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7 Amendments of Enrique GUERRERO SALOM related to 2014/2205(INI)

Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas growing worldwide poverty and inequality is listed as one of the biggest problems for global stability;
2015/05/27
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls the Commission to prioritise investment in domestic small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), as they offer the greatest potential to drive equitable development in countries;
2015/05/27
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Calls for European development efforts to play a significant role in implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, including working with European enterprises and investors to ensure full compliance with the guiding principles and the OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprise in their business activities and in their supply chains in developing countries;
2015/05/27
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Urges the EU to develop a robust regulatory framework, based on development effectiveness criteria, within which the private sector must operate, including for the promotion of long term contractual PPPs; urges the EU to only promote PPPs if other less expensive and risky financing options are not available, on the basis of a cost-effective analysis; calls on the EU to implement effective safeguard policies for PPP projects to ensure human rights, including women's rights; insists that PPPs should be excluded for the provision of essential public services, such as health and education;
2015/05/27
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the criteria outlined in the Commission's communication on private sector and development, for the provision of direct support to the private sector; calls for the setting up of a clearly defined framework agreement governing all partnerships with the private sector that can confer the implementation benchmarks that need to be followed, and which are currently lacking in the Communication such as, actions directed to micro- enterprises, strategies for access to credit and job inclusion of disadvantaged groups, women and young people;
2015/05/27
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Urges the Commission to give the highest primacy to the full compliance with development effectiveness principles like ownership, accountability and transparency, before expanding the scope of blending operations; insists that the Commission clearly demonstrates the financial and development additionality of EU grants for blended projects, as recommended by the Court of Auditors; calls on the Commission to democratise the governance structure of the EU Blending Platform and the regional blending facilities, by properly engaging with all relevant stakeholders at the local level, including partner governments, national parliaments, private sector actors, trade unions and local communities;
2015/05/27
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that partnerships and loans to the private sector in low-income countries and fragile states are associated with direct grants to CSOs and be aligned with the country's development priorities, to ensure citizens engagement, and involve multi- stakeholder processes among CSOs, local governments and trade unions;
2015/05/27
Committee: DEVE