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2012/2059(DEC) Special report 1/2012 (2011 discharge): Effectiveness of European Union development aid for food security in sub-Saharan Africa

Role	Committee	Rapporteur	Shadows
Lead	CONT	STAES Bart (Verts/ALE)	MATHIEU HOUILLON Véronique (EPP), BERMAN Thijs (S&D), CZARNECKI Ryszard (ECR), SØNDERGAARD Søren Bo (GUE/NGL), EHRENHAUSER Martin (NI)
Opinion	DEVE	GUERRERO SALOM Enrique (S&D)

Lead committee dossier: CONT/7/09092
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2012/12/06 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
- A7-0400/2012 summary
  
  The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Bart STAES (Greens/EFA, BE) on the Special Report No 1/2012 (2011 discharge): 'Effectiveness of European Union development aid for food security in sub-Saharan Africa'. Welcoming the Court of Auditors' report and its overall conclusion (please refer to the summary of the report dated 28/03/2012), Members consider that there is scope for significant improvement as regards making EU development aid for food security more efficient in this region. Members support the Court of Auditors' recommendation for a structured assessment of the food security situation in each country and a systematic consideration of the potential scope for relevant Union support by the European External Action Service (EEAS). They call on EuropeAid (Commission) to help ensure that effective early warning systems for food insecurity are in place. They also call on the EEAS to help ensure that corresponding government capacity is built to run those systems in a sustainable manner, and that prevention strategies are implemented, fostering the resilience of the most vulnerable. Food crisis – malnutrition – food prices: given the unpredictability of new food crises and the increased volatility of food prices and speculation, Members believe that it necessary to take effective action against such speculation, including the regulation and control of derivative markets. They call on the Commission to elaborate upon response strategies for different contingencies, making any relevant proposals. They call for the inclusion of a new Food Facility or a comparable mechanism in the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014 to 2020 to ensure the Union's ability to respond swiftly to new food crises using similar funds. Members deplore the fact that, despite strong economic growth, one quarter of the population of sub-Saharan Africa still suffers from malnutrition despite the fact that the region has the technology, the knowledge and the natural resources to change this. As regards food security, Members call on the Commission to: integrate the resources allocated under the EDF and the ‘food security’ budget line with a view to ensuring that they complement one another and that the funds in question are used as effectively as possible; take systematic account of the food security situation and chronic food insecurity, in particular when implementing Union development policy; strengthen the link between relief, rehabilitation and development in order to ensure the effectiveness of aid; prioritise agriculture in its development aid, including assistance to farmers in accessing markets given that there has been a dramatic reduction in the level of development aid allocated to agriculture since the 1980s; address the whole food chain, from farm to fork, in order to enhance the resilience of the agricultural sector. Members believe that long-term political commitments by governments in sub-Saharan Africa are necessary to reduce the vulnerability of the agricultural sector. Temporary subsidies, in the form of seeds that withstand extreme weather conditions, can serve as an important safety net for small-scale farmers and families. They also stress the importance of early warnings and preventive work on sanitation, seed and feed for animals; unite food policy and long-term social and economic development. Maintaining the European Food Facility: Members agree with the Court of Auditors that a longer implementation period for the Food Facility (2008 to 2010) would have been more appropriate, given its objectives and the continuous volatility and high level of commodity prices. Welcoming the resolve of the Commission expressed in its Communication on an EU policy framework to assist developing countries in addressing food security challenges (see COM(2010)0127) to integrate the nutritional dimension into Union programmes, Members reiterate their call on the Commission to draw up a specific Communication on this dimension and to integrate sound and multisectoral nutrition strategies into its development policy. The Commission is called upon to set more realistic and measurable objectives for the interventions and to improve their definition in the general budget support programmes, where special attention should be given to encouraging entrepreneurship among the growing young population and addressing the discrimination against women in the agricultural sector. Lastly, Members notes that the overall impact of Union action on food security is also determined by the Union's policies on agriculture, fisheries, energy and trade.
2012/11/15 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
2012/10/18 Amendments tabled in committee
- PE497.925
2012/09/21 Committee draft report
- PE489.510
2012/04/18 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
2012/03/28 Non-legislative basic document
- N7-0051/2012 summary
  
