The article elaborates on CONCORD’s AidWatch report as an essential monitoring and accountability tool, looking into how much Official Development Assistance or ODA, the EU (really) gives to partner countries, how effective it is, and whether the EU and its Member States are serious about trying to leave no one behind, the hallowed principle of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It concludes that OECD DAC ‘technical discussions’ often have significant political consequences, and that should be opened up to civil society representatives so that CSOs can provide feedback on donors’ proposals … and call donors out for self-interested ‘innovations’. Read more here.
Source: Concord Europe