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{{Infobox organization
| name                    = CONCORD Europe 
| native_name             = Confédération européenne des ONG d'urgence et de dévelopement<ref name=registrationBelgium>[https://kbopub.economie.fgov.be/kbopub/toonondernemingps.html?ondernemingsnummer=420549636 CONCORD in the Belgian central registry (BCE)], retrieved on 7 June 2024</ref>
| native_name_lang        = FRA
| logo                    = CONCORD.jpg
| logo_caption            = Logo with the previous name of the organisation
| formation               ={{start date and age|1980|07|10}}<ref name=registrationBelgium/>
| type                    = International non-profit association ([[Nonprofit organization laws by jurisdiction#Belgium|aisbl]])
| registration_id         = 0420.549.636 
| purpose                 = [[advocacy]]
| location_city           = [[Brussels]]
| location_country        = [[Belgium]]
| coordinates             = <!-- {{coord|50.8418|4.3693|display=inline,title}} -->
| membership              = 57
| membership_year         = 2024
| language                = English
| leader_title            = Director
| leader_name             = Tanya Cox
| leader_title2           = President
| leader_name2            = Rilli Lappalainen
| budget                  = {{currency|1754000|EUR}}<ref name=AnnualReport22>{{cite web |url= https://concordeurope.org/resource/annual-report-2022-shaping-our-stories/ |title= Annual Report 2022: Shaping our stories |date= 14 June 2023 |website= concordeurope.org |access-date= 7 June 2024}}</ref>
| budget_year             = 2022
| revenue                 = 
| revenue_year            = 
| disbursements           = 
| expenses                = {{currency|1754000|EUR}}<ref name=AnnualReport22/>
| expenses_year           = 2022
| funding                 = Structural EU grant, membership fees, [[Gates Foundation]], and others<ref name=AnnualReport22/>
| staff                   = 21
| staff_year              = 2024
| website                 = {{URL|https://concordeurope.org}}
| remarks                 = 
| formerly                = 
}}

'''CONCORD''', also referred to as '''CONCORD Europe''',<ref name=TranspRegis>{{cite web |url= https://transparency-register.europa.eu/searchregister-or-update/organisation-detail_en?id=34478709670-34 |title= CONCORD Europe |website= [[Lobby register|EU Transparency Register]]|access-date= 7 June 2024}}</ref><ref name=sustdevgoals>{{cite web |url= https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/index.php?page=view&type=20036&menu=1561&nr=55318 |title= CONCORD Europe |website= Sustainable Development Goals Knowledge Platform |access-date= 7 June 2024}}</ref> is the European [[confederation]] of [[non-governmental organisation]]s working on [[sustainable development]] and international [[development cooperation]].

It was established in its current form in 2003 and is the main NGO interlocutor with the [[EU institutions]] on development policy. {{As of|2024}} it was made up of 57 member organisations, which are national NGO platforms and international NGO networks, representing more than 2,600 NGOs.

The stated goal of the Confederation is to enhance the impact of European development NGOs by combining expertise and accountability. Since 2003, CONCORD has reviewed and protested the EU's policies and practices relation to [[Aid|overseas aid]] and its commitment to the UN [[Millennium Development Goals]] and [[Sustainable Development Goals]], policy coherence for development and funding issues.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.devex.com/news/sponsored/eu-aid-dips-as-least-developed-still-forgotten-aidwatch-report-93671|title=EU aid dips as least-developed still forgotten: AidWatch report|date=2018-10-17|website=Devex|access-date=2018-12-22}}</ref><ref name=lionsshare>{{cite web |url= https://reliefweb.int/report/world/who-holds-lions-share-closer-look-global-europe-funds-csos |title= Who holds the lion's share? A closer look at Global Europe Funds for CSOs |date= 28 February 2024 |website= [[ReliefWeb]] |access-date= 7 June 2024}}</ref>

CONCORD maintains a secretariat based in [[Brussels, Belgium]].<ref name=UIA>{{cite web |url= https://uia.org/s/or/en/1100035615 |title= Confédération européenne des ong d'urgence et de développement (CONCORD) |date= |website= UIA Global Civil Society Database |access-date= 7 June 2024}}</ref>

== History ==

The organisation was registered in Belgium in 1980 but established by development NGOs from across Europe in its current form in 2003.<ref name=registrationBelgium/> CONCORD is an acronym for '''''CON'''federation for '''CO'''operation of '''R'''elief and '''D'''evelopment NGOs''.<ref name=Skpp>{{cite web |url= https://skop.mt/about-us/partners/ |title= Partners – Skop Malta |website= v |access-date= 7 June 2024}}</ref><ref name=EPLO12>{{cite web |url= https://eplo.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CSDN_Interim_Evaluation_Report.pdf |title= Interim Evaluation of the Civil Society Dialogue Network (CSDN) project EVALUATION REPORT |date= December 2012 |website= [[European Peacebuilding Liaison Office]] |access-date= 7 June 2024}}</ref> This name is no longer used and CONCORD is now describing itself as "European Confederation of NGOs working on sustainable development and international cooperation".<!--this is for example included in the current logo (June 2024)-->