  PURPOSE: to present the European Court of Auditors Special Report (No 1/2012) on effectiveness of European Union development aid for food security in sub-Saharan Africa. CONTENT: the report recalls that food security has long been, and still is, a global problem with an estimated one billion people in the world suffering from hunger. It has been defined as a condition where “all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life”. Food security is a major problem in sub-Saharan Africa, where the number of people suffering from hunger was reaching 239 million in 2010, i.e. 30 % of the total population. For the period 2002 – 2010, the EU has funded a total of over EUR 3.1 billion for food security interventions in sub-Saharan Africa through the European Development Fund (EDF), which is the prime framework for cooperation with individual sub-Saharan countries, as well as three thematic instruments financed through the general budget of the European Union the Food Security Budget Line (FSBL), the Food Security Thematic Programme (FSTP) and the Food Facility which was established in 2008 to provide a rapid response to the crisis caused by volatile food prices in developing countries). The European Court of Auditors has assessed whether EU development aid for food security in sub-Saharan Africa is effective by analysing whether EU development aid for food security is relevant to the countries’ needs and priorities and whether EU interventions are effective. The audit focused on EU direct development support for the three dimensions of food security, i.e : food availability, access to food, food utilisation (nutrition). Court conclusions: the Court concludes that EU development aid for food security in sub-Saharan Africa is mostly effective and makes an important contribution to achieving food security. However, there is scope for significant improvement in several areas: while the Commission focused its development aid on countries with the highest number of undernourished people, it did not sufficiently consider the potential scope for EU support in other countries which also suffer from chronic food insecurity ; the Food Facility, set up in order to react to the impact of the 2007-2008 food price crisis, was not designed to address long term food price volatility; EU aid properly addresses countries’ needs and priorities as regards food availability and access to food. However, the Commission has not placed adequate emphasis on nutrition; often, interventions do not set sufficiently clear objectives and are sometimes overly ambitious, in particular in the case of Non- Governmental Organisation (NGO) projects; only half of the interventions have reasonable prospects of being sustainable. Court recommendations: the Court recommends: for the programming period after 2013, that the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) should carry out a structured assessment of the food security situation in each country and systematically consider the potential scope for EU support in this area that the Commission should examine the feasibility of a permanent instrument to address the consequences of potential future foodcrises in developing countries; that the Commission and the EEAS should give adequate priority to nutrition when defining the cooperation strategy, identifying and designing interventions, and using policy dialogue with partner governments, notably in the framework of budget support programmes; that the Commission should set out intervention objectives that are sufficiently precise and measurable through performance indicators. It should ensure that the objectives are achievable by better assessing the risks and assumptions concerning the successful implementation of interventions; that the Commission should better support the financial sustainability of agricultural and social transfer programmes.
- DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/', 'title': 'EuropeAid Development and Cooperation'}, PIEBALGS Andris

Documents

Non-legislative basic document published: N7-0051/2012
Committee draft report: PE489.510
Amendments tabled in committee: PE497.925
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A7-0400/2012

