Activities of Andrzej GRZYB related to 2014/2231(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Evaluation of activities of the European Endowment for Democracy (EED) (short presentation) PL
Reports (1)
REPORT on the EU’s new approach to human rights and democracy – evaluating the activities of the European Endowment for Democracy (EED) since its establishment PDF (166 KB) DOC (93 KB)
Amendments (22)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6
Citation 6
– having regard to its resolution of 112 March 2015 (tbc) on the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2013 and the European Union’s policy on the matter,
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
– having regard to the Joint Consultation Paper by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the European Commission "Towards a new European Neighbourhood Policy" from 4 March 2015,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
– having regard to the Joint Communication by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the European Commission "A New Response to a Changing Neighbourhood. A review of European Neighbourhood Policy" from 25 May 2011,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the events of the Arab Spring and in the Eastern Neighbourhood triggered a reshaping of the EU's policy instruments for promoting human right and democracy support;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas there is growing concern regarding restrictive legislation regulating the external funding of civil society organisations in some of the countries falling withinhich the EED’s geographical mand operates, increasing stigmatisation of foreign support and threats being made to political and civic activists, including EED beneficiaries;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas there is a need to promote objective and independent information and strengthen the media environment, including the internet and social media, in countries falling under the EED’s geographical mandin which the EED operates;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas new information technologies and social media have become important instruments in the struggle for democracy and should therefore have a prominent place within the European democracy assistance agenda;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas as of 1 FebruaryApril 2015 the EED has funded 12743 initiatives, totalling EUR 3.31to over EUR 4 million in the Southern Neighbourhood and over EUR 3.478 million in the Eastern Neighbourhood;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas as of 1 February 2015 the following Board of Governors Member States have pledged and contributed to the EED: Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland, while the remaining 142 have not done so yet;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges with satisfaction that despite the short time of activity and limited funds, the EED has met Parliament’s recommendations, delivering added value to existing EU democracy support through faster, flexible, bottom-up and demand-driven funding in a smarter and, provided directly to the beneficiaries, in a financially more efficient approach than other EU means, thanks to the cooperation with local non-violent, pro- democracy partners and a lower administrative burdenway thanks to low administrative burden and simple procedures established for the EED by its Board;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the complementarity of EED activities and existing EU external financial instruments, especially the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) and the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI);
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the EED founding parties, especially on all EU Member States and the European Commission, to fulfil the obligations to which they committed themselves when establishing the EED;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the EED founding parties, especially on all EU Member States, to fulfil the obligations to whichcontinue and enhance theyir committed themselves when establishingment to the EED;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on Belgium to at least assess the possibility of returning tax revenues received from the EED and its employees in the form of funding for EED projects; recalls that the EED is functioning as a private foundation under Belgian law;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Considers it crucial to ensure sustainable funding for EED recipients in the long -run by strengthening complementarity links with other donorbilateral donors and the European External Financial Instruments, in particular the EIDHR, which - where appropriate – could take over the medium-term financial support of 'mature' EED beneficiaries;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 16 – point 1 (new)
(1) invites the EED and the European Commission to set up a contact group with the goal of identifying best ways for EED beneficiaries to transition to the EIDHR financial support;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 16 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Calls on the European Commission and the EEAS to come forward with specific proposals on mechanisms for programming interface and cooperation with the EED, so as to ensure coherence and sustainability in the longer term;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the EED to further actively engage in countries where the space for external support for civil society is severely hampered, since the main reason for the establishment of the EED was to support the unsupported;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes the first presentation of the EED Annual Report in the Committee on Foreign Affairs, in accordance with Article 8.4 of the EED Statute, and stresses its openness for this to takes place on an annual basis as it is a good opportunity to take stock and develop new synergies; (linguistic amendment to English version text)
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Encourages both Member States and EU institutions to ensure genuine internal and external coherence related to democracy efforts and to recognise the facilitating role of the EED in this respect;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Encourages the EU delegations and Member States’ diplomatic missions in the countries where the EED is active, to bring to the EED's attention potential beneficiaries to the EED’s attention and to inform them about the EEDand to inform potential beneficiaries about the EED and vice versa, respecting the sensitivity of information and security of all parties;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Encourages the EEAS to dedicate anWelcomes the EEAS efforts in propagating information on EED and encourages the EEAS to continue this direction among others through: information session tos on the EED in the framework of the annual meeting of the EU Heads of Delegation, and to include sessions on the EED in its annual human rights training curriculum for the human rights focal points;