European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps: have your say!

21/04/2012 - The European Commission is looking for your ideas and inspiration to name one of its most exciting new projects - the European Voluntary Humantiarian Aid Corps. Help us give this inspiring project a name worthy of its potential! (...)

Watch Commissioner Georgieva answer your questions today!

20/04/2012 - After days of collecting questions from internet users the world over, Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva will today answer the most interesting at the ‘5 questions in 5 minutes’ event taking place during the Spring Meetings (...)

Ask Commissioner Georgieva a question and see her answers during the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings!

17/04/2012 - During this year's World Bank & International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings, Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva will join other (...)

Find out how the European Commission is helping in hunger-stricken Sahel

16/04/2012 - Both recurrent and acute, the food emergency in Africa's Sahel region requires both an immediate response to help those affected, and a long-term strategy that reduces the chronic risk of food insecurity and strengthens resilience. (...)

Commissioner Georgieva warns of possible humanitarian disaster in northern Mali

12/04/2012 - Unless there is rapid progress in the coming days to open the humanitarian space and allow in supplies of food and medicines to the North of Mali, there will be a major humanitarian disaster which could spill over to neighbouring countries, warns Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva. (...)

Commission launches major emergency procedure after strong earthquake off Sumatra

11/04/2012 - The European Commission is monitoring closely the risks of tsunami, after-shocks and potential damage, after two strong earthquakes (magnitude 8.6 and 8.3) struck in the Indian Ocean off the Indonesian island of Sumatra. (...)

Helping to reduce the deadly impact of mines

04/04/2012 - Today is the ‘International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action’. These explosive remnants of war kill and maim mostly civillians, including children; they render large areas impossible to inhabit or farm, and slow post-conflict reconstruction. The people who have been injured by mines (...)

Commissioner Georgieva in Nairobi: we must invest in a drought-resilient Horn of Africa

04/04/2012 - Commissioner Georgieva is attending the  Joint Ministerial and High-Level Development Partners Meeting on Drought Resilience in the Horn of Africa, convened by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) with support from the US government agency USAID. (...)

Commissioner Georgieva reiterates Europe's commitment to a more sustainable and resilient Horn of Africa

03/04/2012 - Commissioner Georgieva is in Nairobi, Kenya, where she joins other high-level development partners for a meeting on ‘Resilience and growth in the Horn of Africa – enhanced partnership for change’. The meeting aims to boost coordination among humanitarian and development partners (...)