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May 2024

23. - 24. May

Africa Conference in Douala

The Progressive Alliance opens this platform for dialogue for Africa’s progressive forces to renew and strengthen ties and networks of cooperation. The... Read more

July 2024

30. - 31. July

Asia Pacific Conference in Manila

In partnership with the Network for Social Democracy in Asia Pacific, the Progressive Alliance will provide a platform for progressives to explore... Read more

October 2024

5. - 6. October

Santiago, Chile

Save the Date – Progressive Alliance Convention: 5-6 October 2024 in Santiago, Chile

The Progressive Alliance is pleased to announce to our sister parties, associate members and political partners our Global Convention on 5 -6... Read more

Review: Past Events

2024

26. – 27.04.2024

Arab Conference in Amman

The Progressive Alliance and the Social Democratic Forum in the Arab World bring together the social democratic and progressive forces to initialize the process by which we chart together...

22. – 23.03.2024

Progressive Alliance Board Meeting and Conference in the Americas For Democracy and Social Justice: Progressive Politics in Times of Crisis

Conference Venue Arena Copacabana Hotel Jesus Hortal Room Av. Atlântica, 2064 – Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro – RJ https://www.arenahotel.com.br/arena-hoteis/arena-copacabana Registration By providing your information here, you are confirming...

2023

2022

25. – 26.06.2022

Progressive Alliance Conference 2022: Asia’s Social Democratic New Deal for Peace, Democracy, Recovery, Sustainability

Organiser: Progressive Alliance Host: Democratic Action Party, Malaysia , Network of Social Democracy Asia Date: arrivals 24th June 2022 (friday) – Conference proper 25th & 26th June 2022 Location:...

1. – 1.06.2022

The role of progressives in promoting democracy and the 2030 agenda

Join our conference on “The role of progressives in promoting democracy and the 2030 agenda”, co-organised by IUSY. 1st June 2022 from 12.00 – 13.00 Central European Time It...

3. – 9.02.2022

S&D Africa Week – 5th edition

Starting on the 3rd and then from the 8th until the 10th February 2022, the S&D Group is going to host the fifth edition of ‘Africa Week’, a fully-fledged...

2021

18.12.2021

Challenges for the future generation and the impact of COVID-19

(event with simultaneous interpretation in French, English and Spanish) The COVID -19 pandemic is generating great challenges at a global level, becoming the new frontline of inequality. The Progressive...

17. – 19.11.2021

Global Progressive Forum 2021 – Take the lead in changing the world!

Once again, it is time for global progressives to join forces and take the lead in changing the world WHAT IS THE GLOBAL PROGRESSIVE FORUM 2021? A large mobilisation...

15.11.2021

Latin America Day, a global partnership for progress

Live streaming at: https://socialistsanddemocrats.eu/ Translations available: EN FR ES PT DE IT

13.10.2021

Forging A New Social Contract

Online exchanges with political actors in the region have become bridges for exchange, alliance work and collaboration during the pandemic. The discussion in the past have been a source...

1.10.2021

Board Meeting: minutes and activity report. 1st October. 15-17h (Brussels time)

Documents to download: Minutes Activity Report

16.07.2021

What can the international community do for a free Nicaragua?

Nicaragua has been experiencing a deep political and human rights crisis since 2018. In recent weeks the Ortega dictatorship has stepped up repression. Ortega is preparing a big electoral...

6.07.2021

And now, let us build together resilient democracies! #4 Europe

And now, let us build together resilient democracies! Europe Seminar Tuesday, 6 July 2021, 10:00 – 12:30 CET Translation EN:FR:ES Dear friends, Democracies around the world are under pressure....

30.06.2021

And now, let us build resilient together democracies! #3 Asia

And now, let us build resilient together democracies! Asia Seminar – 30 June 2021 10h00 Brussels/Berlin – 13h30 Delhi – 16h00 Ulanbataar Register here: https://tinyurl.com/ResilientDemocracies Objective: Democracies around the...

25.06.2021

Welfare and Democracy, a Global Perspective. Workshop by FEPS and Progressive Alliance. 25 June 2021

Joint hybrid workshop by FEPS and Progressive Alliance Friday 25th of June, 11.00am – 12.30pm CET Webstreamed via Facebook live. The purpose of the program is to highlight the...

25.06.2021

#StandWithBelarus – solidarity action with Belarus democratic opposition

At many opportunities our political family has committed and supported the democratic opposition in Belarus which is undergoing severe persecution. The high jacking in the Belarus air space of...

2020

18. – 18.12.2020

Roadmap to a Just and Democratic Normal – SocDem Asia, Mongolian People’s Party & Progressive Alliance

Watch the video of the conference: https://youtu.be/5SqmL-Kj0pU Abstract: The conference brings together progressives and social democrats from across the globe to discuss how to consolidate a progressive response to...

