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By all measures, 2018 was a tumultuous year for U.S. foreign aid programs and institutions. Once again, President Donald Trump’s administration took aim at global development programs in its budget request — and then doubled down on that position with an unprecedented attempt to retract money that had already been appropriated. At the same time,
Read more →The EU should increase the resources to promote democracy, rule of law and fundamental rights across the Union, including support to civil society organisations working in the field. The Civil Liberties Committee backed on Monday a budget of 1.834 billion euro for the Rights and Values Programme for the period 2021-2027, way over the 642
Read more →The EU budget for developing countries should be about tackling poverty in the poorest countries, not making profit for the richest. Fierce negotiations are taking place today, as EU ministers for foreign affairs begin to thrash out a deal on the next budget allocation for development cooperation and neighbouring countries, to be spent between 2021-2027.
Read more →The challenges we face are global and existential – climate change, technological capabilities, and democratic practice are domains in which the assumptions and practices that brought us to 2019 are clearly not working for most of the people on the planet. At such times it seems necessary to question whether doing the same thing we’ve
Read more →The European Commission has committed an additional € 500 000 to continue assisting the most vulnerable refugees and migrants in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This additional funding brings EU humanitarian assistance in the Western Balkans to € 31 million since the start of the refugee crisis in 2015, including € 2 million for Bosnia and Herzegovina
Read more →The Department for International Development (DFID) has released the annual Statistics on International Development report, which provides final statistics on how much Official Development Assistance (ODA) the UK provided in 2017. The report includes UK ODA as a proportion of GNI (the ODA:GNI ratio), which has again met the 0.7% spending target. It is positive
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Read more →EU leaders are committed to a Europe that brings real results in issues that matter most to people. Ahead of a dedicated EU Summit in Sibiu, Romania, and the European elections in 2019, national leaders agreed on a Leaders’ Agenda on pressing issues and challenges where solutions are needed. Interested individuals and organizations are invited
Read more →The World Giving Index 2018, published by Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), analyses charitable behavior around the world and shares insights into the nature of giving and trends in global generosity. The ninth edition of the CAF World Giving Index presents giving data from 146 countries across the globe over a five year period (2013-2017). In
Read more →The European Edition of the Global Philanthropy Environment Index 2018 has been published by Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy in collaboration with the Donors and Foundations Networks in Europe (DAFNE). The index provides accurate and timely information information about the philanthropic landscape of 30 European countries and evaluate their regulatory, political, and socio-cultural
Read more →The EU could take a generation to meet the 0.7% ODA/GNI target at the current rate of growth, reveals the recently published CONCORD AidWatch Report 2017. While 2016 saw a substantial increase of 27% in development spending, there has also been a relatively dramatic increase in reporting of inflated aid, such as in-donor costs or
Read more →On 1 November 2018, the Western Balkans Fund (WBF), the first all-inclusive born and regionally owned intergovernmental organization in the Western Balkans, is celebrating the First Anniversary of the official opening of its Secretariat office in Tirana. In this first year, the WBF launched its First Call for Regional Projects, attracting more than 350 applications,
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