ICDA has actually been financing most of CENNT, although the 5 EU-based networks originally intended to fund CENNT while ICDA provided the secretariat. That said, CENNT members from the 5 networks, especially some APRODEV members and smaller or financially modest NGOs, such as the Quakers, have been donors in the past.

For the time being, CENNT envisages having a final meeting before its full transformation into the European Trade Network, or ETN. This is in no way breaking away from the original ideals of CENNT, but it is a way of ensuring that this informal network is made more efficient, and has some type of structure.

ICDA also sees it as a way to get European networks and NGOs more actively involved in the European trade discussion, following a more recent period (last year or so) of shifting attendance in CENNT meetings.

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