==EU Development Policy==
The EU and its [[Member state of the European Union|member states]] are the world's biggest donors of official development assistance.<ref name="EU Donor Atlas">{{cite web |url=http://development.donoratlas.eu/home.html |title=EU Donor Atlas |date=September 27, 2011 |publisher=[[European Commission]] |location=Brussels, Belgium |accessdate=28 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111012091747/http://development.donoratlas.eu/home.html |archive-date=12 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A major area of work for EU development policy operates within the [[Cotonou agreement]] which establishes a relationship between the EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific states related to development policy.<ref name=EuropeAid>{{cite web |url=http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/where/acp/overview/cotonou-agreement/index_en.htm |title=The Cotonou Agreement |date=9 September 2011 |publisher=[[EuropeAid Development and Cooperation|European Commission Development and Cooperation - EuropeAid]] |location=Brussels, Belgium |accessdate=28 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140214145842/http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/where/acp/overview/cotonou-agreement/index_en.htm |archive-date=2014-02-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
EU action in the field of development is based on the European Consensus on Development, signed on 20 December 2005, whereby EU Member States, the Council, the European Parliament and the European Commission agreed to a common EU vision of development.

EU partnerships and dialogue with [[Developing country|developing countries]] promote respect for [[human rights]], [[fundamental freedoms]], peace, democracy, [[good governance]], and [[gender equality]], the [[rule of law]], [[solidarity]] and justice through [[global education]]. The European Community's contribution is focused on certain areas of intervention, responding to the needs of partner countries.

==Publications==
{{Outdated as of|2024|06|07}}
CONCORD publishes AidWatch, an [[annual report]] on the EU's aid policy. In 2011, the AidWatch report criticised EU members states for increasingly tying overseas development aid to specific domestic and foreign policy goals, inflating aid by 5billion Euros.<ref name=ActionAid>{{cite web |url=http://www.actionaid.org/eu/news/eu-%E2%80%98self-interest%E2%80%99-inflates-aid-over-%E2%82%AC5bn-2010-say-ngos |title=EU 'self interest' inflates aid by over €5bn in 2010, say NGOs |date=19 May 2011 |publisher=[[ActionAid| ActionAid International]] |location=Brussels, Belgium |accessdate=28 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519134047/http://www.actionaid.org/eu/news/eu-%E2%80%98self-interest%E2%80%99-inflates-aid-over-%E2%82%AC5bn-2010-say-ngos |archive-date=19 May 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

CONCORD also publishes a report every 2 years on [[Policy Coherence for Development]] (PCD), a legal provision under the EU Lisbon Treaty. PCD aims to ensure that the external impacts of other EU policies do not undermine the aims and objectives of EU development cooperation.<ref name="Dóchas">{{cite web|url=http://www.dochas.ie/Shared/Files/4/spotlight_on_policy_coherence.pdf|title=Spotlight on Policy Coherence|date=6 October 2009|accessdate=28 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406173036/http://www.dochas.ie/Shared/Files/4/spotlight_on_policy_coherence.pdf|archive-date=6 April 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2010, CONCORD published its Narrative on Development. The report outlines that European Union Development policies should not pursue unilateral European interests. Legally, they are to support sustainable and human development in developing countries.<ref name=ITUC>{{cite web |url=http://www.ituc-csi.org/concord-narrative-on-development.html |title=CONCORD narrative on Development |date=4 January 2011 |publisher=[[International Trade Union Confederation]] |location=Brussels, Belgium |accessdate=28 November 2011}}</ref>

==Partners==
At global level, CONCORD is actively involved in the [[Open Forum for CSO Development Effectiveness]], the [[Post-2015 Development Agenda|Beyond 2015 campaign]], [[The Humanitarian Forum]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.humanitarianforum.org/news.php/en/21/associate-news-concord-opportunity|title=Associate News: CONCORD opportunity|date=11 December 2009|publisher=The Humanitarian Forum|accessdate=19 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726002153/http://www.humanitarianforum.org/news.php/en/21/associate-news-concord-opportunity|archive-date=2014-07-26|url-status=dead}}</ref> international network of NGOs and BetterAid.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.betteraid.org/campaign/about|title=About|publisher=BetterAid for the World we Want|accessdate=19 March 2013}}</ref> Through these collaborations CONCORD engages with similar NGO networks from South America, Asia and Africa.<ref name="CONCORD Home">{{cite web|url=http://www.concordeurope.org/Public/Page.php?ID=4&language=eng |title=European NGO confederation for relief and development - Home |accessdate=28 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105105814/http://www.concordeurope.org/Public/Page.php?ID=4&language=eng |archivedate=November 5, 2011 }}</ref> It's also a partner of Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND) and Mesa<ref>{{Cite web |title=Allies and Partners {{!}} CONCORD Europe |url=https://concordeurope.org/about-us/who-we-are/allies-and-partners/ |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=CONCORD |language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Members ==

