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Social Platform is the largest civil society alliance fighting for social justice and participatory democracy in Europe.
Consisting of 42 pan-European networks of NGOs, Social Platform campaigns to ensure that EU policies are developed in partnership with the people they affect, respecting fundamental rights, promoting solidarity and improving lives.

Legal form
Platform – collective of organisations
Objectives

– The eradication of poverty and the elimination of social exclusion.
– The elimination of discrimination in all its forms and the promotion of equality for all
– Equality between women and men in all areas of life
– The promotion of participatory democracy
– The engagement of social NGOs in an enhanced structured civil dialogue at EU level
– The involvement of people experiencing or at risk of poverty, exclusion and discrimination in decision-making processes affecting them.

Main Activities

– To seek to advance the interests of our members through advocacy of common positions, and through providing opportunities for our members to advance their own work at EU level by engaging with European policy-makers.
– To disseminate information and promotes understanding of EU policies of concern to social NGOs.
– To build solidarity, co-operation and expertise through the exchange of knowledge and experience amongst social NGOs.

Strengths

One of the most important federation of social NGOs in Europe.

A strong involvment to promote the participatory democraty and the dialogue between civil society and EU.