Activities of Mirja VEHKAPERÄ related to 2018/0243(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (debate) FI
Amendments (33)
Amendment 394 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The general objective of the Programme "Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument" (the ‘Instrument’) should be to promote sustainable development, contribute to the eradication of poverty, fight inequality in all its forms and to uphold and promote the Union’s values and interests worldwide in order to pursue the objectives and principles of the Union’s external action, as laid down in Article 3(5), Articles 8 and 21 of the Treaty on European Union, as well as Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
Amendment 442 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In line with the international commitments of the Union on development effectiveness as adopted in Busan in 2011 and renewed at the Nairobi High Level Forum in 2016 and recalled in the Consensus, the Union’s development cooperation should apply the development effectiveness principles, namely ownership of development priorities by developing countries, alignment, harmonisation, a focus on results, inclusive development partnerships as well as transparency and accountability.
Amendment 449 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Pursuant to the Sustainable Development Goals, this Regulation should contribute to reinforced monitoring and reporting with a focus on results, covering outputs, outcomes and impacts in partner countries benefiting from the Union's external financial assistance. In particular, as agreed in the Consensus, actions under this Regulation are expected to contribute 20% of the Official Development Assistance funded under this Regulation to social inclusion and human development, including gender equality and women's empowerment.
Amendment 454 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) At least 85% of Official Development Assistance funded programmes, geographic and thematic, should have gender equality as principal or significant objective. In addition, 20% of Official Development Assistance should have gender equality as a principal objective.
Amendment 520 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28 a (new)
Recital 28 a (new)
(28a) Information and communication technologies (ICT) and services are proven enablers of sustainable development and inclusive growth. They can be key to improving citizens' lives even in the poorest countries, in particular by empowering women and girls, enhancing democratic governance and transparency, and boosting productivity and job creation. Nevertheless, connectivity and affordability remain a problem both across and within regions, since there are large variations between high and lower income countries and between cities and rural areas; this regulation should help the EU to further mainstream digitalisation into EU development policies, as already foreseen within the framework of its "Digital4Development"strategy, which needs to be updated for the post 2020 period.
Amendment 559 #
(42) In order to enhance partner countries' ownership of their development processes and the sustainability of external aid, the Union should, where relevant, favour the use of partner countries' own institutions and of partner countries’ systems and procedures for all aspects of the project cycle for cooperation. The EU should also provide training programmes on how to apply for EU funding to local authorities’ civil servants and civil society organisations with the aim of helping them to enhance the eligibility and efficiency of their projects. These programmes should be carried out in the countries concerned, available in the language of the country, to complement any distance learning programmes also established, in order to ensure a targeted training responding to the needs of that country.
Amendment 599 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) The reduction and, in the long term, the eradication of poverty, especially in the least developed countries; the achievement of the international commitments and objectives that the Union has agreed to, in particular the 2030 Agenda, the SDGs and the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 618 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. At least 85% of the Official Development Assistance funded programmes, geographic and thematic, under this Regulation shall have gender equality and women’s and girls’ rights and empowerment as a principal or significant objective. In addition, 20% of the Official Development Assistance under this regulation, across all geographic and thematic programmes, shall have gender equality and women’s and girls’ rights and empowerment as a principal objective.
Amendment 621 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. At least 20% of the Official Development Assistance funded under this Regulation, across all programmes, should contribute to social inclusion and human development, with a focus on basic social services, in particular health and education.
Amendment 705 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. A rights-based approach encompassing all human rights, whether civil and political or economic, social and cultural shall be applied in order to integrate human rights principles, to support the right holders in claiming their rights with a focus on poorer and more vulnerable groups and to assist partner countries in implementing their international human rights obligations. This Regulation shall promote gender equality and, women’s empowermentand girls’ rights and empowerment, and inclusion of persons with disabilities.
Amendment 724 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Article 8 – paragraph 6
6. Programmes and actions under this Regulation shall mainstream climate change, environmental protection and gender equality and shall address interlinkages between Sustainable Development Goals, to promote integrated actions that can create co-benefits and meet multiple objectives in a coherent way. These programmes and actions shall be based on an analysis of risks and vulnerabilities, integrate a resilience approach and be conflict sensitive. They shall be guided by the principle of leaving no one behind and "Do No Harm".
Amendment 744 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Assistance pursuant to this Article shall be conflict-sensitive and may cover in particular the provision of capacity building programmes in support of development and security for development, including training, mentoring and advice, as well as the provision of equipment, infrastructure improvements and services directly related to that assistance.
Amendment 759 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) where a consensus exists between the partner country concerned and the Union that military actors are key for preserving, establishing or re-establishing the conditions essential for sustainable development, and that those military actors are not implicated in human rights violations, including in crises and fragile or destabilised contexts and situations.
Amendment 770 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 6
Article 9 – paragraph 6
6. When designing and implementing measures pursuant to this Article, the Commission shall promote ownership by the partner country, as well as actively involve civil society in the process and ensure participation of men and women in it. It shall also develop the necessary elements and the good practices required to ensure sustainability in the medium and long term and shall promote the rule of law and established international law principles.
Amendment 772 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 7
Article 9 – paragraph 7
7. The Commission shall establishundertake systematic ex ante conflict analysis which fully integrates gender analysis, appropriate risk assessment, monitoring and evaluation procedures for measures pursuant to this Article.