27.11.2020

Facebook Live 27Th November 2020

Progressive Challenges to Post-Pandemic Recovery in the Americas

Facebook Live: https://fb.me/e/3eR8KJ55p On November 27th, together with the American Committee of IUSY and progressive organizations, we will address political issues in the region and define objectives and proposals...

25.10.2020

2020 Chilean national plebiscite for a new constitution. 25th October.

On 25 October Chile will see the plebiscite on a constitutional change which is very important not only for Chile’s political and social debate, as it is an unprecedented...

13. – 15.10.2020

S&D Africa Week. 13-15 October 2020

We are pleased to be partners of the 4th edition of the Africa Week organised by the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament. This 3 days event will...

18.09.2020

Online Board Meeting Progressive Alliance – 18 September 2020 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. New York, 15:00 – 17:00 p.m. Brussels, 9:00 – 11.00 p.m. Manila

Le conseil d’administration de l’Alliance progressiste se réunira le 18 septembre à 15 heures, à l’occasion du 75e anniversaire des Nations unies, et décidera d’une déclaration sur un multilatéralisme nouveau, équitable et inclusif. La réunion sera suivie, à 17h CEST, d’une conférence publique de la Fondation des études progressistes européennes su

16. – 17.03.2020

Mission to Chile – 16 and 17 March 2020

English only During more than 3 month massive protests took place in all major Chilian cities expressing the discontent with the growing and peristing inequalities. An important step towards...

5. – 6.03.2020

Dominican Republic

Progressive Alliance Forum, 5 – 6 March 2020, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

The Forum of the Progressive Alliance “Change for democratic and inclusive development”, hosted by the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), will be held on the 5 -6 March 2020, in...

2019

15. – 16.11.2019

Progressive Alliance Convention, 15 November 2019, Stockholm, Sweden

A Progressive Agenda for the Future of Work, Sustainability and Solidarity Dear comrades and dear friends, It is an extraordinary pleasure to invite you to the Progressive Alliance Convention...

9. – 12.10.2019

Progressive Alliance Activist Academy in Vienna, Austria, 9-12 October 2019

Progressive Alliance Activist Academy in Cooperation with the Dr. Karl Renner Institute “Convince and win – using social media in political communication”

26. – 27.09.2019

Conference: A new impulse for progressive politics: Defending democracy and shaping the work of the future, 26 – 27 September 2019, Montevideo, Uruguay

Dear Comrades, Dear Friends, It is a great honour for the Progressive Alliance, together with the Progressive Alliance of the Americas and our host, the Socialist Party of Uruguay...

9. – 10.09.2019

Conference: Political Change in Central Africa and the Role of Social Democracy, 09 – 10 September 2019, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Dear comrades, Dear friends, I would like to cordially invite you to the conference “Political Change in Central Africa and the Role of Social Democracy”, which will take place...

30. – 31.08.2019

Progressive Alliance Conference, 30 – 31 August 2019, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Invitation Conference: Social Cohesion and Progress 30 – 31 August 2019, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia It is an extraordinary pleasure to invite you to this conference, because on 28/08/19, the...

22.03.2019

Digital Capitalism

Working Group on Digital Capitalism

Madrid, 23/03/19 We are living in a time of deep transformation: the working environment is changing everywhere and therefore societies are changing as well. Digitisation has raised hopes and...

2018

12. – 13.10.2018

Seminar “Migration and Social Justice”, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 12-13 October 2018

At the invitation of our sister party People’s Movement for Progress (MPP), we will continue this central discussion on migration on 12-13 October 2018 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. At...

7. – 8.09.2018

Progressive Alliance Conference “Future of Work in the Digital Era” and Board Meeting

7 – 8 September 2018 in Tbilisi, Georgia The conference “Future of Work in the Digital Era”, hosted by our sister party Georgian Dream, will be held on 7...

9. – 11.07.2018

Progressive Alliance Activist Academy in London, Great Britain

The first Progressive Alliance Activist Academy will offer instruction and training in all relevant sectors of modern party organization and communication work in the context of political campaigns. Targeting...

29. – 30.06.2018

Together for Progress and Justice – facing new developments, supporting democracy and fostering renewal in times of change: 29-30 June 2018, Kathmandu, Nepal

We are very pleased to announce the upcoming Conference of the Progressive Alliance, “Together for Progress and Justice – facing new developments, supporting democracy and fostering renewal in times...

29.04.2018

Michelle Bachelet

Progressive Alliance Award for Michelle Bachelet, Santiago de Chile, 29 April 2018

The Progressive Alliance is proud that President Michelle Bachelet, is honouring us by accepting the Progressive Alliance Award 2018. The award is granted to Michelle Bachelet for her committed...

