This year, CONCORD’s flagship report, AidWatch, turned 20 years old. To mark the occasion, we wrote a very special, bumper edition. We also held a well-attended launch event,...
AidWatch 2025: Ending short-sightedness, restoring Official Development Assistance’s purpose
CONCORD’s 2024 AidWatch report reveals that Official Development Assistance (ODA) from EU Member States increasingly serves national self-interest, falling short in both quantity and quality.
Understanding the EU’s Global Gateway: Why Civil Society Must Pay Attention
When the European Union launched its Global Gateway in 2021, it presented the initiative as Europe’s bold answer to today’s shifting geopolitical landscape. Designed as a...
Joint statement from 30 organizations: Commission Global Europe proposal “potentially game-changing”
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...
The EU’s short-sighted aid cuts are a choice – so is the way forward!
Brussels, [16 April 2025] – The early figures for 2024 Official Development Assistance (ODA) confirm a deeply troubling trend: Europe’s richest countries per capita— such as...
AidWatch 2024: Whose Interests Does Official Development Assistance Truly Serve?
CONCORD’s 2024 AidWatch report reveals that Official Development Assistance (ODA) from EU Member States increasingly serves national self-interest, falling short in both quantity and quality.
ODA … missing the mark (again): Preliminary 2023 figures show EU aid keeps failing human development and equality
Brussels, 11 April 2024 – Today, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC) unveiled early figures for 2023...
Towards transparency and diversity? Raising awareness of challenges of NDICI-Global Europe for CSOs
Last October, CONCORD published a report casting a critical eye on the funding going to and through CSOs under NDICI-Global Europe geographic programming. Now, in light of the...