Activities of Maria BADIA i CUTCHET related to 2012/2225(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on trade and investment-driven growth for developing countries PDF (209 KB) DOC (164 KB)
Amendments (14)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
Citation 18 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 25 March 2010 on the effects of the global financial and economic crisis on developing countries and on development cooperation (P7_TA (2010) 0089),
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas trade and investment can be a means of achieving those objectives by stimulating the sustainable and inclusive growth of developing countries (DCs), enabling the transfer of technologies and skills and helping to create jobs and, increase competitiveness and productivity, achieve greater social cohesion and combat inequality;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Supports the Commission’s aim of enhancing synergies between trade and development policies, taking into account the needs and capacities of the beneficiary countries and promoting initiatives, such as regional integration, to ensure that better use is made of these synergies; recommends that it award priority, in these policies, to measures aimed at creating jobs, improving the training and development of human resources and improving the trade and investment climate, resistance to economic shocks, fiscal governance and diversification of trade and investment flows, and promoting sustainable development; and calls for technical assistance to ensure the proper development of these measures;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
(1) Calls for greater coherence between all EU policies with a view to achieving, in as fair and efficient a manner possible, its trade and development objectives; urges, furthermore, for impact assessment mechanisms to be set up to ascertain whether trade and investment development projects have been a success;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers the ownership by beneficiary countries of programmes for developing trade and investment to be a decisive factor in their success, and that national, regional and local authorities, national parliaments and civil society must systematically be involved in the framing and monitoring of national programmes; believes it necessary, furthermore, to ensure better coordination of projects and initiatives by donors and beneficiaries, thereby contributing to an overall strategy on trade, investment and development in which all stakeholders can participate in its development and implementation;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Encourages the DCs to mainstream the objective of sustainable economic development into the respective policies, strategies and measures they initiate at national level; Calls on the Commission to strengthen the capacity of governments to incorporate sustainable development considerations into their national trade strategies and programmes;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point 1 – indent 2 a (new)
Paragraph 5 – point 1 – indent 2 a (new)
- improving access to training, especially in regard to diversification of products, improving their added value and adapting them for the purposes of compliance with standards and technical requirements in the context of the local, regional and international markets;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point 1 – indent 5
Paragraph 5 – point 1 – indent 5
– support for the introduction and marketing of social and environment- friendly goods and services, including eco- tourism, which ensure the added value of products and compliance with sustainability criteria;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point 2 – indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 5 – point 2 – indent 1 a (new)
- extending social protection systems and productive job creation in accordance with the principles of decent work and international law, underpinned by high- quality education and training systems;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point 4 – indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 5 – point 4 – indent 4 a (new)
- improving accountability in developing countries, and combating fraud, corruption, tax evasion and tax havens;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the work done by the international institutions (WTO, UNCTAD, UNIDO, OECD, World Bank and multilateral development banks, and the G20) in the field of aid for trade; believes that a system should be established for international, national and local cooperation between donors and that the WTO should play a leading role in doing this; recalls the EU’s commitment to promoting and facilitating the representation and involvement of the developing countries in these international institutions;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the commitment made by the BRICS countries to promote the growth and economic development of the DCs; calls on them to link their actions to respect for democratic principles and good governance and the promotion thereof; asks the Commission to continue to include the democracy and human rights clause in all trade agreements with developing countries;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that the EU has developed effective tools in the field of development assistance through trade and investment, with these including the GSP and EPAs, provided that their provisions and implementation criteria do not result in discrimination or limitations that may prove disadvantageous to their potential beneficiaries; urges the Commission, nonetheless, to combine all the existing instruments in a genuine overarching strategy that also comprises measures in the fields of technical assistance for trade, capacity building and trade-related adjustment;