by Newsroom | Aug 31, 2012 | Policy coherence for sustainable development
EU weak at Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, South Korea. CONCORD participated along with many of its members at the major aid summit last year in Busan, South Korea. Despite the European Union being the the world’s biggest aid donor, we...
by Newsroom | Aug 1, 2012 | Financing for Development
NGOs say the financial crisis is being used to sidestep international development commitments. The EU gives €53billion a year in development aid, but last year EU states began a series of major cuts with 11 slashing aid budgets. Just last week 4 EU states; the UK,...
by Newsroom | Jun 26, 2012 | Publications launch
The EU remains the world’s larget aid donor but a number of European countries have begun to slash aid budgets in the wake of the financial crisis. EU aid fell for the first time in a decade by €500 million. Find out how each EU country performs on aid, and how...
by Newsroom | May 21, 2011 | Publications launch
EU member states are off-track to meet their aid quantity and aid effectiveness commitments, and are increasingly prioritising self-interested aid policies that are reflecting their own immediate security, migration and commercial interests. Key findings On aid...