Amendments	Dossier
16	2012/2059(DEC) 2012/10/15 DEVE 4 amendments... Amendment 1 # Enrique GUERRERO SALOM Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. ~~Calls on the EEAS to implement~~Supports the Court of Auditors' recommendation to systematically assess the food security situation and the scope for relevant EU assistance in each country and to base this on FAO, WFP and other data and analyses; also calls on the EEAS to develop early warning systems for food insecurity, and to implement prevention strategies;for a structured assessment of the food security situation in each country and systematic consideration of the potential scope for relevant EU support during the EEAS and the Commission's programming of EU development aid; calls on DEVCO to ensure the incorporation of data and analyses from ECHO´s field offices and from other sources and to help ensure that effective early warning systems for food insecurity are in place; also calls on the EEAS to help ensure that corresponding government capacity is built to run these systems in a sustainable manner, and that prevention strategies are implemented, fostering the resilience of the most vulnerable. Amendment 2 # Enrique GUERRERO SALOM Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Notes that after the 2008 food crisis, which severely affected different sub- Saharan African countries, food prices have gradually returned to similar levels and that volatility and speculation are likely to continue; calls on the Commission to elaborate response strategies for different contingencies, making any relevant proposals; ~~takes the view that a Food Facility should be included in the 2014-2020 MFF~~calls for the inclusion in the 2014-2020 MFF of a new Food Facility or a comparable mechanism ensuring the EU's ability to swiftly respond to new food crises using similar funds, given the predictability of new food crises and the increased volatility of food prices; believes that financial speculation exacerbates food price volatility and that it is therefore also necessary to take effective action against such speculation, ~~for instance,~~including through regulation and control of derivative markets; Amendment 3 # Nirj DEVA Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Notes that after the 2008 food crisis, which severely affected different sub- Saharan African countries, food prices have gradually returned to similar levels and that volatility and speculation are likely to continue; calls on the Commission to elaborate response strategies for different contingencies, making any relevant proposals; calls on the Commission to also take note of the fact that the gradually rising food prices is part of a marked, long-term upward trend, rather than a short-term shock and consequently, it requires a longer-term holistic strategy directly linked to the broader development goals; takes the view that a Food Facility should be included in the 2014-2020 MFF; believes that financial speculation exacerbates food price volatility and that it is therefore also necessary to take effective action against such speculation, for instance, through regulation and control of derivative markets; Amendment 4 # Michèle STRIFFLER Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. In this context, calls on the Commission to establish a dedicated trust fund to address the problem of malnutrition in developing countries through a set of basic interventions which could prevent the vast majority of cases of malnutrition, especially in the critical 1000-day window between conception and age 2; such a trust fund would enable the leveraging and pooling of resources from Commission and Member states, and possibly other donors, and would enable better visibility of EU action in saving lives; source: PE-497.905 2012/10/18 CONT 12 amendments... Amendment 1 # Olle SCHMIDT Motion for a resolution Citation 3 a (new) - having regard to the outcome document on the OECD high level meeting on Aid Effectiveness in Busan December 2011, where partnership and effectiveness are key elements; Amendment 10 # Thijs BERMAN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Agrees with the Court that a longer implementation period for the Food Facility (2008-2010) would have been more appropriate given its objectives and the existing financing gap between the end of its programming period and the next EDF programming period (from 2014); stresses the importance of ensuring the continuity of aid given the continuous volatility and high level of commodity prices; stresses the need to seek, in close coordination with WFP, FAO and IFAD, complementarity and synergy between the EU food security programmes and programmes of those and other international donors; Amendment 11 # Olle SCHMIDT Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Is deeply concerned at the Court's finding that nutrition has been neglected and finds this is worrying since malnutrition has extremely harmful consequences in particular if it occurs during pregnancy and the first two years of life leading to irreversible damage; points out that malnutrition is an obstacle to human development, inflicting irreversible damage on individuals and imposing large economic and social losses on countries; welcomes the resolve of the Commission expressed in its Communication on an EU policy framework to assist developing countries in addressing food security challenges (COM(2010)0127) to integrate the nutritional dimension into EU programmes; reiterates its call on the Commission to draw up a specific Communication on this dimension and to integrate sound and multi-sectoral nutrition strategies into its development policy; points out that one of the most critical and cost-effective interventions is empowering of woman, a far-reaching way to help households priorities healthcare and child nutrition; Amendment 12 # Olle SCHMIDT Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. ~~Welcom~~Notes the Court's finding that EU interventions have been in general well designed and achieve most of their intended results, ~~although often~~but regrets that the quality of objectives were variable and difficult to measure due to the absence of performance indicators and the sustainability of results were questionable in half of the audited interventions; calls on the Commission to set more realistic and measurable objectives for the interventions and to improve their definition in the General budget support (GBS) programmes, where special attention should be given to interventions encouraging entrepreneurship among the growing young populations and interventions addressing the discrimination of women in the agricultural sector; Amendment 2 # Olle SCHMIDT Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the Court's report and its overall conclusion that EU development aid for food security in sub-Saharan Africa is mostly effective and it makes an important contribution to the progress towards achieving food security in partner countries which not yet have a sustainable and secure agricultural sector; notes however, that according to the Court, there is scope for significant improvement in a number of areas; Amendment 3 # Olle SCHMIDT Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Deplores that for the 10th EDF food security, agriculture and rural development have been selected for less partner countries as a focal sector than for the 9th EDF and that several food-insecure countries received little or no EU development aid in this area; agrees with the Court that this is inconsistent with the critical situation as regards MDG1 and the increased priority that the EDF was expected to give to food security; calls on the Commission and Member States to give a much greater attention to this area when drawing up the EDF country strategy papers (CSPs) and to allocate more funding for this purpose; deplores the decrease in development aid from Member States and that only Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Sweden exceed the commitment to give 0,7 % of GNP to development assistance; Amendment 4 # Olle SCHMIDT Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Deplores that despite a strong economic growth one fourth of the population in sub-Saharan Africa still suffers from malnutrition, points out that the region has the technology, the knowledge and the natural recourses to change this; stresses that peace and political stability is essential since access to land and markets, property rights and education allows increased influence and accountability of governments and of public authorities; Amendment 5 # Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Notes the shortcomings highlighted by the Court of Auditors in the coordination of the use of the resources allocated under the European Development Fund and the ‘food security’ budget heading for the period 1996-2006; calls on the Commission to harmonise the objectives of the two instruments with a view to ensuring that they complement one another and that the funds in question are used as effectively as possible; Amendment 6 # Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Considers that the Commission should take systematic account of the food security situation, and chronic food insecurity in particular, when implementing EU development policy; Amendment 7 # Olle SCHMIDT Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Stresses the importance of strengthening the link between relief, rehabilitation and development in order to ensure the ~~continuity~~effectiveness of aid; reiterates the importance of allocating an appropriate share of EU overseas development assistance (ODA) to the agriculture sector; regrets that there has been a dramatic reduction in the level of development aid allocated to agriculture since the 1980s and calls on the Commission to prioritise agriculture in its development aid, including assistance to farmers in accessing markets; ~~stresses in this context the need to improve coherence between the CAP, trade polic~~points out that development assistance is part of a larger context where trade, remittances and other sources of income are today more important than the total OAD payments for most developing countries, and ~~EU development policy objective~~that the CAP hinders a free and faire trade with accessing markets; Amendment 8 # Olle SCHMIDT Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses that the whole food chain from farm to fork must be addressed in order to enhance resistance and resilience of the agricultural sector; believes that long term political commitments by governments in sub-Saharan Africa are necessary for reducing the vulnerability of the agricultural sector; points out that temporary subsidies in the form of seed in relation to extreme weather conditions can serve as an important safety net for small scale farmers and families who would otherwise be severely affected; stresses the importance of early warnings and preventive work on sanitation, seed and feed for animals; deplores that violence and insecurity is a large obstacle for a food secure future; Amendment 9 # Olle SCHMIDT Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses the need to refocus at European and global level on food policy beyond food aid, inter-donor and donor-recipient cooperation with enhanced local partnership as well as the crucial role of partner countries in providing the basic requirements for any significant progress in this sector, such as internal peace and investment in rural infrastructure; further stresses that long-term social and economic development requires sustainable sources of income other than aid; considers that free and fair trade relations between Europe and developing countries in line with WTO principles is key for strengthening food security and accelerating human development in sub- Saharan Africa; source: PE-497.925

Amendments

Dossier

2012/2059(DEC)

2012/10/15 DEVE 4 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Calls on the EEAS to implement~~Supports the Court of Auditors' recommendation to systematically assess the food security situation and the scope for relevant EU assistance in each country and to base this on FAO, WFP and other data and analyses; also calls on the EEAS to develop early warning systems for food insecurity, and to implement prevention strategies;for a structured assessment of the food security situation in each country and systematic consideration of the potential scope for relevant EU support during the EEAS and the Commission's programming of EU development aid; calls on DEVCO to ensure the incorporation of data and analyses from ECHO´s field offices and from other sources and to help ensure that effective early warning systems for food insecurity are in place; also calls on the EEAS to help ensure that corresponding government capacity is built to run these systems in a sustainable manner, and that prevention strategies are implemented, fostering the resilience of the most vulnerable.

