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Activities of Maurice PONGA related to 2012/2222(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2012/2222(INI)

Shadow reports (1)

2016/11/22
Committee: DEVE
Dossiers: 2012/2222(INI)
Documents: PDF(273 KB) DOC(163 KB)

Amendments (18)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the Commission is not planning to include the EDF in the budget in 2014, but only from 2021 onwards, ~~and that preparations should already be made so that it does not lead to a reduction in funds allocated to ACP-EU partnership and development assistance in general~~which is highly regrettable;

2013/01/30
Committee: DEVE

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the financial proposals for the 2014-2020 period, currently under discussion at the Council, have worrying implications for the future of European development policy, but also for the association linking the OCTs and the EU;

2013/01/30
Committee: DEVE

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas the OAD proposal takes account of the specific challenges facing OCTs, which differ from those confronting ACP States, and the latter should therefore no longer be covered by the EDF, but by an ad hoc financial instrument entered in the EU budget;

2013/01/30
Committee: DEVE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the main objectives of European development policy (Article 208 TFEU), the Cotonou Agreement and the European Consensus on Development are to reduce and, ultimately, to eradicate poverty; stresses, therefore, that at least 90 % of the appropriations under the 11th EDF for ACP States should meet the public development aid (PDA) criteria, as laid down by the OECD's Development Assistance Committee;

2013/01/30
Committee: DEVE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Considers that, in order to meet that objective, more needs to be done to ensure that the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on which the least progress is being made are met, in particular those concerning the most vulnerable groups in society and gender issues, as stipulated by Articles 22, 25 and 31 of the Cotonou Agreement; reiterates its support, therefore, for the MDG initiative and contracts, and calls on the Commission, ~~Member States and~~in agreement with the ACP States, to earmark 20 % of the 11th EDF budget for the provision of basic social services, particularly health care and basic education, to ensure that MDGs 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 and other international commitments concerning development are met;

2013/01/30
Committee: DEVE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the fact that the OAD proposal recognises the need to ~~redefine the objectives of~~ develop a new long-term partnership withe OCT-EU association arrangements in order to establish a partnership for the sustainable development of OCTs, but criticises its failure to incorporate an OCT-specific financial instrument into the EU budget; s, centred around four new objectives: - boosting the competitiveness of OCTs; - strengthening their adaptability; - reducing their vulnerability, - promoting their cooperation with other partners;

2013/01/30
Committee: DEVE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Regrets the absence of a financial instrument devoted to OCTs that could be integrated in the Union budget so as to allow democratic, transparent controls of funding allocated in this way;

2013/01/30
Committee: DEVE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for better coo~~rdin~~peration of the cooperation programmes with the outermost regions (ORs) to facilitate the implementation of projects involving ACP countries, OCTs and ORs, on the basis of consistent programming, and for it to be made easier for ORs and OCTs to participbetween the outermost regions, the ACP countries and third countries neighbouring OCTs and the combined use of the various financial instruments and programmes applicable to these regions, states a~~s observers in EU-ACP dialogue forum~~nd countries;

2013/01/30
Committee: DEVE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Expresses its s~~Support ~~for~~s the inclusion of the EDF in the EU budget as from the next programming period, and failing that, as from 2021, including the complete transfer of the fund to heading 4 of the MFF ('Global Europe'), ~~and~~which will make for improved aid predictability~~, the raising of the expenditure ceilings, and the involvement of national parliaments in the monitoring of~~ and better democratic control by the European Parliament over how budget appropriations are spent;

2013/01/30
Committee: DEVE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the fact that the contribution keys for the Member States for the 11th EDF are more similar to those used for the Union budget, but notes that democratic scrutiny can be exercised properly only once the EDF has been included in the budget; agrees with the Commission that budgetisation of the EDF is inadvisable for the time being, but looks to the Commission to ensure that the preparations proceed as smoothly as possible in time for 2021 and to inform the Parliament, OCTs and ACP States regularly of the progress made; welcomes the fact and that the programming period for the 11th EDF has been brought into line with the implementing period for the MFF;

2013/01/30
Committee: DEVE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

~~11.~~ 11. Emphasises the importance of ~~the~~having a Union budget that is capable of meeting the challenges facing it, particularly in times of crisis, as it provides funding that could not be made available at national level, in particular development funding; s~~tresses the need, therefore, to create new sources of EU budget revenue~~upports therefore the idea of creating own resources, such as ~~the~~ a financial transaction tax ~~due to be introduced in 11 Member States in 2013, so that the Union's budget is no longer entirely dependent on national contributions~~;

2013/01/30
Committee: DEVE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Notes that the Agenda for Change contains new proposals, including combined grant/loan funding and support for the private sector; considers that the principal aim of these proposals should be to lift people in developing countries out of poverty and free them from their dependence on aid, given that failure to do so would result in unbalanced development and growth;

2013/01/30
Committee: DEVE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Recognises in this context the importance of supporting the private sector, in particular micro-enterprises and SMEs, to promote wealth creation and the creation of business-friendly environments in developing countries so as to permit more inclusive and sustainable growth;

2013/01/30
Committee: DEVE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Notes the sectoral concentration proposed by the Commission in its Agenda for Change~~, but is concerned that this will be interpreted as a narrowly European priority, given that it was set unilaterally by the Union~~; stresses that sectoral concentration should not be pursued at the expense of meeting the specific needs of certain countries; points out that democratic ownership is key to ensuring that aid is effective and stresses that decisions concerning the sectors to be targeted under national indicative programmes should therefore be made on a flexible basis and through dialogue with all development stakeholders, including civil society and local authority representatives;

2013/01/30
Committee: DEVE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. ~~Welcomes the fact~~Notes that the Commission has voluntarily agreed to ~~grant~~inform Parliament ~~the same right of scrutiny over~~about the documents which put the implementing regulation for the 11th EDF into effect as over the general budget of the Union (for example, the documents implementing the DCI); points out, however, that the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly should have the same level of involvement as the European Parliament, but regrets the fact that Parliament has no concrete powers over the measures thus taken by the Commission;

2013/01/30
Committee: DEVE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reiterates the importance of observing the principle of democratic ownership, as defined in the programme for aid effectiveness; calls on the Commission, therefore, to ~~take further steps~~continue its support to strengthen the capacity of national parliaments and to inform civil society, and on the ACP States to work more actively with their national parliaments, to ensure that the disbursement of the funds provided for in each country's strategy documents is made subject to post hoc parliamentary scrutiny; applauds the invaluable work of the Office for the Promotion of Parliamentary Democracy; recommends that all national ministries participate in the discussions between the national authorising officer and the Union delegation concerned in order to ensure that the strategy documents offer a comprehensive assessment of the country's development needs;

2013/01/30
Committee: DEVE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Draws attention to the invaluable contribution of civil society organisations (CSOs) and local and regional authorities (LRAs) as regards the provision of basic services, democratic scrutiny, support for marginalised groups and the promotion of human rights and gender equality, and calls on the Commission~~, OCTs~~ and ACP countries to work closely with CSOs and LRAs in programming, implementing and evaluating the 11th EDF; calls on the Commission to include in the progress reports on the 11th EDF a section outlining the stage reached in the talks held by Union delegations at national level with CSOs and LRAs;

2013/01/30
Committee: DEVE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls on the Commission to set social and environmental standards for undertakings seeking public procurement contracts financed from the 11th EDF in ACP countries, in order to promote the principles of sustainable development and corporate social responsibility;deleted

2013/01/30
Committee: DEVE