The 2017 CONCORD AidWatch Report will be launched on 16 October and the paper available on 17 October. Do not miss this key publication and join our launch event in Brussels!
Slight increase of global aid explained by rise of in-donor refugees’ costs
Press Release – CONCORD’s reaction to the 2016 statistics on ODA from the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the OECD.
Better cooperation between development cooperation and humanitarian assistance needed
Seamus Jeffreson, CONCORD Director was invited to speak on October 27th at the International Conference “Development and Democracy” in Bratislava, organised by the Pontis Foundation in the framework of the Slovak Presidency. Find here the speech and background info.
EU aid gap puts sustainable development at risk – CONCORD AidWatch Report 2016
The European Union has again failed to meet its commitment to spend 0.7% of Gross National Income on Development Aid by 2015. The CONCORD Aidwatch report 2016 published today, entitled ‘This is not enough’, reveals that only five countries met their 2015 targets.
EU aid: how much does each country give?
The accompanying infographics of the 2016 AidWatch Report.
The AidWatch Report 2016 is coming!
The twelfth CONCORD AidWatch report will be launched on October 26th in Brussels. Do not miss this key publication and join our launch event!
EU development ministers must step up fight to end extreme poverty
Media Reaction: Aid figures published ahead of today’s Foreign Affairs Council meeting showed that the EU is still failing to live up to commitments made more than 10 years ago.
2015 EU aid statistics heavily inflated by in-donor refugee costs
PRESS RELEASE: In reaction to the OECD DAC statistics, CONCORD Europe raises concern about the growing diversion of ODA for security and refugees costs. The confederation wants to highlight again this major threat to poverty eradication and the failure of EU leaders to respect their commitment.
Aid budget should not be used for security and defence of Europe
Governments across Europe are planning to divert scarce development aid budgets to cover security and defence costs. (Brussels, Tuesday February 16th 2016) Governments are...
Seamus Jeffreson: EU leaders divert aid money at our peril
9 December 2015 - Seamus Jeffreson, CONCORD Director, talks to EurActiv in an exclusive interview. If, instead of providing billions to Turkey to stop refugees, EU leaders had...