Tag for 'Commissioner Andris Piebalgs'
Monday, September 8th, 2014
EU supports African Union mission to fight Ebola Brussels, 8 September 2014IP/14/983 The European Commission will provide €5 million to the newly established mission of the African Union (AU) "Support to Ebola Outbreak in West-Africa" (ASEOWA) that will join the ongoing efforts to contain the spread of the disease in the region.(...)ASEOWA is planned to [...]
Friday, September 5th, 2014
EU announces €140m package in response to Ebola virus outbreak Brussels, 5 September 2014IP/14/974 The European Commission has today announced €140m of funding for the countries currently affected by the Ebola virus in West Africa: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Nigeria.€38 million of the new package is specifically designed to help those governments bolster their [...]
Friday, June 20th, 2014
World Refugee Day: time for solidarity Brussels, 20 June 2014STATEMENT/14/203 The European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, Kristalina Georgieva, the European Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs and the European Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström made the following statement:"Every four seconds somewhere in the world a person is forced to flee [...]
Monday, June 2nd, 2014
Commission presents proposal to address global poverty and sustainable development Brussels, 2 June 2014 IP/14/620 Today the European Commission adopted a Communication to contribute to the EU position in international negotiations on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as the follow-up to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The SDGs are intended to reinforce the international community's commitment [...]
Monday, April 14th, 2014
New EU website to provide easy and transparent access to aid data Brussels, 14 April 2014IP/14/434 A unique new web tool that provides easy access to clear, complete and accurate data on development and humanitarian aid around the world will be launched tomorrow by the European Commission, at the High Level Meeting of the Global [...]
Thursday, April 10th, 2014
Joint Statement by EU High Representative Catherine Ashton, Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva, and Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs on the escalation of violence in Darfur Brussels, 10 April 2014140410/04 Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission, Kristalina Georgieva, Commissioner for International Cooperation, [...]
Tuesday, April 8th, 2014
Commissioner Piebalgs calls on Member States to intensify efforts to increase development aid IP/14/388Brussels, 8 April 2014 The European Union and its Member States continued to be the world's largest aid donor in 2013 according to the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), providing more than half of the Official Development Assistance (ODA). Figures [...]
Thursday, March 27th, 2014
New EU support to increase security in the Central African region Brussels, 27 March 2014IP/14/322 Today, the EU announced that it would provide close to €2 million to support the fight to eliminate the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a militant movement in the Central African region. The new contribution will support the “Regional Cooperation Initiative [...]
Monday, February 17th, 2014
EU to support the destruction of Syrian chemical stockpiles Brussels, 17 February 2014 IP/14/151 The European Union announced today financial support of €12 million to help destroy Syrian chemical stockpiles, by contributing to a Trust Fund established by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), recipient of the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize. The [...]
Monday, September 9th, 2013
The European Union announces more than €124 million to increase security in Somalia IP/13/816Brussels, 9 September 2013 The EU has announced that it will provide additional support of more than €124 million to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).This new financial support by the EU will cover costs including troop allowances for all AMISOM [...]
