2016/2139(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10

– having regard to regard to Article 208 TFEU, which defines the reduction and eradication of poverty as the primary objective of EU development policy and requires that the Union and its Member States comply with the commitments which they have agreed to in the context of the UN and other competent organisations and take account of the objectives of development cooperation in the policies that they implement which are likely to affect developing countries,

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas budget support has many advantages, such as the responsibility of the State, more precise analysis of outcomes, greater policy coherence, more effective aid forecasting and optimum use of the funds available directly for the benefit of the population;

Amendment 100 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Recalls that the EU and its Member States are committed to untying their aid as much as possible and acknowledges the progress made in this area; calls for further efforts to accelerate untying of aid at global level by all providers of development aid, including emerging economies;

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop new initiatives to explore triangular cooperation flagship projects, involving new emerging donors and other middle-income countries, however without risking lowering quality standards of development assistance, neglecting the alignment with beneficiary countries' needs, priorities, and strategies and increasing fragmentation of the international aid architecture but aiming at projects that reflect comparative advantages and are based on successful experience gained in previous cooperation;

Amendment 102 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop new initiatives to e~~xplore~~nhance South-South and triangular cooperation flagship projects, involving new emerging donors and other middle- income countries; highlights the need to harness the full potential of decentralized cooperation in order to further the development effectiveness agenda;

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

Amendment 104 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Stresses that development assistance can play an important role in fighting poverty and in promoting development, in particular of least developed countries and of the most deprived and vulnerable groups, as well catalysing other critical systemic factors that are conducive to development ~~if employed in a context of legitim~~such as promoting gender equality (as articulate,d in~~clusive governance based on the rule of law and respect for human right~~ the Busan Partnership), education, health systems strengthening, including access to family planning and the fight against poverty related diseases;

Amendment 106 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Stresses that development assistance can play an important role in fighting poverty, in tackling inequalities and in promoting development, in particular of least developed countries and of the most deprived and vulnerable groups, as well catalysing other factors that are conducive to development if employed in a context of legitimate, inclusive governance based on the rule of law and respect for human rights;

Amendment 107 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Stresses that development assistance can play an important role in fighting poverty and in promoting development, in particular ~~of least developed countries and of~~boosting access to quality public services for the most deprived and vulnerable groups, as well catalysing other factors that are conducive to development if employed in a context of legitimate, inclusive governance based on the rule of law and respect for human rights;

Amendment 108 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Stresses that development assistance can play an important role in fighting poverty and in promoting development, for the benefit in particular of least developed countries and of the most deprived and vulnerable groups, as well catalysing other factors that are conducive to development if employed in a context of legitimate, inclusive governance based on the rule of law and respect for human rights;

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Stresses that it is essential to mobilize further resources for development and partner with the -private sector in particular, as such loan blending facilities and public private partnerships offer new opportunities for EU development policy and its effectiveness;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas major emphasis of global efforts to implement the new agenda will be placed on the achievement of integrated, agreed development results - lasting changes it brings to the lives of the poor -, with clear roles for all actors, shaped by their distinct capabilities and responsibilities;

Amendment 110 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Underlines the significance of SDG 16 for development effectiveness overall, and warns that development aid cannot effectively fulfil its purpose where there is a lack of respect for human rights and the rule of law, sufficient standards and safeguards for the integrity of public institutions and office-holders, and transparency and accountability; Calls on the European Commission and Member States to ensure compliance with international law and social and environmental standards through debarring from ODA-financed activities all firms that violate human rights and social or environmental standards, evade taxes or operate from tax havens;

Amendment 111 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

Amendment 112 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Underlines the significance of SDG 16 for development effectiveness overall, and warns that development aid cannot effectively fulfil its purpose where there is a lack of peace, respect for human rights and the rule of law, an impartial, effective and independent judicial system, sufficient standards and safeguards for the integrity of public institutions and office-holders, and transparency and accountability;

Amendment 113 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Underlines the significance of SDG 16 for development effectiveness overall, and warns that development aid cannot effectively fulfil its purpose where there is a lack of respect for human rights and the rule of law, ~~sufficient~~internationally-recognized social, environmental and labour standards and safeguards for the integrity of public institutions and office-holders, and transparency and accountability;

