5 Amendments of Paul RÜBIG related to 2014/2233(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
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2. Recognises that private investments and finance are likely to be the key engine for growth, which is projected to be approximately 5 % in developing countries in the coming years; emphasises that the future public-private partnerships (PPPs) within the post-2015 development agenda must have a greater focus on poverty reduction; recalls that such PPP schemes have potentially an even greater development impact in least developed countries, as the disproportionate investment risk does not incentivize sufficiently private investments;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
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3. Notes that properly structured and efficiently implemented PPPs can bring many benefits such as innovation; outlines that PPPs in developing countries are so far concentrated mostly in the energy and telecommunications sectors, whereas private engagement in social infrastructure remains rare; hence, encourages in particular initiatives in the areas of health care, clean water supply and wastewater treatment, as well as education;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
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4. Calls for increased technical assistance to the governments of the partner countries in order to share know-how and technical data, as well as to support the training of skills of local staff;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
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7. Considers it indispensable to increasingly engage with both local and European SMEs in PPPs as the private sector constitutes the main engine of job creation and inclusive growth with generating about 90 percent of jobs in developing countries;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
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8. Suggests that the Commission should facilitate multi-stakeholder structural dialogue platforms to build trust and agree common goals among different stakeholders, such as governments, donors, the private sector, philanthropic foundations, local authorities and civil society organisations (CSOs), so as to create certainty from an investment and administrative perspective; underlines in this respect the important role of EU delegations in the respective countries as a facilitator of such dialogues.