With this policy brief, CONCORD aims to draw lessons for the future Global Compacts from the externalization of migration and asylum policies implemented by the European Union...
AidWatch 2018: Aid and migration – the externalisation of Europe’s responsibilities
To clarify how EU’s development cooperation and migration agendas are interlinked in today’s EU policies, our new report provides a commentary on the impact of these links. The...
Global Citizenship Education: How much do we care?
While Global Citizenship Education is recognised by many as a powerful tool to resolve the current global challenges our world is facing, the level of investment by national...
European Parliament vote is a win for sustainable development
In this article, CONCORD welcomes the crucial steps taken forward in the European Parliament’s commitment to development financing as the Foreign Affairs and Development...
A big leap Towards A Sustainable EU by 2030: Do we have the courage?
This policy paper examines civil society at the heart of democracy and sustainable development and looks at the key components of civic space which are necessary to enable an...
Responses to the EU SDG multi-stakeholder platform targeted consultation
The Commission Decision setting up the multi-stakeholder platform on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in the EU (C(2017)2941 final) states that the...
Recommendations to put people and the planet first in the future EU-ACP agreement
The Cotonou Partnership Agreement, the EU partnership with ACP countries (African – Caribbean and Pacific), will expire in 2020. In relation to the European Commission's ...
Partnership or conditionality? Monitoring the migration compacts and EU Trust Fund for Africa
Thanks to the collective effort and widespread expertise of the members of the Migration group, CONCORD produced the discussion paper “Partnership or Conditionality? Monitoring...
10 point roadmap for Europe on the role of the private sector in development
What is and what should be the role of the private sector in development? With this report, CONCORD compiles ten areas of action for the EU to ensure a fair, sustainable and...
AidWatch 2017: Genuine aid – EU pushes commitment up to 2052
The EU could take a generation to meet the 0.7% ODA/GNI target at the current rate of growth, reveals our new AidWatch report. While 2016 saw a substantial increase of 27% in...