The role of Civil Society Organisations in implementing development cooperation programmes and providing funding for CSOs is a key aspect of EU international partnerships. Likewise, for many CSOs the EU partnership is a vital source of income for their programmes. In recent years, the changes in EU international cooperation programmes have impacted the distribution and diversity of EU funding for CSOs.
Funding for civil society organisations in the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe
As stated in the New European Consensus on Development, and reaffirmed by the Council of the European Union, the EU and its Member States recognise the multiple roles that civil...
Guide to Global Europe Funding 2021-2027: For civil society organisations
This guide aims to provide civil society organisations with a comprehensive overview of the instruments and programmes used by the European Union (EU) in its international...
Multi-Annual Financial Framework Timeline
The Multi-Annual Financial Framework (MFF) determines the budget spending of the EU for a period of at least five years. The current MFF which ran from 2014 to 2020, is coming to...
EU seven year development aid instrument finally agreed – but tarnished by EU migration politics
In many aspects, CONCORD welcomes Member States’ endorsement of the political agreement reached with the European Parliament on the Neighbourhood, Development and International...
Joint statement on NDICI and humanitarian aid in the next Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027
Ahead of the next round of negotiations between the institutions on the 2021-2027 Multi-annual Financial Framework (MFF) civil society organisations and NGOs are calling on...
Statement for MEPs on the final Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027
In July 2020, the European Council proposed a reduction to Heading VI and to the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) by 10%, and a further...
Talking Development Episode 7: The future EU budget concerns us all
The Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) determines the architecture of the EU’s budget. As the current MFF is coming to an end in 2020, this episode of our “Talking Development...
A direction to follow: outgoing parliament agrees on development spending
On 27 March 2019, the European Parliament confirmed its stand on the external instrument of the upcoming long-term EU budget 2021-2027. In this press release, CONCORD discusses...
NDICI: Views on an essential vote ahead
Ahead of the upcoming vote on amendments to the Multiannual Financial Framework’s (MFF) “Neighborhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument” (NDICI) regulation,...