6 Amendments of Göran FÄRM related to 2010/2300(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Considers budget support, if used correctly, to be a very important tool for development, strengthening ownership of development strategies in partner countries, enhancing accountability of governments and increasing predictability of aid; considers therefore that the EU should increase its' financial allocation to this instrument; underlines however, that budget support must be part of a package and not just a mere financial transfer, including policy dialogue, performance assessment, capacity-building and other supporting interventions;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Underlines in this regard that the accountability of a partner government toward its’ citizens is a key driver in achieving development outcomes; recalls that, to this day there have only been modest improvements in domestic accountability, partly due to the weak capacity of civil society and parliaments in many countries to advocate and monitor policy choices as part of a transparent budget process; calls therefore for the introduction of a systemic involvement of national parliaments and civil society in the political dialogue on poverty reduction and in annual reviews of budget support; underlines that such a system must ensure the flow of information between civil society, universities and NGO’s in order for them to express their views as part of the consultation;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is firmly convinced that a thorough analysis of the future of EU budget support to third countries must address the issue of budgetisation of the European Development Fund; is aware of the historical and institutional background to the current situation, but believes that the time has come for the Council, the Member States and the ACP countries to acknowledge that this state of affairs is detrimental to the efficiency, transparency and accountability of EU budget support;underlines however that such a budgetisation must not entail a decrease in the overall financial envelope for development policies;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. CRecalls on the Member States and the Commissionthat he EU carries more weight at international level than the sum of its individual Member States; Calls on the Member States the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS), in line with the practice established in other policy fields, to improve the coordination of their respective budget support to third countries in order to avoid potential or existing overlaps, inconsistencies and incoherencies, which are all the more unacceptable in a context of scarce funding; regrets the reviews showing that, at sectoral level, weak policies, institutions and service delivery systems have prompted donors to use their own systems to implement projects, and to act bilaterally rather than in a coordinated manner, a situation which is all the more unacceptable in a context of scarce funding and which also makes it very hard for the EU to live up to its promises on making aid more predictable; maintains that a focus on specific areas offering the greatest added value should drive EU budget support throughout all phases of preparation and delivery;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Regrets that, on the international scene, Europe is still an economic giant, and a political dwarf; The union should draw consequence of its added value brought about by its huge political weight and the potentially large scope of the Union's action, ensuring political influence proportional to the financial support given;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Calls on the Commission, in line with its intention to "mainstream" the EU budget in order to financially assist and support the EU's climate change policies, to investigate the feasibility of using sector budget support (SBS) for climate mitigation and adaptation in developing countries;