Activities of Bernhard ZIMNIOK related to 2019/2184(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on improving development effectiveness and the efficiency of aid
Amendments (14)
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the global environment is becoming moreremains complex and uncertain, with a rise in conflict and geopolitical rivalry and more frequent and severe natural disasters, notably in developing countries, which affect the most vulnerable; whereas this highlights the need for strengthened multilateralism and as always, the many instances of misappropriation of aid, the ineffectiveness of many aid interventions in terms of addressing the needs of the intended beneficiaries and the needs uncovered in European nations due to the Covid 19 pandemic, highlights the need for continuous efforts to increase the effectiveness and impact of European aid;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the world’s population is growing faster than gross national income (GNI), in particular in sub-Saharan Africa, where the population is expected to double over the next 30 years; whereas in spite of strong economic growth, this will increase the number of people living in poverty and unemployment, emphasising the urgent need to firstly support developing countries effectively in their efforts to reachtackle the problem with overpopulation and secondly to make progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas there is a real risk thatmost of the benefits of development assistance and foreign direct investment may bare captured by political and economic elites in partner countries; whereas this highlights the need for development cooperation that aims at bringing about transformational changes in political economies, notably related to governance, the distribution of power, social exclusion and access to resources, as well asensures full transparency and accountability as well as effectiveness and sustainability of all aid-interventions in terms of effect on the ground, before any such interacvention with the global economys are committed to by the EU;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that effectiveness means delivering more and better impact, achieving the SDGs and leaving no-one behindall that any aid-intervention sets out to deliver, making progress towards the SDGs; believes that when EU support is aligned with partner countries’ own efforts and delivered through their institutions and systems, provided they are of a sufficient quality, in support of priorities that have been agreed through inclusive and equitable policy processes, the impact is bigger, faster and moremight be more: substantiell; expedient; and sustainable;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines its view that the EU, as possibly the world’s biggestmost substantial donor, shouldmust use its powerful toolbox ofvarious instruments and aid modalities in a coordinated manner and take the lead in, including coordination with organizations such as the OSCE and the United Nations, using the principles of aid effectiveness and aid efficiency, in order to achieve real impact and reach the SDGs in its partner countries; further highlights the need to implement the policy objectives in the new European Consensus on Development in a more strategic and targeted manner in each partner country, reinforcing and complementing the EU’s foreign policy goals and values;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that the principles of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) are built on important and enduring lessons from past development strategies and practices, including both successes and failures, and that these principles remain important expressions of multilateral cooperation and coordination which the EU is committed to upholding; stresses the need for all aid to respect the local culture of the beneficiaries and avoid neo- colonial processes with aid-interventions that aims to force change upon a majority of the beneficiaries as this is neither morally correct, nor sustainable;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to publish, at least biannually, a report on the progress of the EU institutions and Member States on improving effectiveness in the planning and implementation of European development cooperation and assistance measured against a set of commonly agreed targets and policy objectives, notably the SDGs, and including progress towards the alignment of policy objectives and the harmonisation of procedures, in particular with regard to joint programming, joint implementation and joint results frameworks; this report shall also contain a clear description of all failures during the reporting-period with conclusions in each case and proposed solutions to address the detected failings, calls on the Commission to present this progress report to Parliament;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that in view of the future implementation of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI), joint programming by the EU, its Members States and EU development financing partners should build upon the aid effectiveness principles; believes that the EU should collectively set strategic priorities and identify investment needs/gaps in the pre-programming phase and subsequently look at ways to optimise the range of EU´s modalities in the EU institutions’ toolbox, including grants, budget support and EIB loans, as well as financing from the Member States; calls on the EU institutions and Member States, accordingly, to share evidence and experience about the kinds of development interventions that tend to be successful and those that have failed, proved difficult to implement or not produced the intended impact;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that the use of results- based approaches is critical for the EU’s partner countries and is a fundamental element of their capacity to deliver the SDGs for their citizens; calls on the EU and its Member States to support and use partner countries’ own national results- measuring frameworks and their monitoring and statistical systems and in parallel use at least one independent monitoring and result measuring entity (EU based private or state entity), and to involve all relevant actors: local authorities; national parliaments; civil society; and the private sector;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to enhance cooperation with and through local governments and, to the extent possible, to strive to ensure that budget support as an aid modality can also be used at sub-national level, and that redistribution mechanisms between different levels of government and across regions are developed with the aim of reducing in-country disparities and inequalities, and ensuring that no-one is left behindas many as possible of the intended beneficiaries are reached by the effects of the aid- intervention;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recognises that the role of the private sector – at local, national, bilateral and international levels – is crucial for achieving the SDGs, for mobilising additional development finance and for the transition towards economic development, growth and prosperity; stresses in this regard that additional efforts must be undertaken in the recipient countries to align the private sector’s involvement in development cooperation with the effectiveness principles and to improve the transparency and accountability of foreign direct investment and global value chains;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments and parliaments of the OECD Member States, the European External Action Service, the European Investment Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Organization for Security and Co- operation in Europe, the World Bank Group, the African Union, the Co-Chairs of the GPEDC, the UNDP and UN DESA, the OECD, and the Interparliamentary Union.