Activities of Heidi HAUTALA related to 2015/2220(INI)
Legal basis opinions (0)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights the importance of a coherent and consistent EU approach towards the region in order to avoid any overlapping and sending mixed and confusing signals; in a context of widespread authoritarianism, calls for increased EU contacts and support for civil society organisations in order to promote democracy, human rights and the rule of law as a basis for development;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses the importance of quality education as basic means of building sustainable democratic societies and as prevention against violent extremism; urges the EU to consider this as a priority due to the strong youth presence in Central Asia;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Considers the strong prevalence of monocultures, such as cotton growing, as highly problematic and urges the EU to focus on rural development and sustainable farming in its development programmes;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Considers that the continued sectoral budget support in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan must be accompanied by more stringent criteria including a strong reform agenda and anti-corruption measures;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Highlights the potential of increased cooperation with Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan with regard to EU energy security; emphasises however that energy agreements and dialogues must include strong human rights elements; calls on the EU to conduct full feasibility studies of energy projects to expand the Southern Gas Corridor, including environmental and social impact assessments;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6f. Calls on the EU to extend its Disaster Risk Reduction programmes in Central Asia, a region regularly hit by natural disasters;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)
Paragraph 6 g (new)
6g. Calls on the EU to emphasise environmentally sustainable development in its development programmes for the region; underlines the important role the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) can play in the region in order to promote environmentally sound extraction and processing of natural resources and invites the EU to promote compliance within the region; highlights as well the challenges posed by sustainable water management, which risks being exacerbated by climate change;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 h (new)
Paragraph 6 h (new)
6h. Recommends once more to place the Border Management in Central Asia and the Central Asia Drug Action Programmes under the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace rather than the Development Cooperation Instrument;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 i (new)
Paragraph 6 i (new)
6i. Is concerned by regular occurrences of forced child labour in the region; urges the EU to promote compliance of all Central Asian States with international commitments, in particular those under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the ILO Minimum Age Convention and the ILO Convention on the Worst Forms of Child Labour;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7