Amendment 114 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Underlines the significance of SDG 16 for development effectiveness overall, and warns that development aid ~~cannot effectively fulfil its purpose where there is a lack of respect for human rights and the rule of law,~~presupposes that human rights and the rule of law are respected and that there are sufficient standards and safeguards for the integrity of public institutions and office-holders, and transparency and accountability;

Amendment 115 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Notes the increasing role of private sector in development cooperation and asks business sector actors to commit to development effectiveness commitments, become increasingly transparent and responsive to all sectors of society, including workers, legislators, regulators, consumers and shareholders, and adhere to existing international human rights commitments such as ILO labour standards, UN Principles on Business and Human rights and the OECD guidelines for multinational enterprises; furthermore asks the private sector to align their efforts to national development plans and with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to set up reporting and accountability systems on environmental, economic and social impacts of their efforts, in particular on the generation of full and productive employment and decent work for all;

Amendment 116 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Recalls that corruption in recipient countries, whether directly linked to development assistance or not, poses a serious risk to democratic legitimacy and public support for development assistance in donor countries; welcomes, therefore, all measures taken to promote sound financial management and fight corruption~~, while noting that the situation in many partner countries by definition implies a certain degree of risk~~;

Amendment 117 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Recalls that corruption in recipient countries, whether directly linked to development assistance or not, ~~pose~~is a serious ~~risk to~~violation of democratic legitimacy and harms public support for development assistance in donor countries; welcomes, therefore, all measures taken to promote sound financial management and ~~fight~~eradicate corruption once and for all, while noting that the situation in many partner countries by definition implies a certain degree of risk;

Amendment 118 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Recalls that corruption ~~in recipient countries~~, whether directly linked to development assistance or not, poses a serious risk to democratic legitimacy and public support for development assistance in donor countries; welcomes, therefore, all measures taken to promote sound financial management and fight corruption, while noting that the situation in many partner countries by definition implies a certain degree of risk;

Amendment 119 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. ~~Urges~~Calls on Member States and other donors to scale up efforts and human resources in better conceptualising effectiveness and deep analysis in contexts of fragility, post-conflict and conflict prevention, where desired outcomes may not always be captured in the form of data and within results frameworks;

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas ODA flows to the private sector have been growing rapidly in recent years; whereas all developing actors, including the private sector, shall align their actions with the development effectiveness principles in order to contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals;

Amendment 120 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Firmly believes that the private sector is a key partner in achieving the SDGs; stresses that given their increasing role in development cooperation, private sector actors should commit to development effectiveness; acknowledges efforts of some private sector actors to take into account human rights commitments, social inclusion and sustainability as core to their business models and calls for a generalization of this approach; underlines the need for partner countries to foster an enabling environment for businesses, including transparent legal and regulatory systems;

Amendment 121 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Calls on the Commission to identify, promote and support good practices and to make financing arrangements that can help to scale up and replicate those practices in a streamlined and flexible manner, also taking account of a performance-based approach;

Amendment 122 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Urges the European Union and its Member States to meet the longstanding commitment to devote of 0.7% of income to aid, in a transparent, predictable and accountable way, by implementing a binding roadmap to reach the commitment;

Amendment 123 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)

20b. Calls on the European Union and its Member States, in order to enhance aid effectiveness, to avoid inflated aid and not to report imputed student cost, refugee costs in donor countries, tied aid, debt relief, interest of concessional loans, and climate finance as ODA;

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the private sector is becoming, alongside other traditional governmental and non-governmental development organisations, a true partner in our development strategies-in achieving inclusive and sustainable development;

Amendment 14 #

Paavo VÄYRYNEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas more effective co- operation should be paired with more resources for development, not less; whereas donor countries should reach the ODA target of 0.7 % of their national income;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Cа. whereas a high percentage of development aid is used to cover management and administrative costs;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas it is essential for aid effectiveness that recipient countries apply in parallel pro-growth economic policies introducing market economy mechanisms, mobilisation of private capital, land reforms and open progressively their markets to global competition;

Amendment 17 #

Paavo VÄYRYNEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas besides development aid and cooperation also other tools of development policy are needed in order to effectively eradicate poverty and promote the other Sustainable Development Goals;

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas according to a Commission study, the fragmentation of the aid effort adds an additional cost of EUR 2 to 3 billion a year for the European Union;

