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As the European Union and member states are busily designing the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework, development cooperation does not seem to have a place in the plan. The MFF will shape the priorities of the EU’s official development aid until at least 2027. This is a vital opportunity for the EU to honor its
Read more →While slogans like “think globally, act locally” have been around for decades, still so much decision making about philanthropy and development aid happens by stakeholders outside them. Even those funders that care deeply about championing local leadership and initiatives often struggle with giving up power. This paper intends to address this struggle with real-world examples.
Read more →Over a seven-year period (2014-2020), the EU dedicated 51.8 billion Euros to its external action. A large share of this funding – 32 billion – is disbursed through nine different thematic and geographic external financial instruments and a Common Implementing Regulation. The current architecture of the instruments lacks strategic and overarching vision and is managed by
Read more →Though philanthropic flows are relatively modest compared to official development assistance (ODA), their contribution is substantial in certain sectors, according to a new OECD report. For the first time, Private Philanthropy for Development uses global, comparable data to analyse how private foundations are supporting development. According to the report, private foundations provided USD 23.9 billion
Read more →European countries have seen over 3.8 million people seeking asylum in its territories between 2013 and 2016. In response, Europe has developed several plans, agreements and policy Frameworks on Migration. The EU has also established a number of cooperation agreements with third countries, highlighting the importance of “addressing the root causes behind irregular migration to
Read more →On 13 March, the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) hosted the 4th Annual Meeting of Donor Coordination for the Western Balkans in Brussels. The meeting aimed at raising the donors coordination in the region to a higher level of communication and provided an opportunity for the beneficiaries and donors to exchange information on the actual needs,
Read more →The EU has a hard time trying to use its existing legal and political powers to persuade governments like those in Hungary and Poland to stop their retrogressive policies. It is time for the EU to use its biggest tool of persuasion: its economic power. The upcoming Multiannual Financial Framework may be the last opportunity
Read more →For the past seven years, the Advancing Human Rights research has mapped the landscape of human rights philanthropy to help funders and advocates better understand the field and to answer the question: “Who is funding human rights, and where?”. With multiple analyses and five full years of data, trends in human rights grantmaking have been
Read more →While today less and less aid is spent in least developed countries, the EU increasingly spends ODA in favor of national and foreign policy and security interests. A new CONCORD report explores the use of EU aid to respond to security threats and warns the EU of the negative impact this has on sustainable development.
Read more →From a description of various forms of individual giving to the growing importance of community philanthropy and structured, institutional giving, the current WINGs report is an effort to bring back the diversity of the field of philanthropy at the center of the debate, by drawing a comprehensive and provocative picture of current trends and challenges
Read more →Several years of research with Gen X and Millennial major donors, described in the NPQ book Generation Impact: How Next Gen Donors Are Revolutionizing Giving, show that next gen donors will have more money to give than any previous generations, and they want to give that money in new, more hands-on ways. And while the
Read more →As technology has advanced, the fundamental right to privacy has gradually evolved to encompass a right to protection of personal data. The coming years will undoubtedly see the spread of laws protecting such data. The European Union, for example, already adopted its General Data Protection Regulation that will go into effect in May 2018. ECNL’s
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