On the 16th of May 2019, EU Member State Ministers responsible for Development Cooperation met in Brussels for their semestral meeting to discuss and adopt conclusions on the most important topics on...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The quantity and quality of European official development assistance (ODA) spending is at a critical crossroad. Three years after adopting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable...
Article written by Seamus Jeffreson, CONCORD Director. At the end of April, CONCORD was invited to discuss the recently highlighted issue of sexual misconduct in humanitarian work in the course of a...
EU prioritising security over peace-building negatively impacts development aid – New Report Brussels, 15 February 2018 – While today less and less aid is spent in least developed countries [1], the...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Significant political events and upheaval took place in 2016, with many far-reaching impacts, including on the European Union’s aid spending and development cooperation. The rising...
EU leaders must live up to their commitments to European values in responding to migration and stop copying xenophobic populist recipes, more than 160 NGOs said today in a joint statement. The...
Brussels, 22 February 2017 Dear European leaders, We, the undersigned non-governmental organisations, are deeply concerned with the direction of the EU-Libya policy as outlined in the Commission...
CONCORD’s five main recommendations Policy and strategy processes It is understandable that there be evolutions in policy and strategies over time. However, it is indispensable that such evolutions...
EU aid gap puts sustainable development at risk – CONCORD AidWatch Report 2016 Brussels, 26/10/2016 – The European Union has again failed to meet its commitment to spend 0.7% of Gross National Income...
At the upcoming European Council, European Union (EU) leaders will discuss the European Commission’s Communication on a new Partnership Framework with third countries. The Communication proposes an...