Amendment 2 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Notes that after the 2008 food crisis, which severely affected different sub- Saharan African countries, food prices have gradually returned to similar levels and that volatility and speculation are likely to continue; calls on the Commission to elaborate response strategies for different contingencies, making any relevant proposals; ~~takes the view that a Food Facility should be included in the 2014-2020 MFF~~calls for the inclusion in the 2014-2020 MFF of a new Food Facility or a comparable mechanism ensuring the EU's ability to swiftly respond to new food crises using similar funds, given the predictability of new food crises and the increased volatility of food prices; believes that financial speculation exacerbates food price volatility and that it is therefore also necessary to take effective action against such speculation, ~~for instance,~~including through regulation and control of derivative markets;

Amendment 3 #

Nirj DEVA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Notes that after the 2008 food crisis, which severely affected different sub- Saharan African countries, food prices have gradually returned to similar levels and that volatility and speculation are likely to continue; calls on the Commission to elaborate response strategies for different contingencies, making any relevant proposals; calls on the Commission to also take note of the fact that the gradually rising food prices is part of a marked, long-term upward trend, rather than a short-term shock and consequently, it requires a longer-term holistic strategy directly linked to the broader development goals; takes the view that a Food Facility should be included in the 2014-2020 MFF; believes that financial speculation exacerbates food price volatility and that it is therefore also necessary to take effective action against such speculation, for instance, through regulation and control of derivative markets;

Amendment 4 #

Michèle STRIFFLER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. In this context, calls on the Commission to establish a dedicated trust fund to address the problem of malnutrition in developing countries through a set of basic interventions which could prevent the vast majority of cases of malnutrition, especially in the critical 1000-day window between conception and age 2; such a trust fund would enable the leveraging and pooling of resources from Commission and Member states, and possibly other donors, and would enable better visibility of EU action in saving lives;

source: PE-497.905

2012/10/18 CONT 12 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Olle SCHMIDT

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)

- having regard to the outcome document on the OECD high level meeting on Aid Effectiveness in Busan December 2011, where partnership and effectiveness are key elements;

Amendment 10 #

Thijs BERMAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Agrees with the Court that a longer implementation period for the Food Facility (2008-2010) would have been more appropriate given its objectives and the existing financing gap between the end of its programming period and the next EDF programming period (from 2014); stresses the importance of ensuring the continuity of aid given the continuous volatility and high level of commodity prices; stresses the need to seek, in close coordination with WFP, FAO and IFAD, complementarity and synergy between the EU food security programmes and programmes of those and other international donors;

Amendment 11 #

Olle SCHMIDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Is deeply concerned at the Court's finding that nutrition has been neglected and finds this is worrying since malnutrition has extremely harmful consequences in particular if it occurs during pregnancy and the first two years of life leading to irreversible damage; points out that malnutrition is an obstacle to human development, inflicting irreversible damage on individuals and imposing large economic and social losses on countries; welcomes the resolve of the Commission expressed in its Communication on an EU policy framework to assist developing countries in addressing food security challenges (COM(2010)0127) to integrate the nutritional dimension into EU programmes; reiterates its call on the Commission to draw up a specific Communication on this dimension and to integrate sound and multi-sectoral nutrition strategies into its development policy; points out that one of the most critical and cost-effective interventions is empowering of woman, a far-reaching way to help households priorities healthcare and child nutrition;

Amendment 12 #

Olle SCHMIDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Welcom~~Notes the Court's finding that EU interventions have been in general well designed and achieve most of their intended results, ~~although often~~but regrets that the quality of objectives were variable and difficult to measure due to the absence of performance indicators and the sustainability of results were questionable in half of the audited interventions; calls on the Commission to set more realistic and measurable objectives for the interventions and to improve their definition in the General budget support (GBS) programmes, where special attention should be given to interventions encouraging entrepreneurship among the growing young populations and interventions addressing the discrimination of women in the agricultural sector;

Amendment 2 #

Olle SCHMIDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Court's report and its overall conclusion that EU development aid for food security in sub-Saharan Africa is mostly effective and it makes an important contribution to the progress towards achieving food security in partner countries which not yet have a sustainable and secure agricultural sector; notes however, that according to the Court, there is scope for significant improvement in a number of areas;

Amendment 3 #

Olle SCHMIDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Deplores that for the 10th EDF food security, agriculture and rural development have been selected for less partner countries as a focal sector than for the 9th EDF and that several food-insecure countries received little or no EU development aid in this area; agrees with the Court that this is inconsistent with the critical situation as regards MDG1 and the increased priority that the EDF was expected to give to food security; calls on the Commission and Member States to give a much greater attention to this area when drawing up the EDF country strategy papers (CSPs) and to allocate more funding for this purpose; deplores the decrease in development aid from Member States and that only Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Sweden exceed the commitment to give 0,7 % of GNP to development assistance;

