39 Amendments of Patrizia TOIA related to 2019/2184(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the 17th Steering Committee Meeting towards the 2019 Global Partnership Senior-Level Meeting (26-27 March 2019 Kampala, Uganda);
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) of 20 November 1989;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 b (new)
Citation 9 b (new)
- having regard to the Commission Joint Staff Working document: Gender equality and Women through EU External Relations 2016-2020 SWD (2015) 182;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission Communication on the roots of democracy and sustainable development: Europe's engagement with Civil Society in external relationsCOM (2012) 492;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
Citation 19 a (new)
19 a having regard to the Commission Communication on Empowering local authorities in partner countries for enhanced governance and more effective development outcomes COM(2013) 280;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 a (new)
Citation 24 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 6 October 2015 on the role of local authorities in developing countries in development cooperation1b; _________________ 1b https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-8-2015-0336_EN.html
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas inequalities between countries are still very high, while inequality has a negative impact on aid efficiency and effectiveness;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
B c. whereas it is important to put in place measures which aim at building and increasing resilience of communities, in particular in fragile partner countries, in countries touched by conflicts or natural disasters, and in refugee hosting countries;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
B d. whereas children’s health and well-being is a crucial target of development cooperation policies;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas, given the increase of protracted crises, the EU should continue its efforts to operationalise the humanitarian-development nexus with the aim to deliver long-lasting results;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
D b. whereas during the programming process it is essential to guarantee a wide consultation in partner countries with all relevant actors: local authorities, national parliaments, civil society, local NGO’s, women associations, marginalized groups, the UN and its agencies, the small and medium enterprises and the private sector;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
D c. whereas an effective Private Sector Engagement (PSE) should be based on the five Kampala principles: inclusive country ownership, results and targeted impact, inclusive partnership, transparency and accountability and leave no-one behind;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)
Recital D d (new)
D d. whereas in the partner countries there are several other actors and donors which deliver humanitarian and development aid;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas although the EU institutions and, Member States and local and regional authorities have a large stock of data and expertise in the field of development, it remains insufficiently shared; whereas it should be made more accessible and should be used in policy- making;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas gender equality is a key principle of EU development aid; whereas the impact of development policies is different on women and girls; whereas there is lack of gender-disaggregated data in the field of development;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that effectiveness means delivering more and better impact, achieving the SDGs and leaving no-one behind, on the basis of the five effectiveness principles: ownership, alignment, harmonisation, results and mutual accountability; believes that when EU support is aligned with partner countries’ own efforts and delivered through their institutions and systems, as well as local actors and civil society, in support of priorities that have been agreed through inclusive and equitable policy processes, the impact is bigger, faster and more sustainable;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines its view that the EU, as the world’s biggest donor, should use its powerful toolbox of instruments and aid modalities in a coordinated manner and take the lead in using the principles of aid effectiveness and aid efficiency, in order to achieve real impact and reach the SDGs, while leaving no-one behind, in its partner countries; further highlights the need to implement the policy objectives in the new European Consensus on Development in a more strategic and targeted manner in each partner country, reinforcing and complementing the EU’s foreign policy goals and values;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Stresses that EU must continue to closely monitor the use of the funds and take all the necessary measure to avoid any misuse of aid funds, ensuring compliance with EU’s policy goals and values in development cooperation; calls for effective mechanisms to be put in place to be able to thoroughly control the final destination of those funds and to assess the projects which received funding;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and the Council to scale up joint programming between the EU and its Member States, with the aim of securing a European voice with which to move forward towards commonly defined policy objectives, which should take into account innovative financing methods such as blending and guarantees, when effective; calls for clear, actionable commitments, taking stock of previous strategies and practices, towards joint implementation and evaluation and for shared accountability mechanisms towards citizens;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that in view of the future implementation of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI), joint programming by the EU, its Members States and EU development financing partners should build upon the aid effectiveness principles; believes that the EU should collectively set strategic priorities and identify investment needs/gaps in the pre-programming phase and subsequently look at ways to optimise the range of modalities in the EU institutions’ toolbox, including grants, budget support and EIB loans, as well as financing from the Member States; calls on the EU institutions and, Member States and local and regional authorities, accordingly, to share evidence and experience about the kinds of development interventions that tend to be successful and those that have failed, proved difficult to implement or not produced the intended impact;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Stresses the importance that EU ODA focuses even more on reducing inequalities; ending poverty and leaving no-one behind;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that the use of results- based approaches is critical for the EU’s partner countries and is a fundamental element of their capacity to deliver the SDGs for their citizens; calls on the EU and its Member States to support and use partner