EU and Development Cooperation

As the world's biggest aid donor, and as one of the world's biggest trade blocks, trhe European Union is a big influence on global development.  For this reason, and because much of Ireland's foreign policy is shaped by EU decisions, Irish NGOs take an active interest in the EU's "external policies". Below you will find a number of key documents about the EU's role in the world. They are grouped as follows:

• Brexit Resources

• Dóchas Resources

• CONCORD Documents

• EU Documents on Development

• European Parliament

• Ireland and the EU

• EU Aid

• Archive

Brexit Resources

• Dóchas Submission to All-Island Civic Dialogue on Brexit

• Dóchas Presentation to Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade re: Ireland's Trade Policy post Brexit - April 2017

• Dóchas presentation to Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade : Tax and Development post-Brexit - April 2017

• Presentation to Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade by Raphaelle Faure, ODI - April 2017

Dóchas Resources

• European Year for Development 2015: for more info please visit dochas.ie/eyd 

CONCORD Documents

• EU Delegations Report 2015: Mutual Engagement Between EU Delegations and Civil Society Organisations - Lessons Learnt

• Report: Spotlight on EU Policy Coherence for Development 

• Between austerity and political will: EU Members States ODA budgets in 2011 (AidWatch Briefing)

• CONCORD Response to EC Green Paper: EU Development Policy in Support of Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development: Increasing the impact of EU Development Policy

• CONCORD Narrative on Development: EU responsibilities for a just and sustainable world

• Spotlight on Policy Coherence - Report 2009

EU Documents on Development

• EU Contribution to the Millennium Development Goals (2013)

• A DECENT LIFE FOR ALL: Ending Poverty and giving the World a Sustainable Future (European Commission, February 2013)

• Understanding EU Development Cooperation – August 2007

• The European Consensus on Development 

• The EU’s Development Policy Statement: “The European Consensus on Development” - November 2005

European Parliament

• Dóchas EU Election manifesto: 'There's Power in the Parliament'

Ireland and the EU

• Ireland EU Presidency end of term Report Card (Trocaire)

• The World We Want: the Opportunity of the Irish EU Presidency

EU Aid

• NGO report monitoring European aid finds gaps between EU states’ promises and actions (Dóchas press release, Nov 2014) 

• Aidwatch Report 2014: Europes Role in Financing and Implementing Sustainable Development Goals post 2015

• AidWatch Report 2013: The Unique Role of European Aid, the Fight against Global Poverty

• AidWatch Special Report 2012: Making Sense of EU Development Cooperation Effectiveness

• AidWatch Report 2012: Invest More in Global Development 

• AidWatch Report 2011: Getting EU Aid Fit for the Fight against Poverty 

Archive

• Briefing Paper: Development cooperation and the EU - Changes and Trends for 2010-2012

• Dóchas Submission on Development Cooperation in the EU - After the Lisbon Treaty

• Dóchas NGO Poll On The Lisbon Treaty

• The Lisbon Treaty and Development - Dóchas Statement to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Affairs

• Dóchas Discussion paper: The EU Reform Treaty from a Development Perspective – April 08

• Recommendations for Safeguarding Development Policy Principles and Objectives in in the Future EU Institutional Framework

• AidWatch Report 2009: “Lighten the Load: In a time of crisis, European Aid has never been more Important”

• AidWatch Report: “No Time to Waste: European Governments behind Schedule on Aid Quantity and Quality”