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CONCORD PRIORITIES FOR 2006
Presentation for the TRIALOG Central Training
Budapest, 9 – 10 March 2006
Overview of the presentation
1. OVERALL FRAMEWORK OF DEVELOPMENT AID AT
EUROPEAN LEVEL
2. CONCORD ADVOCACY WORK
3. KEY ISSUES FOR 2006
4. CONCORD PRIORITIES FOR 2006
Advocate for EU level engagement
Is the European Commission more than 26th donor?
Member States see mainly two added values of EU:
mega infrastructure projects and regional integration
EC hardly develops own strategies. No added value.
EC has no political role in UN but has channelled 1 bio. € through
UN agencies. No added value.
If added value of common Development Strategy is not seen,
development aid could be re-nationalized in a few years.
Advocate for EU level engagement
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Foreign Policy
Neighbourhood
Accession Countries
Trade
Security and Defence
Migration
Development
If Development is still seen as priority, there is a fight for
resources between:
Southern Governments
United Nations (and Under-organisations)
EU Institutions (e.g. EIB)
Private Sector
NGDOs / CSO
Advocate for EU level engagement
Added value of European level ???
« Potential » added value of European level:
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3 C’s: Coordination, coherence, complementary at MS level
“Acquis communautaire”
Policy dialogue
Framework setting
Weight as region in international processes (UN, WTO, Cotonou,…)
“If we do not participate in this process,
others will decide for us. “
Members of CONCORD
39 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
Representing over 1600 European Development and Relief NGOs
Membership
Development / Relief NGO
National Platform (21)
NGO Network (18)
CONCORD EUROPE
Social, Environmental, …
Civil Society Contact Group
EU National Level
Why do NGOs choose to join
CONCORD’s members?
To be part of
the European
Network
(Clong ->
Concord)
14%
Other
4%
To improve
transparency
and
accountability
2%
To advocate at
the political
level
29%
To increase
access to
funding
25%
Main Priorities:
Advocacy (29%)
Improve the quality of their
activities (26%)
Increase access to funding (25%)
To improve
the quality of
their
activities*
26%
EU National Level
Main sectors of advocacy for EU NGOs
No dominant sector of advocacy – a strength or a weakness?
2% 3%
5%
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8%
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5%
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6%
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National Development Policies – most
common (8,6%)
Weapons traffic – 0%
National development policies
Human Rights & Democracy
Education
Funding of NGOs**
Environment
Health
Civil Society participation
Relief & Humanitarian Aid
Trade
Food Security and Agriculture*
EU Policies
Peace & Conflict prevention
Migration
International agenda
Weapons traffic
Other
Structure
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Working groups: Experts from CONCORD members
Policy group: Presidency, Gender, Security and Development, Financial
Perspectives, Coherence
EU Funding for Development and Relief: Deconcentration, Financial
regulations, Rationalisation
Development Education Forum
Food Security, Enlargement, Cotonou, Humanitarian aid, Trade, FFD
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The Convenors' Forum: Convenors of working groups to ensure coherence
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The General Assembly / Consultative Assembly
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Board
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Secretariat
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.
Activities
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Exchange information, analyses and intelligence
Working groups
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Define, approve and disseminate common positions
Civil Society Contact Group: common statement on rationalisation of
thematic funding instruments
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Advocate
Meetings with European institutions
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Communicate
Extranet, news letter
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Organize trainings, meetings, conferences
European NGO conference on MDG+5
CONCORD advocacy
GENERAL
SECRETARIAT
DG DEV
EUROPEAID
DG TRADE
ECHO
DG JHA
DG RELEX
DG ADMIN
DELEG. DELEG. DELEG.
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FOREIGN
AFFAIRS
EUROPEAN
PARLIAMENT
ECON / SOC
COMMITTEE
DEV COM
BUDGET
COM
COREPER
SECRETARIAT
MINISTERS
COUNCIL
OF THE
EUROPEAN
UNION
COMMITTEE OF THE
REGIONS
Key issues for 2006 (I)
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Coherence
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GAERC
Conference Austrian Presidency
Finnish Presidency
CONCORD – Evert Vermeer Foundation: Project « EU Coherence »
Role of Civil Society
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Transparency Initiative (Kallas)
Plan D (Wallström)
Code of Conduct (Frattini)
Critics in EP
Preparation of German Presidency
Key Issues for 2006 (II)
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After GCAP 05: Monitoring EU/EC aid commitments
 Aid Monitoring Report
 Aid Watcher Seminar
 Advocacy at national and European level
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Negotiations on EU-Budgets, Instruments and Programs
 DCECI – EP document
 Geographical and thematical Programs
 Framework of Dialogue with Civil Society
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European public awareness and development education strategy
Deconcentration
OECD DAC
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Key issues for 06
EU
Global
CONCORD
EU Coherence for Development
among EU external policies
EU Coherence project with EVF,
Austrian & Finnish Presidencies
Quantity and Quality of Aid
More and better aid, “Aid-watcher”,
Financial perspectives 07-13, Policy
Framework, Programs
Policy WG
FFD WG
Civil Society Engagement, dialogue
with EU instit.,
FDR WG, WGE?
FDR WG, “Vision” paper
EC-NGO-Partnership, Financial
Regulation, Non-State Actors
Specific
Role of Civil Society, German
Presidency, CSCG
Challenges for CONCORD 2006
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Future of GCAP (Europe)
Membership support
Reflection on framework for contacts with extra-european NGO-Platforms
GAs and Board elections
And many more…
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