Amendment 4 #

Olle SCHMIDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Deplores that despite a strong economic growth one fourth of the population in sub-Saharan Africa still suffers from malnutrition, points out that the region has the technology, the knowledge and the natural recourses to change this; stresses that peace and political stability is essential since access to land and markets, property rights and education allows increased influence and accountability of governments and of public authorities;

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Notes the shortcomings highlighted by the Court of Auditors in the coordination of the use of the resources allocated under the European Development Fund and the ‘food security’ budget heading for the period 1996-2006; calls on the Commission to harmonise the objectives of the two instruments with a view to ensuring that they complement one another and that the funds in question are used as effectively as possible;

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Considers that the Commission should take systematic account of the food security situation, and chronic food insecurity in particular, when implementing EU development policy;

Amendment 7 #

Olle SCHMIDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the importance of strengthening the link between relief, rehabilitation and development in order to ensure the ~~continuity~~effectiveness of aid; reiterates the importance of allocating an appropriate share of EU overseas development assistance (ODA) to the agriculture sector; regrets that there has been a dramatic reduction in the level of development aid allocated to agriculture since the 1980s and calls on the Commission to prioritise agriculture in its development aid, including assistance to farmers in accessing markets; ~~stresses in this context the need to improve coherence between the CAP, trade polic~~points out that development assistance is part of a larger context where trade, remittances and other sources of income are today more important than the total OAD payments for most developing countries, and ~~EU development policy objective~~that the CAP hinders a free and faire trade with accessing markets;

Amendment 8 #

Olle SCHMIDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses that the whole food chain from farm to fork must be addressed in order to enhance resistance and resilience of the agricultural sector; believes that long term political commitments by governments in sub-Saharan Africa are necessary for reducing the vulnerability of the agricultural sector; points out that temporary subsidies in the form of seed in relation to extreme weather conditions can serve as an important safety net for small scale farmers and families who would otherwise be severely affected; stresses the importance of early warnings and preventive work on sanitation, seed and feed for animals; deplores that violence and insecurity is a large obstacle for a food secure future;

Amendment 9 #

Olle SCHMIDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses the need to refocus at European and global level on food policy beyond food aid, inter-donor and donor-recipient cooperation with enhanced local partnership as well as the crucial role of partner countries in providing the basic requirements for any significant progress in this sector, such as internal peace and investment in rural infrastructure; further stresses that long-term social and economic development requires sustainable sources of income other than aid; considers that free and fair trade relations between Europe and developing countries in line with WTO principles is key for strengthening food security and accelerating human development in sub- Saharan Africa;

source: PE-497.925

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PURPOSE: to present the European Court of Auditors Special Report (No 1/2012) on effectiveness of European Union development aid for food security in sub-Saharan Africa.

CONTENT: the report recalls that food security has long been, and still is, a global problem with an estimated one billion people in the world suffering from hunger. It has been defined as a condition where "all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life". Food security is a major problem in sub-Saharan Africa, where the number of people suffering from hunger was reaching 239 million in 2010, i.e. 30 % of the total population.

For the period 2002 - 2010, the EU has funded a total of over EUR 3.1 billion for food security interventions in sub-Saharan Africa through the European Development Fund (EDF), which is the prime framework for cooperation with individual sub-Saharan countries, as well as three thematic instruments financed through the general budget of the European Union the Food Security Budget Line (FSBL), the Food Security Thematic Programme (FSTP) and the Food Facility which was established in 2008 to provide a rapid response to the crisis caused by volatile food prices in developing countries).

The European Court of Auditors has assessed whether EU development aid for food security in sub-Saharan Africa is effective by analysing whether EU development aid for food security is relevant to the countries' needs and priorities and whether EU interventions are effective. The audit focused on EU direct development support for the three dimensions of food security, i.e :

food availability,
access to food,
food utilisation (nutrition).

Court conclusions: the Court concludes that EU development aid for food security in sub-Saharan Africa is mostly effective and makes an important contribution to achieving food security. However, there is scope for significant improvement in several areas:

while the Commission focused its development aid on countries with the highest number of undernourished people, it did not sufficiently consider the potential scope for EU support in other countries which also suffer from chronic food insecurity ;
the Food Facility, set up in order to react to the impact of the 2007-2008 food price crisis, was not designed to address long term food price volatility;
EU aid properly addresses countries' needs and priorities as regards food availability and access to food. However, the Commission has not placed adequate emphasis on nutrition;
often, interventions do not set sufficiently clear objectives and are sometimes overly ambitious, in particular in the case of Non- Governmental Organisation (NGO) projects;
only half of the interventions have reasonable prospects of being sustainable.

Court recommendations: the Court recommends:

for the programming period after 2013, that the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) should carry out a structured assessment of the food security situation in each country and systematically consider the potential scope for EU support in this area
that the Commission should examine the feasibility of a permanent instrument to address the consequences of potential future foodcrises in developing countries;
that the Commission and the EEAS should give adequate priority to nutrition when defining the cooperation strategy, identifying and designing interventions, and using policy dialogue with partner governments, notably in the framework of budget support programmes;
that the Commission should set out intervention objectives that are sufficiently precise and measurable through performance indicators. It should ensure that the objectives are achievable by better assessing the risks and assumptions concerning the successful implementation of interventions;
that the Commission should better support the financial sustainability of agricultural and social transfer programmes.

