24 Amendments of Norbert NEUSER related to 2014/2205(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to its report of 19 May 2015 on Financing for Development and especially its call for the alignment of the private sector with the SDGs,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 b (new)
Citation 18 b (new)
- having regard to the UNIDO's Lima Declaration: Towards Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development (ISID)1, __________________ 1 http://www.unido.org/fileadmin/Lima_De claration.pdf
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the private sector is a very broad term encompassing a wide range of actors and needs to be specified;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas industrialisation (especially through the development of local Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and Small and Medium Industries (SMIs)) is a driver for well-being and development: 1% of increase in Manufacturing Value Added (MVA) per capita decreases the poverty head count by almost 2%;1 __________________ 1 http://www.unido.org/fileadmin/user_med ia/Services/PSD/WP4_2014_Industrializat ion_and_social_well-being.pdf
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas manufacturing with around 470 million jobs worldwide in 2009 and around half a billion jobs worldwide in 20131 , provides high potential for employment and wealth generation as well as for decent and highly qualified work; __________________ 1 https://www.unido.org/fileadmin/user_me dia/Research_and_Statistics/UNIDO_IDR _2013_main_report.pdf
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission's initiative to endorse the private sector in becoming, alongside other governmental and non- governmental development organisations, a truen important partner in achieving inclusive and sustainable development, poverty reduction and empowerment of the local economies;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls the Commission to recognise the diversity of the private sector and the challenges that are faced in alleviating the poverty of the most marginalized and the hardest to reach;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Notes that development cooperation is the primary responsibility of the State; notes that reducing poverty or inequality is not the primary objective of the private sector and therefore private sector involvement in development objectives must be carefully designed with special emphasis on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR);
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the vast potential of the EU's value added in partnering with the private sector, in close coordination with its Member States, and relevant International Organisations;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
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;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Highlights that the defence of human rights, gender equality, social cohesion and the fight against inequalities should remain at the core of development activities; recalls the need to comply with agreed international standards such as the International Labour Organisation (ILO) standards and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; calls for binding international rules for firms on compliance with human rights, labour law and environmental standards and urges the European Commission to take the lead by developing a clearly defined framework agreement governing all partnership agreements with private sector in line with the Corporate Social Responsibility principles and standards;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
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;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises that the private sector and especially local SMEs must be part of the policy dialogue, including industrial policies, alongside all other development partners; recognises that the private sector includes actors such as social enterprises and Fairtrade organisations which have social and environmental principles built in to their work; calls on the Commission to recognise these efforts in its work on the role of the private sector in development;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the European Commission to champion the proposal from investors and other stakeholders to support binding rules on social, environmental and human rights reporting by business, consistent with the EU directive on non- financial reporting, which are encompassed as one of the new proposed UN Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Calls for greater transparency in finance to help combat corruption and illicit financial flows, including through the development of fair and effective tax systems;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Highlights the vast potential forrisks associated with PPPs in agriculture, including land grabbing, which must be prevented; stresses the importance of focusing assistance on small-scale farmers, in particular women; calls on the Commission to couple any PPPs in the agriculture, undal sector involving EU money with comprehensive measures to protect small-holder farmers, pastoralists and other vulnerable land users a clearly defined legislative framework for property rights, to prevent land grabbing; gainst the potential loss of access to land or water; emphasises that safeguards should include social and environmental risk assessment, mandatory consultation with legitimate representatives of the affected communities, with their free, prior and informed consent as a condition for the launch of the respective project and legal support for these communities when they so need; asks the Commission to accompany projects with monitoring procedures and to negotiate revision of contracts in cases that turned out to be harmful to the local population; recommends to replace G8 New Alliance projects with initiatives under the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP); stresses that financial and social compensations have to be binding commitments and that alternative development plans should always be taken into consideration;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recommends that the EU continues to engage PPPs in renewable and green energy projects in developing countries in a sustainable manner; welcomes the fact that one of the priorities of the EIB's IFE is the investment in energy, widely recognised as a key element in unlocking economic growth in Africa;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
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;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Calls on the EU to work on strengthening capacity building of partner countries to assess when it is appropriate to engage in PPP projects and how to manage them in the public interest, including in planning, contract negotiation, management, accounting and minimising contingent liabilities;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses, that support for local SMEs/SMIs can be enhanced not only through financing instruments, but also through technology transfer, capacity building, sustainable supplier development and business linkages;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
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;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24