28.04.2018

Santiago de Chile

Meeting of the Progressive Alliance of the Americas, Santiago de Chile, 28 April 2018

Saturday, 28 April – Meeting of the Progressive Alliance of the Americas Morning Arrival of international participants in Santiago de Chile 13.00 hrs Welcome (location: Hotel San Francisco,...

3. – 4.05.2018

International Progressive Campaign Forum (IPCF): 03 – 04 May 2018, Brussels, Belgium

Australian Labor International, with support of the Progressive Alliance and the Party of European Socialists are pleased to be hosting the next International Progressive Campaign Forum on 03 –...

12. – 12.04.2018

Conference of the Progressive Alliance and the Group of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament: Managing Migration & Supporting Refugees in a Globalised World

12 April 2018, 15.00 – 21.00 hrs, Hamburg, Germany The world is in motion and that is how it will remain in the coming years. The 21st century will...

18. – 20.03.2018

Progressive Alliance Mission on “Promoting free and fair elections in Malaysia”

18 – 20 March 2018, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia This is the statement of a seven-member delegation of the Progressive Alliance that has visited Malaysia to assess and demonstrate solidarity...

5. – 10.03.2018

Progressive Alliance Seminar in the USA

Ahead of the U.S. 2018 mid-term elections and during the DNC National Meeting, the Progressive Alliance, the Party of European Socialists and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung together with partners in the...

2017

8. – 9.10.2017

Promoting Democracy and Justice. Progressive Alliance Mission to the Philippines: 8-9 October 2017

By loading a video, you accept the privacy policy of Vimeo.Learn more Load video Always unlock Vimeo. One year into the Duterte administration, the international community has taken cognizance...

16.07.2017

Panel Discussion

Albania

Progressive Alliance at the IUSY World Festival “We See No Borders” 16 July 2017, Jalë, Albania Panel Discussion on “Transcending Populism – A Progressive Narrative for Justice and Humanity”...

10. – 11.11.2017

San José, Costa Rica, 10 – 11 November 2017: “Empowering the people: Our agenda for a democratic, inclusive and sustainable society”

Dear comrades, dear friends, We would cordially like to invite you to the Progressive Alliance Conference “Empowering the people: Our agenda for a democratic, inclusive and sustainable society” on...

19. – 20.06.2017

Progressive Alliance Seminar

Washington D.C., USA; 19 – 20 June 2017: Progressive Values vs. New Realities -Populism, Fake News, and the other Threats on Democracy

Populism is on the rise and fake news have become a reality we see e.g. in Europe, the United States, the Philippines, Israel, and Australia. These new realities will...

25. – 26.05.2017

Ulaanbaatar Conference – Social Justice and Sustainability for a Fair and Prosperous World

Conference of the Progressive Alliance, in cooperation with SocDem Asia and Mongolian People’s Party

12. – 13.03.2017

Berlin Convention – Shaping our Future: For a World of Freedom, Justice and Solidarity

The Progressive Alliance Berlin Convention took place 12 – 13 March. At this Convention we would like to discuss the challenges of shaping a world of freedom, justice and...

23. – 25.01.2017

Sidney Forum – International Progressive Campaigning

The International Progressive Campaign Forum (IPCF), hosted by the Australian Labor Party (ALP), will be held on 23-25 January 2017 in Sidney Australia.101

14.01.2017

Utrecht fringe meeting – Promote peace and justice in the 21st century

During this Progressive Alliance fringe meeting at the PvdA-congress we will discuss the question how to promote peace and justice in the 21st century, with who we need to cooperate to achieve that and what is necessary for a stable democracy.

2016

24. – 25.04.2016

São Paulo Seminar – Democracy and Social Justice

With democracy and social justice as the focus of this event, and with Brazil as a country where so much progress has been made in this field over the last years, we are convinced to have found just the right place for the work of our seminar and the examination of its important topic.

17. – 18.10.2016

Brussels Conference – For a New Agenda for Peace and Justice

The Progressive Alliance Parliamentary Conference “For a New Agenda for Peace and Justice” took place in Brussels, Belgium, on 17 – 18 October, 2016 and was organized in cooperation with the Socialists and Democrats Group in the European Parliament (S&D)

11. – 12.12.2016

Sulaymaniyah Seminar – The challenges of ending the conflict: Defending freedom from terror, protecting refugees, and promoting democracy

What started in Syria as an uprising against the regime of Bashar Al Assad, has now become a full-fledged war involving a myriad of actors and providing fertile ground for the rise of the Islamic State (IS). Conflicts erupted in Iraq, Yemen, Libya and the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt.

1.12.2016

Berlin Working Session

Progressive Alliance Working Session in Berlin – The Way Forward

It was almost four years ago that our parties and organisations decided to unite in a network of progressive, social democratic and socialist forces, the Progressive Alliance network.

