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Full transparency only way to maintain public trust in UK AID
Anti-poverty group ONE today (SUNDAY) urges DFID to set an example and censure Adam Smith International after a damning report claimed it acted “inappropriately” by making up testimonials for…
ONE responds to Prime Minister Theresa May’s speech on Brexit
Following the Prime Minister’s speech on how the UK will leave the European Union, where Theresa May spoke of the importance of a ‘truly global Britain’, the ONE Campaign…
Aid at highest levels but not enough goes to the poorest countries says ONE Campaign
The ONE Campaign responds to OECD Development Assistance Committee confirmed aid levels for 2015
The ONE Campaign welcomes new statistics that confirm aid has reached record levels in 2015, but…
Transparency missing under the EU Christmas tree
EU Member states today rejected the European Commission’s proposal to make information about who owns and controls EU companies and trusts public.
ONE calls on Open Government Partnership Summit to stamp out corruption and illegal tax evasion
Paris, the 5th December 5, 2016 – Anti-poverty group ONE is calling on member states of the Open Government Partnership meeting in Paris this week to commit to ‘concrete’…
ECOFIN: ONE calls for full public access to all beneficial ownership information
Member States will discuss the public disclosure of information about beneficial owners of companies and trusts.
ONE reacts to Priti Patel’s first departmental review: Transparency key to success of UK Aid
ANTI-POVERTY group ONE today welcomed the focus on global security and transparency outlined in the newly released Bilateral Development Review (BDR) and Multilateral Development Review (MDR) by DFID -…
Ahead of World AIDS Day, ONE warns that progress against AIDS has stalled
“There really isn’t anything new in our report this year. And that’s the problem.”
Funding for the global fight against AIDS was flat and gains in treatment and prevention have…
EU Budget 2017: Severe cuts to humanitarian aid
Finance ministers and the European Parliament reached an agreement on the EU budget for 2017. External funding commitments have been set at €10.162 million and payments at €9.483 million, an increase of some €730 million beyond the ceiling agreed back in 2013 in the EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). These are new additional funds, which will for the most part be used to address the recently arisen needs of the refugee crisis.
Connecting more women and girls to the internet by 2020 could help lift millions out of poverty, ONE’s Making the Connection Report reveals
World leaders, governments, banks, telecom firms urged to connect 350m women and girls otherwise a generation is at risk of isolation from digital revolution
Africa’s limited connectivity highlights divide…
Strong external aid budget crucial in fight to end extreme poverty
BRUSSELS, 26 OCTOBER 2016. The European Parliament has once again shown its support for the fight to end extreme poverty, when voting on the EU’s budget for 2017. MEPs…
The European Parliament votes ambitious aid increase in the 2017 EU budget
BRUSSELS, 28 SEPTEMBER 2016. Members of the European Parliament Committee on Budgets voted today on more than 2000 amendments to the Council’s position on the EU budget for 2017.
In…