Defending the political views of Development and Relief NGOs

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• Defending the political views of Development and
  Relief NGOs
• Agnes Philippart - CONCORD
• Euforic AGM June 2006

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CONCORD defending the political views of
Development and Relief NGOs
Specific communication

• ? Communication of a confederation
• ? General public is not a target, press is seen
  as an advocacy tool.

2 aims ? Advocacy tool ? Information sharing
amongst members and EU awareness raising
3 challenges ? 2 opposite aims education and
lobby. ? Mass of information coming from
members ? EU expectations No lesson but
solutions ? Different products of information ?
Membership officer ? information sessions Key
questions ? How to preserve CONCORD's reputation
vis-à-vis the EU ? ROI of the members