6 Amendments of Metin KAZAK related to 2008/2149(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. SPoints out the need for greater regional integration and enhanced intraregional cooperation, especially in the areas of human capital, telecommunications and power; encourages Western Balkan states to intensify their trade and economic relations with a view to establishing a regional labour market; stresses the vital role that regional organisations, and in particular the Regional Cooperation Council, can play in facilitating economic and trade cooperation in the region; calls on the Commission to continue to support their activities;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the existing infrastructure and road safety deficits and the pressing need to upgrade trade routes in the region;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission to provide further institutional support to Western Balkan countries, particularly with regard to quality certification and export facilitation, whilst calling on the Western Balkan states once again to improve their institutional capabilities;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on all authorities of the region to continue to make the necessary efforts to create a business-friendly environment and to attach particular importance to encouraging private-sector development, strengthening small and medium-sized undertakings and increasing innovative capacity by establishing links between business and tertiary education; underlines in that respect the need to step up the fight against corruption at all levels and to improve transparency;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is worried about the skills gap and poor social cohesion in the Western Balkan region; highlights the fact that stability and sustainable economic growth can be achieved by addressing both economic and social reforms; points out the massive rate of brain drain among young people and underlines the need to encourage return migration; invites Western Balkan countries to develop employment and fiscal policies so as to address problems of unemployment, relatively high wages and the large size of the informal economy;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the region has seen an increase in investment from international players, particularly in the fields of energy and natural resources; stresses the beneficial influence of foreign direct investment on the economies of countries in that region; underlines, however, that suche need for more and better foreign direct investment and for more export-oriented growth; expresses concern regarding low- skill and natural-resource-intensive exports as well as the small share of exports of goods; stresses that foreign direct investment should be fully transparent, with the same rules for all the investors, and that it should not be linked to any political pressure from the governments of the investing entities.