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) provides an inclusive forum bringing together governments, bilateral and multilateral organisations, civil society, parliaments, trade unions and the private sector from rich, emerging and developing countries alike;

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)

– having regard to Protocol (No 1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) on the role of national Parliaments in the European Union,

Amendment 20 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) provides an inclusive forum bringing together governments, bilateral and multilateral organisations, civil society, parliaments and the private sector from ~~rich, emerging and developing~~all countries alike;

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas countries such as China, Brazil and India play an increasingly important role as emerging donors and for the transfer of development expertise and technology, not least thanks to their own recent and current development experience; whereas at the same time, however, the policies they have been implementing in their relations with developing countries have, at times, turned out to run seriously counter to the development of those countries; whereas their engagement with more traditional donors and their participation in the GPEDC can be enhanced;

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas countries such as China, Brazil, Turkey and India play an increasingly important role as emerging donors and for the transfer of development expertise and technology, not least thanks to their own recent and current development experience; whereas their engagement with more traditional donors in the promotion of global public goods and their participation in the GPEDC can be enhanced;

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital ΣΤ

F. whereas countries such as Russia, China, Brazil and India play an increasingly important role as emerging donors and for the transfer of development expertise and technology, not least thanks to their own recent and current development experience; whereas their engagement with more traditional donors and their participation in the GPEDC can be enhanced;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the Commission plays an active role within the Steering Committee of the GPEDC, and one of its co-chairs has been from an EU Member State, the Netherlands; whereas Germany is taking over this co-chairing role;

Amendment 26 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas aid yields a double dividend when it not just funds development projects but is spent locally, on locally produced goods and services; whereas, therefore, strengthening country systems and national procurement systems are essential elements for aid effectiveness according to the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and for enhancing partner countries good governance and democratic accountability;

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas-donor driven aid agendas, aid conditionality, and tied aid - including through procurement contracts for goods and services- risk undermining the ownership and sustainability of development assistance and past progress on alignment resulting, therefore, in ineffectiveness;

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas~~-dono~~ provider driven ~~aid~~development cooperation agendas risk undermining the ownership and sustainability of development assistance and past progress on alignment; whereas local ownership has an important role to play in ensuring effective development for citizens;

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas-donor driven aid agendas risk undermining the ownership and sustainability of development assistance and past progress on alignment and can be an expression of diverse political interests which sometimes conflict with development policies;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 b (new)

– having regard to Protocol (No 2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) on the application of the principles of Subsidiarity and Proportionality,

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas-donor driven aid agendas risk undermining the ownership and sustainability of development assistance, burden ineffective institutions, distort markets, increase dependency and past progress on alignment;

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

Ia. whereas PPP projects have dubious alignment with development effectiveness principles as there is a questionable level of ownership by the partner country in the selection of the projects, it is often a challenge to align private profit motives with public development concerns that may lead to limited alignment of development plans and priorities, as many PPP programs are only accessible to firms from donor countries excluding, therefore, partner countries firms from business opportunities resulting on tied aid;

Amendment 32 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

Ia. whereas EU programming has been found to be largely aligned to countries national development plans, while following a very top-down approach with sector choices largely being made at headquarter level, sometimes overruling country priorities and EU delegation recommendations; whereas there is a clear risk that with the current EU migration agenda, this situation will worsen;

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas there is an increased use of results frameworks for measuring the achievements of development cooperation programmes, but the full ~~ownership and use of those frameworks~~transparency on use of aid by developing countries remains a persistent challenge;

Amendment 34 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas the 20146 GPEDC ~~Progress Report noted a lack of progress in using and strengthening country systems and stagnation or decline in the use of budget support as a country-aligned modality~~Monitoring round noted shows that progress in the use of country systems remains low and that untying aid has not further progressed, being still at the 80% peak reached in 2010 ;

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas the 2014 GPEDC Progress Report noted a lack of progress in using and strengthening country systems and stagnation or decline in the use of budget support as a country-aligned modality, which has proved to be one of the most effectives aid modalities;

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital L

L. whereas parliamentarians of partner countries, local authorities and civil society continue to express dissatisfaction with the degree to which they are involved in and informed on development cooperation programming and implementation;

