In January, CONCORD launched its first Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) position paper, “Shaping International Partnerships: Budgeting our Common Future” , analysing the...
AidWatch 2023 – Bursting the ODA inflation bubble
Since 2005, CONCORD’s AidWatch reports have monitored and made recommendations on the quantity and quality of aid provided by the EU and its Member States. With the AidWatch publications, CONCORD members want to hold EU leaders accountable for their ODA commitments, including the longstanding target of allocating 0.7% GNI to ODA.
AidWatch 2021: A geopolitical commission – Building partnerships or playing politics?
2021 report takes a detailed look at the commitment to effectiveness in the Team Europe approach – the EU’s response to COVID-19 in partner countries. There are worrying signs...
A call to safeguard public services and sustainable businesses in Least Developed Countries
Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Least Developed Countries (LDCs) remains a scarce resource: EU ODA to LDCs in 2019 was only € 13.8 billion (0.10% of GNI). The EU remains...
Setting the highest standards for Global Europe implementation
Global Europe – the new EU development cooperation instrument¹ – will be implemented in a context of 80 million people globally facing long-term forced displacement. Of that...
AidWatch 2020: Knock-on effects, an urgent call to Leave No One Behind
2020 marks the first year since 1998 that the global rate of poverty has increased. The COVID-19 pandemic has much to do with that, but it doesn’t help that the EU and its Member...
The importance of keeping commitments: how EU aid is crucial for least developed countries to leave no one behind
This year (2020) marks the intermediate year to reach the target of 0.15% to 0.20% of ODA/GNI to Least Developed Countries, which the EU and its Member States committed to and...
AidWatch 2019: Leaving No One Behind – Time for Implementation
EU aid decreased in 2018, continuing the downward trend from 2017. Despite the well-received 25% reduction in inflated aid, EU aid is still decreasing after discounting these...
Who owns development effectiveness? A European reality check
The quantity of Official Development Assistance (ODA) remains key for achieving sustainable development, but ‘how’ ODA is used is equally crucial to ensure that no one is left...
Recommendations on the NDICI migration spending target
The European Commission’s proposal for the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) is currently the only instrument dedicated to the...