Debt, AIDS, Trade in Africa
Debt, AIDS, Trade in Africa (or DATA ) was a multinational, non-governmental organization founded in London in January 2002 by Bono ( U2 ), Bobby Shriver and campaigners from Jubilee 2000's Drop the Debt campaign . DATA's goal was to cope with the myriad crises in Africa , ranging from debt relief to fighting AIDS to unfair trade laws. The special feature of DATA was that the organization concentrated on lobbying - i.e. it did not coordinate or organize any aid projects itself. DATA concentrated on increasing political pressure, especially on the G8 countries, but always emphasized that the main responsibility for Africa's development rests with the African governments and societies. Due to the close cooperation with Bono and Bob Geldof , DATA was involved in organizing the Live 8 concerts, which, together with many other civil society activities, are ascribed an important role in building political pressure for the G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland. In Gleneagles, the G7 countries committed themselves for the first time to a specific amount of aid within a specific time frame in order to achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goals . The main instrument of DATA's political work then became the annual study "The DATA Report", in which the implementation of the G7's aid pledges was checked every year.
The headquarters were in Washington DC . Further branches were in London , Los Angeles and Berlin .
On January 1st, 2008 DATA merged with the campaign organization ONE Campaign and brought its lobby and analysis teams into a new, joint organization under the name ONE . ONE also continues the DATA report. In Germany, the merger was completed on September 1, 2009, so that DATA has now been fully integrated into ONE.