Engagement Opportunities
Amplify Your Advocacy Impact
Extend your advocacy reach and collaborate with others to influence EU policy and practice. Connect with members working on similar issues and access EU-level advocacy opportunities. Together, we can make a stronger impact.
Community Groups
Advocacy
The advocacy initiatives extend advocacy reach, foster partnerships, and impact the European Union’s policy and practice by deepening members’ awareness of each other’s activities, connecting those working on similar issues, and linking them with EU-level opportunities.
Current Priorities
Advocacy
- Developing comprehensive policy briefs and advocacy strategies on critical issues such as the Climate Crisis, Disability Inclusion, Reframing Partnerships, the Role of Faith Actors in Education, and the Nexus.
- Providing “EU Policy in Conversation” discussions for members to stay informed about EU policies.
- Hosting physical and virtual Advocacy Hub Forums to build advocacy skills, developing Introduction to Advocacy Guidelines and Grassroot Advocacy Guidelines, and offering training webinars.
Our programme portfolio
EU-CORD’s programme portfolio includes several key areas, each designed to strengthen our network’s capacity for humanitarian, development, and advocacy work.
This dedicated programme integrates capacity-building initiatives, including workshops, seminars, and roundtables. It offers members and their counterparts, opportunities for mutual learning and knowledge sharing on various topics, with most activities taking place online to facilitate global participation.
Focusing on the impact of faith organisations through project monitoring, evaluation, and learning lenses. It brings together members interested in exploring and demonstrating the value faith-based organisations add to humanitarian and development work.
Expanded relationship-building opportunities beyond General Assembly meetings to foster strategic programming, advocacy, and fundraising partnerships. This initiative is built on the belief that mutual support among leaders strengthens the network.
Transitioned from fixed advocacy areas to a dynamic, member-led approach. Efforts are concentrated on linking members working on similar advocacy topics and facilitating connections from the grassroots to the EU level, thereby enhancing the advocacy reach.
Refocused to emphasise funding collaboration and partnership for humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding programming. It aims to create more opportunities for interaction beyond physical meetings, engaging members’ national counterparts and offices globally.