Press and Media

Latest news releases

2012

• Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) should not be reduced to stock tax, CIDSE and APRODEV news release on the occasion of the 30 January EU crisis summit, 30 January 2012
• Cardinal Turkson calls for an FTT for the common good CIDSE media statement ahead of the 30 January EU crisis summit, 26 January 2012

2011

• European Development Days 2011, Warsaw (Poland): Meet CIDSE partner Fr. John Patrick Ngoyi Kasongo from Nigeria, 15-16 December 2011
• Durban climate agreement offers small steps forward but fails to protect the poorest, CIDSE reaction to the outcomes of the COP17 climate conference, 11 December 2011
• European leaders should follow 'Merkozy' for real answers to crisis, CIDSE news release, 8 December 2011
• EU budget rise for poverty funds: who really stands to gain?, CONCORD press release, 7 December 2011
• Responsibility and solidarity should prevail at Durban climate talks, CIDSE news release for the COP17 climate summit in Durban, 28 November 2011
• Stop EU policies violating the rights of poor people say NGOs,CONCORD press release, new Spotlight on EU Policy Coherence for Development Report, 7 November 2011
• FTT progress one of the few rays of light at the Cannes G20 summit, CIDSE reaction G20 final communiqué, 4 November 2011
• G20 summit risks doing 'too little, too slow', CIDSE news release for the 3/4 Nov Cannes G20 summit, 31 October 2011
• Catholic development agencies react to Holy See calls for reform global finance ahead of G20, CIDSE statement, 26 October 2011
• More transparency is good news for people in developing countries, CIDSE news release, new European strategy on Corporate Social Responsibility, 25 October 2011
• Governments must deal with root causes of food price volatility, CIDSE news release, 37th session of the UN Committee on World Food Security, 19 October 2011
• No land investments without consent local communities, CIDSE news release,37th session of the UN Commitee on World Food Security, 17 October 2011
• Not just food, Just Food - time to rethink the global food system, CIDSE news release ahead of World Food Day 2011 and the 37th UN Committee on World Food Security, 10 October 0211 (Version francaise, pdf)
• “One starts to doubt the very ethics of European relations with developing countries”: Guatemalan bishop calls on Europe to take the human and environmental costs of natural resource extraction into account, 14 September 2011
• CIDSE and Oxfam welcome EU FTT plan but money must go to tackle poverty
  Reaction to the EU 2014-2020 budget proposal, 29 June 2011
• Food price volatility: G20 action plan fails to address root causes hunger
  CIDSE reaction to G20 Action Plan on Food Price Volatility and Agriculture, 23 June 2011
• G20 must go beyond market tango to tackle global hunger
  CIDSE G20 press statement, 17 June 2011
• Taxing financial transactions can benefit people and the planet
  CIDSE news release - new report on FTT and climate finance, 8 June 2011
• FTT debate, 14 June Brussels: Viable solution or impossible dream? (PDF)
  Press invitation, IDS, CIDSE, Oxfam and CONCORD, 8 June 2011
• CIDSE lauds EU lead on G8 pledge on extractives and transparency
  CIDSE news release after the Deauville G8 Summit, 27 May 2011
• Opening of Gaza-Egypt border is positive step, but Israel still holds key to the blockade
  CIDSE news release, 27 May 2011 
• UN Special Representative mandate needs right follow-up to tackle corporate violations of human rights
  CIDSE media advisory for the 17th session of the UN Human Rights Council, 26 May 2011
• European Parliament vote on emission reductions drives EU member states towards -30%
  CIDSE news release on resolution EP Environment Committee, 24 May 2011
• EU 'self interest' inflates aid by over €5bn in 2010, say NGOs
  CONCORD news release on the 2011 Aidwatch report, 19 May 2011
• Campaigners demand fair selection process on Strauss-Kahn resignation
  News release of global civil society coalition on selection new IMF head, 19 May 2011
• EU sustainable energy week should boost confidence about emission cuts
  CIDSE news release, 11 April 2011
• EU must push for respect of international law at Middle East Quartet meeting
  CIDSE news release, 4 February 2011
• People demand a new direction to tackle global challenges
  CIDSE WSF2011 media advisory, 3 February 2011
• CIDSE elects Chris Bain (CAFOD) as President 
  CIDSE news release, 20 January 2011