44 Amendments of Ignazio CORRAO related to 2016/2094(INI)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
Citation 9
– having regard to its previous resolutions, in particular those of 17 November 2005 on the proposal for a Joint Declaration by the Council, the European Parliament and the Commission on the European Development Policy ‘The European Consensus’9 , of 5 July 2011 on increasing the impact of EU development policy10 , of 11 December 2013 on donor coordination on development aid11 , of 25 November 2014 on the EU and the global development framework after 201512 , of 19 May 2015 on financing for development13 , of 8 July 2015 on tax avoidance and tax evasion as challenges for governance, social protection and development in developing countries14 , of 14 April 2016 on the private sector and development15 , of 12 May 2016 on the follow-up to and review of the 2030 Agenda16 and of 7 June 2016 on the EU 2015 Report on Policy Coherence for Development17 , _________________ 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17, of 29 June 2016 on the EU Trust Fund for Africa: the implications for development and humanitarian aid, of 19 July 2016 on corporate liability for serious human rights abuses in third countries, _________________ 9 Texts adopted, P6_TA(2005)0446. Texts adopted, P6_TA(2005)0446. 10 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2011)0320. Texts adopted, P7_TA(2011)0320. 11 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0558. Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0558. 12 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2014)0059. Texts adopted, P8_TA(2014)0059. 13 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0196. Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0196. 14 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0265. Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0265. 15 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2016)0137. Texts adopted, P8_TA(2016)0137. 16 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2016)0224. Texts adopted, P8_TA(2016)0224. 17 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2016)0246. Texts adopted, P8_TA(2016)0246.
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas a revision of the European Consensus on Development is timely and necessary considering the changed external framework - including the adoption of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris COP 21 Agreement on climate change, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda on financing for development and the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation, new or increasing global challenges such as climate change and migration, more diversified developing countriespartner countries which increasingly have diverse and specific development needs, independently of their income status, appalling shrinking space for independent civil society in all regions of the world, militarisation of entire regions of the world, emerging donors and new global actors, and internal EU changes including those arising from the Treaty of Lisbon, the Agenda for Change and the EU Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas health and education are key sustainable development enablers; whereas investment to guarantee universal access in these areas therefore features prominently in the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs and should be adequately resourced in order to bring spill-over effects for other sectors;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of the European Consensus on Development in providing a joint and coherent position at both EU and Member State levels on the objectives, values and principles and main aspects of development cooperation; believes that the Consensus acquis and in particular its holistic approach and the clear primary objective of figheradicating poverty must be safeguarded in its revision; recalls that Member State and EU-level development policies should reinforce and complement each other;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises the importance of a clear European external strategy requiring coherence of policies, notably on human rights, support to civil society and the rule of law, fight against inequality, peace and security, migration, trade, the environment and climate change, humanitarian assistance and development cooperation; reiterates, however, that development objectives are goals in their own right; recalls the treaty-based obligation enshrined in Article 208 TFEU to ‘take account of the objectives of development cooperation in the policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries’; recalls the principles of EU external action under Article 21(1) TFEU, namely democracy, the rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of human rights and fundamental freedoms, respect for human dignity, the principles of equality and solidarity, and respect for the principles of the United Nations Charter and international law;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the 2030 Agenda and the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development to cut across all internal as well as external EU policies and to be put at the heart of the Consensus, recognizing the important inter-linkages between its goals and targets; calls for the fight againsteradication of poverty and hunger to remain the overarching and primary goal for EU development policy with the focus on most marginalised groups and to aim at leaving no one behind; in this context stresses the need to fulfil the EU's commitment to reach the 0.7% ODA/GNI target and to allocate 20% of its ODA to human development and social inclusion, with a focus on health and education;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for a continued strong EU commitment to and promotion of rules- based global governance, whereby developing countries have an equal say and weight in multilateral bodies making decisions impacting them, and notably the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance of environmental sustainability, including a stable climate, for poverty eradication and sustainable development; calls for environmental considerations to be integrated across all sectors of development cooperation; calls for the 2030 Agenda to be implemented as a whole and not selectively and in a coordinated and coherent manner with the Paris agreement on climate change;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recogniszes the special role of