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Challenging EU policies to make them work for people in poverty
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14 May 2012
EU Development Ministers, meeting today in Brussels, gave the green light to SHARE - a new European initiative to boost the prevention of hunger and famine in the Horn of Africa. Leading NGO agencies...
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29 March 2012
Today the European Parliament gave the green light to the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) designed to regulate shady ‘over the counter’ (OTC) derivatives. NGOs welcomed the introduction of clearing and reporting obligations for these financial products as a crucial step towards regulating vital agricultural commodity derivatives markets.
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21 February 2012
Joint Media Reaction by Oxfam, CAN Europe, APRODEV, CIDSE
[Brussels, February 21, 2012] – NGOs welcome the renewed resolve expressed by European Union Finance Ministers today [1] to help developing...
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9 February 2012
On the eve of a high-level summit between the leaders of India and the European Union in Delhi, Oxfam is calling on the EU not to pressure India into agreeing new trade rules that could deny hundreds of millions of people access to affordable medicines.
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24 January 2012
Today’s EU Finance Ministers meeting inBrussels reached a deal to resolve disagreement on regulators’ powers over clearinghouses that will handle over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives. This decision is...
The Guardian § Reuters - Campaigners welcome EU plan to limit crop-based biofuels for transport
24 September 2012
Le Figaro - Une organisation appelle l’UE à renoncer aux biocarburants
24 September 2012
Berliner Zeitung - Wenn Speiseöl Luxus wird
24 September 2012
Volkskrant - Oxfam: 'Te veel voedsel verdwijnt in benzinetank'
24 September 2012
Le Soir – Oxfam contre l’UE sur le biocarburant
24 September 2012
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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As the mid-April deadline to conclude negotiations for the EU-India free trade agreement approaches, members of the European Parliament and civil society groups from across Europe mobilised in Brussels today to demand that the European Commission withdraw provisions that will harm people’s access to medicines in India and across the developing world.... Read more »
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European Parliament to vote on EU reporting rules for extractive industries
21 May, 2013
Strasbourg
The European Parliament will vote in plenary on a European anti-corruption legislation (EU Transparency and Accountability Directive), which would require oil, gas and mining companies as well as the logging industry to report what they pay to governments in countries where they do business. Oxfam urges Europe to follow the US lead in resisting the lobbying efforts of powerful extractive companies and enforcing a law that champions the rights of developing countries to benefit from their natural resource wealth.
European Council Meeting
22 May, 2013
Brussels
President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy has announced that the meeting of European Heads of State in May will focus on tax evasion. Oxfam welcomes this initiative and its comprehensive agenda, which will take in the possible reactivation of the European Saving Tax Directive, information exchange, and the strengthening of the Mutual Cooperation Directive. Oxfam is calling on EU Heads of State to take bold collective actions against tax evasion and tax avoidance, which cost the EU around €1 trillion per year. EU Member States should also discuss how to support developing countries in fighting against tax dodging practices which know no borders.
EU Foreign Ministers’ meeting
27 May, 2013 - 28 May, 2013
Brussels
Foreign Ministers will adopt conclusions on the European Food Security Implementation Plan, on resilience and on the Post-2015 Millennium Development Goal (MDG) framework. They are also expected to discuss the report on the impact of biofuel production in developing countries issued by the Commission earlier this year.
Oxfam releases a ‘score card’ on EU commitments relating to settlements in the West Bank
27 May, 2013
A year after EU leaders made a public commitment to take unprecedented action to halt the expansion of Israel settlements and provide support to vulnerable Palestinian communities in Area C of the West Bank, Oxfam is to release a ‘score card’ assessing to what extent this rhetoric has led to concrete action and results.
EU Energy Ministers’ meeting
7 June, 2013
Brussels
Energy Ministers are expected to discuss the report on the impact on food prices and land rights of the EU biofuels policy and a proposal put forward by the European Commission in October to limit the contribution of biofuels made from food crops towards the 2020 renewable energy target at 5% of total energy in transport. They will also discuss whether to put in place a reporting mechanism on carbon emissions caused by expanding agriculture to accommodate new biofuels demand.
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
Contact EU Office
Oxfam International EU Advocacy Office
Rue de la Science 4, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: +32 2 234 1110 | Fax: +32 2 502 1941
For general enquiries: eu@oxfaminternational.org
For media enquiries: eumedia@oxfaminternational.org
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The European Union's role in delivering food justice in a resource-constrained world
16 April, 2012
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Following @OxfamEU High-Level Event, read @Oxfam’s new report, "No Accident: #Resilience and the inequality of risk" http://t.co/C16HtNRQ0U
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