC, this event kicked-off the new phase of the longstanding FEPS-Nordic partners Digital Programme and delved into conversations on an EU initiative for algorithms at the workplace and how to develop a capacity-building toolkit to support trade unions in their response to algorithmic management and AI in the workplace.

The event also launched the new book “Algorithmic rule“. This book explores what can be described as “algocracy” – rule by algorithms.

We need a progressive algorithmic future, an alternative that resists surrendering sovereignty to Big Tech. Transparency is essential, but it is not enough; the deeper challenge is to ensure that citizens and workers themselves influence the algorithms that govern them.

4-6 NOV – DOHA, QATAR

Rethinking pre-distribution and fiscal policies to advance social justice

Solutions session during the Second World Summit for Social Development (WSSD)

FEPS co-hosted this panel, in collaboration with International Budget Partnership, NETRIGHT and UNRISD

As part of the Second World Summit for Social Development 2025, FEPS co-hosted the panel “Rethinking pre-distribution and fiscal policies to advance social justice”, which explored innovative pre-distribution and redistribution policies.

The new policy brief “Towards a global Pact for the Future with a stronger Social Pillar“, launched at the Summit, assesses the global social state of play and outlines proposals for a bolder EU leadership on the international scene.

The quest for a new Social Contract has never been so strong globally. The EU, drawing on its own European Pillar of Social Rights and “Social Model”, should proactively sustain this quest for a renewed social contract worldwide.

EUROPEAN PROGRESSIVE OBSERVATORY

Elections in the Netherlands

Not all is as it seems

Despite appearances, the Dutch elections were no setback for the far right. It’s now more fragmented across parties, but its agenda is more mainstream than ever.

Photo credits: Shutterstock / Dutchmen Photography