European Confederation

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European Confederation
Development / Relief NGO
NGO Network (20)
National Platform (22)
CONCORD EUROPE
Social, Environmental,
Civil Society Contact Group
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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.

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OUR PRIORITIES

• EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT POLICIES AND AID
• POLICY COHERENCE FOR DEVELOPMENT
• ENABLING ENVIRONMENT FOR CIVIL SOCIETY
• CAPACITY BUILDING OF MEMBERS
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• Cross-cutting issues (07) RBA, Gender,
  alliances  South  and EU CS, dialogue with EU
  instit.

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CONCORD Working structures

• Policy Forum
• FDR - Funding for Development and Relief
• Aid Watch
• Development Education Forum
• CSO Aid effectiveness
• Cotonou (Aid Trade)
• Enlargement, Pre-accession and Neighbourhood
• EFSG - European Food Security Group
• Trade Group
• EU-Africa Reference Group
• Gender Development
• HIV / AIDS

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General Assembly
BOARD
Advisory Group
POLICY FORUM
4 CORE PROCESSES RESPONDING TO THE STRATEY
PLAN/OBJECT.

Coherence for development of other EU policies
Development Policies and Official Development Aid
Promotion of NGO/CSO role and enabling environment
Capacity Building and networking
Aid Watch
EU coherence project
CSO aid effectiveness Task Force
Cotonou Aid WG
WORKING PROCESSES
Reference group Trade related issues
FDR
HIV / AIDS
EU/Africa Reference Group
Food Security
DEForum
Trade
Cotonou Trade WG
Food / Agriculture
EPAN
MAINSTREAMING PROCESSES
CONCORD institutional development
Gender
Right based app.
Relation with SOUTH
Relation with EU CSO
Dialogue with EU institutions
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Terms of Reference

• Representation one appointed representative from
  each NP and NW. Members attend the working group
  meetings as fully mandated representatives of the
  CONCORD members.
• Information - Members are responsible for
  preparing the working group meeting with their NP
  or NW, and for debriefing.
• Attendance - to attend at least one main meeting
  per year (substitute)
• Decision-making - members must ensure that they
  are mandated to represent their platforms or
  networks in discussions towards decision-making.
• Institutional representation expected to play an
  institutional role as well EU institutions, with
  the Board of CONCORD

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Key issues for 2008 and beyond (I)

• AID
• Aidwatch
• Accra Aid effectiveness (donors / governments,
  CSO)
• Doha Financing for Development
• NEW INSTITUTIONAL ARCHITECTURE OF EU EXTERNAL
  ACTION
• Lisbon treaty implementation EAS
• PREPARE EP ELECTIONS IN 2009
• FRAMEWORK OF DIALOGUE WITH CIVIL SOCIETY
• DG DEV Advisory Group

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Key issues for 2008 and beyond (II)

• GCAP EUROPE
• CAPACITY BUILDING SYNERGIES
• CONCORD ENGAGEMENT WITH SOUTHERN CIVIL SOCIETY
• EUROPEAN PUBLIC AWARENESS AND DEVELOPMENT
  EDUCATION STRATEGY
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• (POLICY COHERENCE FOR DEVELOPMENET)
• (IMPACT ASSESSMENT)

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CONCORD advocacy - EU
EUROPEAN COMMISSION (DGDirectorate General)
GENERAL SECRETARIAT
DG DEV (Development)
ECHO (Humanitarian aid)
EUROPEAID (administrates development budget)
COM FOREIGN AFFAIRS
ECON / SOC COMMITTEE
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT (COMcommittee)
DEV COM
COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS
COREPER
SECRETARIAT
BUDGET COM