Press Releases related to Development Assistance
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ONE responds to the outcome of the Mali donor conference
Eloise Todd, Brussels director at ONE said: “Today’s conference was a welcome initiative from the EU and France. The European Commission’s pledge of €524 million, nearly half of the overall EU pledge, will make an important contribution to Mali’s recovery. But the big picture is that aid budgets are shrinking across much of Europe, and the EU itself is looking to freeze aid spending over the next seven years. It’s becoming a zero sum game that could mean less money to respond to other crises. EU countries need to reverse aid cuts, prioritise the world’s poorest, like those in Mali, and make sure aid is targeted at the programmes that have the biggest impact on development, namely health, agriculture and education.” More
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ONE responds to the Prime Minister's comments on aid spending and the defence budget
Adrian Lovett, Europe Executive Director of ONE said: “The facts are clear: channelling aid money through defence budgets on any scale would quickly hit a large brick wall More
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The Final 1000 Days: Accelerating the Fight against Extreme Poverty
As new OECD data shows donors faltering, ONE calls for a ‘sprint to the finish’ to meet 2015 goals. More
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New figures show EU aid drops for second year running; just 1000 days left to hit global poverty goals
New figures released by the OECD today show the EU’s aid levels dropped for the second year in a row, taking EU donors further off track from their spending target of 0.7 per cent of gross national income (GNI) by 2015. More
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ONE responds to the UK's historic achievement of reaching 0.7% international aid target
Adrian Lovett, Europe Executive Director for the ONE campaign said: “Over the last twenty years we've met people up and down the United Kingdom passionately campaigning to see this day come - a day when they could finally say: "we did it". More
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ONE welcomes EU nutrition proposals
The European Commission has announced plans to boost efforts to tackle malnutrition as a key part of its future development aid strategy. More
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ONE responds to the Prime Minister's suggestion of diverting aid spending to bolster defence budget
Adrian Lovett, Europe Executive Director at ONE said: "Overcoming poverty in countries hit by conflict is a tough job, but it can be done." More
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EU budget summit: Lifesaving aid projects at risk from deeper cuts
The ONE Campaign is calling on EU leaders to reverse cuts to development aid spending at their budget summit this Thursday and Friday. The price of failure could be the closure of lifesaving aid projects according to ONE. More
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Financial Transaction Tax – an opportunity for smart funding for smart development aid
A majority of EU Finance Ministers have backed plans for 11 EU member states, including France and Germany, to press ahead with a common tax on financial transactions. More
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February EU budget summit: a second chance for leaders to do the right thing on aid
Reacting to the confirmation today that the EU budget will be on the agenda of the EU leaders’ summit on February 7-8, Eloise Todd, Brussels Director of ONE said: “Back in November, EU leaders were close to doing a deal on the budget that would have cut proposed lifesaving aid by more, in relative terms, than any other area of spending. The February summit is an opportunity to right that wrong. More