{{As of|June 2024}}, CONCORD counts 57 member organisations, among which 26 national platforms and 24 other NGO networks:<ref name=concord>{{cite web |url= https://concordeurope.org/about-us/who-we-are/members/ |title= CONCORD members: National Platforms - Networks - Associate members |website= concordeurope.org |access-date= 7 June 2024}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%"
|-
! Type
! Country
! Member organisation
|-
| National Platform
| {{AUT}}
| Globale Verantwortung
|-
| National Platform
| {{BEL}}
| CONCORD Belgium
|-
| National Platform
| {{BUL}}
| Българска Платформа за Международно развитие (BPID)
|-
| National Platform
| {{HRV}}
| CROSOL
|-
| National Platform
| {{CZE}}
| FoRS
|-
| National Platform
| {{DNK}}
| Global Focus
|-
| National Platform
| {{EST}}
| AKÜ
|-
| National Platform
| {{FRA}}
| Coordination sud
|-
| National Platform
| {{FIN}}
| Fingo
|-
| National Platform
| {{DEU}}
| [[VENRO]]
|-
| National Platform
| {{GRC}}
| Hellenic Platform for Development 
|-
| National Platform
| {{HUN}}
| HAND
|-
| National Platform
| {{IRL}}
| [[Dóchas]]
|-
| National Platform
| {{ITA}}
| Concord Italia
|-
| National Platform
| {{LVA}}
| LAPAS
|-
| National Platform
| {{LUX}}
| Cercle de coopération
|-
| National Platform
| {{MLT}}
| SKOP
|-
| National Platform
| {{NLD}}
| Partos
|-
| National Platform
| {{POL}}
| Grupa Zagranica 
|-
| National Platform
| {{PRT}}
| Plataforma Portuguesa das Organizações Não-Governamentais para o Desenvolvimento (ONGD)
|-
| National Platform
| {{ROU}}
| FOND
|-
| National Platform
| {{SVK}}
| Ambrela
|-
| National Platform
| {{SVN}}
| SLOGA
|-
| National Platform
| {{ESP}}
| Coordinadora ONG
|-
| National Platform
| {{SWE}}
| CONCORD Sweden
|-
| National Platform
| {{GBR}}
| [[British Overseas NGOs for Development]] (BOND)
|-
| Network
| —
| [[ACT Alliance]] EU 
|-
| Network
| —
| [[Action Aid]] 
|-
| Network
| —
| [[ADRA]] EU 
|-
| Network
| —
| Alliance2015 
|-
| Network
| —
| [[CARE International]]
|-
| Network
| —
|-
| Network
| —
|  [[Caritas Europa]] 
|-
| Network
| —
| [[ChildFund]] Alliance 
|-
| Network
| —
| [[CIDSE]] 
|-
| Network
| —
| EU-CORD 
|-
| Network
| —
| Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction (GNDR)
|-
| Network
| —
| [[Habitat for Humanity]] 
|-
| Network
| —
| [[Humanity & Inclusion]] 
|-
| Network
| —
| [[International Planned Parenthood Federation|IPPF]] European Network 
|-
| Network
| —
| [[Light for the World]]
|-
| Network
| —
| [[Oxfam International]] 
|-
| Network
| —
| [[Plan International]] 
|-
| Network
| —
| [[Save the Children International]] 
|-
| Network
| —
| [[Solidar]] 
|-
| Network
| —
| [[SOS Children's Villages]] International
|-
| Network
| —
| [[Terre des hommes]] 
|-
| Network
| —
| Women Engage for Common Future 
|-
| Network
| —
| [[Wetlands International]] Europe 
|-
| Network
| —
| [[World Vision International]] 
|-
| Network
| —
| [[World Wide Fund for Nature]]
|-
| Associate member
| —
| [[European Association for Local Democracy]] (ALDA)
|-
| Associate member
| —
| Center for the Advancement of Research and Development in Educational Technology (CARDET)
|-
| Associate member
| —
| [[European Association for the Education of Adults]] (EAEA)
|-
| Associate member
| —
| European Disability Forum 
|-
| Associate member
| —
| EU Partnership for Democracy
|-
| Associate member
| —
| [[International Rescue Committee]] 
|-
| Associate member
| —
| [[Norwegian Refugee Council]]
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:International organizations based in Europe]]
[[Category:International development agencies]]
[[Category:International organisations based in Belgium]]