9 Amendments of Cécile Kashetu KYENGE related to 2017/2258(INI)
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital d a (new)
Recital d a (new)
Da. whereas Europe is home to some 10 million citizens from countries receiving European development funds; whereas those citizens from the diaspora have acquired all those values that are useful for fighting poverty and have shown themselves willing to support the efforts of the Union and their countries of origin to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital d b (new)
Recital d b (new)
Db. whereas the financial flow from the Union to countries benefiting from development financial instruments is smaller than the remittances made privately by the diaspora from those same countries, living in Europe;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that there are cases where budget support has proved to be inefficient and/or has not led to strengthened policy dialogue at country level, and calls for better monitoring of this kind of aid; notes, moreover, that in some situations, financial aid has given leverage to the parties in power, enabling them to acquire a political advantage vis-à-vis their opposition;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Encourages the Commission to implement policies that encourage the involvement of the African diaspora as key development stakeholders;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Points to the need to involve the diaspora from EDF beneficiary countries, so as to create the necessary synergies between public development aid and remittances, with a view to maximising the efforts made to combat poverty;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Notes, in addition, that the lack of a funding chapter that is explicitly designed to encourage political debate, with particular reference to support for political parties, is not conducive to achieving sustainable development targets;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers that people and communities should remain the core targets and stakeholders of the HAI, and that a context-specific approach that takes on board the views of local communities and civil society actors should be adopted in all circumstances; considers, in this regard, that the involvement of diaspora organisations in Europe, especially concerning people who have come from crisis-stricken environments, can provide vital added value in terms of the success of humanitarian aid;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Is of the view that EFIs should continue to support both EU and local CSOs and systematically facilitate their active participation in multi-stakeholder dialogues on EU policies and on all programming processes across all instruments; considers, furthermore, that the EU should promote the role of CSOs as watchdogs both inside and outside the EU; considers, in addition, that the EU should support the emergence of democracy by finding fair and explicit mechanisms to support the active political action of political organisations in beneficiary countries, in order to foster the stabilisation and improvement of institutional standards in the responsible management of public goods;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Takes the view that the creation of specific programmes providing for close synergy between the allocated funding and the private remittances of the diaspora could be the most innovative aspect of future post-2020 programmes and one of the safest ways effectively to meet anti-poverty targets;