16 Amendments of Ignazio CORRAO related to 2016/2139(INI)
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas countries such as China, Brazil and India play an increasingly important role as emerging donors and for the transfer of development expertise and technology, not least thanks to their own recent and current development experience; whereas at the same time, however, the policies they have been implementing in their relations with developing countries have, at times, turned out to run seriously counter to the development of those countries; whereas their engagement with more traditional donors and their participation in the GPEDC can be enhanced;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas-donor driven aid agendas risk undermining the ownership and sustainability of development assistance and past progress on alignment and can be an expression of diverse political interests which sometimes conflict with development policies;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas parliamentarians of partner countries, local authorities and civil society continue to express dissatisfaction with the degree to which they are involved in and informed on development cooperation programming and implementation;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas development effectiveness, understood as the effective use of all means and resources geared towards development, depends not only on aid donors but also on the existence of effective and responsive institutions, sound policies, the rule of law, inclusive democratic governance,involvement of local stakeholders and civil society on the basis of the subsidiarity principle, the rule of law, inclusive democratic governance, the existence of effective and transparent follow-up mechanisms and safeguards against corruption within developing countries and illicit financial flows at international level; whereas the GPEDC should play an increased role in facilitating and promoting progress on the above determinants for development;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the GPEDC can provide added value if its work is strategically phased, in the long and medium term, and tailored in view of the work and calendar of the UN ECOSOC Development Cooperation Forum, the Financing for Development Forum, and the High Level Political Forum;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the GPEDC should play a strong role in the evidence-based aspects of monitoring and accountability as regards effectiveness principles for achieving the SDGs and in supporting their fuller implementation by all actors at national level; underlines the need for the GPEDC to provide clearly defined and fully transparent channels for cooperation for specific development actors beyond OECD donors, including emerging donors, civil society organisations, private philanthropists, financial institutions and private-sector companies; believes that the chairing arrangements of the GPEDC should reflect the diversity of stakeholders;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that the GPEDC ought to play a leading role in ensuring progress on SDG 17, namely on monitoring and accountability, quality and capacity aspects of finance for developmentincreasing the effectiveness of aid, tax and debt sustainability, mobilising the private sector and its responsibility for sustainable development, transparency, policy coherence, multi-stakeholder partnerships, South-South and triangular cooperation;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. AskPoints out that the European Parliament should be enabled fully to play its vital role of democratic scrutiny for all European Union policies, including development policies, and demands to be informed regularly and in a timely manner on the positions taken by the Commission in the GPEDC Steering Committee;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the progress made on transparency of development cooperation programming, projects and aid flows, in particular in the context of the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) and the setting-up of the ‘EU Aid Explorer’; encourages further effortspoints out, however, that major steps still need to be taken in this regard and demands that further significant efforts be urgently made by all donors to make information and data more accessible, timely and comparable, and; calls on those Member States which are not yet contributing to IATI to start doing so;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Invites the Commission and EU delegations and Member States’ agencies to inform, effectively and well in advance, national parliaments and, to the extent possible, local and regional authorities, as well as private stakeholders and civil society, about programming and financial commitments in relation to development assistance, by publishing country-specific development cooperation reviews, which should provide an overview of strategic documents, donor coordination, Annual Action Plans and ongoing and planned programmes, as well as calls for projects and procurements;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Encourages recipient countries’ parliaments to adopt national policies on development aid in order to improve accountability of donors and of recipient governments, including that of local authorities, enhance public financial management and absorption capacity, eradicate corruption and all forms of aid wastage, make tax systems effective and improve conditions for receiving budget support as well as, in the long run, reducing dependence on aid;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls its request29 to codify and strengthen the mechanisms and practices for ensuring better complementarity and effective coordination of development aid among EU Member States and institutions, providing clear and enforceable rules for ensuring democratic domestic ownership, harmonisation, alignment with country strategies and systems, predictability of funds, transparency and mutual accountability; asks the Commission to providurgently to provide exhaustive information on the absence of follow-up on this request and to state what alternative measures it has taken or intends to take in this regard; __________________ 29 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0558. Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0558.
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop new initiatives to explore triangular cooperation flagship projects, involving new emerging donors and other middle-income countries, whilst respecting all safeguards in relation to transparency, effectiveness and consistency;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Underlines the significance of SDG 16 for development effectiveness overall, and warns that development aid cannot effectively fulfil its purpose where there is a lack of peace, respect for human rights and the rule of law, an impartial, effective and independent judicial system, sufficient standards and safeguards for the integrity of public institutions and office-holders, and transparency and accountability;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Recalls that corruption in recipient countries, whether directly linked to development assistance or not, poseis a serious risk toviolation of democratic legitimacy and harms public support for development assistance in donor countries; welcomes, therefore, all measures taken to promote sound financial management and fighteradicate corruption once and for all, while noting that the situation in many partner countries by definition implies a certain degree of risk;