by Newsroom | Apr 23, 2020 | Aid Quantity, COVID19, Director's Blog, EU Budget
As governments prepare their economic recovery plans, they not only face a formidable challenge, but also an unprecedented opportunity.
by Tanya Cox | Nov 19, 2019 | Aid Quality/Aid Effectiveness, Director's Blog
Inequalities between people and countries have reached staggering heights. The social contract is under unprecedented pressure, as witnessed by the multiplication of protests, marches and social unrest against austerity, inequalities and injustice all over the world. So what is it about the principle of “Leaving No One Behind” that our leaders have not understood? But the good news is: this can be rectified.
by Seamus Jeffreson | Jan 18, 2019 | EU Development Framework, Migration and development, Promoting Civil Society Space, What we do, Who we are
Brussels, 18 January 2019 – In some parting reflections, Seamus Jeffreson, CONCORD’s outgoing director, looks back on five eventful years in the NGO world. Despite current political pressure on CSOs and the work still to be done, his outlook for civil society is...
by Seamus Jeffreson | Dec 10, 2015 | Aid Quantity
9 December 2015 – Seamus Jeffreson, CONCORD Director, talks to EurActiv in an exclusive interview. If, instead of providing billions to Turkey to stop refugees, EU leaders had supported the countries hosting them three years ago, with a fraction of these funds,...
by Seamus Jeffreson | Dec 7, 2015 | 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
8 December 2015 – By Seamus Jeffreson, CONCORD Director I was lucky enough to be asked to chair a panel ‘Making the 2030 Agenda For Sustainable Development Disability-Inclusive’ at a conference entitled ‘Leave no one behind – Tackling inequalities of...
