29 Amendments of Gabriele ZIMMER related to 2009/2171(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation ? (new)
Citation ? (new)
- having regard to the UN report 'Rethinking poverty-Report on the World Social Situation 2010',
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation ? (new)
Citation ? (new)
- having regard to the Council Conclusions of June 21th 2007 'Promoting Employment through EU Development Cooperation',
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3a (new)
Paragraph 3a (new)
3a. Calls for the implementation of the freedom of association for trade unions and the right to bargain collectively without exemption in order to enforce, improve and defend decent work conditions;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3b (new)
Paragraph 3b (new)
3b. Calls for the implementation of the right to freedom from discrimination, i.e. the right to work and be treated equally regardless of gender, ethnic origin, age, disability or sexual orientation as a core principle in the fight against poverty;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3c (new)
Paragraph 3c (new)
3c. Calls for the implementation of the right to freedom from forced labour and especially from child labour without exception, as without education children are condemned to a life in poverty;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4a (new)
Paragraph 4a (new)
4a. Reminds that small and micro enterprises, especially in the agricultural sector, need adequate financing, e.g. micro credits, to conserve existing and to create new jobs;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4b (new)
Paragraph 4b (new)
4b. Demands the European Commission and the Member States to enhance public financial support to small and micro enterprises and farmers in the developing countries including the informal sector, as demanded by the ILO Global Jobs Pact, in order to combat poverty and unemployment;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas social protection systems have been proven as powerful instruments for poverty reduction and social cohesion and the majority of the global population has no adequate social protection coverage,
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7f (new)
Paragraph 7f (new)
7f. Urges the European Commission and the Member States to promote in the schemes addressed to developing countries the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) business pattern as a legally binding principle for the integration of social and environmental concerns into business operations of companies and in their interaction with subcontractors and stakeholders;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7g (new)
Paragraph 7g (new)
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on all developing countries to sign up to the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda and the UN Social Protection Floor initiative to guarantee satisfactory labour standards, high levels of comprehensive social protection coverage that reaches the poorest and marginalised persons and genuine social dialogue;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7h (new)
Paragraph 7h (new)
7h. Calls for a binding integration of ILO decent work standards as well as environmental standards into trade agreements;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7i (new)
Paragraph 7i (new)
7i. Calls for a rethinking of privatisation policies especially concerning utilities like water, sanitation and services of general interest, and to reconsider the social role of states in development governance, including the role of state owned enterprises as employers and social service providers;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7j (new)
Paragraph 7j (new)
7j. Urges the Member States and the European Commission to work towards a different interpretation of WTO Article XXIV to allow for the exemption of vulnerable manufacturing and other sectors from trade agreements where this is justified and emphasises the need to give more room to country specific factors for competitiveness in export markets, such as pre-trade employment patterns, social sector policies, levels of social development, landownership patterns and rural power relations, export supply capacities, technological skills and the existence of well-developed markets;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7k (new)
Paragraph 7k (new)
7k. Proposes to the European Commission, the Parliament and the Member States to check possibilities for import liberalisation for agrarian products from developing countries without maintaining mutual free trade agreements that could destroy regional markets in developing countries;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7l (new)
Paragraph 7l (new)
7l. Demands the Commission and the EU Member States to promote sustainable enterprises with decent jobs creation as a specific sector of development cooperation in line with the 2005 European Consensus on Development and to foster its integration in more traditional sectors of development cooperation such as infrastructure, rural development, governance and trade related assistance;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Reminds developing countries to respect local traditions of common land use for agriculture in order to facilitate and to protect existing small farming;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7m (new)
Paragraph 7m (new)
7m. Reminds of the crucial role of social protection systems as mentioned in the ILO Global Jobs Pact and the United Nations Social Protection Floor Initiative; therefore calls for a stronger emphasis on social protection systems to prevent increased poverty and address social hardship, while helping to stabilize the economy and maintain and promote employability;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Asks for free and full access for all to educational systems, i.e. basic and higher as well as vocational education, in order to qualify the local population to become skilled workers;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Insists that both donor and developing countries have to fulfil their commitments to realize the Millennium Development Goals by 2015;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Supports measures, such as salary subsidies, that encourage local doctors to remain and practise within their communities and that strengthen medical systems which are accessible for everybody;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Supports measures that invest in and build up public services in general in order to create jobs and strengthen state capacities, facilities and social cohesion as it is indicated in the UN Report 'Rethinking poverty';
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for more emphasis to be placed on practical healthcare, i.e. distributing bloodanalysers and t and awareness rainsing local people to use themamong the population about the merits of medical treatments;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes all development strategies should pay special attention to the most vulnerable and marginalised, especially women, children, older people and people with disabilities;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Proposes a financial transaction tax to generate revenue in order to pay for employment creation programmes and to attain the Millennium Development Goals by 2015;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls on the EU to target its aid also towards building up social protection systems in developing countries as an important and effective means to reduce poverty;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the EU to provide more education opportunities for developing- world students but to ensure they return home after their studies to benefit their own communities;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Calls on the EU to support the UN Social Floor Initiative to extend or implement sustainable social protection systems in developing countries by ensuring greater coherence in external relations policies, developing a Communication on Social Protection in development cooperation as suggested in the Council Conclusions on Promoting Employment through EU Development Cooperation;