Submissions & Policy Papers

2008

BOND letter to the Secretary of State for International Development, Douglas Alexander, in response to the DFID Institutional Strategy Paper for Europe (word, 55KB) (22 July 2008)

Response from Secretary of State for International Development, Douglas Alexander, to BOND letter ahead of the June European Council meeting sent on 12 June 2008 (pdf, 1.30MB) (17 July 2008)

BOND contribution to the Party of European Socialists (PES) manifesto for the 2009 European Parliament election (26 June 2008)

BOND letter to Prime Minister Gordon Brown, ahead of the European Council Meeting on 19-20 June (word, 82KB) (12 June 2008)

Response from Secretary of State for International Development, Douglas Alexander, to BOND, UKAN and GCAP letter sent on 16 May 2008 (pdf, 1.22MB) (3 June 2008)

DFID Institutional Strategy Paper for Europe "Working with the European Union: Europe for Development". BOND Submission (word, 256KB) (June 2008)

CONCORD "No Time to Waste: European governments behind schedule on aid quantity and quality" (May 2008)

BOND, UKAN and GCAP letter to the Secretary of State for International Development, Douglas Alexander, ahead of the May 2008 General Affairs and External Relations Council (pdf, 120KB) (16 May 2008)

CONCORD contribution to European Commission consultation on the EU Buget Review (pdf, 140KB) (April 2008)

Aid watch position "Delivering better aid: An opportunity for European Union leadership in the fight against global poverty" (word) (January 2008)

BOND Letter on EU Reform Treaty send to a number of MPs ahead of the UK Parliament second reading of the new EU Reform Treaty on 21 January 2008 (word) (January 2008)

2007

BOND's submission to the House of Lords call for evidence: Inquiry into "The External Relations, Defence and Development Policy Aspects of the European Union Reform Treaty" (word) (17 December 2007)

BOND position paper on the EU Reform Treaty and its implications for development (word) (November 2007)

BOND Letter to the Secretary of State for International Development, Douglas Alexander, and to the Minister for Europe Jim Murphy on the EU Reform Treaty (word) (13 November 2007)

BOND Letter to the Secretary of State for International Development, Douglas Alexander, ahead of the November 2007 General Affairs and External Relations Council (word) (9 November 2007)

CONCORD Cotonou Working Group "10th EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT FUND: the Partnership under Threat" (pdf) (November 2007)

CONCORD Cotonou Working Group on Financial perspectives and the New EC external action instruments (pdf) (November 2007)

CONCORD Cotonou Working Group on HIV/Aids & ACP-EU cooperation (pdf) (November 2007)

CONOCORD Cotonou Working Group briefing paper "Financing EPAs: don't expect EU Aid to right EPA wrongs" (pdf) (November 2007)

CONCORD Cotonou Working Group briefing paper on Gender equality and women's rights (pdf) (November 2007)

CONCORD Cotonou Working Group briefing paper "A step backwards? The EU's new two-step approach to EPAs" (pdf) (November 2007)

CONCORD Cotonou Working Group briefing paper on Governance (pdf) (November 2007)

CONCORD Cotonou Working Group briefing paper on Joint EU-Africa strategy (pdf) (November 2007)

CONCORD Cotonou Working Group briefing paper "10th European Development Fund: the partnership under threat" (pdf) (November 2007)

CONCORD/VOICE/CAN Issue paper " Climate Justice beyond 2012" (pdf) (November 2007)

CONCORD reference document: "The challenges of the renewed EU-Africa Partnership" (pdf) (October 2007)

CONCORD Position Paper by the Development Education Forum: "Working to achieve the Millennium Development Goals through greater European public engagement" (pdf) (October 2007)

BOND Letter to Gareth Thomas Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development, ahead of the September 2007 Informal Development Ministers Meeting (word) (18 September 2007)

BOND Submission to the European Commission's consultation on situations of fragility in developing countries (word) (September 2007)

BOND Letter to the Secretary of State for International Development, Hilary Benn, ahead of the May 2007 General Affairs and External Relations Council (word) (9 May 2007)

CONCORD "The European Commission Deconcentration process": summary of findings of the 2nd Monitoring report (word) (April 2007)

BOND EU-Africa Submission to ECDPM consultation (word) (April 2007)

CONCORD declaration of civil society NGOs at the occasion of the 50ème anniversary of the Treaty of Rome (word) (March 2007)

Letter of the CONCORD Civil Society Contact Group to European Council to take measure on energy and climate security (pdf) (March 2007)

CONCORD Position Statement on the Global HIV and AIDS Pandemic (word) (March 2007)

Reaction of the European Food Security Group of CONCORD to the European Commission's discussion paper 'Advancing African Agriculture' (word) (February 2007)

2006

BOND briefing paper on the EU-Africa Strategy (word)
(November 2006)

BOND briefing paper in response to the EC Communication on Governance (word)
(October 2006)

