Dóchas

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{{primary sources|date=June 2011}}}}{{Infobox organisation

| name = Dóchas

| formation = {{Start date and age|1993|10}}

| merger = {{ubl|CONGOOD|Irish National Assembly}}

| type = NGO Network

| purpose = Umberella network for Irish NGOs focused on development, relief work and development education.

| region = Republic of Ireland

| leader_title = CEO

| leader_name = Jane-Ann McKenna{{Cite news |last=Fox |first=Jackie |date=8 February 2025 |title=Irish NGOs warn Trump's USAID shut down will 'cost lives' |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0208/1495566-irish-ngos-usaid/ |access-date=2 April 2025 |work=RTÉ News}}

| leader_title2 = Chairperson

| leader_name2 = Rosamond Bennett{{Cite web |title=Our Board |url=https://www.dochas.ie/about/governance-and-oversight/our-board/ |access-date=2 April 2025 |website=Dóchas}}

| leader_title3 = Vice Chairperson

| leader_name3 = John Moffett

| affiliations = CONCORD

| website = {{URL|http://www.dochas.ie/}}

}}

Dóchas ({{langx|en|"hope"}}) is the network of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) involved in development and relief overseas and development education in Ireland.{{Cite news |date=7 June 2015 |title=Dóchas showcases new technology in NGOs |url=https://www.businesspost.ie/more-tech/dochas-showcases-new-technology-in-ngos/ |access-date=2 April 2025 |work=Business Post}} Formed in October 1993 through a merger of the Confederation of Non-Governmental Development Organisations (CONGOOD) and the Irish National Assembly, Dóchas is an umbrella group for a diverse range of NGOs involved with the aim of bringing them together to operate more effectively as a single cohesive entity.{{Cite report |url=https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/691/1/Dochas1.pdf |title=Dóchas Research Report |last=Kenny |first=Michael |last2=O Malley |first2=Siobhan |date= |year=2002 |publisher=Maynooth University |page=3 |access-date=2 April 2025}} Dóchas is the Irish member of CONCORD.{{Cite web |title=CONCORD members: National Platforms |url=https://concordeurope.org/about-us/who-we-are/members/ |access-date=2 April 2025 |website=CONCORD}}