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Pakistan floods: Oxfam reaction to visit by European Humanitarian Commissioner

Press Release | 25 August 2010
Kristalina Georgieva, European Humanitarian Commissioner, today visited Pakistan to see the effect of the devastating floods on the country. More than 17 million people are now affected by the floods – in an area that now constitutes the world's largest freshwater lake.
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Europe is missing in action when it should be leading the charge

Press Release | 17 June 2010
2010 saw Europe missing their poverty targets and today Heads of State compounded this by failing to put new commitments on the table to achieve their 2015 aid targets and keep their promises to the world’s poorest people.
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Oxfam reaction to EU Foreign Affairs Ministers’ Statement on Gaza

Press Release | 14 June 2010
EU Foreign Affairs Ministers meeting today in Luxembourg discussed how the EU could best support the lifting of the blockade on Gaza. Oxfam welcomes the discussion, but is disappointed that it failed to result in a concrete plan to end the blockade.
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EU Development Ministers just recommit to 40-year-old promises

Press Release | 14 June 2010
EU Development Ministers have just recommited to an old promise made by donors back in 1970s, failing to provide any guarantees to poor countries that Europe is serious about getting back on track to meet the Millennium Development Goals, warns Oxfam.
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Oxfam welcomes European aid for West African food crisis but warns more is urgently needed

Press Release | 2 June 2010
International aid agency Oxfam welcomes the European Commission’s new aid package of 24 million euros for Niger and other countries in the Sahel region of West Africa, which was announced today in Brussels.
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BBC News - OECD links fall in development aid to financial crisis

10 April 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17617582

EU Observer - Europe entering age of 'aid austerity'

10 April 2012
http://euobserver.com/24/115801

European Voice - Infighting leaves EU with no nominees for climate fund

3 April 2012
http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/2012/march/infighting-leaves-eu-with-no-nom...

Reuters - EU seeks to decide who gets U.N. climate fund seats

29 March 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/28/us-gcf-europe-idUSBRE82R0TS20120328

Inter Press Service - Financial Transaction Tax Likely This Year

21 March 2012
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=107108

Resilience: We can save lives, but can we turn them around?

By Natalia Alonso, Head of Oxfam’s EU Office


Oxfam’s Penny Lawrence asked us to picture Isutu, a mother of five in Mali with elderly relatives at home and a husband in search of work. She has survived famine and fears she may soon be forced from her land by conflict, yet also struggles to feed herself and her family from day to day.... Read more »

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Victory in campaign for EU deal on transparency in the extractive sector

Catherine Olier, Policy Advisor at Oxfam’s EU Office, reflects on a hard-fought victory that will force oil, gas, mining and logging companies to come clean on their finances in the developing world. The European Parliament and EU member states are expected to give their final green light to the agreement in the coming months, bringing EU legislation in line with the US Dodd-Frank Act.
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23 Apr 2013 | oxfameu | Read comments

Food versus fuel? MEPs and UN food expert debate EU biofuels policy - Press Conference

19 June, 2013 - 14:00 - 14:30
ASP5G2, European Parliament, Brussels
Journalists are invited to attend a press conference following a closed-door meeting of MEPs with the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food on June 19th, in advance of key votes to determine the future of EU biofuels policy, in order to assess the risks to food security presented by biofuels.

MEPs to vote on EU biofuels policy

19 June, 2013 - 23:00
Brussels
Members of the Industry, Research and Energy Committee (ITRE) will vote on a report regarding the European Commission’s October proposal to cap support for biofuels made from food crops at 5% of total energy in transport. Oxfam is calling on the EU to rule out support for biofuels competing with food for crops, water and land. They are pushing up global food prices and driving people off their land.

EU Finance Ministers’ meeting Brussels

20 June, 2013 - 23:00
Luxembourg
Finance Ministers are expected to review their position on the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID). Strong evidence suggests that a link exists between speculation on commodities by financial counter-parties and greater food price volatility and, in some cases, higher food prices. High and volatile food prices have had a devastating impact in poor and food import dependent countries, causing increased hunger, conflict and instability. Oxfam-in-Belgium will be releasing a report detailing the involvement in food speculation of banks based in the country.

EU Heads of State summit

26 June, 2013 - 23:00 - 27 June, 2013 - 23:00
Brussels
EU leaders are expected to discuss the allocation of revenue generated by the EU Financial Transactions Tax.

EU high-level conference on climate change

2 July, 2013 - 23:00 - 3 July, 2013 - 23:00
Brussels
EU Member States will participate in a meeting hosted by Connie Hedegaard, Commissioner for Climate Action and Norwegian Environment Minister Baard Vegar Solhjell, along with other states in favour of pushing forward negotiations on a 2015 deal within the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Oxfam International’s European Union office in Brussels works to influence key decision-makers to ensure that EU policies affecting poor countries have a far reaching, positive impact on the lives of those most in need.

Our work spans numerous policy areas including food security, climate change, development policy and finance, and the provision of humanitarian assistance to victims of conflicts and natural disasters.

The EU office works together with Oxfam’s eight European affiliates in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands. We also join forces with allied NGOs and civil society organizations.

Meet the team:

Natalia Alonso
Head of EU Office
Tel: +32 2 234 11 14
Email: Natalia.Alonso@oxfaminternational.org

Natalia Danailov
Office Administrator
Tel.: +32 2 234 11 10
Email: Natalia.Danailov@oxfaminternational.org

Angela Corbalan
EU Media & Communications Officer
Tel:  + 32 2 234 11 15
Email: Angela.Corbalan@oxfaminternational.org

Marc Olivier Herman
EU Economic Justice Policy Lead (Food Security > Biofuels / Financial Market Regulation)
Tel: +32 (0)2 234 11 12
Email: Marco.Herman@oxfaminternational.org

Lies Craeynest
EU Economic Justice Policy Advisor (Food Security > Climate Change / Agricultural Development Policy)
Tel: +32 (0)2 234 11 20  
Email: Lies.Craeynest@oxfaminternational.org

Nicolas Mombrial
EU Essential Services Policy Advisor (Development Policy & Finance > Aid quantity & quality / Financial Transaction Tax / EU budget 2014-2020)
Tel: + 32 2 234 11 13
Email: Nicolas.Mombrial@oxfaminternational.org

Catherine Olier
EU Essential Services Policy Advisor (Development Policy & Finance > Health & Education / Budget Support / Domestic Resources)
Tel: +32 (0) 22 34 11 25
Email: Catherine.Olier@oxfaminternational.org

Tidhar Wald
EU Humanitarian Policy Advisor (Conflict & Humanitarian Affairs)
Tel: +32 2 234 11 16
Email: Tidhar.Wald@oxfaminternational.org

Eimear Gavin
PA to Director of Advocacy and Campaigns & Administrative Assistant
Tel +32 (0)2 234 11 21
Email: eimear.gavin@oxfaminternational.org

Isabel Martins
EU Advocacy Intern
Tel: +32 2 234 11 28
Email: Isabel.Martins@oxfaminternational.org

Serena Merrino
EU Advocacy Intern
Tel: +32 2 234 11 19
Email: Serena.Merrino@oxfaminternational.org

Nicholas Todd
EU Media and Communications Intern
Tel: +32 2 234 11 29
Email: Nicholas.Todd@oxfaminternational.org