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02/26/2026
02/26/2026
Response of the European Commission to the “My Voice, My Choice” Initiative
On 26 February 2026, the European Commission presented its formal response to the European Citizens’ Initiative “My Voice, My Choice: For Safe and Accessible Abortion,” which was supported by more than 1.2 million citizens across 19 Member States.
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02/26/2026
02/26/2026
SozialMarie 2026 - Our Nominees!
We are delighted to present the 32 nominated projects for the SozialMarie 2026. They stand for innovative ideas, strong commitment, and forward-looking perspectives.
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01/14/2026
01/14/2026
The call for applications is closed
The submission phase for SozialMarie ended on January 13, 2026. 366 projects from 6 countries reached us! Now the projects will be reviewed by our international evaluators.
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12/18/2025
12/18/2025
The SocialMarie Award–winning project of 2025 makes history in the European Parliament
The citizens’ initiative My Voice, My Choice collected over 1.12 million signatures across Europe, which led to a vote in the European Parliament on 17 December 2025. My Voice, My Choice from Slovenia won second prize at the SocialMarie Awards in 2025.
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12/03/2025
12/03/2025
For further reading - Online Q&A on December 3
For further reading: 2025-11-20 Q&A Präsentation1.pdf
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11/27/2025
11/27/2025
Show us your project – the SozialMarie 2026 application phase is open!
Application phase for SozialMarie 2026 is open! Do you have a project that addresses social challenges in a new way and dares to drive change? Then this is your moment.
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11/25/2025
11/25/2025
In times of crisis, relationships and trust make all the difference. That’s why we need social innovation.
At the Czech–Slovak SozialMarie conference in Brno, sociologist Michal Vašečka posed a key question: how can Central Europe face polycrises that reinforce one another? His message was simple: relationships and trust are our strongest foundation — and social innovation helps to build them.
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11/23/2025
11/23/2025
New OECD REPORT: Important guidance for everyone driving social innovation.
How can social innovations be successfully launched, scaled, and sustained? The new OECD report “Start, Scale, Sustain” offers compelling answers — drawing on an analysis of 96 projects funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) across Europe.
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