Activities of Heidi HAUTALA related to 2015/2341(INI)
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Amendments (17)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
– having regard to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted at the UN Sustainable Development Summit in New York in 2015,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)
Citation 8 b (new)
– having regard to the Joint Staff Working Document on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment: Transforming the Lives of Girls and Women through EU External Relations 2016-2020 (SWD(2015) 182 final) and to the Council Conclusions of 26 October 2015 in which the respective Gender Action Plan 2016-2020 is endorsed,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 c (new)
Citation 8 c (new)
– having regard to the Beijing Platform for Action and the Programme of Action of the ICPD and the outcomes of their review conferences,
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) report 'ICPD Beyond 2014 Global Report' launched on 12 February 2014 stresses that the protection of women and adolescents affected by violence must be a priority on the international agenda of development;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas the EU will continue to pursue efforts to effectively implement UN Security Council resolution 1325 and subsequent resolutions on Women, Peace and Security;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Strongly underlines that funds from EDF and ODA sources must be devoted exclusively to development ends, with particular focus on those development challenges as identified in the Trust Fund decision, such as demographic pressure, environmental stress, extreme poverty, internal tensions, institutional weaknesses, weak social and economic infrastructures, and insufficient resilience to food crises; recalls that all other expenses related to security, counter- terrorism and border controls, migration management, etc have to be funded from different sources that are pooled in the Trust Fund; stresses the need for contributions by Member States and other different sources, and recalls that leveraging is one of the foremost reasons for the creation of this instrument devoted to such different and heterogeneous ends; condemns any use of ODA sources, even a small percentage, for any purposes different from development;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that regional and local authorities, civil society and NGOs are natural partners for an effective development policy; calls for respect for the principle of subsidiarity and ownership also in this field of action; stresses that NGOs and civil society should be strongly involved in the planning, implementation and evaluation phases of the EUTF; to this end, calls for an appropriate mix of funding modalities under the Trust Fund, with clear and transparent eligibility criteria;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Strongly believes that the Trust Fund should focus not only on macroeconomic issues but also on grassroots projects with the specific aim of improving quality and equity of services, particularly in the health sector, which is key to increasing inclusiveness, empowerment and enhancing the wellbeing of local populations, with a focus on young people, as it can respond to the needs of vulnerable communities while also being able to provide better and more equitable and sustainable services to the general population;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Expresses its deep concern with regard to projects covered by the EUTF, which has been created using sources mainly devoted in principle to development purposes, that include numerous elements which cannot be considered as development assistance, such as border controls and measures aimed at reinforcing security capacity in particular countries, given that the intended outcomes of such measures are to improve migration management rather than to achieve poverty reduction; calls for open and participative consultation processes prior to the definition of projects as a key contribution to development needs assessment;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Notes the highly critical report from the European Court of Auditors on EU external migration spending in Southern Mediterranean and Eastern Neighbourhood countries; regrets in particular that the objective of respecting human rights of migrants in EU financed projects is regularly not respected; urges the Commission to apply the Court's recommendations to projects financed via the Trust Fund;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for express assurances from the Commission and the authorities directly entrusted with the managing of the Trust Fund that 100 % of the resources coming from the EDF or other sources devoted to development assistance will be used exclusively for actions directly devoted to development assistance; asks for regular and comprehensive reporting of the use of these funds;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission and the authorities directly entrusted with the managing of the Trust Fund to focus primarily on capacity building, stability, wellbeing and empowerment of local populations, promotion, protection and fulfilment of human rights, creation of work opportunities and training, particularly for women and for young people;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the EU to show greater coherence when acting in the field of international cooperation for development, from a twofold point of view: the EU and Member States should, on the one hand, act responding to their commitments and, on the other, exhibit overall coherence in their development policies, with particular regard to the co-management spirit of the EU-ACP Cotonou Agreement; from the latter perspective, considers that the Trust Fund should reflect the principle of policy coherence for sustainable development and should avoid any contradiction, while at present it is mixing development aims with concerns relating to security, policing and EU internal migration, with neither a clear strategy nor the relevant transparency; hopes that the Better Regulation package will contribute to furthering policy coherence for sustainable development by taking into account development and human rights in all its impact assessments;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Stresses that upholding the rights of women and girls, including their sexual and reproductive health and rights, and safeguarding the respect of their human dignity and eliminating violence and discrimination against them, including the harmful practices of child marriage and female genital mutilation, are essential to reducing poverty and achieving sustainable development;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Commission to strengthen its efforts for more systematic impact assessment of its policies and funding, including the EUTF, especially with regards to their effects on sustainable development, human rights and gender equality and integrate the results of these assessments into its policies and programming; hopes that the Better Regulation package will contribute to this quality check;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Recalls that EU migration policies should primarily focus on addressing the root causes of migration, by working to help create peace and stability and foster economic development, in line with Sustainable Development Goal 16, by working to ensure healthy lives for all at all ages, achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls and ensure inclusive and equitable quality education to create the conditions for a demographic dividend in line with Sustainable Development Goals 3, 4 and 5, by improving work on promoting and organising legal migration channels, by enhancing the protection of migrants and asylum seekers and of particularly vulnerable groups, by more effectively fighting exploitation and trafficking of migrants, and by working more closely with third countries to improve cooperation on voluntary return and readmission;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Emphasises that it is important to understand the causes and consequences of international migration from a gender perspective, including the process of decision-making involved and the mechanisms leading to migration; recalls that women and girls, as refugees and migrants, are particularly vulnerable when they find themselves in situations where their security cannot be ensured and where they may be subject to sexual violence or exploitation; stresses that the EUTF needs to contribute to the protection, support and/or assistance of vulnerable migrants, refugees and victims of trafficking; special attention should be given to women and children;