8 Amendments of Patrizia TOIA related to 2017/2083(INI)
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the role played by civil society, the private sector and local authorities, each one of them with its own specific features, in consolidating the political dialogue between the EU and Africa;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises the need to promote good governance, democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights, but also efforts to combat corruption on both continents, as they are indispensable elements in sustainable development; recognize that the strategic engagement of CSOs is essential to building capacity of local civil society and to making governments publicly accountable; calls on the EU to introduce a positive conditionality in general and sectoral budget support that foresees the involvement of CSOs at programming, implementing and monitoring stages as a means to provide to the population quality basic services and to prevent corruption;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls that the private sector plays a decisive role in job creation and the development process, and that it helps to finance the latter; welcomes the establishment of the European Fund for Sustainable Development, which should make it possible to support the private sector in African countries and thus promote investment and the creation of sustainable jobs; recognizes that CSOs may play a crucial role in supporting the private sector to fulfil communities' needs, to promote vocational training and human capital development, to comply with human rights principles and environmental standards and to foster decent work; calls on the EU to introduce a positive conditionality on the involvement of CSOs when development funds are allocated in support of for profit private sector initiatives for development cooperation.
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that Africa’s population is growing rapidly, which necessitates a long- term strategic vision; stresses the crucial role of the emancipation of women,empowering women, fostering gender equality and education, particularly of girls, and supporting the socio- economic inclusion of youth through the promotion of active and participatory partnerships based on youth perspectives, in building a resilient society;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses also the importance of high-quality education at all levels, and the need for young people to be connected to global realities and to have skills which meet the needs of the market, by promoting and supporting vocational training, job orientation and job search, self- employment and entrepreneurship;
Amendment 205 #
21a. Emphasises the need to strengthening resilience of individuals, households and communities, in order to enhance their capacities to anticipate, resist and recover from on-going crisis, especially in the envisaged food crisis; calls on the EU to focus on food, nutrition security and sustainable agriculture in a long term perspective and by making use of the capacity and experience that CSOs have gained at community level;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Recalls that migration and mobility have an economic, social, environmental and political impact and that this challenge must be tackled in a manner which is coordinated between the EU and Africa; and which takes into consideration the crucial role played by diaspora, youth diaspora and diaspora organizations;; calls on the EU to strengthen multi- stakeholder partnerships by enhancing CSOs experiences at community level and identifying best practices, implemented at different latitudes along the migration path, which deal with the arrival and the integration of refugees, tailored to respond to the real needs of the people.
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Supports the various initiatives adopted at European level to tackle the underlying causes of irregular migration: migration partnerships, trust funds for Africa and the European Fund for Sustainable Development; calls for their implementation to be ensured and continued efficiently and coherently; calls on the European Commission to introduce more flexible financial instruments and to explore a more flexible use of existing tools in order to enhance possible synergies among different instruments, programmes and activities, both in internal and external action;