by Seamus Jeffreson | Jan 18, 2019 | Other
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, his outlook for civil society is one of solidarity, humanity, and resilience.
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 | Sustainability / 2030 Agenda
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...
by Seamus Jeffreson | Dec 7, 2015 | Other
December 2015 – by Seamus Jeffreson, CONCORD Director Un réseau d’organisations de la société civile, tout comme une flotte maritime, doit pouvoir s’orienter et avoir une idée claire de sa destination. Au sein de Concord, ce processus a pris la forme d’une...
by Seamus Jeffreson | Sep 29, 2015 | Civic engagement, Civil society power, Global citizenship education, Other
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, TRIALOG team, to remind us of the achievements of the project and the...
