About CONCORD

CONCORD is the European Confederation of NGOs working on sustainable development and international cooperation.

We envision a world where people live free of poverty and exploitation. This must be achieved by a citizen-led transformative agenda based on social justice and gender equality and respecting diversity and the limits of our planetary capacity.

We are the main interlocutor with the EU institutions on sustainable development policy and international cooperation.

We work together to ensure that European policies promote sustainable economic, social and human development, addressing the causes of poverty, based on human rights, gender equality, justice and democracy.

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Our priorities

We work on eight themes, tracking developments in these areas, advocating for change and working in a cross-cutting manner between them.

Financing and funding for sustainable development

Inequalities and sustainable economy

Policy coherence for sustainable development

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Global Citizenship Education

Civil Society power

Gender Equality

Regional Alliances

Digitalisation

AidWatch 2023: Bursting the ODA inflation bubble

The 2023 AidWatch report employs a revised methodology, dissecting the official ODA definition to gauge the EU’s contribution to overall objectives. This reassessment is vital to redefine the concept of ‘inflated aid’ and its relevance in the debate on aid quality.

Using the revised methodology, the report critically analyses the EU’s financial support to partner countries. It questions how much of this support can genuinely qualify as ODA. The report then evaluates how ODA supports countries’ economic development and welfare, thereby acting as a powerful tool to reduce inequalities between and within countries. Additionally, it provides a detailed country-by-country analysis for EU Member States and the United Kingdom.

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2023: A bad year for civic space in the EU. What does this mean for 2024, the European Elections and institutional renewal?

2023: A bad year for civic space in the EU. What does this mean for 2024, the European Elections and institutional renewal?

There has been one setback after another for civic space in the EU over the course of 2023. I could cite – in no particular order – the EU Foreign Agents Law, which could impact non-EU sources of funding for CSOs. Or the fact that MEP Pieper is again trying to get a report through the European Parliament to ‘enhance’ transparency and accountability of NGOs benefitting from EU funding. Or the Code of Conduct (Rules of Procedure) in the European Parliament which are already having significant impacts on our members and partners in terms of who can meet with MEPs. And these are but three examples

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ODA under scrutiny: AidWatch 2023 launch event

ODA under scrutiny: AidWatch 2023 launch event

On Wednesday 18th October, CONCORD launched its 2023 AidWatch report, ‘Bursting the ODA inflation bubble.’ The report analyses both the quantity and the quality of EU ODA, finding that although reported figures are at a record high, 22% of reported ODA did not meet the most basic criteria to qualify as such.

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