The EU Sails Away from International Cooperation with the Biggest Aid Cuts in a Decade
Yesterday, the OECD released the 2025 Official Development Assistance (ODA) early figures, confirming a worrying trend. For the third consecutive year, EU Member States are cutting their aid spending. In 2025, 17 EU Member States cut their ODA. Since 2024, EU Member States contributions have dropped by 9.9 per cent. These cuts will cause direct […]
Research: 80 percent of Vukovar citizens are dissatisfied with the political situation and want to overcome the past
Interesting research: 80 percent of Vukovar citizens are dissatisfied with the political situation and want to overcome the past We are talking to the authors of a study that showed that citizens are much more prudent and progressive than the policies that deal with them. BARBARA MATEJČIĆ 30. 04. 2021. More than 80 percent of […]
Webinar and panel discussion: “COVID-19 as a catalyst of change in planning sustainable traffic”
Association ODRAZ – Sustainable Community Development, in cooperation with CROSOL, organised a webinar and panel discussion titled “COVID-19 as a catalyst of change in planning sustainable traffic” on 13 April 2020. Presenters on the webinar were: Predrag Brlek, University North Tadej Brezina, Institute for Traffic, Vienna University of Technology Morgane Juliat, German research and consulting […]
European Commission publishes 2020 WB Country Reports
The European Commission has just published 2020 Enlargement Package. The package contains the Reports in which the Commission services present their detailed assessment of the state of play in each candidate country and potential candidate, what has been achieved over the last year, and set out guidelines on reform priorities. You may find the reports […]
European Commission publishes 2020 WB Country Reports
The European Commission has just published 2020 Enlargement Package. The package contains the Reports in which the Commission services present their detailed assessment of the state of play in each candidate country and potential candidate, what has been achieved over the last year, and set out guidelines on reform priorities. You may find the reports […]
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 […]
Croatia’s love affair with dirty energy
“Council presidency sponsorship, high-profile events, new fossil fuel investments…. Corporate Europe Observatory turns a quizzical eye on the Croatian Government’s love affair with the fossil fuel industry (inspired by The Guardian’s Pass notes column). Name: INA, d.d. Never heard of them. Who are they? INA is a Croatian oil company which plays a key role in oil and […]
Big Oil sponsors Croatia’s EU presidency
“The six-month Croatian presidency of the Council of the EU has signed a deal with the country’s national oil company INA to supply its fuel. The part state-owned firm is now designated as the EU council presidency’s “official gasoline supplier” – and comes during the launch of the European Commission’s European Green Deal, a seminal policy […]
Study exchange with Slovenian Platform Sloga
Slovenian Platform Sloga organized in Ljubljana on 15th and 16th of September regional exchange of experiences between Hungary, Croatia and Slovenia. CROSOL sent three participants who learned what Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) is, how to use it in everyday’s work, how does it function at the EU level and what is it going to look […]