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European Confederation of NGOs working on sustainable development and international cooperation
📢 We've opened a call for consultants!
CONCORD is seeking a consultant to audit selected publications to ensure that our written outputs reflect our commitment to solidarity, equality, and decolonised practices.
🔗Are you nterested? Apply before the 24th of November! bit.ly/4oNuHra
💶 In 2024, 1 in every 5 euro of EU ODA failed to meet fundamental ODA criteria, as shown by the 2025 #AidWatch Report.
📉 ODA inflation keeps rising since 2018, worsening ODA cuts and EU MS failure to meet their own targets.
➡️ Dive into the data & findings:
aidwatch.concordeurope.org/2025-report/
💡The 2025 #AidWatch Report shows that only 3 of 27 EU Member States - Luxembourg, Denmark, and Sweden - met the 0.7% ODA/GNI goal in 2024.
Only 11–15% of EU MS have met the target in the past 7 years.
➡️ Explore the full report and data visualisation tools:
aidwatch.concordeurope.org/2025-report/
Happy to share that we are co-hosting a session with @coopseurope.bsky.social at #BordeauxGSEF2025!
💬 “Profit with purpose: unlocking value through people-centred businesses in the EU’s global partnerships.”
If you’re at the Forum, join us in Bordeaux on 30 Oct, from 10.15 to 11.15! 🌍
Thank you to all the participants and speakers who joined us for this insightful #AidWatch 2025 launch!
▶️ Discover our 10 recommendations to restore ODA's purpose: aidwatch.concordeurope.org/2025-report/
And our panel closed with the words of our moderator Ruth Faber, CEO of @eu-cord.bsky.social and CONCORD board member: "Does the EU have the courage and the foresight to make this change?"
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“After 20 years, the context today is much more somber, yet there is good news: there continues to be broad support for international cooperation as the EU Barometer shows."
- Mikel Iriso, CODEV delegate, Spanish Permanent Representation to the EU @espanaenue.bsky.social
Thank you to Gunjan Veda, Global Secretary of The Movement for Community-led Development joining our panel online, reminding us that "ODA is not charity, it is a responsibility."
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"We should prioritise ODA for human development and ensure there is more concessional ODA for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)."
- Natividad Lorenzo, Cabinet Expert, Cabinet of Commissioner Jozef Síkela, DG INTPA, European Commission @ec.europa.eu
“We are living in challenging times, inequalities run deep, and international solidarity is being tested. What role can we imagine, if not one of shared responsibility and solidarity?”
- Mafalda Infante, The Portuguese Platform of Development NGOs
🎥 Starting soon: the 2025 AidWatch Launch!
Join us at 16:00 to explore how the EU and its Member States are performing on the quantity and quality of their ODA.
To participate online, use this link 👇
us02web.zoom.us/j/81416572275
En el taller de comunicación en entornos hostiles de CONCORD 🇪🇺 aprendemos, compartimos y reflexionamos sobre cómo lograr una comunicación transformadora.
¡Un espacio para crecer juntas! @concord-europe.bsky.social
One day to go! ⏰
Tomorrow, the #AidWatch 2025 report launches, marking 20 years of tracking and advocating for effective ODA.
👁️ Keep and eye out for our 10 key recommendations to reform ODA governance, restore credibility, and put ODA back on track to deliver real impact.
🚨 Last call to register!
Curious how the EU and its Member States are meeting their ODA commitments?
Join us for the #AidWatch 2025 Launch this Wednesday, 22 October, in Brussels!
Don’t miss the latest insights, register now ⬇️
concordeurope.org/event/aidwat...
👁️ Join us for the #AidWatch 2025 launch on 22 October!
Hear from our expert panel as we unpack the findings of this year’s report and discuss key recommendations to restore ODA’s purpose.
(More speakers to be announced soon!)
Spots are limited, register now! 📝
concordeurope.org/event/aidwat...
👁️ Ending short-sightedness, restoring ODA’s purpose: #AidWatch 2025 launches on 22 October!
