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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…
The ONE Campaign responds to release of UN Synthesis report on Sustainable Development Goals
New York – The United Nations has today released their synthesis report on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to member states. The report brings together existing information on the…
The ONE Campaign Response to the Autumn Statement
Responding to the Autumn Statement and the news that the British Government will meet its target of investing 0.7 per cent of national income in aid for the second…
The ONE Campaign responds to OECD Foreign Bribery Report
David McNair, Director of Transparency and Accountability at The ONE Campaign said:
“The OECD’s report clearly shows that much of the bribery and corruption that occurs today could not happen…