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ONE applauds Commission’s pledge of €200 million to global vaccines programme
Commissioner for International Cooperation & Development Neven Mimica announced today a significant contribution to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, by pledging €200 million for the period 2016 -2020. The EU commitment marks an exponential increase from its current level of contributions and adds up to a massive expansion of the global vaccines programme, which today received $7.539 billion from international donors. The new funding announcement sets Gavi on a path to nearly double its impact, immunizing 300 million more children and preventing up to 6 million more deaths.
ONE celebrates massive expansion of global vaccines programme
Today international leaders announced a massive expansion of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, by pledging $7.539 billion. The new funding announcement sets Gavi on a path to nearly double its impact in the next five years, immunising 300 million more children and preventing up to 6 million more deaths.
The ONE Campaign response to The International Development Bill following the second reading in the House of Lords
“We are pleased to see this Bill pass its second reading in the House of Lords and continue its journey to becoming law. The Bill received overwhelming backing in the Commons last month and we are glad to see this repeated in the Lords.”
40 Youth meet EU Commissioner and MEP’s on fight against extreme poverty
2015 is a crucial year in the fight against extreme poverty. This is the year in which world leaders will decide on a new set of anti-poverty goals. The ONE Youth Ambassadors are young activists who will be campaigning all year to ensure these new goals are ambitious, financed and tracked.
ONE response to the NAO report Managing the Official Development Assistance Target
Commenting on the National Audit Office’s report ‘Managing the Official Development Assistance target’, Diane Sheard, UK Director of The ONE Campaign said:
“Investing 0.7 per cent of national income on…
New research warns global leaders poverty could increase for first time in a generation
According to new research, almost a billion extra people face a life of extreme poverty if leaders duck key decisions on poverty, inequality and climate change due to be taken at two crucial summits in New York and Paris later this year, with billions more continuing to face a life of hardship. That’s the warning by more than a thousand organisations around the world which are launching a new campaign called action/2015 calling on local and world leaders to take urgent action to halt man-made climate change, eradicate poverty and address inequality.
2015: A Year of Action for ONE’s Youth Ambassadors
Anti-poverty group The ONE Campaign is launching its flagship ‘Youth Ambassador’ programme for 2015. The programme will see 250 young people from across Europe lobby their politicians and decision-makers to end extreme poverty by 2030.
EU falls short of full transparency in fight against corruption
Today, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU agreed on new measures to fight money laundering. Instead of granting public access to who owns companies and trusts, the final deal leaves it up to EU Member States to determine who will have access to the information.
The need for strong European laws to fight money laundering
Dear Mr. Kariņš, Ms. Sargentini, and Members of the European Parliament,
In March, the Parliament by 643 votes called for ambitious transparency measures to fight money laundering: making public who is…
EU risks failing to tackle financial secrecy
Brussels – Amidst a new outbreak of the LuxLeaks scandal, EU member states are undermining new measures that could tackle financial secrecy. Are they serious about fighting financial opacity…
World Anti-Corruption Day: Will Europe choose to end the opacity of shell companies and trusts?
Brussels, December 9, 2014 – On International Anti-Corruption Day, The ONE Campaign is calling on the EU to make public who is behind European companies and trusts, as part…
The ONE Campaign responds to International Development Bill passing third reading
The International Development Bill – which, if enacted, will enshrine in law the promise of investing 0.7 per cent of national income in overseas aid – passed its third…