EU development ministers must step up fight to end extreme poverty
Media Reaction: Aid figures published ahead of today’s Foreign Affairs Council meeting showed that the EU is still failing to live up to commitments made more than 10 years ago.
2015 EU aid statistics heavily inflated by in-donor refugee costs
PRESS RELEASE: In reaction to the OECD DAC statistics, CONCORD Europe raises concern about the growing diversion of ODA for security and refugees costs. The confederation wants to highlight again this major threat to poverty eradication and the failure of EU leaders to respect their commitment.
Aid budget should not be used for security and defence of Europe
Governments across Europe are planning to divert scarce development aid budgets to cover security and defence costs. (Brussels, Tuesday February 16th 2016) Governments are considering diverting limited aid funds to security and defence, and may also increase the...
The Civil Society Summit Europe: the future of development cooperation
We invite you the Civil Society Summit Europe on February 16th in Brussels. The 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda is lauded as a new universal agenda, different than anything that came before; an agenda aiming to address social, economic and environmental dimensions...