Summary of EU funding for Political Advocacy NGOs
The EU transfers hundreds of millions of euros annually, in non-transparent processes, to political advocacy NGOs, many of which engage in activities contradictory to EU policy goals.
The EU transfers hundreds of millions of euros annually, in non-transparent processes, to political advocacy NGOs, many of which engage in activities contradictory to EU policy goals.
The EUs policies on Israel, the Palestinian conflict, and regional changes are greatly influenced and distorted by the close relationship with a narrow group of political advocacy NGOs.
NGO Monitor issues report saying EUs grantees are centrally involved in 2001 Durban Forums strategy of political warfare and demonization of Israel
This memo documents the lack of transparency in European Commission processes and provides several detailed examples in which the EC denied, without justification, freedom of information requests.
Yitzhak Santis describes the role of European funding in the Durban strategy of demonizing and isolating Israel.
In 2009, the European Commission allocated 2,007,051 through the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) for Israeli and Palestinian NGOs. Highly politicized Israeli NGOs include ICAHD, Machsom Watch, Adalah, ACRI, and Yesh Din. Some grantees use rhetoric that demonizes Israel, including apartheid and war crimes. 2008 EIDHR recipients included BTselem, Breaking the Silence, Gisha, HaMoked, and PHR-I. The EC claims to have evaluations of NGO funding, but these are not made available.
NGO Monitor has published a highly detailed examination of European Union (EU) funding of political NGOs in the Arab-Israeli conflict. The fifty-page report, Europes Hidden Hand, provides the first in depth analysis of this important area, and reveals that between 2005 and 2007, the EU provided tens of millions of Euros from public money to NGOs whose activities directly contradict EU policy. The report also uncovers and analyzes the lack of transparency and accountability in EU funding of NGOs in this region.