WHAT IS CONCORD CONCORD is the European Confederation

WHAT IS CONCORD ?

CONCORD is … the European Confederation of Relief and Development NGOs. Umbrella organisation of NGOs, working at the EU level.

Main objective of CONCORD ? CONCORD is the main interlocutor of the EU institutions on EU development policy. Its main objective is to do advocacy towards the EU institutions for a fair, just and sustainable world.

Members of CONCORD

How does it work concretely ?

General Assembly (all members) Board Secretariat Financial advisory committee Hub 1 Policy Direction committee Hub 2 Hub 3 Inclusive network committee Hub 4

Hub 1 Sustainable development & PCD Coordinator: Lonne Poissonnier WG WG WG Hub 2 Financing for Development Hub 3 Promoting Civil society space Hub 4 Global citizenship education Coordinator: Alexandra Rosen Coordinator: Zuzana Sladkova Coordinator: Francesca Minniti WG WG WG Steering group WG WG WG

Structure of the Belgian platform ◦Naima Charkaoui: 11. 11 ◦Raphaël Maldague: ACODEV ◦Joris Willems: Ngo-federatie ◦Antoinette van Haute: CNCD-11. 11

Four main objectives of the BE platform ◦One intermediary for CONCORD ◦Inclusive decision-making ◦Coherence check ◦Information-sharing

How does the platform work concretely ? ◦ Meetings 5 times a year ; ◦ 1 President rotating each year ; ◦ CONCORD General assembly : the President votes for decisions taken collectively ; ◦ Table “who follows what” with all focal points ; ◦ Meeting with all focal points once a year ; ◦ CONCORD section in our respective newsletters ;

Get involved! ◦ If you want to work within CONCORD, subscribe to a certain working group or follow a specific thematic, feel free to do so ! All you need to do is let the platform know