Today’s proposal to allocate €200 billion in the EU’s external action budget is potentially game-changing. In an era of increasing global instability and economic rivalry, the...
MFF INI Report Adopted: A Strong Signal for EU External Action
Yesterday marked an important milestone: the European Parliament adopted its Own-Initiative (INI) report on the revamped Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) – the EU’s long-term budget. While non-binding, this report allows the Parliament to present its political vision and influence the direction of future negotiations.
Beyond ODA numbers: the politics behind EU aid cuts. Who pays the price? The Majority World and Europe’s aid crisis.
Tanya CoxDirector of CONCORDLooking Back… As we all know, the EU’s aid commitments are not just fragile, they are also conditional and political. For years, most EU Member States...
How bad does a crisis need to be? Aid budget increases in MFF deal are simply not enough
In what has been termed by some as a “historic” moment, EU leaders from the European Parliament and Council finally struck a deal on Tuesday on the EU’s next seven-year budget.
Better results for the most marginalised – revision of the financial regulation
In the framework of the Revision of the EU Financial Regulation, Seamus Jeffreson, CONCORD director, took a part in an Awareness raising event. Discover his views and his recommendations on the revision, considering the decrease of public funding for NGOs and the increase of development and humanitarian challenges at the same time.
EU leaders could drop aid commitment to poor countries for first time
(Brussels, 19/05/2015) European governments could drop their aid pledge to developing countries, known as the 0.7% aid target, as disagreements between member states ahead of the...
NGO reaction on changes to development aid reporting
(Brussels, 16/12/2014) The way international development aid is reported is set to change, following a decision today in Paris by the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC)...
CONCORD #DEVWORKSHOP2014
The event will bring NGO representives and European decision makers together to discuss global development issues. CONCORD is organising the first #DevWorkshop at the EU...
CONCORD reaction to EU Parliament vote on EU aid budget in 2015
(Brussels/Strasbourg, 22/10/2014) The EU Commission's development and humanitarian overseas aid budgets should not be cut in 2015, according to a vote by the European Parliament...
Six reasons why EU leaders must not cut aid budgets
Six reasons why EU leaders must not cut aid 21 October 2014 The European Union’s development and humanitarian aid programmes are suffering a cash crisis in 2014 and risk severe...