8 Amendments of Victor NEGRESCU related to 2016/2053(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is convinced that the simultaneous expiry of the Cotonou Agreement and of the Union’s Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) provides an opportunity to finally decide the budgetisation of the largest geographic instrument in the policy area of development cooperation, the European Development Fund (EDF), with the condition of clear guarantees of ring- fencing for ACP-EU cooperation; believes that the current set-up of the EDF is an anomaly at the root of several shortcomings; stresses that budgetisation will boost the legitimacy, efficiency and predictability of development aid while ensuring better policy coherence and visibility;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the Union budget already provides instruments targeted at specific partners and that EDF budgetisation can be designed so as to reflect and promote the privileged ACP-EU relationship; reiterates that the budgetisation of the EDF will bring a simplification and harmonisation of the development aid framework; calls on the Commission to present a roadmap which addresses the abovementioned issues, prior to presenting the necessary proposals for the next MFF;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Reiterates the need for a qualitative assessment of projects of the European Development Fund;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that fighting poverty is the Union’s overarching objective in development cooperation and a primary way to address the root causes of migration and forced displacement; warns, in the context of the EU Trust Fund for Africa, against diverting appropriations from their intended purposes and breaching the objectives of the legal bases; recommends to continue the implementation of measures designed to increase the degree of autonomy and empowerment in communities, enabling them to better represent their own interests in a responsible and sustainable way; recalls also the positive role of the African Peace Facility as a key instrument for stabilisation, and expects a solution to be found as part of EDF budgetisation which ensures its continuation in full observance of the Treaty;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recommends developing collaborations at youth level by sharing information, changing services, sharing resources and attending cross trainings in order to improve services for youth persons who are out of school, unemployed and are facing difficulties in finding a job;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Recommends developing collaborations at academic level that is critical for skills development, the generation and adoption of knowledge, and promotion of entrepreneurship, bringing solutions to business problems by providing innovative ideas on how the academic community and businesses can engage more effectively;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Recommends drawing up strategies to improve collaboration between ACP Countries and South-East Europe in sectors as agriculture, unemployment and innovation on sustainable food, healthcare and water management amongst other that will improve competitiveness;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Supports blending grants with financial instruments, streamlining funding and sustainability of projects in order to maximise the impact of development assistance and address market failures and investment gaps; stresses that innovative financing must not replace grants, nor must it replace the responsibility of developed countries regarding official development assistance (ODA) or of developing countries to provide services; notes the intention to launch an investment initiative for Africa and calls for the full involvement of Parliament in its establishment.