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...
AidWatch 2022 | 1 euro in every 6 not going towards those left furthest behind
2021 should have been the year to double down on ODA to counter compounding global challenges. Instead, 1 euro in every 6 from EU and Member States’ ODA budgets did not even go towards those left furthest behind.
ODA under scrutiny: AidWatch 2023 launch event
On Wednesday 18th October, CONCORD launched its 2023 AidWatch report, ‘Bursting the ODA inflation bubble.’ The report analyses both the quantity and the quality of EU ODA, finding that although reported figures are at a record high, 22% of reported ODA did not meet the most basic criteria to qualify as such.
Bursting the ODA inflation bubble: AidWatch 2023 Report Unveils the Gap Between Rhetoric and Reality
While Official Development Aid (ODA) figures are reportedly at record highs, the AidWatch 2023 report shows how the EU and its Member States have managed once again to claim billions as aid that did not meet the most basic criteria to qualify as ODA.
AidWatch 2022 | 1 euro in every 6 not going towards those left furthest behind
2021 should have been the year to double down on ODA to counter compounding global challenges. Instead, 1 euro in every 6 from EU and Member States’ ODA budgets did not even go towards those left furthest behind.
Press release | A geopolitical Commission: Building partnerships or playing politics?
The global development landscape is in a state of flux, but the European Union and its Member States’ inaction to achieve its commitments remains constant.
A call to safeguard public services and sustainable businesses in Least Developed Countries
Social sectors are key buffers against slipping further into poverty against exacerbating inequalities in times of crisis. However, blending operations prioritise investable rather than social sectors, posing particular risks to LDCs. This paper examines the modalities that are best suited for LDCs to achieve the crucial SDGs.