Activities of Cristiana MUSCARDINI related to 2011/2008(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the state of implementation of the EU Strategy for Central Asia
Amendments (4)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Supports the conclusions of the OECD Central Asia Competitiveness Outlook of January 2011 and is especially concerned about educational system, SMEs, and landownership reforms and the region'’s investment policies, which need to be better spread across the economy, being centred at present on the energy and mining sectors;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Insists on continuation of the efforts towards modernisation of the education sector, including business education, via public financing programmes; considers it essential also to promote processes to ensure the participation of women and their access to the job market;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is of the opinion that the promotion of SMEs is key for development of the countries involved and that the EU should give this higher priority in its assistance to SMEs in the EIB mandate for Central Asia and the relax visa requirements for business from Central Asia; considers also that practices which discriminate against European industries should be avoided, including in the key sector of public procurement, and that full cooperation with local SMEs, beneficial to the economic development and diversification of the area, should be promoted;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that cooperation and trade in rare earth should become a priority issue in EU-Central Asia relations; stresses the importance of maintaining a partnership with the countries of the area based on the exchange of raw materials for European technologies and know-how;