New

PURPOSE: to present the European Court of Auditors Special Report (No 1/2012) on effectiveness of European Union development aid for food security in sub-Saharan Africa.

CONTENT: the report recalls that food security has long been, and still is, a global problem with an estimated one billion people in the world suffering from hunger. It has been defined as a condition where “all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life”. Food security is a major problem in sub-Saharan Africa, where the number of people suffering from hunger was reaching 239 million in 2010, i.e. 30 % of the total population.

For the period 2002 – 2010, the EU has funded a total of over EUR 3.1 billion for food security interventions in sub-Saharan Africa through the European Development Fund (EDF), which is the prime framework for cooperation with individual sub-Saharan countries, as well as three thematic instruments financed through the general budget of the European Union the Food Security Budget Line (FSBL), the Food Security Thematic Programme (FSTP) and the Food Facility which was established in 2008 to provide a rapid response to the crisis caused by volatile food prices in developing countries).

The European Court of Auditors has assessed whether EU development aid for food security in sub-Saharan Africa is effective by analysing whether EU development aid for food security is relevant to the countries’ needs and priorities and whether EU interventions are effective. The audit focused on EU direct development support for the three dimensions of food security, i.e :

food availability,
access to food,
food utilisation (nutrition).

while the Commission focused its development aid on countries with the highest number of undernourished people, it did not sufficiently consider the potential scope for EU support in other countries which also suffer from chronic food insecurity ;
the Food Facility, set up in order to react to the impact of the 2007-2008 food price crisis, was not designed to address long term food price volatility;
EU aid properly addresses countries’ needs and priorities as regards food availability and access to food. However, the Commission has not placed adequate emphasis on nutrition;
often, interventions do not set sufficiently clear objectives and are sometimes overly ambitious, in particular in the case of Non- Governmental Organisation (NGO) projects;
only half of the interventions have reasonable prospects of being sustainable.

Court recommendations: the Court recommends:

for the programming period after 2013, that the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) should carry out a structured assessment of the food security situation in each country and systematically consider the potential scope for EU support in this area
that the Commission should examine the feasibility of a permanent instrument to address the consequences of potential future foodcrises in developing countries;
that the Commission and the EEAS should give adequate priority to nutrition when defining the cooperation strategy, identifying and designing interventions, and using policy dialogue with partner governments, notably in the framework of budget support programmes;
that the Commission should set out intervention objectives that are sufficiently precise and measurable through performance indicators. It should ensure that the objectives are achievable by better assessing the risks and assumptions concerning the successful implementation of interventions;
that the Commission should better support the financial sustainability of agricultural and social transfer programmes.

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The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Bart STAES (Greens/EFA, BE) on the Special Report No 1/2012 (2011 discharge): 'Effectiveness of European Union development aid for food security in sub-Saharan Africa'.

Welcoming the Court of Auditors' report and its overall conclusion (please refer to the summary of the report dated 28/03/2012), Members consider that there is scope for significant improvement as regards making EU development aid for food security more efficient in this region.

Members support the Court of Auditors' recommendation for a structured assessment of the food security situation in each country and a systematic consideration of the potential scope for relevant Union support by the European External Action Service (EEAS). They call on EuropeAid (Commission) to help ensure that effective early warning systems for food insecurity are in place. They also call on the EEAS to help ensure that corresponding government capacity is built to run those systems in a sustainable manner, and that prevention strategies are implemented, fostering the resilience of the most vulnerable.

Food crisis – malnutrition – food prices: given the unpredictability of new food crises and the increased volatility of food prices and speculation, Members believe that it necessary to take effective action against such speculation, including the regulation and control of derivative markets. They call on the Commission to elaborate upon response strategies for different contingencies, making any relevant proposals. They call for the inclusion of a new Food Facility or a comparable mechanism in the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014 to 2020 to ensure the Union's ability to respond swiftly to new food crises using similar funds.

Members deplore the fact that, despite strong economic growth, one quarter of the population of sub-Saharan Africa still suffers from malnutrition despite the fact that the region has the technology, the knowledge and the natural resources to change this.

As regards food security, Members call on the Commission to:
- integrate the resources allocated under the EDF and the ‘food security’ budget line with a view to ensuring that they complement one another and that the funds in question are used as effectively as possible;
- take systematic account of the food security situation and chronic food insecurity, in particular when implementing Union development policy;
- strengthen the link between relief, rehabilitation and development in order to ensure the effectiveness of aid;
- prioritise agriculture in its development aid, including assistance to farmers in accessing markets given that there has been a dramatic reduction in the level of development aid allocated to agriculture since the 1980s;
- address the whole food chain, from farm to fork, in order to enhance the resilience of the agricultural sector. Members believe that long-term political commitments by governments in sub-Saharan Africa are necessary to reduce the vulnerability of the agricultural sector. Temporary subsidies, in the form of seeds that withstand extreme weather conditions, can serve as an important safety net for small-scale farmers and families. They also stress the importance of early warnings and preventive work on sanitation, seed and feed for animals;
- unite food policy and long-term social and economic development.
Maintaining the European Food Facility: Members agree with the Court of Auditors that a longer implementation period for the Food Facility (2008 to 2010) would have been more appropriate, given its objectives and the continuous volatility and high level of commodity prices.

