No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.
Mission & Goals
CONCORDIA Sozialprojekte has worked with vulnerable children and young people for more than 35 years. Founded in Austria, the organisation operates in Austria, Bulgaria, Romania, Kosovo and Moldova, supporting over 21,000 children and families each year through community-based services, education support and child protection programmes. Our mission is to break cycles of intergenerational poverty and social exclusion by strengthening families, supporting education and ensuring that every child grows up in a safe and supportive environment. What distinguishes CONCORDIA is the combination of long-term practical experience and policy engagement. Our programmes are implemented directly in communities, allowing us to develop tested approaches that respond to the realities faced by vulnerable children and families.
EU Legislative Interests
CONCORDIA's EU-level advocacy focuses on the implementation and strengthening of EU policy frameworks relevant to children's rights, child poverty, family support, social inclusion and community-based services. The main EU policies and initiatives targeted include the European Child Guarantee, the EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child, the EU Anti-Poverty Strategy, the EU Youth Strategy, the European Pillar of Social Rights and related social inclusion objectives, and EU funding instruments relevant to child povertym family support, deinstitutionalisation, including the ESF+ and the future Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2028-2034 discussions. Where relevant, CONCORDIA also follows on EU enlargement and pre-accession policy frameworks relevant to children and families in candidate and potential candidate countries like Kosovo and Moldova where CONCORDIA is operating, including IPA III and related Growth Plan instruments.
Communication Activities
Participation in relevant meetings with representatives of the European Parliament, Council and European Commission, participation in events, campaigns, petitions, etc. that are related to children's rights with a focus on prevention of poverty and social inclusion of the most marginalised children in Bulgaria, Kosovo, Romania, Moldova and Austria.
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
https://www.concordia.or.at/en/about-us/cooperations/
Organisation Members
CONCORDIA Social Projects is not an association but a single organisation that is represented by legal and independent representations, i.e. CONCORDIA Bulgaria, CONCORDIA Kosovo, CONCORDIA Romania, CONCORDIA Moldova, CONCORDIA Austria. All CONCORDIA organisations share the same vision, mission and objectives in support of children and families in need. More information is available at: https://www.concordia.or.at/so-hilft-concordia/
Additional Information
CONCORDIA Sozialprojekte Gemeinnützige Privatstiftung is a non-profit foundation. The total budget declared for the most recent closed financial year corresponds to the foundation’s total income in 2024: EUR 12,524,773.37. The main sources of funding were donations, public funding and grants. EU funding was not a main source of funding. In 2024, the foundation received EUR 13,745 in project-related EU funding under Erasmus+ KA151-YOU; this was not an operating grant. The contributors exceeding both 10% of the total budget and EUR 10,000 have been declared separately.