21 Amendments of Ignazio CORRAO related to 2015/2341(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
– having regard to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted at the UN Sustainable Development Summit in New York in 2015,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)
Citation 8 b (new)
– having regard to the Joint Staff Working Document on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment: Transforming the Lives of Girls and Women through EU External Relations 2016-2020 (SWD(2015) 182 final) and to the Council Conclusions of 26 October 2015 in which the respective Gender Action Plan 2016-2020 is endorsed,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the main goal of the EU Trust Fund (EUTF) for Africa, signed by the President of the European Commission, along with 25 EU Member States, as well as Norway and Switzerland, and launched at the Valletta Summit on Migration on 12 November 2015 by the European and African partners, is to help foster stability in the regions and contribute to better migration management; whereas, more specifically, the EUTF aims to address the root causes of destabilisation, forced displacement and irregular migration by promoting resilience, economic opportunities, equal opportunities, security and development;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the European Consensus on Development remains the doctrinal framework for EU development policy and the European Consensus on Humanitarian aid reaffirms the fundamental principles of humanitarian aid;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) report 'ICPD Beyond 2014 Global Report' launched on 12 February 2014 stresses that the protection of women and adolescents affected by violence must be a priority on the international agenda of development;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Observes that, while EUTFs are mainly designed to leverage the contribution of EU Member States and increase the global visibility of European efforts, Member States show lack of commitment as regards achieving the target of 0.7 % of Gross National Income (GNI) for official development assistance (ODA), let alone the (insufficient) target of 5 % in relawhilst the contribution tof the EUTF for Africa represents only 5 % of the amount requested; calls on the Member States accordingly to respect their commitments as regards both the ODA 0.7 % target and their contribution to the EUTF for Africa;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that the EU Trust Fund for Africa should contribute to the strengthening and improving of local services (social services, health, education, nutrition) and of governance, and that, culture) and of governance; considers that EUTF for Africa should contribute to develop occupation in sectors linked with local traditions, granting the respect for human rights and sustainability and to protect environment, the development of sustainable small agricultural entities and natural resources management; in this framework, local government should be the main actors in charge of public service delivered at the local level and civil society, non- governmental organisations (NGOs) and, international NGOs should play aand the diaspora organizations working for peace and development should play a complementary and pivotal role in addressing the root causes of migration and improving local services;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the European Commission to maintain a strong dialogue with the United Nations in the context of the EU Trust Fund for Africa to prevent duplication of efforts and to maximise the impact and effectiveness of global aid,
Amendment 65 #
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; calls for respect for the principle of subsidiarity and ownership also in this field of action; stresses that NGOs and civil society should be strongly involved in the planning, implementation and evaluation phases of the EUTF; to this end, calls for an appropriate mix of funding modalities under the Trust Fund, with clear and transparent eligibility criteria;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Strongly believes that the Trust Fund should focus not only on macroeconomic issues but also on grassroots projects with the specific aim of improving quality and equity of services, particularly in the health, education and vocational training sectors, which isare key to increasing inclusiveness and enhancing the wellbeing of local populations, as it can respond to the needs of vulnerable communities while also being able to provide better and more equitable and sustainable services to the general population;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Strongly believes that the Trust Fund should focus not only on macroeconomic issues but also on grassroots projects with the specific aim of improving quality and equity of services and training of local competencies, particularly in the health sector, which is key to increasing inclusiveness, empowerment and enhancing the wellbeing of local populations, with a focus on young people, as it can respond to the needs of vulnerable communities while also being able to provide better and more equitable and sustainable services to the general population; highlights that the Trust Fund should support the decentralisation of competences, which is a means to improve the quality of the services delivered to local communities;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Expresses its deep concern with regard to projects covered by the EUTF, which has been created using sources mainly devoted in principle to development purposes, that include numerous elements which cannot be considered as development assistance, such as border controls and measures aimed at reinforcing security capacity in particular countries, given that the intended outcomes of such measures are to improve migration management rather than to achieve poverty reduction; calls for open and participative consultation processes prior to the definition of projects as a key contribution to development needs assessment;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Expresses grave concern at the impact which the Trust Fund may have on human rights if containing migratory flows involves cooperating with countries which commit systematic and/or serious violations of fundamental rights;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Is concerned at the lack of coordination among all the actors involved in managing the Trust Fund (and in particular between DEVCO and ECHO) and at the lack of clear guidelines as to how funding can be secured; deplores the lack of clarity and transparency regarding the funding criteria and the volume of funds available for civil society under the Trust Fund;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for express assurances from the Commission and the authorities directly entrusted with the managing of the Trust Fund that 100 % of the resources coming from the EDF or other sources devoted to development assistance will be used exclusively for actions directly devoted to development assistance; asks for regular and comprehensive reporting of the use of these funds;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission and the authorities directly entrusted with the managing of the Trust Fund to focus primarily on capacity building, stability, wellbeing of local populations, creation of work opportunities and training, particularly for women and for young people; resilience, wellbeing - intended as "overall life quality" - and empowerment of local populations, promotion, protection and fulfilment of human rights, creation of work opportunities and training, particularly for women and for young people; similarly calls them to focus on refugees protection and enduring solutions, among which family, economic and social integration in local developing project, avoiding any tensions with the local populations;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Commission to strengthen its efforts for more systematic impact assessment of its policies and funding, including the EUTF, especially with regards to their effects on sustainable development, human rights and gender equality and integrate the results of these assessments into its policies and programming;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Points out, in the light of the objectives of the Trust Fund and the measures it is funding, that the Commission must take particular care to ensure that these are consistent and are coordinated with the Regional Development Programmes, in order to rule out duplication of effort and ensure that the focus is on development, and not on border control and security to the detriment of migrants;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Stresses the need to carefully and systematically evaluate the impact of the actions funded under the EU Trust Fund for Africa to the delivery of humanitarian aid;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Believes that transparency, communication and visibility in relation to projects developed in the framework of the Trust Fund are of the utmost importance with a view to disseminating the results and involving and sensitising European private actors, local and regional governments, NGOs and civil society in order to create the conditions for broader involvement and facilitate participation by Member States;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Recalls that EU migration policies should primarily focus on addressing the root causes of migration, by working to help create peace and stability and foster economic development, in line with Sustainable Development Goal 16, by improving work on promoting and organising legal migration channels, in line with Target 7 of Sustainable Development Goal 10, which provides to "Facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people, including through the implementation of planes and well-managed migration policies", by enhancing the protection of migrants and asylum seekers and of particularly vulnerable groups, by more effectively fighting exploitation and trafficking of migrants, and by working more closely with third countries to improve cooperation on voluntary return and readmissionon incentives for return and reintegration in countries of origin of high-skilled migrants voluntary return and readmission, in a way that promotes their enhancement;