16. – 17.04.2016

Confererence in Kuala Lumpur – Asia Pacific Campaign Forum

The inaugural Asia Pacific Campaign Forum, a cooperation of the Progressive Alliance, SocDem Asia and the Australian Labor Party (ALP), will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Saturday...

14. – 18.03.2016

USA Conferences – Progressive Campaign Camp on the US Elections

The Progressive Campaign Camp on the US Elections, 14-18 March 2016, will take place in Ohio, Washington and New York City, United States of America. The Campaign Camp is...

19. – 20.09.2016

Denpasar Seminar – Justice, Sustainability and Diversity: Our Progressive Agenda

The Progressive Alliance Seminar »Living together in a New World, Building Solidarity and Social Justice«, was hosted by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) and conducted in cooperation with the Network of Social Democracy in Asia (SocDem Asia). It took place in Denpasar, Indonesia, on 19 – 20 September 2016.

2015

25. – 26.09.2015

Penang Seminar – Growth and Inclusion

Progressives from all over the world know that growth and inclusion are central. Too often global economic growth goes not hand in hand with economic and social inclusion. Instead we have seen in recent years an erosion of decent working conditions, lower job security, poor wages, lack of social security and union representation.

13. – 14.12.2015

Santo Domingo Forum – Democratic and Equitable Development for Everyone: The 2030 Agenda

Gathered in Santo Domingo de Guzmán, Dominican Republic, on 13 – 14 December 2015, the parties and institutions that make up the Progressive Alliance, welcome the birth of the Modern Revolutionary Party as a democratic and hopeful initiative.

19. – 20.11.2015

Rabat Seminar – Social Justice and Equal Opportunities for All

The political upheavals that have taken place in the Arab world since the end of 2010 are closely connected with the hope for an economic upswing, the creation of jobs and greater social justice.

30. – 31.10.2015

Beirut Seminar – Refugees Struggle for Freedom

The Seminar on ”Refugees Struggle for Freedom”, hosted by PSP Lebanon and in cooperation with ASDF, PES, S&D Group, GPF, Solidar and FEPS, was held on 30-31 October 2015 in Beirut, Lebanon.

12.06.2015

Budapest Workshop – For a New Policy of Détente

The Progressive Alliance Workshop took place at the Congress of the Party of European Socialists (PES) in Budapest, 12 June 2015, 14.30 – 16.30 hrs.

22. – 23.05.2015

Rotterdam Conference – Gender Equality and Decent Work

The Progressive Alliance Conference “Gender Equality and Decent Work” was held on the 22nd and 23rd of May 2015 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The conference was conducted in cooperation with the Party of European Socialist (PES) and hosted by the Dutch Labour Party (PvdA).

26. – 27.03.2015

Mexico City Seminar – Inclusive Growth and Decent Work

In the context of the Decent Work Campaign of the Progressive Alliance we discussed inclusive growth and decent work in view of the increased international trade and mobility of capital which gave new hope to many people, especially in newly emerging economies.

2014

4. – 5.12.2014

Lisbon Conference – Decent Work and Education

The Progressive Alliance Parliamentary Conference “Decent Work and Education – Investing in Equal Opportunities” was conducted in Lisbon, Portugal, on 4 - 5 December, 2014 in cooperation with the S&D Group in the European Parliament and hosted by the PS Portugal.

29.09.2014

Manila Seminar – Decent Work and Migration

We are convinced that decent work is the key to eradicate poverty, improve the lives of women and men, stabilize the economy, promote sustainable and socially just growth and enable people to live in peace and dignity.

22.09.2014

Manchester Fringe Meeting – Inclusive and Sustainable Growth

The Progressive Alliance was held as a fringe meeting at Labour Party Conference on 22 September at 12:30 – 14:00 hrs, Exchange 9, Manchester Central.

22. – 23.06.2014

Montevideo Seminar – Fighting Inequality

The Progressive Alliance Seminar “Fighting Inequality” was held on July 22 and 23 2014 in Montevideo, hosted by Socialist Party of Uruguay. In Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, we gathered participants from political parties, trade unions and progressive civil society from around the world.

21. – 22.02.2014

Tunis Conference – Decent Work Worldwide

In the context of the Decent Work Campaign of the Progressive Alliance we want to discuss social growth and decent work in view of the increased international trade and mobility of capital which gave new hope to many people, especially in newly emerging economies.

2013

22.05.2013

Leipzig Conference – A Progressive Network for the 21st Century

The founding event of the Progressive Alliance took place on May 22 2013 in Leipzig, Germany, an was hostend by the SPD Germany.

23. – 24.10.2013

Stockholm Seminar – A Global New Deal

If someone has an answer to these challenges it is us - the progressive, democratic, social democratic, socialist and labour movement.

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