From 7 February to 3 May 2017, the European Commission held a Public Consultation on the EU External Financing Instruments aimed at all stakeholders in beneficiary and EU countries. The objective of the consultation was to gather feedback on the emerging conclusions from the evaluations, as well as preliminary ideas on the future external financing instruments. In general, CONCORD advocates for increased EU investment in people-centered development including gender equality, democratic governance and human rights, climate resilience and environmental rights, social security and well-being of all women, men, girls and boys. This is particularly important regarding the design of new programmes which address migration and development where the human rights of refugees and migrants should be front and center. The main recommendations formulated by CONCORD Europe to revise the current instruments and prepare for beyond 2020 are available here.
Source: Concord Europe