countries’ own national results- measuring frameworks and their monitoring and statistical systems, and to involve, during all the stages, all relevant actors: local authorities; national parliaments; civil society; women associations; marginalized groups; the UN and its agencies; the small and medium enterprises and the private sector;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Stresses that gender equality should be considered as an essential aspect of aid effectiveness and that the different impact of development policies on women and girls has consequences on the efficiency of development policies; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the gender mainstreaming and the gender budgeting, and to collect comparable and gender disaggregated data;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Supports a catalytic approach, building on decentralised and bottom-up needs assessments and programming, which is informed by a thorough analysis of the situation in each partner country and consultation with civil society and other stakeholders, including at local level; encourages South-South and triangular cooperation;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Stresses the need of an integrated approach for both humanitarian and development aid in order to deliver long- lasting results and to increase effectiveness and efficiency of the actions; emphasizes in this regard the role of the humanitarian-development nexus; calls on the EU to further develop such approach;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Stresses the importance of implementing the exchange of best practices and a policy and action coordination and collaboration among the EU and the other actors, as for example the UN and its agencies, which deliver aid in the partner countries; underlines that this is even more crucial in fragile partner countries, in countries touched by conflicts or natural disasters, and in refugee hosting countries; considers it essential, in this context, to put community resilience at the core and to support actions aiming at developing risk- informed programmes, training programmes for emergencies, engaging community participation and fostering partnerships;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Recognises the essential role of civil society as partner, both during the consultation process and as service delivers; in this light calls on the Commission and the Member States to recognize and strengthen their roles in order to achieve inclusive development partnerships;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recognises that the role of the private sector – at local, national, bilateral and international levels – is crucialimportant for achieving the SDGs, for mobilising additional development finance and for the transition towards economic development, growth and prosperity; stresses in this regard that additional efforts must be undertaken to alignhighlights, however, that neither the private sector nor economic growth alone can guarantee poverty eradication or social inclusion unless strong public regulatory frameworks are in place; stresses in this regard that additional efforts must be undertaken by the private sector to achieve different targets, such as a) the alignment of the private sector’s involvementactivities in development cooperation with the effectiveness principles and to improve the, b) the implementation of strong monitoring mechanisms ensuring compliance with these principles, c) the improvement of transparency and accountability of foreign direct investment and global value chains, and d) the respect of human rights and due diligence principles;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recognises that the role of the private sector engagement (PSE) – at local, national, bilateral and international levels – is crucialimportant for achieving the SDGs, for mobilising additional development finance and for the transition towards economic development, growth and prosperity; stresses in this regard that additional efforts must be undertaken to align the private sector’PSE's involvement in development cooperation with the effectiveness and the Kampala principles and to improve the transparency and accountability of foreign direct investment and global value chains;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Stresses the importance to ensure that the PSE is aligned with the needs of local populations and in particular of marginalized and vulnerable groups and that those are involved as project’ partners; believes that for PSE a mechanism of monitoring and evaluation of the compliance with the principles of development effectiveness is necessary;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the EU’s increased role in leveraging private investment through the facilitation of a predictable regulatory environment in partner countries, as well as the blending of grants and loans, the provision of budget support, guarantees and technical assistance, and policy dialogues and smaller scale project grants for NGOs; recommends in this regard that the EU continues to support investments targeting local markets and those with little access to financing, such as small and medium size enterprises and social economy business models;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Encourages the EU to keep up its efforts to support partner countries in delivering smart, targeted and adaptive policies, which can help achieve the SDGs in the most effective way; recalls in this regard the crucial role of research and development in nurturing innovation and entrepreneurship with positive spill over effects on all sectors of local economies; therefore calls on the Commission and the Member States to reinforce cooperation in R&D and to strengthen investments in strategic local production capacity, especially related to health, including for the newest bio-pharmaceutical products to enhance autonomy from global supply chains;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13 b. Draws attention to the particularly important role of training programmes for local staff and field operators to ensure continuity for the projects supported by the EU in partner countries, thereby increasing ownership and accountability;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Reiterates its request that the Council and the Member States set out a clear timeline for reaching the target of raising the ODA budget to 0.7 % of GNI, including the international commitment of spending 0.15 to 0.2% of GNI on ODA to LDCs, and that the Commission present a concrete action plan defining how additional resources will be leveraged towards achieving the SDGs; Calls for the allocation of sufficient funding for development in the 2021-2027 MFF and for at least 95 % of the expenditure under NDICI to fulfil the criteria for Official Development Assistance;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Reiterates its support for including in NDICI the following targets: 20% for social inclusion and human development and at least 85% of ODA-funded project having gender equality and women’s and girls’ rights and empowerment as a principal ora significant objective, as defined by the OECD DAC.