13 Amendments of Jan ZAHRADIL related to 2016/2139(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas Official Development Assistance (ODA) can play a crucial role in delivering on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in particular in low-income countries and in fighting extreme poverty and inequality, if it is better targeted and if it respects the principles of effective development cooperation, namely country ownership, strengthening local capacity, transparency and accountability, focus on results, and inclusiveness;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the private sector is becoming, alongside other traditional governmental and non-governmental development organisations, a true partner in our development strategies-in achieving inclusive and sustainable development;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas it is essential for aid effectiveness that recipient countries apply in parallel pro-growth economic policies introducing market economy mechanisms, mobilisation of private capital, land reforms and open progressively their markets to global competition;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas countries such as China, Brazil, Turkey and India play an increasingly important role as emerging donors and for the transfer of development expertise and technology, not least thanks to their own recent and current development experience; whereas their engagement with more traditional donors in the promotion of global public goods and their participation in the GPEDC can be enhanced;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas-donor driven aid agendas risk undermining the ownership and sustainability of development assistance, burden ineffective institutions, distort markets, increase dependency and past progress on alignment;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas there is an increased use of results frameworks for measuring the achievements of development cooperation programmes, but the full ownership and use of those frameworkstransparency on use of aid by developing countries remains a persistent challenge;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas development effectiveness, understood as the effective use of all means and resources geared towards development, depends not only on aid donors but alsoespecially on recipient countries, on the existence of effective and responsive institutions, sound policies, the rule of law, inclusive democratic governance, and safeguards against corruption within developing countries and illicit financial flows at international level; whereas the GPEDC should play an increased role in facilitating and promoting progress on the above determinants for development;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas fragmentation of aid remains a persistent challenge due to proliferation of donors and aid agencies and lack of coordination of their activities and projects;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M b (new)
Recital M b (new)
Mb. whereas the development landscape is increasingly heterogeneous, with more poor people living in middle- income countries than in low income countries and whereas at the same time, development challenges have changed in nature, with the emergence of new global challenges such as migration, food security, peace and stability and climate change;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines the role in development of citizens, local communities, faith-based organisations, civil society organisations (CSOs) and elected representatives, and stresses that all these actors need to be involved in furthering and implementing the effectiveness agenda at various levels; believes that their effective contribution requires their participatory involvement in planning, mutual accountability and transparency, monitoring and evaluation and that donors should improve predictability and speediness when working with these actors as implementing partners;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls its request29 to codify and strengthen the mechanisms and practices for ensuring better complementarity and effective coordination of development aid among EU Member States and institutions, while ensuring policy coherence for development, providing clear and enforceable rules for ensuring democratic domestic ownership, harmonisation, alignment with country strategies and systems, predictability of funds, reducing management costs, better distribution of aid among and within partner countries, transparency and mutual accountability; asks the Commission to provide information on the absence of follow-up on this request and to state what alternative measures it has taken or intends to take in this regard; __________________ 29 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0558 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0558
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop new initiatives to explore triangular cooperation flagship projects, involving new emerging donors and other middle-income countries, based on tackling global challenges of mutual interest, without losing the perspective of eradicating poverty;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Stresses that it is essential to mobilize further resources for development and partner with the -private sector in particular, as such loan blending facilities and public private partnerships offer new opportunities for EU development policy and its effectiveness;