Welcoming the resolve of the Commission expressed in its Communication on an EU policy framework to assist developing countries in addressing food security challenges (see COM(2010)0127) to integrate the nutritional dimension into Union programmes, Members reiterate their call on the Commission to draw up a specific Communication on this dimension and to integrate sound and multisectoral nutrition strategies into its development policy.

The Commission is called upon to set more realistic and measurable objectives for the interventions and to improve their definition in the general budget support programmes, where special attention should be given to encouraging entrepreneurship among the growing young population and addressing the discrimination against women in the agricultural sector.

Lastly, Members notes that the overall impact of Union action on food security is also determined by the Union's policies on agriculture, fisheries, energy and trade.

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PURPOSE: to present the European Court of Auditors Special Report (No 1/2012) on effectiveness of European Union development aid for food security in sub-Saharan Africa.

food availability,
access to food,
food utilisation (nutrition).

while the Commission focused its development aid on countries with the highest number of undernourished people, it did not sufficiently consider the potential scope for EU support in other countries which also suffer from chronic food insecurity ;
the Food Facility, set up in order to react to the impact of the 2007-2008 food price crisis, was not designed to address long term food price volatility;
EU aid properly addresses countries' needs and priorities as regards food availability and access to food. However, the Commission has not placed adequate emphasis on nutrition;
often, interventions do not set sufficiently clear objectives and are sometimes overly ambitious, in particular in the case of Non- Governmental Organisation (NGO) projects;
only half of the interventions have reasonable prospects of being sustainable.

Court recommendations: the Court recommends:

for the programming period after 2013, that the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) should carry out a structured assessment of the food security situation in each country and systematically consider the potential scope for EU support in this area
that the Commission should examine the feasibility of a permanent instrument to address the consequences of potential future foodcrises in developing countries;
that the Commission and the EEAS should give adequate priority to nutrition when defining the cooperation strategy, identifying and designing interventions, and using policy dialogue with partner governments, notably in the framework of budget support programmes;
that the Commission should set out intervention objectives that are sufficiently precise and measurable through performance indicators. It should ensure that the objectives are achievable by better assessing the risks and assumptions concerning the successful implementation of interventions;
that the Commission should better support the financial sustainability of agricultural and social transfer programmes.

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PURPOSE: to present the European Court of Auditors Special Report (No 1/2012) on effectiveness of European Union development aid for food security in sub-Saharan Africa.

food availability,
access to food,
food utilisation (nutrition).

while the Commission focused its development aid on countries with the highest number of undernourished people, it did not sufficiently consider the potential scope for EU support in other countries which also suffer from chronic food insecurity ;
the Food Facility, set up in order to react to the impact of the 2007-2008 food price crisis, was not designed to address long term food price volatility;
EU aid properly addresses countries' needs and priorities as regards food availability and access to food. However, the Commission has not placed adequate emphasis on nutrition;
often, interventions do not set sufficiently clear objectives and are sometimes overly ambitious, in particular in the case of Non- Governmental Organisation (NGO) projects;
only half of the interventions have reasonable prospects of being sustainable.

Court recommendations: the Court recommends:

for the programming period after 2013, that the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) should carry out a structured assessment of the food security situation in each country and systematically consider the potential scope for EU support in this area
that the Commission should examine the feasibility of a permanent instrument to address the consequences of potential future foodcrises in developing countries;
that the Commission and the EEAS should give adequate priority to nutrition when defining the cooperation strategy, identifying and designing interventions, and using policy dialogue with partner governments, notably in the framework of budget support programmes;
that the Commission should set out intervention objectives that are sufficiently precise and measurable through performance indicators. It should ensure that the objectives are achievable by better assessing the risks and assumptions concerning the successful implementation of interventions;
that the Commission should better support the financial sustainability of agricultural and social transfer programmes.

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PURPOSE: to present the European Court of Auditors Special Report (No 1/2012) on effectiveness of European Union development aid for food security in sub-Saharan Africa.

CONTENT: the report recalls that food security has long been, and still is, a global problem with an estimated one billion people in the world suffering from hunger. It has been defined as a condition where “all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life”. Food security is a major problem in sub-Saharan Africa, where the number of people suffering from hunger was reaching 239 million in 2010, i.e. 30 % of the total population.

The European Court of Auditors has assessed whether EU development aid for food security in sub-Saharan Africa is effective by analysing whether EU development aid for food security is relevant to the countries’ needs and priorities and whether EU interventions are effective. The audit focused on EU direct development support for the three dimensions of food security, i.e :

food availability,
access to food,
food utilisation (nutrition).

while the Commission focused its development aid on countries with the highest number of undernourished people, it did not sufficiently consider the potential scope for EU support in other countries which also suffer from chronic food insecurity ;
the Food Facility, set up in order to react to the impact of the 2007-2008 food price crisis, was not designed to address long term food price volatility;
EU aid properly addresses countries’ needs and priorities as regards food availability and access to food. However, the Commission has not placed adequate emphasis on nutrition;
often, interventions do not set sufficiently clear objectives and are sometimes overly ambitious, in particular in the case of Non- Governmental Organisation (NGO) projects;
only half of the interventions have reasonable prospects of being sustainable.