the good governance dimension of sustainable development; calls on the EU to strengthen the balance between economic, social and environmental domains by putting in placesupporting comprehensive national sustainable development strategies and supporting the right mechanisms and processes of good governance, with a central attention to civil society participation; stresses the importance of administrative and fiscal decentralisation reforms as a means to promote good governance at the local level in line with the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for EU development policy to continue to prioritise support to least developed and low-income countries (LDCs and LICs) while also finding new ways of cooperation with theddressing the diverse and specific needs of middle- income countries (MICs) in which the majority of the world’'s poor live, in line with the Addis Ababa Action Agenda; calls for the mainstreaming of, a territorial approach to development to empower local and regional governments and better address inequalities within countries;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance of the principle of democratic ownership, giving developing countries the primary responsibility for their own development but also allowing national parliaments and political parties, regional and local authorities, civil society and other stakeholders to fully play their respective roles alongside national governments; underlines in this context the importance of improving accountability upwards and downwards with the aim of better responding to local needs and foster citizens' democratic ownership;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines the importance of plural and inclusive democracy, and calls for the EU to promote a level playing field for political parties and a dynamic civil society in all its actions, including through capacitizen-driven, participatory monitoring and accountability mechanisms at the sub- national, national and regional level; recognises that consultation with civil society-building and through dialogue with partner countries to allow sufficient civil society spa is one of the crucial factors to have success in all programming sectors, in order to achieve inclusive governance;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the EU and its Members States to strengthen efforts to achieve a universal 'right to health'; underlines that this cannot be reached through direct services alone; stresses that ensuring equitable access to quality health services provided by skilled, qualified and competent health staff is critical to ensuring equitable access to quality care; therefore, the new Consensus should promote investment in and empowerment of frontline healthcare workers, who are often the backbone of the healthcare system and play a critical role in ensuring coverage of healthcare services in remote, poor and underserved areas;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. In the light of demographic growth, most notably in Africa and in the LDCs, taking into account the fact that of the 21 countries with the highest fertility, 19 are in Africa, that Nigeria is the country with the world’s fastest-growing population, and that by 2050 more than half of global population growth is expected to be in Africa and this is a problem for sustainable development; suggests that EU development cooperation should put more emphasis on programmes that address this topicpromote access to renewable and affordable energy services particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, sustainable agriculture and food systems, and resource efficiency to address the needs of a growing global population while protecting the environment;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Stresses the importance of addressing the underlying and systemic factors, including gender inequality, policy barriers, and power imbalances that have an impact on health in order to achieve a universal 'right to health care'; calls on the EU to promote long-term, iterative, participatory and holistic rights- based policies and approaches aimed at changing social norms, attitudes and behaviours;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Stresses the need for a comprehensive and holistic approach to food and nutrition security to end hunger and malnutrition; recognises that hunger and poverty are not accidents, but the result of social and economic injustice and inequality at all levels; reiterates that the Consensus should stress the EU's continued support to integrated, cross- sectorial approaches that include nutrition-specific as well as nutrition- sensitive interventions, which explicitly target gender inequality;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Recognises that sustainable development cannot be delivered without tackling climate change; calls on the EU to reconfirm the key elements of the Paris (COP21) Agreement, including the need to urgently bridge the gap between what is needed to limit global warming to 1.5, and to increase work on and funding for adaptation;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Recognises that sustainable development cannot be delivered without tackling climate change; calls on the EU to reconfirm the key elements of the Paris (COP21) Agreement, including the need to urgently bridge the gap between what is needed to limit global warming to 1.5, and to increase work on and funding for adaptation;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)
Paragraph 14 d (new)
