Activities of Elly SCHLEIN related to 2015/2341(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU Trust Fund for Africa: implications for development and humanitarian aid (debate) IT
Amendments (10)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas Africa continues to experience very high rates of population growth and a slow decline of fertility rates, leading in the near future to a sharp rise of the young working-age populations and great potential social and economic benefits; whereas equipping young people with the education and skills they need to realise their potential and the creation of employment opportunities are essential to foster stability, sustainable economic growth, social cohesion and development in the region;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EUTF is intended to be a development tool that pools resources from different donors in order to enable a quick, flexible, transparent and collective response by the EU to the different dimensions of an emergency situation;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the need for contributions by Member States and other different sources; notes that the contributions from the Member States are still too low and do not match up the contribution from the European Commission;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Insists that national authorities must be consulted and that they must be full partners as long as there is full guarantee of efficiency and good governance in accordance with the principles of aid effectiveness;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Regrets the limited engagement of civil society in the discussions, conceptualisation and programming of the Trust Fund; recalls that the issue of creating ownership and a close partnership with a wide range of civil society actors are essential to the implementation of the EUTF;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that regional and local authorities, civil society and NGOs are natural partners for an effective development policy; stresses the need for a stronger cooperation with local authorities and NGOs in states demonstrating unsufficient guarantees of good governance and transparency; calls for respect for the principle of subsidiarity also in this field of action; stresses that NGOs and civil society should be strongly involved in the implementation phase of the EUTF;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Considers that development aid should not be used to stem the flows of migrants and asylum seekers, and that the projects covered by the Trust Fund should not serve as a pretext to preventing departure or tightening the borders between the countries, ignoring the causes that drive people from their homes;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Asks the Commission to enhance the transparency of the Fund and underlines that monitoring and evaluation of the projects and programmes financed will be essential, to make sure the Fund serve its purposes helping directly those in need and not financing governments responsible for human rights violations;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Recalls that the rules and criteria that govern development aid for projects financed by the Trust Fund must respect Europe’s fundamental values; in this respect, underlines that EU policy regarding cooperation on security, border controls and organised crime with governments that do not respect human rights or the rights of people on the move should include specific provisions aimed at enhancing respect for human rights and the rule of law, with particular attention to women’s rights, sexual and reproductive health and rights, children’s rights, and the rights of minorities and other particularly affected groups;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. underlines that the Trust Fund should function only as a complementary flexible and rapid instrument and should not undermine the long-term development cooperation of the European Union;