4 Amendments of Erik MARQUARDT related to 2022/2081(DEC)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
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2. SupportAcknowledges the ambition to bring together public and private actors and achieve synergies between different policies through the Global Gateway (GG) strategy; stresses that allocations of official development assistance involved should be firmly guided by Agenda 2030 and that policy coherence for development, the SDGs, as well as the Paris Agreement with the objective of limiting global warming to under 1,5°C as well as improving resilience to adverse climate change impacts, and that policy coherence for development, democratic country ownership and social and human right due diligence should consistently be applied; noteregrets that the only role for Parliament in the governance arrangements adopted by the Member States is that as an observer in the GG board; stresses the need to ensure proper influence for Parliament in strategic choices involving Union funds; calls for regular assessments of the implementation of the Global Gateway and expects the European Parliament, as budgetary authority to be given a significant oversight in this process, beyond a simple observer role, given the scrutiny role the European Parliament is entitled to through the NDICI-Global Europe, which is the main source of financing of the Global Gateway;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
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3. Encourages the Court of Auditors to resume its preparation of special reports relating to development cooperation expenditure and to regularly cover development cooperation aspects in its special reports on horizontal issues in accordance with the Policy Coherence for Development principle set in article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU; calls on the European Court of Auditors to carry out regular reports on the implementation of the recently initiated Global Gateway and European Financial Architecture for Development (EFAD) which will be made public and lead to policy recommendations including on actions to betaken for improvements;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
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4. Emphasises the value of service deliveryCalls for an increase in the support to civil society organizations, given the shrinking space for and criminalisation of civil society in many developing countries; emphasises the value of service and support to local communities provided through local NGOs in developing countries; encourages the Commission to prioritise thatlocal NGOs whenever possible andin order to provide better capacity-building for local NGOs with potential to become important service delivererson the ground;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
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5. Regrets the continued great difficulties faced by small local NGOs in accessing Union funding because of the highly demanding and cumbersome procedures involved; invites the Commission to fully use existing flexibilities, without taking unreasonable fiduciary risks,improve these procedures in order to make them more accessible for small local NGOs and to propose necessary changes to rules to this aim.