Activities of Janina OCHOJSKA related to 2021/2163(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
New orientations for the EU’s humanitarian action (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on new orientations for the EU’s humanitarian action
Amendments (21)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas humanitarian needs are at an all-time high, with 238 million people in need of assistance in 2021, due largely to conflicts but also systemic factors such as climate change, natural disasters, environmental degradation, global population growth, food insecurity, limited water resources and failed governance;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas humanitarian aid is a key pillar of the EU’s external action and whereas in 2020 the EU and Member States’ combined funding was 36 % of global humanitarian assistance – the largest share in the world; whereas the level of contributions varies within the EU, with four Member States and the Commission accounting for around 90 % of all EU humanitarian financing;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas basic norms and principles are being challenged around the world through regular violations of international humanitarian law, including attacks on civilians and, humanitarian and medical workers, in addition to growing obstacles to the provision of humanitarian aid;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas addressing humanitarian crises requires not only more funding but also decisive political efforts to reduce needs by preventing and ending conflicts, protecting basic human rights, promoting sustainable development and, reducing risks and vulnerabilities as well as adapting to climate change;
Amendment 67 #
1. Welcomes the Commission communication on the EU’s humanitarian action: new challenges, same principles and its concrete proposals to improve the provision of humanitarian aid, and calls for the swift implementation of these proposals; reiterates that in accordance with the European Consensus on Humanitarian Aid, the EU’s humanitarian aid must always be provided solely on the basis ofwell- defined and pre-assessed needs, must be fully in line with the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence, and must pay particular attention to vulnerable groups;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines the important role of civil society, humanitarian organisations and local partners in identifying the needs on spot and delivering humanitarian aid directly to those in need; calls however for enhanced coordination of assistance distributed among NGOs and other donors to secure predictability of aid and to avoid fragmentation of aid as well as overlapping actions;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission to put the principle ‘no one left behind’ at the heart of the new approach to humanitarian actions, that should be also reflected in the budget for new and ongoing crisis in order to exclude the phenomenon of forgotten conflicts;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes with concern the sharp increase in the humanitarian funding gap, as major donors are reducing funding at a time of growing needs; underlines the stark differences in contributions both at a global level and from within the EU; calls for the EU to provide an appropriate budget for EU humanitarian actions to guarantee that financial needs are ready in a flexible manner and to keep a ring-fenced envelope within the Solidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve (SEAR) for humanitarian crises outside the Union and maintaining the existing capacity to rapidly mobilise additional funds in the case of emerging, escalating or sudden onset emergencies; calls for the EU to advocate for greater international responsibility-sharing and an increase in humanitarian funding to meet the needs; urges the Member States to lead by example and contribute a fixed share of their gross national incomes to humanitarian aid; calls on the Commission to report annually on the amount of humanitarian funding disbursed from withinby the EU and at a global level;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is alarmed at the growing number of serious violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law, and calls for the establishment of an EU coordination mechanism in order to monitor violations and advocate for ensuring that international humanitarian law is respected, including by using the relevant political, development aid, trade and economic levers in the EU’s external action;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider where appropriate includeing international humanitarian law violations as a criterion for listing individuals or entities in the relevant EU sanctions regimes in line with the EU Guidelines on the promotion on compliance with International Humanitarian Law; notes that sanctions and restrictive measures must comply with international humanitarian law and must not hinder the provision of humanitarian assistancectivities; underlines the need to consistently include humanitarian excemptions in regimes of restrictive measures and to provide the necessary support and guidance to partners to apply these excemptions effectively;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the EU and its Member States to swiftly fulfil the commitments made at the World Humanitarian Summit and as part of the Grand Bargain; highlights the importance of making humanitarian aid more efficient and effective by increasing multiannual and multi-country funding, reducing the administrative burden for humanitarian partners by enhancing harmonisation and simplification of donor proposal and reporting requirements, and promoting innovative solutions, among other endeavours;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the particular importance of supporting local actors and urges the Commission to develop a localisation policy outlining how to provide more and better support for local respondents to enable them to make use of all the instruments availablUrges the Commission to develop an ambitious localisation policy outlining how to improve and ensure equal partnership, strengthen local capacities and local actors participation, especially women-led organisations in decision making processes and addressing the issue of mutual accountability and risk sharing – as ultimately reinforcing local respondents is a major a path to reduce the need for international humanitarian assistance in the future;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative of integrating education in emergencies; emphasis the need for supporting child protection and quality education and training at all levels in crisis situation to prevent children from dropping out of the school especially in cases of long-lasting conflicts;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. NotRecognises the challenges posed by climate change and welcomes the commitments to strengthen the climate resilience of vulnerable regions through disaster preparedness and anticipatory action via a triple nexus approach; welcomes, in addition, the commitments to greenmake the EU’s humanitarian aid more sustainable and track climate- related spending; calls on the Commission to provide the necessary resources for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction through the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe, among other tools, and to accelerate the implementation of the Sendai commitments in the EU’s external action;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the concrete achievements of the EU Humanitarian Air Bridge and the idea of creating a European Humanitarian Response Capacity to plug the gaps in the EU’s humanitarian response; calls for the Member States and humanitarian partners to be regularly consulted on any new Commission initiatives, which should build on – not duplicate – existing EU mechanisms such as the civil protection mechanism;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines the fact that while humanitarian aid seeks to tackle immediate, life-threatening situations, crises are caused by drivers that require long-term solutions; calls on the Commission and the European External Action Service to adopt a communication developing a clear policy on a humanitarian-development-peace nexus in order to bridge the gaps between the individual policy areas, building an approach based on NGOs practical experience, putting people at the centre of the approach, taking into account the context specificities and respecting the humanitarian principles; calls for the EU and the Member States to prioritise the swiftly implement this nexus approach where appropriate, with a particular focus on preventing conflicts, tackling hunger, providing education and livelihood opportunities, and building resiliencesupporting early recovery, enhancing response capacity, building self-reliance and resilience as well as reducing risks at community level, while protecting the rights of vulnerable groups;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Points out that civil society organisations from Central and Eastern Europe are insufficiently involved in Commission-funded humanitarian assistance; this also translates into low awareness among the public about humanitarian assistance projects being implemented by the Commission; recognises the importance of building a network of key partners, integrating international and local humanitarian NGOs from all over the EU to promote and deliver humanitarian aid;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Calls for a more dedicated focus on health, access to public health services and efforts to reduce mortality and morbidity as well as the need to strengthen epidemics/pandemic preparedness;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Reiterates the Commission’s commitment and ongoing efforts to promote visibility and awareness of EU humanitarian aid among different EU stakeholders, including NGOs, throughout the EU and strengthen the EU’s visibility in its external action;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the announcement on the first ever EU Humanitarian Forum, which is to be held in January 2022; stresses that the forum should be inclusive and seek to increase the visibility of the EU’s humanitarian aid and the work of its partners, promote a strategic dialogue on the EU’s humanitarian policy, raising political support and awareness about the nature of principled and needs-based EU humanitarian assistance and advance the implementation of the key actions set out in the Commission communication;