46 Amendments of Stelios KOULOGLOU related to 2014/2205(INI)
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas, in the absence of a widely accepted definition, public-private partnerships (PPPs) can be defined as multi-stakeholder arrangements between private actors, public bodies and civil society organisations (CSOs), which seek to achieve a mutually beneficial public objective by means of sharing resources and/or expertise;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
Recital I c (new)
Ic. whereas global wealth is increasingly being concentrated in the hands of a small wealthy elite and it is expected that the richest 1% percent will own more than half of the global wealth by 2016;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I e (new)
Recital I e (new)
Ie. whereas fair and progressive taxation with welfare and social justice criteria plays a key role in reducing inequalities by shaping the redistribution of wealth from higher income citizens to those most in need in a country;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Stresses that EU trade, investment and development policies are interlinked and have a direct impact in the developing countries; reminds that Article 208 of the Lisbon Treaty establishes the principle of policy coherence for development, requiring that the objectives of development cooperation be taken into account in policies that are likely to affect developing countries;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Reminds that Private finance cannot replace public finance as the private sector cannot substitute the role of governments in their obligation to safeguard human rights and to in providing public services like health, education, housing, sanitation and access to water;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 g (new)
Paragraph 1 g (new)
1g. Calls for more public investment in public services accessible for all, especially in the transport sector, access to drinking water, health and education;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 h (new)
Paragraph 1 h (new)
1h. Emphasises that the future partnerships within the post-2015 development agenda must have a greater focus on tackling poverty and inequality;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 i (new)
Paragraph 1 i (new)
1i. Highlight that although further finance is needed to face sustainable development challenges, the private sector potentialities for helping the achievement of sustainable development goals are limited since the pursuit of profits in social and basic services is incompatible with a sustainable development, especially in countries where market regulations and governments are weak and corruption is common;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 j (new)
Paragraph 1 j (new)
1j. Underlines that current EU practices to leverage private finance with official development aid (ODA) have proved to be ineffective due to lack of clarity on additionally, transparency, accountability, ownership and alignment with country priorities and debt sustainability risk;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that all partnerships and alliances with the private sector must focus on shared valuebe properly regulated, comply with international standards on development effectiveness, allying with developing countries development priorities thatand align business goals with the EU's development objectives; be co-designed and co-managed to ensure that risks, responsibilities and profits are shared; be cost-effectivewith developing countries; be pro-poor; and have precise development targets, clear accountability and transparency;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the EU and its Member States to develop a clear and concrete strategy to ensure private sector alignment to development priorities of national governments and civil society;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Calls on the European Commission to promote, support, and finance public- public-partnerships as the first option and to include mandatory and publicly available ex-ante poverty and social impact assessments when development programs are implemented together with the private sector;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Calls on the European Union to include formal consultation with civil society organisations and with communities directly and indirectly impacted by development projects;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Calls on the European Union to develop a robust due diligence mechanisms to enhance private sector role in development accountability;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Stress the risks of supporting EU companies through development aid given the need for additional development resources and the risk of increasing aid tied to the delivery of European goods and services;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the EU to promote nationally-owned development strategies shaping private sector contribution to development by engaging with private sector in development framework that focuses on domestic cooperatives and small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), micro enterprises, in particular, smallholder farmers as they offer the greatest potential to drive equitable development in countries;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Call on the EU to strengthen capacity of developing countries for domestic revenue mobilisation and fighting tax fraud and tax evasion;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up their efforts to promote the economic empowerment of women; notes that a savings-led approach to the financial inclusion of women has a proven track record; recommends a gender mainstreaming approach in all partnership programmes, combined with entrepreneurship training for women and youth;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights that the potential of the private sector's contribution to long-term sustainable development goes beyond its financial resources, and includes its experience and expertise, and the local establishment of value chains and distribution channels, resulting in job creation, increased reach and effectiveness, and increased access to commercially available and affordable products, services and technologyonly a properly regulated and accountable private sector could contribute to long-term sustainable development;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Stresses that the use of PPPs have been problematic due to a lack of contract transparency, lack of assessing methodologies and lack of clear and transparent regulatory framework to prevent corruption;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
Paragraph 16 d (new)
16d. Underlines that developing governments' capacities as regulators must be strengthened to successfully achieve a sustainable development based on distributive and social justice; stresses that, opposite to the negative impacts of PPPs, which allow private partners to have their risk almost completely covered by governments by transferring the business risk to the public sector, the increase of the public-public partnership is a mechanism to rehabilitate or improve government-operated infrastructure enterprises;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 e (new)
Paragraph 16 e (new)
16e. Notes that PPPs must not be the way to transfer the risk from rich private companies to taxpayers in poor countries;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 f (new)
Paragraph 16 f (new)
16f. Rejects public-private partnerships (PPPs) as a mechanism which is used to enforce developing countries to privatise state-run utilities and transfer the responsibility for improving public services into private hands;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Highlights that engagement with the enterprisprivate sector requires a flexible approach; recommends a differentiated approach with regards to least developed countries and fragile statewell regulated and accountable framework which ensures the compliance with the policy coherence for development principle, development effectiveness principles and with development policy objectives, concretely poverty and inequality reductions;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the criteria outlined in the Commission's communication on private sector and development, for the provision of direct support to the private sector; calls for the setting up of a clearly defined mandatory framework agreement governing all partnerships with the private sector that can confer the implementation benchmarks that need to be followed, and which are currently lacking in the Communicamust ensure the compliance with the policy coherence for development principle, development effectiveness principles and with development policy objectives, concretely poverty and inequality reductions;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the European institutions and bodies to establish a clear and, structured, transparent and accountable framework for governing partnerships and alliances with the private sector in developing countries;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls the EU and its Member States to develop a clear and concrete strategy to ensure private sector alignment to development priorities of national governments of developing countries;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Calls for the review of existing trade and investment agreements in order to identify all areas, especially intellectual property rights provisions, that may negatively affect development;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Calls on the European Union and its Member States to promote concrete measures so transnational companies are taxed by the jurisdiction of the country where they source or produce the income;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for the setting up at EU level of sectorial, multi-stakeholder platforms, bringing together the private sector, CSOs, NGOs, think tanks, partner governments, donors and other stakeholders, in order to overcome the reservations and the lack of trust among partners; underlines in this respect the important role of EU delegations in the respective countries as a facilitator of such dialogues;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. WelcomeRejects the Commission's intention to expand the scope of blending to include areas beyond infrastructure, such as sustainable agriculture, social sectors and local private sector development; insists, however, that all blending operations must be fully consistent with development policy, making sure that it pursue the SDGs; calls on the Commission to strengthen its management capacities with regard to blending projects,without a robust, transparent and accountable framework which ensures alignment with development effectiveness principles and development objectives to ensure its development additionally is established as recommended by the Court of Auditors;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the EIB and other EU Member States´ Development Financial Institutions to urgently ensure that, in case companies receive their support, they do not participate in tax evasion by using offshore centres and tax havens;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for an expansion review of the current EIB external lending mandate, to increase its role in achieving sustainable development and, in particular, to take a more active part in the new private sector strategy – through blending, co-financing of projects and local private sector development – with a focus on low- income countries and fragile states; calls, furthermore, for greater transparency and accountability in partnerships and projects associated with the EIB in order to ensure alignment with development effectiveness principles and development objectives in order to increase its role in achieving sustainable development;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26