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines that for an EU development strategy to be effective, ithe EU must promote a better distribution of prosperity through national budgets (progressive tax systems), i.e. within as well as between countries; highlights that European development aid should first and foremost differentiate between individual countries’' situations and development needs, and not on the basis of a signed political agreement; microeconomic indicators solely or political considerations;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. CRecognises that official development aid and older concessional finance is still important for a number of MICs and has a role to play for targeted results, taking into account the specific needs of these countries, as enshrined in the Addis Ababa Action Agenda; calls for specific strategies to be developed for cooperation with MICs in order to consolidate their progress and fight inequality, exclusion, discrimination and poverty, while underlining that MICs are not a homogenous group and therefore each has specific needs that should be met by tailor-made policies; underlines the need to phase out responsibly and gradually financial aid to MICs and focus on other forms of cooperation, such as technical assistance, public-public partnerships that can support global public goods like science, technology and innovation, exchange of best practices and promotion of regional, South- South and triangular cooperation; highlights the importance of alternative sources of finance, such as domestic revenue mobilisation, non-concessional or less concessional loans, cooperation in technical, taxation, trade-related and research-related matters, and public-private partnerships;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Reiterates that Official Development Assistance (ODA) should remain the backbone of EU development policy; recalls the EU’s commitment to achieving the ODA target of 0.7 % of GNI by 2030 but underlines the importance of the adoption of a more ambitious timeframe; stresses the importance of other countries, developed and emerging, also scaling up their ODA provision; underlines the important role of ODA as a catalyst for change and a lever for the mobiliszation of other resources; recalls the EU's commitment to mobilize resources for climate action in developing countries towards developed countries' commitment to mobilize $100bn/year by 2020 and through to 2025 from a variety of sources and to maintain a doubling of biodiversity funding to developing countries until at least 2020 as agreed at the CBD COP in Nagoya in October 2014;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for objective and transparent criteria for resource allocation of development assistance at Member State as well as EU level; calls for those criteria to be based on needs, on impact assessments and on political, social, environmental and economic performance, with a view to the most effective use of funds; stresses, however, that such allocation should never be made conditional on performance in areas not directly linked to development objectives; stresses that good performance towards mutually agreed goals should be encouraged and rewarded; highlights the importance of disaggregated data at territorial level to better assess the impact of ODA;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Believes that addressing the SDGs will require financing and action for development going beyond ODA and public policies; stresses the need for domestic as well as international and for private as well as public financing, and for policies linking public and private pro- development action and inducing an environment promoting growth and its equitable distribution through national budgets; while respecting planetary boundaries and not compromising future generations' ability to meet their needs;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Recognising that GDP is not an adequate measure of progress as it does not reflect inequalities or environmental degradation; calls for alternative measures of progress to be developed as agreed in the 2030 Agenda;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the EU and its Member States to support developing countries in creating fair, transparent and efficient tax systems, as well as other means of domestic resource mobilisation, in order to increase the predictability and stability of such financing and reduce aid dependency; calls for such support in areas such as tax administration and public financial management, fair redistribution systems, anti-corruption, and fighting transfer mispricing, tax evasion and other forms of illicit financial flow; stresses the importance of fiscal decentralisation and the need for capacity building to support subnational governments in the design of local tax systems and tax collection;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. The EU and its Member States should also look at the spill over impact on developing countries of their own tax arrangements and laws, and undertake reforms needed to ensure European companies making profits in developing countries pay their fair share of tax in those countries;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the need for blending and public-private partnerships in order to leverage financing beyond ODA, but underlines the need for these to be based on transparent criteria and to clearly demonstrate their additional development impaclimited to certain sectors in order not to erode universal access for all to quality essential public services; they must be based on transparent criteria and to clearly demonstrate their additional development impact beyond the promotion of EU private sector and only if companies pay their fair share of tax in developing countries, and if all payments are transparent; underlines that financed projects should respect national development objectives, internationally recognised social and environmental standards, the needs and rights of local populations, and the principles of development effectiveness; recognises in this regard that traditional land use, for example by smallholders and pastoralists, is usually not documented but needs to be respected and protected; reiterates that enterprises involved in development partnerships should respect the principles of corporate social responsibility (CSR)UN Guiding Principles and OECD Guidelines throughout their operations;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Recalls its resolution of 19 July 2016 on corporate liability for serious human rights abuses in third countries and calls once more upon the EU to put in place all the means asked in this resolution, including redress instruments for victims and a legally binding framework to hold companies accountable for their malpractice in the countries where they operate, since they impact all areas of society – from profiting from child labour to the absence of a living wage, from oil spills to mass deforestation, from harassment of human rights defenders to land grabbing;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses that development funds used for the proposed External Investment Plan (EIP), as well as for existing Trust Funds, must comply with ODA-compatible development objectives and the new SDGs; calls for mechanisms to be established allowing Parliament to fulfil its oversight role when EU development funds are being used outside the normal EU budget