BOND letter to the Secretary of State for International Development ahead of the October 2006 General Affairs and External Relations Council (word) highlighting NGO concerns on the EU's Development Cooperation Instrument, Economic Partnership Agreements and Governance (9 October 2006)

BOND briefing paper on "the EU's Strategy for Africa: Meeting Expectations?" (word) (September 2006)

"Whose Governance" - the CONCORD Cotonou Working Group response to the European Commission's Communication on Governance (pdf) (July 2006)

CONCORD position paper of the Food Security working group on school feeding programmes (pdf) (June 2006)

CONCORD "The truth behind figures": What the official figures tell us about European Community aid and NGOs (word) (May 2006)

BOND European Policy Group submission on EU policy coherence to DFID's White Paper consultation (word) (April 2006)

BOND letter to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs highlighting NGO concerns on the Financial Perspectives 2007-2013 (word) negotiations and other items on the agenda of the General Affairs and External Relations Council of 10-11 April (3 April 2006)

BOND letter to the Secretary of State for International Development highlighting NGO concerns on the Financial Perspectives 2007-2013 (word) negotiations and other items on the agenda of the General Affairs and External Relations Council of 10-11 April (3 April 2006)

CONCORD Briefing by the Cotonou Working Group: "EU-ACP relations: Will the EU deliver on its promises?" (pdf) (March 2006)

CONCORD Trade Working Group: "Studies on the impact of trade agreements on sustainable development: how much do they take development issues into account?" (word) (March 2006)

BOND sumbission to the House of Lords Call for Evidence on 'The EU and Africa (pdf): Towards a Strategic Partnership' (February 2006)

BOND letter to the Secretaries of State for International Development and the Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (word) on the Financial Perspectives 2007-2013 in relation to Development Co-operation (21 February 2006)

NCVO/BOND letter to the Home Secretary on the 'Special Recommendations for Non-Profit Organisations' (word) issued by the Financial Action Task-Force to ensure that Non-Profit Organisations are not misused by terrorist organisations (10 February 2006)

CONCORD Joint EU NGO statement on the rationalisation of the EC's thematic funding instruments in the field of external relations (word) (30 January 2006)

BOND European Policy Group submission to the ODI-FPC-APGOOD event with Geoff Hoon (word)
(17 January 2006)

2005

BOND Recommendations on the Financial Perspectives 2007-2013 in relation to Development Co-operation (word) (30 November 2005)

BOND and MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY recommandations ahead of the General Affairs and External Relations Council (word) - November 2005

Letter to Jack Straw ahead of the General Affairs and External Relations Counci (word) (November 2005)

In the UK, BOND and the MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY coalition wrote to Jack Straw and Hilary Benn (word).

CONCORD bottom line on the Joint Declaration on the EU Development Policy (word) (November 2005)

BOND's Response to the Commission's: "EU Strategy for Africa: Towards a Euro-African pact to accelerate Africa's development" (word) (November 2005)

Letter to Tony Blair ahead of the Informal EU Heads of State Summit (word) (October 2005)

Ahead of the Informal EU Heads of State Summit on 27 October at Hampton Court, the MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY coalition wrote to the Prime Minister on the future financing of the EU budget (the Financial Perspectives 2007 - 2013), seeking reassurance that the European development and humanitarian aid budgets will not lose out to other areas of expenditure. A similar open letter to the Prime Minister was published in the Times, in the 'Letters to the Editor' session.
Read Tony Blair's reply letter (pg.1, image)
Read Tony Blair's reply letter (pg.2, image)

CONCORD Analysis of the Commission Proposal for a Joint Statement on the EU Development Policy (word) (September 2005)

BOND Analysis of the Commission Proposal for a Joint Statement on the EU Development Policy (word) (August 2005)

Letter ahead of the General Affairs And External Relations Council (word) (May 2005)
The letter was sent to all 25 Member States Development/Foreign Affairs Ministers by BOND and the relevant national NGO platform.

Europe's Role in Making Poverty History - Covering Letter (word)
The letter accompanying MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY-BOND's Manifesto for the UK Presidency of the European Union (May 2005).

'Europe's Role in Making Poverty History' (pdf)
MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY-BOND's Manifesto for the UK Presidency of the European Union. (April 2005)

CONCORD Letter to EU Permanent Representatives/Ambassadors on the Financial Perspectives (word) (April 2005)

Review of the EU development policy statement (word)
CONCORD's contribution to the electronic consultation on the Development Policy Statement. (March 2005)

Renewing Europe's committment to tackling poverty (word)
BOND's Principles on the EU Development Policy Statement. (February 2005)

CONCORD key points (word)
for members of the European Parliament's development committee on the Financial Perspectives in relation to Development Co-operation. (January 2005)

BOND Letter to Gordon Brown on Financial Perspectives (word) (January 2005)

CONCORD Issues paper for MEPs and Council (word)
on the draft Regulation establishing a financial instrument for development co-operation and economic co-operation. (January 2005)