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Sweden's third EU Council Presidency runs from 1 January 2023 until June 2023CONCORD Sweden is a platform made up of 81 Swedish civil society organisations. Together we work for a more just and sustainable world by influencing Swedish and European foreign and development policies.
Our vision is a sustainable world without poverty and injustice, where politics promote equity, gender equality and responsibility for future generations, and where every person lives a dignified life on equal terms, free from poverty and discrimination.
CONCORD Sweden unites a diverse group of organisations consisting of hundreds of thousands engaged citizens, making us a powerful voice for global development. We want to influence politicians to formulate policies that improve the world. CONCORD Sweden also monitors whether the leaders of Sweden and the EU live up to their commitments on human rights and global sustainable development.
We always focus our advocacy efforts towards political decision-making at the level where it will have the most impact. Since many of the issues we work with are affected by EU policies, our active participation as a national platform within CONCORD Europe is essential to our work. We are one of the 28 national platforms and 23 international networks that make up CONCORD Europe, the European confederation of Relief and Development non-governmental organisations, which gathers in total 2600 European development organisations.
Our prioritized issues
The 2030 Agenda and policy coherence for development
Business and human rights
EU and Swedish aid
Civic space
Gender Equality
EU funding
Environmental and climate justice
Latest News
Policy Forum: How European CSO cooperation can strengthen our advocacy work
With just over a month left of Sweden’s EU presidency, and a year before the next European elections, CONCORD Sweden arranged a policy forum 24 May joined by CONCORD Europe and our sister platforms from Czech Republic FoRS and France Coordination SUD.
FEMINIST FOREIGN POLICY INCREASINGLY POPULAR IN EUROPE
On 13 April, CONCORD Sweden launched the report The Game Changer in the European Parliament in Brussels. For a feminist foreign policy to lead to change, it needs broad political support, be inclusive and support local women’s movements. These were some of the...
Meet CONCORD Sweden’s EUPP subgrantees!
CONCORD Sweden’s member organizations have had the opportunity to apply for funding for projects that they want to realize within the framework of the Presidency Project (EUPP). In this article, we proudly present our seven members who implements various projects in relation to Sweden’s presidency of the EU.
The Game Changer: How a feminist foreign policy can transform societies
No standardised format setting out what a feminist foreign and development policy should contain has yet been agreed, and the differences between existing policies are plenty. However, our interactions over the last eight years with Sweden’s feminist foreign policy...
CONCORD Sweden met with MEP:s and civil society during study trip to Brussels
In February 2023, 13 members of CONCORD Sweden travelled to Brussels to learn more about EU processes and meet with decision makers and civil society. From the meeting with Tomas Tobé of the DEVE Committee. Johanna Olofsson, SMC, Ola Richardsson, Individuell...
THE SWEDISH PRESIDENCY KICK-OFF – CAN THE EU CHANGE THE WORLD?
The European Union's contradictory role in Africa, the new EU Global Health Strategy, Team Europe Initiatives, and the opportunity for Swedish ministers to act as honest brokers. Those were some of the themes raised when the EU's role as a global actor was discussed...