10 Amendments of Paul RÜBIG related to 2018/2177(DEC)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Insists, given the important role played by the United Kingdom in development, that close ties are retained between the Union and the United Kingdom after its departure in order to minimise ensuing losses;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Urges the Commission to better define and clearly assess the development outcomes to be achieved in each case and above all to enhance control mechanism concerning recipient State´s conduct in the fields of corruption, respect of human rights, rule of law and democracy; expresses deep concern about the potential use of budget support in countries lacking democratic oversight, either due to the lack of functioning parliamentary democracy or freedoms for civil society and the media, or due to a lack of capacity of oversight bodies;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Underlines the high importance of supporting micro-, small- and medium- sized enterprises and calls in particular for the establishment of local solutions for a better access to finance with a further strengthening of micro-finance loan and guarantee system;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Calls for an enlargement of the “Erasmus for Young Entrepreneuers” programme beyond Europe in particular developing countries while providing the necessary financial mean;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5f. Welcomes the European Court of Auditors recommendations for improving the transparency of EU funds implemented by NGOs published in the special report 2018/ 35, where it, amongst other things, recommends that the Commission improve the reliability of the information on NGOs in its accounting system, and that the Commission improve the information collected on funds implemented by NGOs; calls therefore on the Commission to implement these proposals before the end of the current mandate;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 g (new)
Paragraph 5 g (new)
5g. Calls for an incentive-based approach to development by introducing the more-for-more principle, taking as an example the European Neighbouring Policy; believes that the more and the faster a country progresses in its internal reforms in relation to the building and consolidation of democratic institutions, the respect for human rights and the rule of law, the more support it should receive from the Union;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 h (new)
Paragraph 5 h (new)
5h. Recognise that no country has ever developed without engaging in further trade relations with their neighbours and the rest of the world; further encourages the financing of aid for trade activities, in order to allow developing countries to participate to a much greater degree in global value chains in the future; stresses in this context the increasing importance of digital connectivity in order to achieve a more balanced distribution of the globalisation benefits in favour if developing countries;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 i (new)
Paragraph 5 i (new)
5i. Underlines the importance of increasing the attribution of funds aiming at supporting good governance, democracy and the rule of law in developing countries in order to promote accountable and transparent institutions, support capacity building and foster a participatory decision-making and public access to information;
Amendment 21 #
5j. Emphasises the importance of the provision of clean water and of the building of additional wastewater disposal facilities;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 k (new)
Paragraph 5 k (new)
5k. Draws attention to the scale and implication of energy poverty in developing countries and to the Union´s strong involvement in efforts to reduce such poverty; underlines the need for strong and concerted efforts by governments and stakeholders in affected countries to reduce energy poverty;