9 Amendments of Charles GOERENS related to 2011/2047(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission Green Paper of 19 October 2010 on the future of EU budget support to third countries,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 b (new)
Citation 11 b (new)
– having regard to the ongoing ‘Structured Dialogue – For an efficient partnership in development’ process,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes efforts to develop European Country Strategy documents in order to achieve better coordination between the Commission and the Member States; emphasises that the programming process must ensure that the aid effectiveness agenda is implemented, and that Parliament’s right to exercise democratic scrutiny as defined by the Lisbon Treaty in article 290 is respected;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that in keeping with the concept of democratic ownership, parliaments, local and regional authorities, civil society and other stakeholders should be supported in their efforts to play their proper role in defining development strategies, holding governments to account and assessing development results; further insists on the fact that the territorial approach of development allows a better ownership by the beneficiaries;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Insists that needspoverty eradication must remain athe crucial criterion for the allocation of EU development aid; calls on the Commission and the Member States to review the scope of financing instruments and to focus the disbursement of Official Development Assistance (ODA) on the poorest countries, and on reaching the poorest layers of society and to programme a phasing out period of ODA- allocations for emerging countries;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the proposal to focus development cooperation on sustainable energy; insists that water supply and access to energy for the poor and in connection with the provision of public services and local development must be prime objectives of EU-supported projects;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Supports more systematic efforts to mainstream climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction measures; and calls for improvement of regulations concerning waste transfer and illegal logging;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Reiterates its position that the EU should focus its development assistance on promoting sustainable small-scale agricultural production in order to ensure food self-sufficiency of the population as the first objective and to implement the right to food; emphasises the need to ensure, in particular, access for small farmers to the means of production (land, credit, consultancy and advisory services), to processing and marketing opportunities and to local, regional, national and cross- border markets in order to guarantee sales opportunities for their production;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Underlines that facing food insecurity means the implementation of many actions, from diverse sectors, such as the management of local natural resources, the reinforcement of production and manufacturing, training, the structuring of professional organisations, the implementation of a safety net for the most vulnerable, the education on nutrition and also the diversification of rural jobs beyond agriculture to enhance the income of rural families, which are the first victims of hunger;