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital M

M. whereas development effectiveness, understood as the effective use of all means and resources geared towards development, depends not only on aid donors but also on the existence of effective and responsive institutions, sound policies, the ~~rule of law, inclusive democratic governance,~~involvement of local stakeholders and civil society on the basis of the subsidiarity principle, the rule of law, inclusive democratic governance, the existence of effective and transparent follow-up mechanisms and safeguards against corruption within developing countries and illicit financial flows at international level; whereas the GPEDC should play an increased role in facilitating and promoting progress on the above determinants for development;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital ΙΓ

M. whereas development effectiveness, understood as the effective use of all means and resources geared towards the development of the material living conditions of people in the targeted areas, depends not only on aid donors but also on the existence of effective and responsive institutions, sound policies, the rule of law, inclusive democratic governance, and safeguards against corruption within developing countries and illicit financial flows at international level; whereas the GPEDC should play an increased role in facilitating and promoting progress on the above determinants for development;

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital M

M. whereas development effectiveness, understood as the effective use of all means and resources geared towards development including poverty reduction, , depends not only on aid donors but also on the existence of effective and responsive institutions, sound policies, the rule of law, inclusive democratic governance, and safeguards against corruption within developing countries and illicit financial flows at international level; whereas the GPEDC should play an increased role in facilitating and promoting progress on the above determinants for development;

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the high-level political commitments of the Monterrey Consensus (2002), the Rome Declaration (2003), the Paris Declaration (2005), the Accra Agenda for Action (2008) and the 4th Forum on aid effectiveness in Busan (2011) all pursue the same goal of improving quality of implementation, management and use of official development assistance in order to maximise its impact;

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital M

M. whereas development effectiveness, understood as the effective use of all means and resources geared towards development, depends ~~not only on aid donors but also~~especially on recipient countries, on the existence of effective and responsive institutions, sound policies, the rule of law, inclusive democratic governance, and safeguards against corruption within developing countries and illicit financial flows at international level; whereas the GPEDC should play an increased role in facilitating and promoting progress on the above determinants for development;

Amendment 41 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)

Ma. where ODA statistics include flows of money, such as imputed student cost, refugee costs in donor countries, tied aid, debt relief , interest of concessional loans, and climate finance, which not always have a development impact; whereas only genuine aid can be effective for development;

Amendment 42 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)

Ma. whereas fragmentation of aid remains a persistent challenge due to proliferation of donors and aid agencies and lack of coordination of their activities and projects;

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)

Ma. whereas South-South cooperation continued to grow despite the slowing down of the emerging economies and dropping commodity prices;

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital M b (new)

Mb. whereas the development landscape is increasingly heterogeneous, with more poor people living in middle- income countries than in low income countries and whereas at the same time, development challenges have changed in nature, with the emergence of new global challenges such as migration, food security, peace and stability and climate change;

Amendment 45 #

Paavo VÄYRYNEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls for a wide view and the utilization of all tools of development policy in the eradication of poverty and in the promotion of the other Sustainable Development Goals; is of the opinion that the effectiveness of development funding should be assessed also on the basis of its impact on the development policy as a whole; reminds that poverty reduction has been most effective in countries with sustainable economic growth; is of the opinion that Aid for Trade and other forms of trade and private sector facilitation can be instrumental for the effectiveness of development policy;

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on developing actors to fully untie all aid, including through their procurement practices, which shall help to building supply-side capacities in partner countries creating decent jobs and public revenues, by surpassing entry barriers for local firms and consultants; Calls on donors to use partners countries procurement systems as a first option for all ODA provided;

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Recalls that sufficient funding is a prerequisite for effective development cooperation; urges therefore EU Member States to fulfil their commitment on the 0.7 % ODA/GNI target; warns against the dilution of ODA criteria with the aim of covering expenses other than those directly linked to promoting sustainable development in the developing countries;

Amendment 48 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Recalls the unique role of ODA for poverty eradication and inequality reduction, by targeting essential public services and supporting good governance;

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Notes that most ODA providers have not met their commitments to provide 0.7% of their GNI as development assistance by 2015, resulting in more than USD 2 trillion not being made available to developing countries for attaining the Millennium Development Goals; reiterates its call on EU Member States to meet their previous commitments and step up their development assistance, including through the EU budget and the European Development Fund;

