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Spring Alliance
Civil Society Contact Group
The EU Civil Society Contact Group brings together seven large rights and value based NGO sectors – environment, social, development, women, culture, human rights and public health.
Open Forum for CSO Development Effectiveness
Fair Politics - Make Development Work
EU Policies that contradict or oppose its development commitments and objectives must end. This programme identifies incoherent EU policies and brings them to the attention of the European policymakers and suggest remedies.
TRIALOG - Strengthening development NGOs in the enlarged EU
TRIALOG is in charge of raising awareness of development issues in the enlarged EU and to strengthen dialogue and partnerships between development NGOs in accession countries, EU countries and developing countries.
DEEEP - Development Education Exchange in Europe Project
DEEEP's aim is to increase the capacity of European NGOs to deliver grassroots Development Education via methodological exchange, training, improved networking, elaboration of common policies and common projects.
Euforic - Europe's Forum on International Cooperation
Euforic is dedicated to development cooperation and humanitarian aid from the civil society prospective, offering: thematic and geographic information, actors, resources, directories, projects, jobs, agendas, forum, etc.
Global Call Against Poverty (GCAP)
The Global Call to Action against Poverty is a worldwide alliance committed to making world leaders live up to their promises, and to making a breakthrough on poverty.
It is an alliance around the common cause of ending poverty: existing coalitions, community groups, trade unions, individuals, religious and faith groups, campaigners and more.
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CONCORD has serious concerns on the content of the revision of the Cotonou Partnership Agreement, but also on the lack of transparency of the process.
A better involvement of the civil society in the EU and in the ACP countries in the process would not only enhance transparency and democratic participation and legitimacy, but also enable citizens to hold their governments to account.
Read the position of CONCORD on the Review of the Cotonou Agreement
In order to implement its strategic plan 2009-2014, CONCORD will in 2010:
- hold EU to account on progress towards 2015 aid commitment target and its Millennium Development Goals commitments.
- monitor the extent to which the EU has contributed to the crucial targets on Aid effectiveness.
- lobby to ensure that poverty eradication is at the core of the European Commission’s development policy.
- pay a special attention on the shaping of the European External Action Service and the work of the new European Commission and Council.
- monitor and accompany the second review of the Cotonou Partnership Agreement.
- promote policy coherence for development during the key European high level meetings
- support its members in participation in major events, i.e. the Palermo II process.
- renew its communication strategy and reinforce members' capacity building on lobby, advocacy, gender and human rights-based approach.
- engage thoughtful alliances with other Civil Society organisations.
A new European Commission is due to take up a new five year term in March The new Commission will probably have a different administrative structure from the current on and Development will be split up between different Directorate General and Commissionners. Click here to read more about the institutional reforms and the concerns of CONCORD.
In the face of the ongoing global upheaval caused by the financial, economic, food and energy crises which have unfolded over recent years, it is more important than ever that the European Union keeps its promises on aid to developing countries which are suffering the worst effects of a crisis they did not create. However, according to the latest information collected by CONCORD’s “AidWatch” initiative, summarised in the briefing “EU Aid in Jeopardy?”, the EU is off-track towards its promised aid targets and many Member States are faltering on their aid commitments.
Responding to the Commission’s Communication and report on Policy Coherence for Development, CONCORD released a report appealing for Europe to stop harming developing countries with its policies. Read the whole press release. Read the speech of Rob Drimmelen.
The “Spotlight on Policy Coherence” report looks at the damaging impact that EU policies such as trade and agriculture are having on developing countries, effectively undoing all of the potential achievements of its development aid.
CONCORD members work together to ensure that:
- The EU and member states are fully committed to comprehensive policies and practice that promote sustainable economic, social and human development, aim to address the causes of poverty, and are based on human rights, gender equality, justice and democracy;
- The rights and responsibilities of citizens and organised civil society, to influence those representing them in governments and EU institutions, are promoted and respected.
Following on the publication last week of a European Commission communication on “Policy Coherence for Development – Establishing the policy framework for a whole-of-the-Union approach”, CONCORD has expressed concern that the EU is trying to get around its aid commitments to developing countries and promote its own interests in areas like trade and intellectual property rights at the expense of the fight against global poverty.
Please click here to read CONCORD first comments and analysis on the communication.
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