CONCORD in the news – This article is a common statement on the future of Europe drafted on the initiative of WWF, CONCORD Europe, ETUC and European Youth Forum, supported by 177 European and national Civil Society Organisations and Trade Unions.
Putting people and planet first in the EU
CONCORD in the news: The UK referendum result casts doubt on many of the EU’s values: pluralism, non-discrimination, tolerance, justice, solidarity and equality, and a commitment to sustainable development and poverty eradication worldwide, write Geneviève Pons and Seamus Jeffreson.
Migration and refugees – Civil Society in the frontline
Seamus Jeffreson, CONCORD director, visited our member, the Greek NGDO platform. Discover what Seamus has learned on the agenda 2030 implementation as well as on the migration flows arriving to Greece. A reflection on the role of Civil Society!
Goodbye DEEEP
Goodbye DEEEP 8 December 2015 By Tobias Troll (DEEEP project manager), with text elements from the DEEEP final evaluation report by Johannes Krause The DEEEP project will finish...
After TRIALOG
29 September 2015 - By Seamus Jeffreson, Director of CONCORD, the European confederation of Relief and Development NGOs With the end of the TRIALOG project, I asked Rebecca Steel...
Strong support for European development cooperation
CONCORD welcomes the positive results of the latest Eurobarometer survey which shows support for EU development cooperation remains high. Commenting was Seamus Jeffreson, CONCORD...
Back to the grassroots – a view from the Johannesburg International Civil Society Week
Back to the grassroots – a view from the Johannesburg International Civil Society Week Last week CONCORD Communications Coordinator Daniel Puglisi attended the Civil Society Week...
International Civil Society Week 2014 roundup
CONCORD members were present at the second' Global Conference' 2014 took place in Johannesburg, South Africa organised by the DEEEP project. The event gathered "grassroots...
Global education targets should be included in future development agenda
Brussels, July 1st 2014 – Global education targets should be included in the future international development agenda set for reform in 2015 say leading NGOs and...
What the Media Forgot to Tell You
"Extreme poverty is on the way out" By Hans Zomer, Director of Dochas, the Irish Development NGO platform. Opinions expressed in the blog do not reflect the position of...