Activities of Philippe BOULLAND related to 2012/2288(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on local authorities and civil society: Europe’s engagement in support of sustainable development PDF (186 KB) DOC (90 KB)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that creating accountable, human rights-based, and inclusive relations among governments, LAs, CSOs, the private sector and citizens offers a unique opportunity for the EU - citizens, LAs and the private sector included - to establish sustainable partnerships with developing countries;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the EU to promote institutionalised mechanisms for multilevel and multiple stakeholder dialogue among CSOs, LAs, the private sector and partner governments in decent work agendas, and sustainable and inclusive growth;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Encourages the EU to adopt a scale- up agenda with a view to building on the worthwhile outcomes of both CSOs’ and LAs’ EU-funded projects and initiatives;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission to adopt the sustainable development agenda, taking account of the fact that its three core components (environmental, social and economic) are equally important and inextricably linked;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recalls that an effective decentralisation process requires public sector reforms, such as the transfer of power, functions, and resources, as well as the active participation of citizens, via their representatives, in participatory planning and budgeting; calls on the Commission to include decentralisation and TAD into public sector-wide reforms and to make them a cross-cutting priority in all geographic programmes;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Commission to continue its support of decentralised cooperation and partnerships between LAs from EU and partner countries; these partnerships have proven to be efficient tools in the reinforcement of the capacity of LAs in key sectors which contribute to poverty eradication; calls also on the Commission, for the same reason, to continue to support cooperation between CSOs and EU Member States and between CSOs and partner countries;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to promote the participation of CSOs in the ongoing discussion on blending mechanisms in the framework of the EU Platform for Blending in External Cooperation; asks the Commission to draft binding guidelines and create inclusive monitoring mechanisms to ensure that blending contributes to poverty eradication;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Calls also on the Commission to allow CSOs to participate in all new forms of cooperation under the EU Platform for Blending in External Cooperation;