Amendment 778 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9 a Scope of the Geographic programmes 1. Union cooperation activities under this Article shall be applied for activities of a local, national, regional, trans-regional and continental nature. 2. In order to attain the objectives laid down in Article 3, geographic programmes shall be drawn up from the following areas of cooperation: (a) good governance, democracy, rule of law, human rights, fundamental freedoms and civil society; (b) poverty eradication, fight against inequalities, improvement of the rate of civil registrations, and human development; (c) migration and mobility; (d) environment and climate change; (e) inclusive and sustainable economic growth, digitalisation and decent employment; (f) security, stability and peace; (g) partnership; 3. Further details of the areas of cooperation referred to in paragraph 2 are set out in Annex II.
Amendment 781 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 b (new)
Article 9 b (new)
Amendment 801 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the partners’ needs, established on the basis of specific criteria, taking into account the population, poverty, inequality, human development, gender equality, economic and environmental vulnerability, and state and societal resilience;
Amendment 813 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5
Article 11 – paragraph 5
5. Programming documents for geographic programmes shall be results- based and shall take into account, where appropriate, internationally agreed targets and indicators, in particular those set out for the Sustainable Development Goals, including gender and disability markers, as well as country-level result frameworks, to assess and communicate the Union contribution to results, at the level of outputs, outcomes and impact.
Amendment 816 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
When drawing up the programming documents for countries and regions in crisis, or post-crisis, fragile and vulnerable situations, due account shall be taken of the special needs and circumstances of the countries or regions concerned, and a human rights-based approach shall be applied.
Amendment 845 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The amount referred to in Article 6(3) shall be used inter alia duly justified cases, with priority given to the countries most in need, and in full complementarity and consistency with acts adopted under this Regulation:
Amendment 859 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. For partner countries and territories listed in Annex I, priority areas for Union financing shall be mainly selected from those included in documents referred to in Article 12(3)(c), agreed between the Union and the partner countries in bilateral and multilateral formats, including, as relevant, within the Eastern Partnership and the southern dimension of the Europan Neighbourhood Policy, and other regional cooperation frameworks such as the Northern Dimension and the Black Sea Synergy, in accordance with the areas of cooperation of the Neighbourhood area set out in Annex II.
Amendment 889 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17 a Multi-Country Programmes Multi-country programmes address challenges common to all or a number of partner countries, based on priorities of the Eastern Partnership and the southern dimension of the ENP taking into account the work carried out in the context of the Union for the Mediterranean, and regional and sub-regional cooperation, primarily between two or more partner countries. This includes also other regional cooperation frameworks such as the Northern Dimension and Black Sea Synergy.
Amendment 1069 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part A – point 1 – point b a (new)
Annex II – part A – point 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) Improving the rate of civil registrations (from birth to death) of citizens to enable them to access their fundamental rights through reliable registration systems which utilise the latest technological and administrative developments to ensure inter alia, all births, deaths and marriages are registered electronically and remotely and centralised to allow officially recognised duplicate documents to be published when necessary;
Amendment 1090 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part A – point 2 – point b
Annex II – part A – point 2 – point b
(b) Enhancing efforts for the adoption of policies and appropriate investment to promote women and young people’s and persons with disabilities' rights, to facilitate their engagement in social, civic and economic life, and to ensure their full contribution to inclusive growth and sustainable development;
Amendment 1094 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part A – point 2 – point d
Annex II – part A – point 2 – point d
(d) Giving special attention to those who are disadvantaged, vulnerable and marginalised, inter alia children, older persons, persons with disabilities, LGBTI persons and indigenous peoples. This includes promoting the transition from institutional to community-based care for children with and without disabilities;
Amendment 1107 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part A – point 2 – point i
Annex II – part A – point 2 – point i
(i) Achieving universal health coverage, with equitable access to quality and affordable health services, including through supporting the building of inclusive, strong, quality and resilient health systems that are accessible to all, and enhancing capacity for early warning, risk reduction, management and recovery;
Amendment 1108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part A – point 2 – point j a (new)
Annex II – part A – point 2 – point j a (new)
(j a) Supporting national, regional and local governments and administrations to create the required infrastructure, inter alia physical, technological, and human resources, using the latest technological and administrative developments to enable all civil registrations (from birth through to death) to be accurately registered and officially recognised duplicated documents to be published when necessary in order to ensure that all citizens officially exist and are able to access their fundamental rights;
Amendment 1115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part A – point 2 – point o
Annex II – part A – point 2 – point o
(o) Promoting cooperation in the areas of science, technology and research, and open data, big data and artificial intelligence, and innovation;
Amendment 1162 #
5. Inclusive and sustainable economic growth, digitalisation and decent employment
Amendment 1176 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part A – point 5 – point l
Annex II – part A – point 5 – point l
(l) Promoting affordable, inclusive and, reliable and secure digital connectivity and strengthening the digital economy; promoting digital literacy and skills; fostering digital entrepreneurship and job creation; promoting the use of digital technologies as an enabler for sustainable development; addressing cybersecurity, data privacy and other regulatory issues linked to digitalisation;
Amendment 1178 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part A – point 5 – point o
Annex II – part A – point 5 – point o
(o) Promoting cooperation in the areas of science, technology and research, and open data, big data and artificial intelligence, and innovation;
Amendment 1233 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 2 – point 3 a (new)
Annex III – point 2 – point 3 a (new)
3a. Strengthen the role of local authorities as actors of development by: (a) increasing the capacity of Union and developing countries’ local authority networks, platforms and alliances to ensure a substantive and continued policy dialogue and effective participation in the field of development and to promote democratic governance, notably through the Territorial Approach to Local Development; (b) increasing interactions with Union citizens on development issues (awareness raising, knowledge sharing, engagement), notably in relation to the Sustainable Development Goals, including in the Union and candidate countries and potential candidate countries. (c) increasing aid ownership and absorption via training programmes in- country on how to apply for EU funding to local authorities’ civil servants;