1) New blog/thread: As Eurodad report that the DAC have agreed to count excess vaccine donations for another year (which never should have counted in the first place), I look at what happened last year, and it’s a bit of a muddle… devinit.org/blog/counting-…

I've been in the #brusselsbubble for 4 years, after a decade spent abroad, doing frontline peacebuilding. I work for an #NGO. I represent amazing colleagues who work in the most challenging places of this planet. Here are 5 BrusselsBubble facts that I still can't get used to:

Friday marks the one year anniversary of the Ukraine war. You’ve seen the daily headlines about horrific levels of death & destruction. But one major impact of the war is getting little news coverage. And the world’s poorest are in the crosshairs. Here’s why. A 🧵

Allowing to count these costs as aid might result in many countries being the main recipient of its own aid. This is a complete nonsense, and a longstanding claim from civil society that becomes more relevant than ever now.

Let's celebrate #WorldNGODay every day with meaningful and vibrant civil society participation in decision-making processes! 🙌

📢 While the #EU is the largest provider of #ODA to #LDCs, it has a long way to go to ensure funds reach those left furthest behind: - Only 🇩🇰, 🇱🇺, 🇸🇪, 🇩🇪, and 🇧🇪 reached the 0.2% target in 2020. - From 46 LDCs only 🇪🇹, 🇦🇫, and 🇸🇴 are among the main recipients of 🇪🇺 ODA.

🙌🏿 Understanding the needs of communities 🫶🏼 Enhancing women's social, economic, and political participation ✊🏾 Pushing back against shrinking civic space On #IWD2023, and every day, we celebrate local women’s rights orgs moving the needle on gender #equality. #EmbraceEquity

📣 Did you hear? We're hiring! We have two exciting & important vacancies. Save the Children Europe is looking for a Director/EU Representative and a Child Rights Advisor to join our dynamic team in Brussels. Check out the details & apply now. savethechildren.net/careers/taleo?…

Timely and relevant reading from Eurodad on the ever increasing role of the private sector in int. coop. Rules being discussed right now would not ensure quality of #ODA being spent on #PSIs

Today the FCDO published its provisional statistics report on how UK aid was spent in 2022, revealing that the UK is spending more #UKaid in the UK on refugee costs than in both Africa and Asia. Read Bond's response: bit.ly/3ZJfUk4

BREAKING: OECD Development released preliminary figures for Official Development Assistance (#ODA) spending in 2022 - but reported figures are hardly true-to-size when it comes to measuring the actual funds going to sustainable development in partner countries. What you need to know 👇

Behind the apparent increase there is a stark reality: a huge share of EU #ODA in 2022 never reached partner countries. By including the costs of supporting refugees and asylum-seekers as part of their aid budgets, EU countries managed to inflate their numbers massively 👇

💌 If you could pass on one message to the #EU🇪🇺 to support a more #equal future, what would it be? Our Director, Tanya Cox, says it's time to look #BeyondGrowth. 👏 Building more sustainable economies is key to tackling #inequalities - in Europe and beyond.

CONCORD's Global Citizenship Education working group just finished a great Spring meeting! 🎉😎 Over these 2 days we discussed together on upcoming activities and exchanged with EU stakeholders. Now let's keep the ball rolling! 🙌🔥

Thanks for the space to discuss on the preliminary 2022 ODA figures!