Concern Worldwide

Lobbying Organisation Concern Worldwide

Date published 20 Jan, 2018

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Foreign Affairs

Period 1 Sep, 2017 to 31 Dec, 2017

Specific Details 2017 Global Hunger Index on Inequality: Invitation to launch report and address conference on resilience

Intended results Engagement of Minister and Irish Aid on their commitments to the hunger and specifically resilience building agenda

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Dominic MacSorley

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Letter (2-5)

2017 Global Hunger Index was launched at the Alliance2015 Learning Roundtable on Resilience 7th December in Croke Park Conference Centre

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Ciarán Cannon Minister of State for the Diaspora and Overseas Development Aid (Department of Foreign Affairs)