Regional alliances
What’s the issue?
The European Union sees itself as an important actor on the world stage and continents like Africa and Latin America as strategic partners in areas like trade and migration. However, the EU is often in the driving seat of such partnerships such that relations between the EU and other regions are often unbalanced.
Relations with partner regions are primarily based on government to government dialogue, which is not inclusive of all actors, such as civil society organisations whose participation and representation is often limited or non-existent. This puts the Leave No One Behind principle at risk.
Change we want to see
REAL PARTNERSHIPS
WELLBEING PRIORITISED
CIVIL society consulted
empowered civil society
What we want the EU to do
The EU should promote fair partnerships, realised not only in words but in the substance and the content of policies, funding and programmes.
The needs, interests and views of civil society, NGOs, and grassroots organisations operating in regions of the world where EU policies have an impact should be taken into consideration.
Latest resources
AidWatch 2024 explores whose interests EU ODA truly serves: CONCORD Newsletter October 2024
Africa, Civil society, EU budget / MFF, Financing for development
Civil society power, Financing / funding for sustainable development, Regional alliances
A gateway to equality? CONCORD launches research on Global Gateway and inequalities: CONCORD Newsletter June 2024
Civil society power, Digitalisation, Financing / funding for sustainable development, Gender equality, Global citizenship education, Inequalities & sustainable economy, Policy coherence for sustainable development, Private sector, Regional alliances
Standing strong in the face of shrinking civic space: CONCORD Newsletter December 2023
Civic engagement, Civil society
Civil society power, Digitalisation, Financing / funding for sustainable development, Gender equality, Global citizenship education, Inequalities & sustainable economy, Policy coherence for sustainable development, Regional alliances
Bursting the ODA inflation bubble and more: CONCORD Newsletter October 2023
Civil society power, Digitalisation, Financing / funding for sustainable development, Gender equality, Global citizenship education, Inequalities & sustainable economy, Policy coherence for sustainable development, Private sector, Regional alliances
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Latest news
Launch of the Africa-EU Civil Society Platform for engagement in the AU-EU Partnership
The AU-EU partnership took a significant step forward in 2007 with the adoption of the Joint Africa-EU Strategy (JAES), aiming for a more inclusive, people-centered approach. Despite this, civil society has remained largely excluded from key decision-making processes....
Statement: African and European CSOs on key issues in the AU-EU Partnership
CONCORD has endorsed a statement by a group of African and European civil society and youth organisations working as the Africa-Europe Joint Civil Society Engagement Team. The group aims to establish a structured and permanent mechanism for civil society and youth engagement within the AU-EU Partnership, based on principles of transparency, equal participation, accessibility, and inclusion.
“I am because we are”
If there is any lesson the global pandemic has taught us, it is that no one sector has all the answers to issues of development and that more than ever before collaboration within and across sectors is unavoidable.
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