Court recommendations: the Court recommends:

for the programming period after 2013, that the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) should carry out a structured assessment of the food security situation in each country and systematically consider the potential scope for EU support in this area
that the Commission should examine the feasibility of a permanent instrument to address the consequences of potential future foodcrises in developing countries;
that the Commission and the EEAS should give adequate priority to nutrition when defining the cooperation strategy, identifying and designing interventions, and using policy dialogue with partner governments, notably in the framework of budget support programmes;
that the Commission should set out intervention objectives that are sufficiently precise and measurable through performance indicators. It should ensure that the objectives are achievable by better assessing the risks and assumptions concerning the successful implementation of interventions;
that the Commission should better support the financial sustainability of agricultural and social transfer programmes.

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PURPOSE: to present the European Court of Auditors Special Report (No 1/2012) on effectiveness of European Union development aid for food security in sub-Saharan Africa.

food availability,
access to food,
food utilisation (nutrition).

while the Commission focused its development aid on countries with the highest number of undernourished people, it did not sufficiently consider the potential scope for EU support in other countries which also suffer from chronic food insecurity ;
the Food Facility, set up in order to react to the impact of the 2007-2008 food price crisis, was not designed to address long term food price volatility;
EU aid properly addresses countries' needs and priorities as regards food availability and access to food. However, the Commission has not placed adequate emphasis on nutrition;
often, interventions do not set sufficiently clear objectives and are sometimes overly ambitious, in particular in the case of Non- Governmental Organisation (NGO) projects;
only half of the interventions have reasonable prospects of being sustainable.

Court recommendations: the Court recommends:

for the programming period after 2013, that the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) should carry out a structured assessment of the food security situation in each country and systematically consider the potential scope for EU support in this area
that the Commission should examine the feasibility of a permanent instrument to address the consequences of potential future foodcrises in developing countries;
that the Commission and the EEAS should give adequate priority to nutrition when defining the cooperation strategy, identifying and designing interventions, and using policy dialogue with partner governments, notably in the framework of budget support programmes;
that the Commission should set out intervention objectives that are sufficiently precise and measurable through performance indicators. It should ensure that the objectives are achievable by better assessing the risks and assumptions concerning the successful implementation of interventions;
that the Commission should better support the financial sustainability of agricultural and social transfer programmes.

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PURPOSE: to present the European Court of Auditors Special Report (No 1/2012) on effectiveness of European Union development aid for food security in sub-Saharan Africa.

CONTENT: the report recalls that food security has long been, and still is, a global problem with an estimated one billion people in the world suffering from hunger. It has been defined as a condition where “all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life”. Food security is a major problem in sub-Saharan Africa, where the number of people suffering from hunger was reaching 239 million in 2010, i.e. 30 % of the total population.

For the period 2002 – 2010, the EU has funded a total of over EUR 3.1 billion for food security interventions in sub-Saharan Africa through the European Development Fund (EDF), which is the prime framework for cooperation with individual sub-Saharan countries, as well as three thematic instruments financed through the general budget of the European Union the Food Security Budget Line (FSBL), the Food Security Thematic Programme (FSTP) and the Food Facility which was established in 2008 to provide a rapid response to the crisis caused by volatile food prices in developing countries).

The European Court of Auditors has assessed whether EU development aid for food security in sub-Saharan Africa is effective by analysing whether EU development aid for food security is relevant to the countries’ needs and priorities and whether EU interventions are effective. The audit focused on EU direct development support for the three dimensions of food security, i.e :
- food availability,
- access to food,
- food utilisation (nutrition).
Court conclusions: the Court concludes that EU development aid for food security in sub-Saharan Africa is mostly effective and makes an important contribution to achieving food security. However, there is scope for significant improvement in several areas:
- while the Commission focused its development aid on countries with the highest number of undernourished people, it did not sufficiently consider the potential scope for EU support in other countries which also suffer from chronic food insecurity ;
- the Food Facility, set up in order to react to the impact of the 2007-2008 food price crisis, was not designed to address long term food price volatility;
- EU aid properly addresses countries’ needs and priorities as regards food availability and access to food. However, the Commission has not placed adequate emphasis on nutrition;
- often, interventions do not set sufficiently clear objectives and are sometimes overly ambitious, in particular in the case of Non- Governmental Organisation (NGO) projects;
- only half of the interventions have reasonable prospects of being sustainable.
Court recommendations: the Court recommends:
- for the programming period after 2013, that the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) should carry out a structured assessment of the food security situation in each country and systematically consider the potential scope for EU support in this area
- that the Commission should examine the feasibility of a permanent instrument to address the consequences of potential future foodcrises in developing countries;
- that the Commission and the EEAS should give adequate priority to nutrition when defining the cooperation strategy, identifying and designing interventions, and using policy dialogue with partner governments, notably in the framework of budget support programmes;
- that the Commission should set out intervention objectives that are sufficiently precise and measurable through performance indicators. It should ensure that the objectives are achievable by better assessing the risks and assumptions concerning the successful implementation of interventions;
- that the Commission should better support the financial sustainability of agricultural and social transfer programmes.

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