Advocacy Handbook for Civil Society Organizations: Towards a Fair, Just and Sustainable World
We present to you a manual for public advocacy intended for civil society organizations in the field of international development cooperation and sustainable development. This manual is designed as a tool to support future advocacy activities of civil society organizations (CSOs) in the Western Balkans. Its purpose is to provide CSOs with a comprehensive guide […]
Can the EU assert its leadership and truly deliver on gender equality in 2021 (and beyond)?
In this opinion piece, Vice President of CONCORD and EU Representative & Head of Office of CARE International, Céline Mias, takes a critical perspective on the EU’s actions on gender equality for the past year. With these insights, the article identifies 10 opportunities for the EU to demonstrate its urge to be a leader on […]
Video of performance “With or without E(U)?”
Simultaneously with the Zagreb EU Summit on the Western Balkans, within the Croatian presidency of the EU Council, during which, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the leaders of the EU member states and the Western Balkan countries discussed the prospects of the Western Balkan countries joining the EU, civil society organizations, under the coordination of […]
It’s not the end, it’s just the beginning: With COVID-19, now is the time to boost aid
Press release by CONCORD Europe: Brussels, 17 April 2020 – Early figures released yesterday by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) show an increase of 1,4% in global development aid spending in 2019 compared to 2018. This change in donor countries’ official development assistance (ODA) levels can be attributed mainly to an increase in […]
CROSOL and CONCORD call the EU Foreign Affairs Council for global solidarity
CROSOL has sent a letter to the Croatian Minister of Foreign and European affairs, Gordan Grlić Radman ahead of the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) meeting regarding the EU’s response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The letters contains a list of recommendations drafted by CONCORD Europe and civil society organizations from all over EU. The Coronavirus […]
Reaction of Croatian Forum 2020 towards the European Union’s actions aimed at combating the COVID-19 pandemic
In the circumstances of growing pandemic of COVID-19 coronavirus in Europe, and especially among the EU member states – we express our concerns by the reactions of member states which have, albeit somewhat understandably but not justifiably, irrationally focused on protecting their national interests, ignoring the fact that we are in the midst of a […]
FOND, FINGO and CROSOL presented the common Presidency project before CODEV working party
On January 31st 2019, representatives of FOND, FINGO and CROSOL presented the common Presidency project to Working Party on Development Cooperation at the Council of the EU. The member states showed big interest for the project, expressing support and asking questions related to the project implementation. They were interested in how we could coordinate “CSO […]