Influencing Change

EU-CORD celebrates 20 years as a network. 2017 was an important year for the network, as we celebrated 20 years of working together in partnership for better development and humanitarian outcomes. A year of reflection culminated in a special General Assembly that brought together most of our members from across Europe. We chose to challenge ourselves […]

‘Together for Inclusion‘ – the International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC) celebrates the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. As a member of IDDC, EU-CORD is encouraging our members, colleagues and the general public to participate in this week of events. We will also be active on twitter, using the #EDDW17 hashtag and you can find up-to-date [...]

Christian leaders across the globe are calling on world leaders to keep their Paris Agreement promises, ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany. Please add your name to the public letter at www.renewourworld.net. Five Anglican Archbishops from three continents, speaking on behalf of the 85 million-member Anglican Communion, branded climate change ‘the challenge […]

In this article we introduce the second German member to join us this year. Who is World Relief Germany? World Relief Germany was founded in 1998 as PartnerAid. The Christian organisation summarises their work and motivation as follows: ‘Our faith in God and commitment to reconciliation motivate us to partner with communities in relief and […]

Earlier this year, EU-CORD welcomed two new German members to the network  – Sign of Hope and World Relief Germany. In this, the first of two articles, we focus on Sign of Hope and their work in Ethiopia.  Who is Sign of Hope? Sign of Hope, which is called Hoffnungszeichen in German, is a human […]

The global campaign Renew Our World is calling on Christians world-wide to join in prayer and action to respond to the negative consequences of climate change for our planet and especially poor communities. EU-CORD and its member Tearfund (UK) are joining the campaign which has clear goals for changing policies and lifestyles by mobilising and engaging Christian individuals, organisations and [...]

For EU-CORD, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are an important framework to achieve our objective to live out and advocate for social, economic and environment justice. We have therefore joined SDG Watch Europe, a civil society coalition that wants to hold the European Union institutions and the EU Member States to account on SDG implementation. […]

Together for Inclusion / #EDDW16 As a member of IDDC, EU-CORD is mobilising for a week of activities dedicated to disability and international cooperation. European Disability and Development Week (EDDW, #EDDW16) will begin on 3rd of December, International Day of Persons with Disabilities, and will conclude on 10th of December, which is Human Rights Day. Framed by these […]

At the EU-CORD General Assembly in May EU-CORD’s new vision for advocacy was adopted. This document, which can be accessed here, sets out EU-CORD’s vision for global justice. It is the understandings and aspirations explained here that guide our advocacy work, both now and in the years to come. The document has come from a […]

Nine EU-CORD members attended the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) in May, and as a network we worked in the preparations for the summit, including attending the global consultations and being featured in the UN OCHA Publication for the WHS ‘Together We Stand‘. Our thematic focuses have been the role of faith actors in humanitarian action, disability-inclusion, […]