Security and economic interests continue prevailing in the EU’s policy and institutional approach to migration and development, says CONCORD in their new policy paper “Coherence for migration and...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2015 has been marked by important international decision-making moments, including the Financing for Development Conference in Addis, the Sustainable Development Goals Summit in New...
An ongoing global displacement crisis has increased deaths in the Mediterranean. These continued and predicted tragedies at sea constitute a grave indictment of current EU approach to migration...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Next year, the EU will have an opportunity to shape the future development and financing frameworks and ensure that they make a strong contribution to ending poverty and inequality...
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...
EU AID IN €36BILLION FUNDING GAP AHEAD OF 2015 UN TARGETS European aid to poor countries is stalling, with aid cut or stagnant in 19 EU countries. NEW: Compare EU aid data on the special AidWatch...
(Brussels, Paris 03/04/2013) As governments across Europe continue budget cuts, international aid to developing countries has fallen for two consecutive years according to new figures released by the...
Each time a large crisis strikes, the need to link humanitarian aid and development (LRRD) appears on the political agenda. At EU level, Communications in 1996 and 2001 aimed to improve this link but...
EU aid commitments at historic low, NGOs warn crisis hitting poor (Brussels, 25/06/2012) The AidWatch Report 2012, ‘Aid We Can: more investment in global development’, written by CONCORD, the...
(Brussels 14/05/2012) Fewer countries will receive EU aid in the future, with EU member states endorsing a new plan to shift bilateral aid away from many middle income countries and open up the...