For 20 years, ODA has advanced health and education, but cuts, misreporting and donor self-interest now threaten its impact.
We need bold reforms to realign ODA with its core purpose.
Stay tuned!
📢 EU Billionaires’ wealth surges by over €400bn in first half of 2025.
That’s over €2bn a day.
🔗https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/eu-billionaires-wealth-surges-over-eu400-billion-first-half-2025
#TaxTheRich
"We must build mutual partnerships: mobilising public money to prioritise local actors, based on local needs."
- Frank Vanaerschot @frankcb.bsky.social @counter-balance.bsky.social
"Development is not only about exporting green energy to Europe but also about social inclusion, gender equality and territorial justice. Projects must be co-created with people who live closest to the land and will bear the consequences of these projects."
- Hikma Bachegour @menafem.bsky.social
"On paper #GlobalGateway looks like a success story, but as partner countries, we face the risk of becoming mere suppliers of raw materials and resources, rather than active participants in the global value chain."
- Kaisha Atakhanova, Director of Regional Programs ARGO
“Is it a perpetual model that views Africa as a battlefield for geopolitical interests, or a global partnership based on a win-win situation, with African governments as active players?”
- Veronica Fadzai Zano, Regional Program Advisor-Extractive Industry, Oxfam Southern Africa
🔴 Starting soon | What are the real implications of the #GlobalGateway strategy❓
Today we'll discuss w/ civil society, affected communities & policymakers the impacts of #energy, mining, #climate & infrastructure projects on the ground.
Join via Zoom: bit.ly/4o5Uryp
Want to dive deeper into the topic?
📆 Join our upcoming event co-organised with @eurodadnews.bsky.social & @counter-balance.bsky.social next Wednesday, 8 October:
The EU’s Global Gateway: a civil society perspective
🔗 Register now
www.eurodad.org/eu_global_ga...
“Civil society can serve as a vital bridge to local communities.”
🎤 Yesterday, CONCORD’s @justajaimie.bsky.social joined a #GlobalGateway panel at the 2nd Conference on Export & Development Finance Enhanced Coordination, highlighting the need to involve CSOs in #TeamNationals’ project origination.
🙏 Thank you to everyone who joined our Meaningful Engagement Platform launch!
We built this survey to gather civil society’s experiences with EU consultations and push for meaningful engagement.
👉 If you have recently partecipated a consultation, you should give it a look here: buff.ly/gtAfayK
The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry concluded that genocide and manmade famine are unfolding in Gaza.
CONCORD calls on the EU to refrain from resorting to half-measures and empty rhetoric. Now is the moment to act!
🔗 Read our statement: buff.ly/rS60Awl
The EU’s Global Gateway: a civil society perspective. The European Commission's second Global Gateway Forum promises to be a carefully stage-managed success story. This panel will provide an alternative to the official narrative, spotlighting the real implications of the strategy and the impacts of energy, mining, climate and infrastructure projects on the ground. The event will feature voices from the European Parliament and civil society in the Global South. 8 October. 9.00-11.00 CEST at the Press Club Brussels Europe. This event will be live streamed.
❓What are the real implications of the #GlobalGateway?
Join @concord-europe.bsky.social, @actionaideu.bsky.social, Counter Balance and us on 8 October as we'll discuss the impacts of #energy, mining, #climate & infrastructure projects on the ground.
Register here: www.eurodad.org/eu_global_ga...
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How much do you know about the EU’s #GlobalGateway strategy? 🌍
If you missed the CONCORD & @forusinternational.bsky.social webinar last August, this article lays it all out: what it is and why it matters for civil society 👇
concordeurope.org/2025/09/16/u...
📌On International Democracy Day, we are reminded that democracy can't thrive without strong civil society. That's why we submitted our recommendations for the new EU Civil Society Strategy!
The EU has a chance to strengthen democracy and credibility worlwide!
🔗Here's how: buff.ly/fbZAt8E
