2007 should instead have been a year of significant increases to meet the official targets. Yet there was a slight decline in the amount of European Official Development...
AidWatch Report 2009: Lighten the Load
In 2008, Europe provided 0.40% of its gross national income (GNI) in aid. Although this is an increase of €4 billion, in reality, a further €20bn is necessary over the next two...
AidWatch Report 2010: Penalty Against Poverty
This report shows that aid levels stagnated in 2009 and are well short of promised levels for 2010. In 2009, aid decreased from €50bn in 2008 to €49bn. Key findings EU...
CSOs On The Road To Busan
BetterAid unites over 1700 development organisations from civil society working on development effectiveness. BetterAid is leading many of the civil society activities in the...
The EU Delegation Watch
The report proposes a range of recommendations to the European Commission and the EU Delegations, designed to help improve the quality of the work of CSOs and EU Delegations....
Contribution to the ‘Issues Paper towards an EU Action Plan on Gender Equality and women’s empowerment in external relations'
The EU Plan for Action on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment was adopted on March 2010. What are the key questions and contributions made by CONCORD during the...
European Women’s Lobby, WIDE and CONCORD Statement on MFF and EU Instruments
The European Women's Lobby, WIDE and Concord Gender Working Group joint position called on the European Union to integrate gender equality and women's rights into the priorities...
Report on Human Rights-Based Approach
CONCORD's Human Rights Based-Approach task force conducted an evaluation, monitoring the extent to which the HRBA is applied in CONCORD's internal methods of working. Based on...
Policy Paper on the Human Rights-based Approach
This policy paper takes its mandate from CONCORD's strategy which states that human rights and gender equality are the approaches that will underpin our advocacy work, basing its...
Reaction to the EC Communication "Agenda for Change"
A sustainable European Union international development framework should support people. It should address the causes of poverty – inequalities and discrimination – by building an...