Activities of Janina OCHOJSKA related to 2019/2184(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Improving development effectiveness and efficiency of aid (short presentation)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas development challenges have changed over the years, with the emergence of new global challenges such as migration, food security, peace and stability, and climate change;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the fragmentation of aid remains a persistent challenge arising from the proliferation of donors and aid agencies and lack of coordination of their activities and projects;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas although the EU institutions and Member States as well as local and regional authorities involved in the development cooperation have a large stock of data and expertise in the field of development, it remains insufficiently shared; whereas it should be made more accessible and should be used in policy- making;
Amendment 104 #
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 including their local and regional governments involved in the development cooperation, 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; calls on the Commission to present this progress report to Parliament;
Amendment 118 #
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 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, as well as local and regional governments involved in the development cooperation, 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 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Encourages recipient countries’ parliaments to adopt national policies on development aid in order to improve the accountability of donors and the ownership of recipient governments, including that of local authorities, to eradicate corruption, all forms of aid wastage and improve conditions for receiving budget support, as well as, in the long run, reducing dependence on aid;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Underlines the important role of civil society organisations in identifying the needs and delivering development aid directly to the poor, underprivileged, vulnerable; calls however for enhanced coordination of assistance distributed among NGOs and other donors to secure predictability of aid and to avoid fragmentation of aid, overlapping actions as well as so-called 'aid orphans’ - countries neglected by the development community;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Calls for greater policy coherence for development (PCD), which seeks to ensure that no EU and Member States policies have negative effects on developing countries and contradictory objectives;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14 b. Stresses that development assistance plays an important role in fighting poverty, tackling inequalities and promoting development, boosting education and health systems and strengthening gender equality, therefore it should not be an instrument of pressure when it comes to environmental or migration management;