Activities of Jaromír ŠTĚTINA related to 2014/2205(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on Private sector and development
Amendments (9)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that, under Article 208 TFEU, the primary objective of EU development cooperation is to reduce and eradicate poverty; highlights the fact that EU development cooperation must be guided by that objective and not by geostrategic or economic interests; refuses to accept that development cooperation should be subordinate to external and security policypolicy shall be conducted within the framework of the principles and objectives of the Union´s external action and that the objectives of development cooperation must be taken into account in the implementation of EU policies likely to affect developing countries;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes the Council conclusions of 12 December 2014 on a stronger role of the private sector in development cooperation; Concurs with the conclusions that "the private sector is emerging as an increasingly active player in the development field" and on "the need to strengthen the role of the private sector in implementing the future Sustainable Development Goals" based on aid effectiveness principles;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. NotUnderlines that reducing poverty is not the primary objective of the private sector, by its very nature, and that that is therefore a task for the publicrequires not only public policy but also involvement of the private sector; rejectWelcomes public- private partnerships, blending and the focus on microcredit, since they finance corporate profits, above all, and do not reduce povertymicrocredits as important tools to reduce poverty and to stimulate economic growth, innovation and job creation;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Welcomes the "Framework for Business Engagement with the United Nations" which underlines that a robust private sector delivering economic growth is essential for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and that the private sector "is making important contributions toward shared economic, social and environmental progress";
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Welcomes the involvement of the private sector in the OECD High Level Forum on aid effectiveness; Welcomes notably initiatives in that context taken on innovative ways of leveraging private sector development funding and the Joint Busan Statement in 2011 on "Expanding and enhancing public and private cooperation for broad-based, inclusive and sustainable growth";
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is dismayed that because of public procurement contract awards and debt servicing, inter alia, 61 % of official development assistance goes back to donor coWelcomes that the proportion of untied bilateral aid has continuously increased but expresses concern over continued formal and informal forms of tied aid; Calls on the EU and its Member States to implement their commitment in the European Consensus on Development to "promote further untying of aid going beyond existing OECD recommendations"; Underlines the growth potential of further untries1 ; calls for an increase in real aid and for sustainabled aid which would benefit local industries in developing countries; Calls in this context for further support to building of sustainable regional/local value chains and to strengthening the competitiveness of local and regional industries, in particular SMEs; __________________ 1 ActionAid.
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned at the devastating consequences of land grabbing, inter alia, for human rights, the economy and the environment; calls for binding international rules for firms on compliance with human rights, labour law and environmental standardUnderlines the need for strong legislation on property rights in order to stop land grabbing, i.e. when large-scale land acquisitions in developing countries result in serious violations of human rights and/or cause severe damage to the natural environment; Welcomes the launching in 2014 of an EU programme to strengthen land governance in African countries; Stresses the importance of full transparency and accountability of the operations of EU companies and financial institutions in large-scale agribusiness investments and land acquisitions in developing countries;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the EU and its Member States to support developing countries in garnering their resources, e.g. through national tax systems, and in combating illicit financial flows and corruption, as a result of which developing countries lose at least € 660-870 billion a year2 several hundred billion euros per year or several times the total official development aid; calls foron the ownership principle to be resolutely acted on; callsEU and its Member States as well as on all organisations, developed and developing countries signatories to the 2011 Busan Partnership for eEffective intDevelopment Coopernational rules against tax avoidance and evasion; to honour their commitment to intensity efforts to fight corruption and illicit financial flows; __________________ 2 Eurodad. Eurodad.
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to honour the commitment to give over 0.7% of their GDP to development assistance; stresses that prie need to further develop innovative funds must not be used to increase contributions artificiallyinancial mechanisms in order to leverage further private sector funding for development, complementary to Official Development Assistance.