Activities of Dominique BILDE related to 2023/2000(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Innovative humanitarian aid strategy: spotlight on current and forgotten crises (short presentation)
Amendments (19)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas humanitarian crises are becoming more protracted and complex, and are causing global spillover effects; whereas increasing numbers of conflicts, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, and the restriction and lockdown measures taken in response to that pandemic, have created more economic vulnerability and displacement, resulting in even greater needs;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas innovative structural solutions are needed to address global humanitarian challenges; whereas these solutions should focus on ensuring sufficient funding used in an effective and transparent manner, implementing the humanitarian-development-peace nexus (triple nexus) approach and creating an enabling humanitarian environment; whereas efforts to address current and future humanitarian challenges must be guided by a people-centred approach;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that closing the funding gap is a global responsibility; reiterates, therefore, the need to expand the humanitarian resource base by promoting the greater involvement of non-traditional donor countries with major economic potential under conditions complying with humanitarian aid principles and by mobilising private funding, in full respect of humanitarian principles;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the revision of the multiannual financial framework (MFF) to include a substantial increase in humanitarian aid to match the new humanitarian landscape; iIs concerned that the funds earmarked for external crises under the Solidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve (SEAR) were already exhausted in the first quarter of 2023; suggests splitting the SEAR into two separate parts, reflecting the internal and external dimensions, and equipping each part with adequate funding;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned about the imbalances in funding between crises, particularly with the focus being placed on the tragic war in Ukraine, and warns of the consequences of chronic underfunding on the most vulnerable, especially in Sub- Saharan Africa; notes that in 2022, only 27.7 % of the humanitarian appeal for El Salvador was funded compared to 94.5 % of the humanitarian appeal for the Central African Republic, reflecting that funding imbalances can result in some appeals receiving as much as three times more funding than others; calls for more equitable, needs-based distribution of funding to ensure that no one is left behind; calls on the Commission to develop a more harmonised approach to forgotten crises and to report on its commitment to allocate 15 % of its initial annual humanitarian budget to forgotten crises; calls on the Council to better coordinate the Member States’ support for these crises;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide more quality funding through unearmarked, softly earmarked and multiannual funding that is tailored to local contexts, needs-based and people-centred; highlights the need to harmonise and simplify donors’ contracting procedures, while ensuring transparency of funding;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the triple nexus is key to addressing context-specific needs in complex and protracted crises, in line with humanitarian principles; insists on more visibility and knowledge-sharing among stakeholders when applying the triple nexus approach, including through better involvement of local actorscertain relevant local actors, depending on the case in question;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for climate funding to be scaled up in order to prevent, mitigate and respond to the alarming impact of climate change on humanitarian crises; is concerned that NDICI-GE expenditure with a climate objective falls far short of the commitment that such expenditure should represent 30 % of NDICI-GE’s overall financial envelope; calls on the Commission to scale this up without delay, focuson the Commission to adjust the NDICI-GE programme to address the challenge of climate change, notably to include drought adaptation-related projects targeting, in particular on adapta, agricultural production in the least developed countries;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the need to localise climate preparedness, adaptation and response, build the capacities of local actors and ensure the climate resilience of the most vulnerable groupscountries, in particular by promoting a transition in the agricultural sector of those countries to crops adapted to drought;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Encourages multi-stakeholder efforts to implement a greener and digitalised humanitarian response and the exchange of information through the increased use of new technologies; highlights the cost-effectiveness of anticipatory and preventative action; calls for the further enhancement of digital tools’ potential to manage huge volumes of complex humanitarian data and accelerate the detection, prediction and predicvention of climate disastersor natural disasters, like the locust invasion of 2019-2020 that devastated East Africa;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses, in this connection, with the space industry booming, the potential of satellite observation for optimising farming in Africa, as demonstrated at the ‘NewSpace Africa’ conference organised by the African Union in April 2023, and encourages the European Union to continue its cooperation in this field, in particular via the Copernicus programme1 a; _________________ 1 a ‘From Earth Observation (EO) and satellite communications to Positioning, Navigation & Timing (PNT), space cooperation between Africa and Europe touches multiple domains. The panellists acknowledged the support and funding of the EU directed towards joint programmes, most notably the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security and Africa (GMES & Africa) programme, which has opened the doors for widespread Copernicus data usage among African stakeholders.’ https://eu-global- space.eu/news-media/strengthening- africa-eu-space-partnership-space- cooperation-between-european-union-and
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Asks the Commission to better address the needs of vulnerable groups in humanitarian responses, including minorities, children, women, the elderly, and particularly persons with disabilities; encourages the use of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s disability marker to track the progress made in humanitarian action; calls on the Commission to update the EU guidelines on children and armed conflict and ensure their implementation; , taking into account the issue of education for children affected by armed conflict, for example in the Central Sahel, where ‘between April 2017 and December 2019, school closures increased sixfold’1 b; _________________ 1 b ‘Les violences au Sahel ont un “impact dévastateur” pour les enfants’, Agence Télégraphique Suisse, 28 January 2020.
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that the number of forcibly displaced persons worldwide is at a record high; calls for the EU and the global community to support refugees, internally displaced people and their host communities and to work for durable solutions, in particular in forgotten crises, notably by cooperating with the national authorities of the countries concerned to encourage the return of displaced people to their regions of origin;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Underlines the need for adequate training on the rights of girls and women to be provided to humanitarian personnel, and for measures to be applied to prevent and deal with complaints of abuse;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses, however, that in zones of conflict, it is important to pay heed to the security considerations and directives of the legitimate national authorities of the country in which the humanitarian action is taking place;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Strongly condemns war crimes and serious violations of international humanitarian law; calls for all perpetrators to be held accountable and for victims to receive reparations; deplores the rise in attacks on humanitarian personnel worldwide, and medical personnel in particular, and insists on the need to increase protection measures for humanitarian workers; condemns discriminatory policies, such as the ban on female humanitarian workers in Afghanistan, which indeed hinders women’s access to humanitarian aid in the country, and calls for a firm EU response to these policies;
Amendment 156 #
17a. Calls, however, on donors and NGOs to exercise caution, vigilance and care before considering any deployment in conflict zones, given the risks of kidnapping for ransom of humanitarian personnel or extortion, and calls on NGOs and humanitarian stakeholders to comply with the recommendations of the countries where humanitarian action is taking place;