FEPS Newsletter 24 Feb 2025 – 🇺🇦 Three years of war in Ukraine

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On the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, we continue to stand with the people of Ukraine and support its full independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity. There can be no negotiation about Ukraine without Ukraine and the EU at the table.

 

The social impacts of war must remain a central priority beyond immediate military and geopolitical dimensions. Peace cannot be defined solely in terms of defence capabilities or military expenditure. It must also mean protecting society’s social fabric.

 

FEPS continues to devote resources to monitoring the war’s potential short-term and long-term consequences and Ukraine’s reconstruction. The new policy series ‘Progressive Ukraine’ exploring crucial social issues such as housing, healthcare, gender equality, education, and labour; the event ‘Applying a gender lens to Ukraine’s reconstruction’; the launch of the FEPS’ Open Progressive University ‘Progressive Ukraine’ programme in collaboration with the S&D; and the book ‘Europe and the war in Ukraine’, are some examples of our activities.

Applying a gender lens to Ukraine’s reconstruction

24 FEBRUARY – ONLINE

Applying a gender lens to Ukraine’s reconstruction

Ukraine Solidarity Day

 

A gender-responsive approach to Ukraine’s reconstruction is a matter of justice and a prerequisite for the future of Ukraine.

A key priority is guaranteeing that Ukrainian women play a central role in rebuilding their country. Female perspectives and leadership remain underrepresented in decision-making spaces, despite women being at the forefront of humanitarian response.

 

The event will also present the ‘Progressive Ukraine’ policy series, find out more below ⬇️

 

📺  Join us live online on February 24 or watch the video afterwards!

POLICY STUDY SERIES

Progressive Ukraine series

In collaboration with FES, Karl-Renner-Institut, Kalevi Sorsa Foundation, Foundation Max van der Stoel, Fondation Jean-Jaurès and Fundacja Amicus Europae

 

The social impacts of war must remain a central priority beyond immediate military and geopolitical dimensions.

 

With six publications by Ukrainian women academics and policy experts, the series focuses on crucial social issues:

Progressive Ukraine series
  • Housing: Transforming housing policy in war-affected Ukraine
  • Gender Equality: Impoverished motherhood in Ukraine
  • Healthcare: Strengthening Ukraine’s health care for a resilient future 
  • Education: Ukraine’s education policy as a pillar for successful rebuilding
  • Labour: Mad Max or does Ukraine really want to be part of the European social model? 
  • Recovery: In search of the progressive paths to rebuild Ukraine
Listen to the podcast

FEPS TALKS PODCAST

Ukraine’s housing policy in the face of war 

With Vita Shnaider and Andriy Korniychuk

 

🎧  Spotify | Apple Podcast | Website | Youtube

In this episode, Vita Shnaider, a Ukrainian anthropologist and a researcher of housing policy, joins us to discuss how the country’s housing sector has been reshaped by a decade-long war and Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022 in particular.

 

From rent regulation to social housing, we dive into the challenges and opportunities for Ukraine’s current war effort and its post-war recovery.

 

Schnaider is the author of the policy study Transforming housing policy in war-affected Ukraine.

BOOK

📕 Europe and the war in Ukraine

From Russian agression to a new Eastern policy

Edited by László Andor and Uwe Optenhögel – In collaboration with FES, Karl-Renner-Institut, Kalevi Sorsa Foundation, Foundation Max van der Stoel, Fondation Jean-Jaurès and Fundacja Amicus Europae

 

‘Europe and the war in Ukraine’, written by 23 expert authors, examines key developments of the war and its global consequences through a progressive European lens.

 

Stay tuned! An updated version of the book will soon be published in Ukrainian.

Europe and the war in Ukraine
Launch of the new Open Progressive University's Ukraine programme! 

Launch of the new Open Progressive University’s Ukraine programme! 

 

We have launched the new programme ‘Progressive Ukraine’ in collaboration with S&D Group as part of FEPS’ Open Progressive University! This year-long programme is aimed at empowering, inspiring and engaging with young progressive Ukrainians. 

The Open Progressive University is a first-of-a-kind e-learning platform established by FEPS to empower the progressive movement in Europe by broadening access to expert knowledge.

 

Watch the launch by S&D President Iratxe García Pérez and FEPS President Maria João Rodrigues.

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Upcoming events

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Call to Europe: Peace, Prosperity and Progress – Europe!
 

📅  21-22 MARCH

📍 WARSAW, POLAND

Call to Europe: Peace, Prosperity and Progress – Europe!

As Poland assumes the presidency of the Council of the European Union, join us in Warsaw to explore key issues such as peace and prosperity, housing, and the revitalisation of democracy. Call to Europe, held bi-annually following the European Union presidency, serves as a dynamic platform for dialogue among experts, civil society representatives, and policymakers. Read more. 

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Redrawing the lines of foreign policy through feminism 
 

📅  20 MARCH

📍 NEW YORK, USA

Redrawing the lines of foreign policy through feminism  

UN CSW69 Parallel event

The Feminist Foreign Policy Progressive Voices Collective (FFPPVC) parallel event will look into how far we have come in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and how we must confront new challenges through the lens of feminist foreign policy. Find out more.

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18-20 FEBRUARY – BRUSSELS

FEPS Young Academics Network (YAN) Seminar in Brussels

 

FEPS Young Academics Network members were in Brussels for an intensive three-day seminar!

 

Over the three days, FEPS YAN members met their political mentors – S&D MEPs – and engaged with key stakeholders, including political advisors, civil society representatives, academics and EU officials.

 

Discussions covered key topics such as the care economy, disinformation, the far right, housing, industrial policy and the rule of law.

FEPS YAN Seminar in Brussels
Kata Tüttő elected President of the European Committee of the Regions

Congratulations to Kata Tüttő, the new President of the European Committee of the Regions

 

Congratulations to Kata Tüttő on her cross-party election as the new President of the European Committee of the Regions!

A strong advocate for the progressive agenda, she empowers people at the local level.

 

We are proud to see our FEPS Ones to Watch alumni continue to create political impact!

 

Photo credits: European Committee of the Regions

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DOSSIER

Taming the algorithms to protect workers’ rights

 

At a time when the European Commission proposes to roll back on regulation for the sake of competitiveness – as reflected once again in the announcements made during the Paris AI Action Summit – the new digital reality demands new rules to protect workers.

Blunt weapons? Europe's fight against corruption

Photo credits: Shutterstock / Andranik Hakobyan

In this Progressive Post dossier, we reflect on algorithmic management and its impact on working conditions:

📚 Read more.

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