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COP21: Catch up on the CONCORD members events and initiatives
Catch up on the CONCORD members events in Paris for the COP21 with this feed from Storify, including pictures and links to the most important initiatives and articles.
CONCORD met with Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström
CONCORD delegation composed of Isabelle Brachet (ActionAid), Johannes Trimmel (President) and Seamus Jeffreson (Director) met with European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström, upon her invitation. The meeting was focused on […]
CONCORD discussion with EP President Martin Schulz – the EU and tackling the root causes of Migration
CONCORD Europe director Seamus Jeffreson and CONCORD members Ester Asin (Director Save the Children EU office) and Sendrine Constant (Terre des Hommes Delegate for Eastern Europe) discussed with European Parliament […]
EU aid: how much does each country give?
The accompanying graphs for the 2015 AidWatch Report.
EU misses its own target for development aid: A false start for the EU Agenda 2030 ambitions
(Brussels 24/11/2015) Action remains well short of ambition in the European Union, a new report by CONCORD, the European NGO confederation for relief and development shows. Despite repeated promises, the […]
AidWatch Report: Looking to the future, don’t forget the past – Aid beyond 2015
The 2015 CONCORD AidWatch report, ‘Looking to the future, don’t forget the past – Aid beyond 2015’.
New Neighborhood Policy: step up effort to promote civil society space
(Brussels, 18/11/2015) Today Europe’s Foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and Neighbourhood policy Commissioner Johannes Hahn presented their review of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) to the members of the Foreign […]
A missed opportunity in Valletta
A missed opportunity in Valletta 17 November 2015 by Bob van Dillen, Expert Migration and Development of Cordaid and Chair of the CONCORD Migration and Development Task Force
CONCORD spoke on PCD at the EP DEVE Committee
Isabelle Brachet (ActionAid, member of the PCD steering group and co-author of the CONCORD-FIDH spotlight paper on Better Regulation) spoke on behalf of CONCORD at the Development Committee of the […]
CONCORD position towards the Valletta Summit on migration
CONCORD, The European NGO confederation for relief and development, is extremely concerned with the EU’s agenda for the Valletta Summit.
The Sustainable Development Goals: a chance to play fairer?
The Sustainable Development Goals: a chance to play fairer? 27 October 2015 By Laura Sullivan, CONCORD Vice President
CONCORD recommendations for implementation of the new Gender Action Plan 2016-2020
Overall, we as confederation of civil society organisations welcome the content of the Joint Staff Working Document (JSWD) and its annex, and notably the broadening of its scope beyond development […]
NGOs say progress to make EU policies fair to poor and vulnerable people is insufficient
(Brussels, Luxembourg, 26/10/2015) Progress to make EU policies fair to poor and vulnerable people is insufficient to seriously tackle sustainable development challenges and inequalities, according to European Development NGOs at […]
CONCORD letter ahead of the Foreign Affairs Council on 26 October 2015
Dear Minister, We are writing to you ahead of the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) on October 26th, when EU development ministers will discuss issues that are critical to driving forward the EU […]
Spotlight 2015: Operationalising Policy Coherence for Development
In 2015, CONCORD is publishing a series of papers on Policy coherence for Development (PCD), as a new form of its traditional biennial “Spotlight on PCD” report. As part of this series, CONCORD […]
CONCORD at the 2015 European Union’s report on Policy Coherence for Development launch event
The 2015 European Union’s report on Policy Coherence for Development was released in August and publicly launched on 19 October, in the presence of Commissioner Mimica. A panel discussion was […]
CONCORD AidWatch position on neutralising refugee costs
Open letter on the cuts to the Danish development co-operation budget
Dear Prime Minister, Dear Ministers, As CONCORD, the European NGO Confederation for relief and development, representing over 2.600 NGOs supported by millions of citizens across Europe, we are deeply concerned […]
Spotlight 2015: The European Commission’s “Better Regulation Package”
Decision-making processes are critical vehicles to advance human rights and global development agendas. From the early consultation step to the ultimate policy evaluation phase, the question of the impacts of the European Union on poverty […]
CONCORD congratulates Tunisian civil society groups for the Nobel peace prize 2015
CONCORD congratulates Tunisian civil society groups for the Nobel peace prize 2015.
CONCORD PCD Policy Breakfast for MEPs at the European Parliament
CONCORD co-organised a Policy Breakfast on Policy Coherence for Development for MEPs at the European Parliament.
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 Jasinska, […]
AGENDA 2030: CONCORD-Beyond 2015 ETF calls for EU action to achieve well-being for all within planetary boundaries
(Brussels, New York, 24/09/2015) As Heads of State and Government meet in New York to formally adopt the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – the centerpiece of the Sustainable Development […]
A GAP in Political Will
European Commission’s new Framework for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in External EU policies leaves a large GAP in Political Will.