Mr Stylianides succeeded Ms Georgieva as Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and crisis management, on the 1st November 2014, with the mandate to deliver assistance to alleviate humanitarian crises around the world and to foster cooperation among civil protection authorities across Europe in responding to natural or man-made disasters in Europe and beyond​[1]​.
Njegov mandat obuhvaća pružanje pomoći radi ublažavanja humanitarnih kriza širom svijeta i poticanje suradnje među tijelima civilne zaštite širom Europe pri reagiranju na prirodne katastrofe ili katastrofe izazvane ljudskim djelovanjem u Europi i izvan nje​[1]​.