18 Amendments of Mireille D'ORNANO related to 2018/2081(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Commission’s latest communication on education in developing countries is obsolete, as it dates back to 2002 and was updated only in 2010 by a mere working document;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas education aid accounted for 8.3% of total development aid in 2009; whereas this share had fallen to 6.2% by 2015; whereas for the Union and its Member States this share had fallen from 11 to 7.6% over the same period; whereas this decline in the proportion of aid for education in total development aid is worrying in view of the major importance of access to education;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas in 2015, 264 million children and young people of primary or secondary school age were not enrolled in school; whereas this deprivation of access to education is a severe constraint on the future of the children concerned, as, in particular, it complicates their access to employment;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is convinced that aid to education must be a priority, because education is a fundamental right but also because it is essential for the other SDGs: for economic development and reducing inequalities, and for health, democracy and the rule of law, women’s empowerment and conflict prevention, as well as environmental protection;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores, therefore, the fact that aid to education is not a priority for international donors; urges that education be placed at the centre of the development policies of the European Union and its Member States; urges that this restoration of education as one of the priorities of development aid should be reflected in more ample funding than is currently available;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls onProposes that the Union and its Member States to devote 10% of their official development assistance to education by 2024, and 15% by 2030;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Observes that the efforts of developing countries and increases in ODA will not be sufficient to bridge the funding gap; calls therefore for the creation of innovative funding instruments to bolster national education systems and for parallel mobilisation of the private sector and associations;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that the 20% EU aid target for basic social services is imprecise and does not allow adequate monitoring of expenditure; notes that this lack of precision is also due to the very concept of ‘basic social service’, the definition of which remains unclear;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that basic learning is a prerequisite for skills development and induction into working life, girls’ education is a key lever for achieving the SDGs, for health and well-being and for the establishment of peaceful societies, and that the least developed countries are suffering most from a lack of funding despite the fact that they are the countries where investment generates the greatest human, economic and health benefits; making education a priority is therefore entirely consistent with efforts to make development aid effective;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls onProposes that the Union and its Member States to devote half of their education aid to basic education by 2030;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls the importance of secondary education and vocational training; considers that the latterwithout neglecting general and basic education, considers that vocational training must be geared to the needs of businesses, in coordination with them and, as far as possible, financed by them; notes that the Union’s External Investment Plan could be mobilised for this purpose;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Is concerned about the phenomenon of the ‘'brain drain’' due to increased migration to developed countries but also as a result of students who have gone to study at universities in Europe or America failing to return; calls on those Member States that devote too much of their aid to scholarships and the expenses of students from developing countries to reduce it; considers that multiple entry visas would enable these students to update their knowledge and promote circular mobility;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses the importance of new technologies as a way of improving access to education and improving its quality, particularly for the dissemination of knowledge, teacher training and the management of establishments; draws attention to the fact that these new technologies must support educational efforts rather than replacing them and lowering standards of teaching; stresses that access to the Internet and digital tools remains seriously inadequate and uneven in developing countries;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Reiterates that only an enabling environment makes quality education possible, including nutritional aspects, health and safety, quality of the environment and access to electricity and water, in order to enable pupils to genuinely benefit from school and to increase completion rates, especially in primary education;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Emphasises the predictability of aid and its ownership by the partner States, such predictability being a prerequisite for the establishment of durable education programmes; indicates in this respect that budget support and aid from multilateral organisations are the most effective resources by means of which to meet these requirements;