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PRESENTATION TRIALOG CENTRAL TRAINING 2007 Members of CONCORD 41 members in 2006 ActionAid Belgian platform Cidse Dutch platform Eurostep German platform Irish platform Malta platform Solidar EU-CORD Aprodev Austrian platform British platform Czech platform Eurodad Finnish platform Greek platform Italian platform Portuguese platform Caritas Danish platform Euronaid French platform IPPF Luxembourg platform Slovakian platform Swedish platform Spanish platform Forum Plan Terre des Hommes Save the Children World Vision Oxfam Adra Hungarian platform Latvia platform CBMI Poland platform WIDE Slovenian platform Representing over 1600 European Development and Relief NGOs Membership Development / Relief NGO National Platform (22) NGO Network (19) CONCORD EUROPE Social, Environmental, … Civil Society Contact Group WHAT IS CONCORD - REPRESENTATION OF DEVELOPMENT NGOS ON EU LEVEL - REPRESENTATION OF NATIONAL NGO PLATFORMS IN EUROPE - FORUM FOR EXCHANGE AND NETWORKING - TOOL FOR COMMON NGO ACTION IN EUROPE - LEGITIMATE MEMBER OF EUROPEAN CIVIL SOCIETY - « NATURAL » INTERLOCUTOR FOR EU INSTITUTIONS ON DEVELOPMENT ISSUES - A CONFEDERATION LEAD BY THE MEMBERS - SPACE OF SOLIDARITY AMONG NGOs Structure • Working processes: Experts from CONCORD members Policy Forum: (merger Policy WG & conveners forum): Presidency, Security and Development, Coherence EU Funding for Development and Relief (FDR): NSA, Deconcentration, Financial regulations, Access to NGO funding Development Education Forum: School curricula, DE strategic frame AidWatch: report 07, aid effectiveness, EC peer review, DBS 2006: Enlargement, Food Security, Cotonou, Humanitarian aid, Trade, 2007 ?: Gender, Enlargement & Neighborhood, Food sovereignty, Social protection, … • The General Assembly (June & November) • Board (Advisory group) • Secretariat -----------Projects: DEEEP, TRIALOG • Objectives MAIN OBJECTIVE To enhance the impact of European development NGOs vis-à-vis the European Institutions by combining expertise and accountability. • CONCORD contributes to a responsible and coherent EU Development Policy towards the developing world. • CONCORD promotes the role of European development and humanitarian NGOs in defining and delivering European development and humanitarian aid policies. CONCORD advocacy - EU EUROPEAN COMMISSION (DG=Directorate General) GENERAL SECRETARIAT DG DEV (Development) DG RELEX (Foreign Relations) EUROPEAID (administrates development budget) ECHO (Humanitarian aid) DG TRADE DG Justice and Home Affairs DG ADMIN DELEG. DELEG. DELEG. COM FOREIGN AFFAIRS EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT (COM=committee) ECON / SOC COMMITTEE DEV COM BUDGET COM COREPER SECRETARIAT MINISTERS COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Key issues for 2007 (I) • Africa / ACP Consultation EU – Africa strategy German and Portuguese Presidency projects Summit Lisbon November 07 (tbc) EPAs 10th EDF • Role of Civil Society Framework of dialogue with Civil Society (DG Dev, DG Trade, EP, Council, …) Code of Conduct for NGOs German Presidency conference (11 June – Bonn) Key Issues for 2007 (II) • Quality and Quantity of Aid • • Aid Monitoring Report Aid Watcher Seminar Advocacy at national and European level OECD DAC / aid effectiveness / Paris declaration Access to aid for Civil Society European public awareness and development education strategy Policy Coherence for Development CONCORD – Evert Vermeer Foundation: Project « EU Coherence » • • • • Preparing campaigns for 2009 EP elections GCAP Europe Capacity building & synergies (26/27 April; September) CONCORD engagement with Southern Civil Society THANKS !!! CONCORD EXTRANET MEMBERSHIP SUPPORT: always there for you ! [email protected] +32 2 743 87 72 The confederation Belgian Platform ΜΚΟ Ελληνική Επιτροπη Μη Κυβερνητικων ΟργανωσεωνΓια Την Ανάπτυξηllenic Committee οf Non Governmental Development Organisations NGO