procedures, notably by granting it observer status on EIP, Trust Fund and other strategic boards that decide on the priorities and scope of programmes and projects; calls for greater representation of the voice of local and regional authorities and their associations in the governance structures of these instruments to guarantee the relevance of the interventions for all tiers of government;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Recognises the role of local micro, small and medium-sized enterprises and research institutes and organisations as engines of growth and, employment and local innovation; calls for the promotion of an enabling environment for investment and business and science, technology and innovation activity in order to stimulate and accelerate domestic economic and human development, as well as of training programmes and regular public- private dialogues in line with the needs and rights of local populations;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Underlines the key importance of internal and external policy coherence for development (PCD) as a contribution to policy coherence for sustainable development (PCSD) in achieving the SDGs; reiterates the need for further efforts by EU institutions and Member States to take account of development cooperation objectives in all internal and external policies likely to affect developing countries, to find effective mechanisms to implement and evaluate PCD, and to include all stakeholders including civil society organisations and local and regional authorities in this process;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Recalls the resolution on PCD adopted in June 2016, calling the European Commission to set up redress mechanisms and to ensure a greater role for the EU delegations;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Underlines the importance of fair and properly regulated trade in promoting regional integration, contributing to sustainable growth and combating poverty; stresses that EU trade and investment policy must be part of the sustainable development agenda and reflect EU development policy objectives; in particular, trade policy should not put at risk global public goods such as access to medicines by making sure that partner countries can take full advantage of the flexibilities in the WTO Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), while no country should be prevented from taking measures to protect public health as enshrined in the Addis Ababa Action Agenda;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. SReiterates that a healthy environment, including a stable climate, is indispensable to poverty eradication; supports EU efforts to increase transparency and accountability in natural resource management and in the extraction of and trade in natural resources, to promote sustainable consumption and production and to prevent illegal trade in sectors such as minerals, timber and wildlife; strongly believes that further global efforts are needed in order to develop regulatory frameworks for supply chains, and greater private sector accountability so as to ensure sustainable management of and trade in suchnatural resources and to allow resource-rich countries and their populations to further benefit from such tradeprotecting the rights of local and indigenous communities to further benefit from such trade and from the sustainable management of biodiversity and ecosystems;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Reiterates the direct link between security and development; stresses that the objective of peaceful and inclusive societies with access to justice for all should translate into EU external action building resilience, promoting human security and development, strengthening the rule of law, restoring confidence and tackling the complex challenges of insecurity, fragility and democratic transition;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Stresses the central role of development cooperation in addressing the root causes of forced migration and displacement, such as state fragility, conflicts, insecurity and marginalisation, climate disaster, poverty and human rights violations; calls therefore for migration- linked development assistance to focus on promoting inclusion and economic opportunities, democracy-building, good governance and the rule of law, and policy space for civil society;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Underlines that countries of origin and transit for migrants need tailor-made solutions for development that fit their respective political and socio-economic situations; stresses the need for such cooperation to promote human rights for all, good governance, peace and democracy-building and should be based on common interests and shared values and respect for international law;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Underlines the need for close parliamentary scrutiny and monitoring of agreements linked to migration management and of migration-linked use of development funds; stresses the importance of close cooperation and the establishment of a good practice of formal and informal exchange of information between institutions, including with the support of civil society, notably in the field of migration and security;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Points out that, given the recent European policy measures to fight the root causes of migration, European development policy must fall within the OECD-DAC definition and must be based on development needs and human rights; stresses further that development aid must not be made conditional on cooperation in migration matters such as border management or readmission agreements;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Strongly believes that the global presence of the EU and its Member States makes them well placed to continue to play a leading international role in addressing global public goods and challenges (GPGC); which are increasingly under stress, disproportionately affecting the poor; calls for a GPGC chapter with targeted actions to be included in the revised Consensus, clearly outlining the priority areas to be tackled and for global public goods and environmental challenges to be mainstreamed across the Consensus, among them insecurity and state fragility, migration, health and education, demographic challenges and urbanisation, the environment, energy and climate change, food security, and new technological challenges, barriers and opportunities;