by Seamus Jeffreson | Nov 4, 2014 | Other
4 November 2014 – By CONCORD Director Seamus Jeffreson – Recently, I had the pleasure of visiting our member FoRs, the Czech Republic NGO platform in Prague. I’d like to share with you some reflections after productive meetings with representatives...
by Newsroom | Oct 27, 2014 | Civic engagement, Civil society power
Serbia: Preparing for a new role in development? 27 October 2014 Every October the European Commission releases reports assessing how countries that aim to join the European Union in coming years are progressing towards that goal. TRIALOG, a project that has worked on...
by Newsroom | Oct 21, 2014 | Aid Quantity, EU Budget
Six reasons why EU leaders must not cut aid 21 October 2014 The European Union’s development and humanitarian aid programmes are suffering a cash crisis in 2014 and risk severe cuts in the 2015 EU budget negotiations. CONCORD, the European confederation of Relief and...
by Newsroom | Oct 7, 2014 | EU external action
Six things we like about Federica Mogherini, the EU’s candidate HRVP 7 October 2014 Federica Mogherini faced the European Parliament yesterday for her hearing to replace Catherine Ashton and become the EU’s Foreign Policy chief – the official title is High...
by Newsroom | Oct 12, 2012 | News
A couple of hours ago, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the European Union. 12/10/2012 On the one hand, it’s good news for the EU. As usual it’s quite a ‘political’ decision from the Nobel jury, coming at a time of when the EU is amidst of...
