Press releases
Commissioner Piebalgs' first visit to Rwanda to assess EU's aid impact on the ground and sign €52 million financial agreements on regional cooperation and governance
29/09/2010
IP/10/1206 Brussels, 29 September 2010 From 28 to 30 September, EU Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs will pay his first visit to Rwanda. He will travel together with Belgian Minister for Development Cooperation Charles Michel, on behalf of ...
UN Millennium Development Goals Summit: Commissioner Piebalgs partners with UNESCO to support poverty reduction through culture
21/09/2010
IP/10/1153 New York, 21 September 2010 Today, Andris Piebalgs, the European Commissioner for Development, ahead of the High-Level Round Table on Culture and Development, signed an agreement with UNESCO for a €1 million Expert Facility to support governance ...
Digital Agenda: €5 million EU funding helps turn the ancient Silk Road into ultra-fast research and education highway
21/09/2010
IP/10/1152 Brussels, 21 September 2010 The European Commission today helped to increase the internet capacity available to researchers in the Central Asia region (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan)....
Young Reporters Against Poverty - the Commission calls on young journalists to engage in development issues
20/09/2010
IP/10/1145 Brussels, 20 September 2010 Today the European Commission launches the Young Reporters Against Poverty contest – an invitation to all journalism students in the EU Member States to send in a report on development issues to be selected to cover ...
Background information on the UN MDG High Level Summit and activities of President Barroso and Commissioner Piebalgs
16/09/2010
MEMO/10/419 Brussels, 16 September 2010 The Millennium Development Goals Ten years ago, world leaders agreed on eight Millennium Development Goals to take decisive action to combat world poverty in its different dimensions....
President Barroso at the UN High Level Summit on Millennium Development Goals to push for a global commitment and shared responsibility in the fight against poverty
16/09/2010
IP/10/1137 Brussels, 16 September 2010 From 20 to 22 September, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso and EU Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs will participate in the UN High Level Summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) ...
Commissioner Piebalgs and Oettinger attend the High Level Meeting of the Africa-EU Energy Partnership
14/09/2010
MEMO/10/407 Brussels, September 2010 EU Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs and EU Commissioner for Energy, Gunther Oettinger, will attend the High Level Meeting of the Africa-EU Energy Partnership (AEEP) in Vienna on 14-15 September....
Background: 9 out of 10 Europeans express steadfast support for development aid, says a special Eurobarometer
13/09/2010
MEMO/10/403 Brussels, 13 September 2010 The special Eurobarometer 'Europeans, development aid and the Millennium Development Goals' aims to gauge the public commitment to development aid in view of the on-going economic crisis and in the light of the ...
9 out of 10 Europeans express steadfast support for development aid, says a special Eurobarometer
13/09/2010
IP/10/1116 Brussels, 13 September 2010 European citizens continue to show resolute support to aid provided to developing countries according to a special Eurobarometer published today. One week before the UN High Level Meeting on the Millennium Development ...
The European Union approves EUR 264 million to help 19 African, Caribbean and Pacific States face the consequences of the economic crisis
02/09/2010
IP/10/1091 Brussels, 2 September 2010 The European Commission approved the first financing decisions under the EUR 264 million 2010 allocation for the so-called Vulnerability FLEX mechanism to help the most vulnerable African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) ...
The EU allocates EUR 47 million to support peace-keeping operation in Somalia
01/09/2010
IP/10/1086 Brussels, 1 September 2010 Today, the European Commission confirmed its support to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) by providing an additional EUR 47 million to the African Union, bringing the EU allocation to AMISOM to a total ...
