Development Cooperation: A Civil Society view on a changing sector
Over the past few years, international relations have undergone important changes that have contributed to a complexification of the global governance system. The set of factors that contributed to this – along with a pandemic with terrible effects and...
Aid conditionality on migration control is immoral
On 25 March 2021, the European Parliament votes on the "Report for a new Africa-EU Strategy", which will contribute to the revised Africa-EU Strategy to be adopted at the upcoming AU-EU Summit. Amidst resurgent debates about migration conditionalities towards Africa...
Joint press release: Africa-EU Partnership can only work with civil society actors at the table
On the occasion of the European Parliament's vote on the "Report on a new EU-Africa Strategy – a partnership for sustainable and inclusive development" (25 March 2021), the EUPP partner organisations from Germany, Portugal and Slovenia believe that the success of the...
The challenge of climate change and the biodiversity crisis
On February 26th last, the High-Level Conference "Climate Change - New Economic Models" took place in the scope of the Portuguese EU Council Presidency. The Conference agrees with the priorities of the Presidency which focus on “fair, green and digital recovery” in...
Education and EU commitment in the combat against poverty and inequalities
A key priority of the Portuguese Presidency of the European Union under International Partnerships/Development Cooperation is to bring Human Development to the discussions held at the level of the European Council. Therefore, the work on the topic will be consummated...
The role of the European Union in promoting Gender Equality
Promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls are essential aspects of truly fair and sustainable development. This concept is spelt out in the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development which states that "fulfilling gender equality and the empowerment...
“Development Cooperation: Trends and Perspectives” Webinar
The Portuguese NGDO Platform organizes the webinar “Development Cooperation: trends and perspectives”, on the 26th of March 2021 from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm (GMT). Over the past years, global dynamics have undergone major changes that have contributed to a...
Slovenian students on the role of civil society during the Presidency of the EU Council
SLOGA Platform organized an online discussion on the role of civil society during the presidency of the EU Council at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences. VENRO and CROSOL were invited to share their experience. The debate took place on 18 November...
Slovenian civil society for a stronger cross-sectoral collaboration on the 2030 Agenda
In 2020, when the Slovenian government drafted its second Voluntary National Review (VNR) of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) implementation, Slovenian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) prepared a civil society report...
The vital role of the Portuguese Presidency for the new Pact on Migration and Asylum
The discussion on the new Pact on Migration and Asylum, introduced by the European Commission on September 23rd last, is one of several sensitive topics that the Portuguese EU Council Presidency has inherited. At a particularly hard time, when lockdowns were decreed...