What are the Silver Rose Awards?
Since the year 2000, SOLIDAR organises annually its Silver Rose Awards in the European Parliament in cooperation with the S&D Group, an occasion to celebrate Civil Society Organisations and individuals whose extraordinary struggles contribute greatly to social justice and solidarity throughout the world.
Who nominates? Who decides?
Nominations are made by Civil Society Organisations and selected by a jury composed of its representatives, trade unionists and policymakers. The winners are chosen based on their significant involvement in Civil Society activities and their contribution to social justice and solidarity worldwide.
The ceremony brings together a wide audience of like-minded individuals with backgrounds in civil society, trade union and politics, to strengthen once again our alliance and inspire us all to make our efforts and activities matter to achieve a world with social justice and solidarity.
Who are the previous winners?
The people and organisations who have had the honour to come up on the Silver Rose stage to receive their award vary from grassroots human rights activists to academics who have done research on the societal consequences of inequality, to undercover journalists who have shunned light on lower-class working conditions.
Former winners of the SOLIDAR Silver Rose Awards include; Juan Somavia (2005), the former General Director of the International Labor Organization, the Sudan Organisation Against Torture (2006), Aminatou Haidar (2007), Western Sahara human rights defender, Plataforma de Mujeres Aristas contra la Violencia de Genero (2007), Spanish group of musicians, the Columbian Trade Union Federations (2010), Gunter Wallraff (2015), German author and undercover journalist, and many more.
Where can I register to attend the event?
In November 2019, SOLIDAR opened a special page dedicated to the registration for the Silver Rose Awards ceremony, taking place in February 2020.