10 Amendments of György HÖLVÉNYI related to 2018/2083(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas an estimated 1.1 billion people worldwide cannot officially prove their identity including birth registration, according to the 2017 update of Identification for Development Global Dataset /ID4D, World Bank/, out of which 78% live in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, whereas this is a major barrier to achieve target 16,9 of the SDGs but also entails an important barrier for being an actor and benefit in the digital environment;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas digital literacy and skills are key enablers for tackling inequalitiessocial and personal improvement and progress, promoting entrepreneurship and building strong digital economies;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas digitalisation should also help improve the delivery of humanitarian relief and resilience, disaster risk prevention and transitional support, linking humanitarian aid and development aid in fragile and conflict-affected contexts;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates the huge potential of digital technology and services in the achievement of the SDGs, and recalls that any digital strategy must be fully in line with and contribute to the realisation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, notably SDG 4 on quality education, SDG 5 on achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls, SDG 8 on decent work and economic growth, and SDG 9 on industry, innovation and infrastructure; recalls that if the SDGs are to be achieved by 2030, a strengthened global, national, regional and local partnership is needed between governmental, scientific, economic, religious and civil society actors;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Deplores the persistent digital divides across gender, geography, age, and income within each country; insists, therefore, that international development cooperation should use digital technologies for greater promotion and inclusion of persons disadvantaged groupor vulnerable situations;
Amendment 75 #
10. Calls for increased efforts to address the challenges of digital exclusion through education and training on essential digital skills and initiatives to facilitate the use of ICTappropriate use of ICTs in accordance with their age, personal situation and background, including elderly people and persons with disabilities;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights the crucial need for deployment of and access to infrastructure, especially in rural and remote areas, that is adequate in coverage, quality, affordability, reliability and security; notes that the main causes hampering connectivity include underdeveloped terrestrial networks, lack of enabling public policies and regulatory frameworks, high taxation of digital products and services, low market competition and absence of an energy grid;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls that MSMEs in developing countries make up the majority of businesses and employ the majority of manufacturing and service sector workers; reiterates that facilitating cross-border e- commerce will have a direct impact on improving livelihoods, fostering higher living standards and boosting economic development; reaffirms the contribution that such endeavours could make to gender equality between male and female, since a great number of these companies are owned and run by women; calls for digitalization to be used also to promote education and capability building for entrepreneurship in developing countries as well as creating a favourable environment for start-ups and innovative companies;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Points out that ase transformative potential for agriculture, the largest sector of the African economy, agriculturewhich can benefit hugely from digital technologies; highlights that digital platforms and mobile applications can be used in developing countries to informprovide farmers about market priceswith affordable and safe access to information about price and price volatility and link them with potential buyers, as well as to provide practical information about growing methods and market trends, weather information, and warnings and advice about plant pests and animal diseases, hereby enabling to improve their livelihoods and resilience while improving food and nutrition security; encourages the development and implementation of national e-agriculture strategies for sustainable growth;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that digital technologies such as SMS and mobile phone apps can provide affordable new tools for circulating important information, particularly for poor and isolated people; notes the potential of mobile phone technology, which has advantages including lower access costs due to increasing network coverage, user- friendliness and falling costs of calls and text messages;