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The European Commission has published its planned approach for upcoming negotiations on the post-2015 UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for eradicating extreme poverty and improving health and education.<\/p>\n

Reacting to the report, Eloise Todd, Brussels director of The ONE Campaign said:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Commission says it wants to build on the existing MDGs, focus on economic drivers such as agriculture and help developing countries harness the wealth of natural resources; these are laudable aims.\u00a0 But there are two critical areas that the Commission also needs to work on.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst, we need to ask the poorest in the world what they want the post-2015 agenda to be about. The current goals were developed by technical experts with little input from ordinary people.\u00a0 This time there needs to be much more listening and learning.\u00a0 The Commission is consulting with over 50 developing countries; that\u2019s good but we want to see them go a step further and make sure the voices of the most vulnerable are heard, and acted upon.<\/p>\n

\u201cSecond, the lack of reliable data on MDG-related investments and outcomes has been a major challenge to both tracking progress and ensuring effectiveness.\u00a0 Today\u2019s report recognises that we need more raw data, which we welcome. We still do not know enough about how much money is available, where it\u2019s going, and what results it\u2019s achieving.\u00a0 The post-2015 goals need to unleash an open data revolution to give citizens and policymakers ways to use relevant information to hold governments and other stakeholders accountable.\u00a0\u00a0 The European Commission can start that revolution by opening up its own data, setting the standard and then leading on the issue at the UN summit in September.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy fighting for these changes in the post-2015 MDGs, the EU can help maximize the impact of scarce development resources and accelerate progress in the fight against extreme poverty in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Notes to editors:<\/strong><\/p>\n

ONE\u2019s \u2018You Choose\u2019 campaign<\/strong> aims to bring African voices to the table as nations consider the post- 2015 development goals.\u00a0 The radio, SMS and social media pilot project has launched in South Africa and Malawi and will launch in Zambia next week. The project is backed by leading African celebrities including Mary Magambo, Slap Dee, Kachanana, Hugh Masekela, D\u2019banj, Chris Katongo and others.\u00a0 ONE hopes that citizens\u2019 views collected via the project will be a helpful contribution to the multi-level United Nations-led process that is formulating the future development goals. The project particularly seeks to compliment civil society consultations and those conducted by the United Nations-led My World Project.\u00a0\u00a0 www.ONE.org\/youchoose<\/a><\/p>\n

ONE is a global advocacy and campaigning organisation backed by more than 3 million people from around the world dedicated to fighting extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa. For more information please visit www.ONE.org<\/a><\/p>\n

For further information or to arrange an interview with Eloise Todd please contact Dudley Curtis on +32 485 379945 or dudley.curtis@one.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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