Activities of Louis MICHEL related to 2016/2139(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Increasing the effectiveness of development cooperation (A8-0322/2016 - Cristian Dan Preda) FR
Amendments (6)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the high-level political commitments of the Monterrey Consensus (2002), the Rome Declaration (2003), the Paris Declaration (2005), the Accra Agenda for Action (2008) and the 4th Forum on aid effectiveness in Busan (2011) all pursue the same goal of improving quality of implementation, management and use of official development assistance in order to maximise its impact;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas budget support has many advantages, such as the responsibility of the State, more precise analysis of outcomes, greater policy coherence, more effective aid forecasting and optimum use of the funds available directly for the benefit of the population;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas according to a Commission study, the fragmentation of the aid effort adds an additional cost of EUR 2 to 3 billion a year for the European Union;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas countries such as China, Brazil and India play an increasingly important role as emerging donors and for the transfer of development expertise and technology, not least thanks to their own recent and current development experience; whereas their engagement with more traditional donors and their participation in inclusive development cooperation in the GPEDC can be enhanced;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recalls that growth of 1 % in Africa represents more than double the amount of official development aid;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls for democratic ownership to be the guiding principle of aid effectiveness; recalls that democratic ownership requires strong institutions that can ensure the participation of members of parliament from the partner countries, local authorities, civil society organisations, the media and the private sector; calls for the strengthening of legislative power and the separation of powers in order to give parliamentarians from the partner countries the capacity to fully exercise their mandate by participating in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development programmes;