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G20 & African finance ministers finance the future: educate, employ & empower Africa’s youth
Turning Africa’s demographic development into a success needs a doubling of development financing, the inclusion of fragile states and focus on education One day ahead of the meeting of the G20 Finance Ministers, the ONE campaign calls on the group to extend the current scope of the Compacts with Africa and to commit to an…
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ONE Campaign: Oslo summit builds momentum to help crisis-struck Nigeria and Lake Chad region – but partners must do more and be held accountable for delivery so pledges become lives saved
The life-saving funds pledged today [FRIDAY] at the Oslo Conference to address the humanitarian crisis in the Lake Chad region must flow through fully transparent budgets, warned ONE Co-Founder and Executive Director of Global Strategy Jamie Drummond. One third – US$458m – of the $1.5bn needed to avert famine, provide emergency education, shelter, water and…
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Hosting is the start, now implement the strategic compact North-eastern Nigeria & Lake Chad Region desperately need
The ONE Campaign has praised Norway, Germany and Nigeria for highlighting the urgent humanitarian and development needs of North-east Nigeria and the Lake Chad Region. However, the anti-poverty group has warned that hosting is of course not enough. Now the co-hosts must coordinate the creation of a “strategic compact” for the complex challenges of the…
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2017 must be the year of Africa
The ONE Campaign calls for a doubling of investments for Africa, focused on education, employment and empowerment – in order to harness Africa’s population boom by 2050. Brussels, 16 February 2017. Ahead of the G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting, the Munich Security Conference and the Oslo Humanitarian Conference on Nigeria and the Lake Chad region, ONE…
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ONE names Gayle E. Smith president and chief executive officer
After an extensive worldwide search, the board of The ONE Campaign has named Gayle E. Smith — a top advisor on development issues to two American presidents and one of the world’s leading experts on global development — as president and chief executive officer.
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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 its UK aid delivery work. Saira O’Mallie, UK Director (interim) of ONE, said: “As an organisation that believes in a zero tolerance approach to such improper…
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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 has highlighted the role international development has to play. Saira O’Mallie, interim UK Director of ONE, said: “A truly global Britain must not turn its back…
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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 criticises the declining proportion of aid received by the world’s poorest countries, with increasing amounts never leaving donor countries. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and…
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Transparency missing under the EU Christmas tree
BRUSSELS, 20 DECEMBER 2016. EU Member states today rejected the European Commission’s proposal to make information about who owns and controls EU companies and trusts public. Despite mounting concern from the public, fuelled by recent scandals such as the Panama Papers and the urgency to stop terrorist financing, EU member states have missed an opportunity…
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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’ measures to stop corruption holding back development in the world’s poorest countries. The establishment of public registers of beneficial owners of companies and trusts, plus the…
