Activities of Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS related to 2011/2113(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on Trade for Change: the EU Trade and Investment Strategy for the Southern Mediterranean following the Arab Spring revolution
Amendments (2)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the ongoing process of transformation of the Southern Mediterranean, triggered by the ‘Arab Spring’, holds an uncertain outcome for the countries involved and unknown repercussions for the wider region and the EU; underlines that the promotion of and support for sustainable and inclusive economic growth in the region would be decisive in securing democracy and bringing about political stability; points to the importance of agriculture, which employs over a third of the active population in the countries of the southern shore of the Mediterranean, and rural development in the stabilisation process, given that they contribute, especially under conditions of increased volatility in the world markets, to the advancement of food security, more equitable income generation and distribution, job creation, and the integration of women and smallholders in the economy;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the EU to support both the development of healthy agricultural production and rural development in the region, in the fight against poverty, a persistent evil in the countryside, and in order to strengthen the stabilisation process; stresses, to that end, the importance of institutional and infrastructural (e.g. irrigation, handling, storage, packaging, transportation, marketing systems and access to services) improvements, in addition to the technological ones, as well as the significance of education and training programmes, especially for women, includingsituations where producers are poorly organised and civil society is weak, which also slow down the development of an efficient agri-food system; emphasises the role of extension services in facilitating diffusion of knowledge; underlines that global environmental and climate change concerns should direct the support to the promotion of sustainable uses of natural resources and energy, and compatible methods of production;