by Newsroom | Nov 12, 2018 | Regional alliances
The Cotonou Partnership Agreement is coming to an end in 2020. To ensure a fair ground leading to a “partnership of equals”, CONCORD has developed a list of recommendations, serving as a contribution from civil society to the ongoing EU-ACP negotiations to ensure mutually beneficial priorities.
by Newsroom | Sep 11, 2015 | Migration
(Brussels, 11/09/2015) In the face of the current humanitarian crisis affecting people fleeing war, persecution and poverty, EPAM, Social Platform and CONCORD Europe – the three largest coalitions of European NGOs working on development, social rights, asylum and...
by Laura Sullivan | Jun 10, 2015 | Civil society power, Latin America & Caribbean
CONCORD Vice President, Laura Sullivan’s remarks in Brussels for the EUCELAC Summit, 10 June 2015. (Español abajo) There is a poem by Patrick Kavanagh which opens with the following words: ‘We have tasted and tested too much, lover, through a chink too wide...
by Newsroom | May 19, 2015 | Aid Quantity, EU Budget, Financing for Development
(Brussels, 19/05/2015) European governments could drop their aid pledge to developing countries, known as the 0.7% aid target, as disagreements between member states ahead of the Foreign Affairs Council on 26 May threaten the EU’s historic anti-poverty...
by Newsroom | Jan 12, 2015 | Development Cooperation, Global citizenship education
CONCORD welcomes the positive results of the latest Eurobarometer survey which shows support for EU development cooperation remains high. Commenting was Seamus Jeffreson, CONCORD Director “Great timing, great news. The positive results come just as the European...
