We, members of more than 600 civil society organizations and networks from around the world that have been engaged in the process leading up to and including the Third...
Your time goes in now. Start cooking!
Your time goes in now. Start cooking! 10 July 2015 By Izabella Toth (Cordaid), CONCORD Europe’s Board member Many people from the international development community are packing...
CONCORD calls on EU and its Member States to show their leadership in commitment to eradicate global inequality and extreme poverty by 2020
(Brussels, Addis Ababa, 08/07/2015) - As negotiations ahead of the third Financing for Development Conference continue to stall, many including in particular civil society in the...
Addis Ababa – The Conference of Responsibility
CONCORD, the European confederation of Relief and Development NGOs is at the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (Addis Ababa, 13-16 July 2015). The...
European Civil Society calls on EU leaders not to miss historic opportunity to end poverty
EU leaders will miss a historic opportunity to keep their promises to the poor and end poverty (by committing to spending 0.7% of their Gross National Income (GNI) on development...
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...
Position on the Means of Implementation
Developed by CONCORD / European Financing for Development Task Force and CONCORD/ Beyond 2015 European Task Force The European Union (EU) has committed to reflect...
Spotlight 2015: The Role of the EU in ensuring Global Tax Justice
The EU has a major role to play in ensuring a positive outcome of the Financing for Development Conference in Addis Ababa this summer. Policy Coherence for Development is...
EU position ahead of post-2015 talks
CONCORD broadly welcomes the new European Commission Communication on Global Partnership for the post-2015 development agenda published today. The communication will provide...
NGOs getting ready for Addis summit
NGOs getting ready for Addis summit 3 February 2015 By Seamus Jeffreson, Director of CONCORD, the European confederation of Relief and Development NGOs Many of our members...