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas internationally agreed development effectiveness principles - ownership, harmonization, alignment, results and mutual accountability - when applied make aid fit for purpose;

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls for the outcome document of the HLM2 to clearly address and assign ~~the~~differentiated roles and responsibilities of development actors and institutions ~~in a differentiated manner~~for implementing the agenda and applying the principles, in order to enhance progress and facilitate future cooperation;

Amendment 51 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Notes the Mexican proposal for inclusion of a fifth development effectiveness principle, to "Leave No-one Behind"; acknowledges the importance of placing a strong focus on poor, vulnerable and marginalized groups, duly taking into account gender equality and the situations of fragility and conflict, in the context of development effectiveness agenda; takes the view that, while this principle would correspond to the general philosophy and the overarching commitment of the 2030 Agenda, its possible inclusion should be accompanied by serious discussion and reflection on its operationalization, notably regarding issues of mainstreaming and indicators;

Amendment 52 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. CHighlights the need to position GPEDC strongly in the context of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda; considers that the GPEDC can provide added value if its work is strategically phased and tailored in view of the work and calendar of the UN ECOSOC Development Cooperation Forum, the Financing for Development Forum, and the High Level Political Forum;

Amendment 53 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that the GPEDC can provide added value if its work is strategically phased, in the long and medium term, and tailored in view of the work and calendar of the UN ECOSOC Development Cooperation Forum, the Financing for Development Forum, and the High Level Political Forum;

Amendment 54 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that the GPEDC should play a strong role in the evidence-based aspects of monitoring and accountability as regards effectiveness principles for achieving the SDGs and in supporting their fuller implementation by all actors at national level; underlines the need for the GPEDC to provide clearly defined channels for cooperation for specific development actors beyond OECD donors, including emerging donors, local and regional governments, civil society organisations, private philanthropists, financial institutions ~~and~~, private-sector companies and trade unions; believes that the chairing arrangements of the GPEDC should reflect the diversity of stakeholders;

Amendment 55 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that the GPEDC should play a strong role in the evidence-based aspects of monitoring and accountability as regards effectiveness principles for achieving the SDGs and in supporting their fuller implementation by all actors at national level; underlines the need for the GPEDC to provide clearly defined and fully transparent channels for cooperation for specific development actors beyond OECD donors, including emerging donors, civil society organisations, private philanthropists, financial institutions and private-sector companies; believes that the chairing arrangements of the GPEDC should reflect the diversity of stakeholders;

Amendment 56 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that the GPEDC should play a strong role in the evidence-based aspects of monitoring and accountability as regards effectiveness principles for achieving the SDGs and in supporting their fuller implementation by all actors at national level; underlines the need for the GPEDC to provide clearly defined channels for cooperation for specific development actors beyond OECD donors, including emerging donors, civil society organisations, private philanthropists, financial institutions, trade unions and private-sector companies; believes that the chairing arrangements of the GPEDC should reflect the diversity of stakeholders;

Amendment 57 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses that, by pooling the resources provided by donor countries, multilateral development organisations have the potential to increase aid effectiveness and maximise efficiency; notes that the use of resources put in place by international organisations also helps donors exchange information on the development activities, resulting in greater transparency and accountability;

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Recalls that growth of 1 % in Africa represents more than double the amount of official development aid;

Amendment 59 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Believes that the GPEDC ought to play a leading role in ensuring progress on SDG 17, namely on monitoring and accountability, ~~quality and capacity aspects of finance for development~~increasing the effectiveness of aid, tax and debt sustainability, mobilising the private sector and its responsibility for sustainable development, transparency, policy coherence, multi-stakeholder partnerships, South-South and triangular cooperation;

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the Global Partnership can play a crucial role in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by shifting the focus from the concept of 'aid effectiveness', referring to traditional public development aid, to that of 'development cooperation effectiveness';

Amendment 60 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Believes that the GPEDC ought to play a leading role in ensuring progress on SDG 17, namely on monitoring and accountability, quality and capacity aspects of finance for development, tax and debt sustainability, mobilising the private sector and its responsibility for sustainable development, policy coherence, multi- stakeholder partnerships, south-south and triangular cooperation;

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

Amendment 62 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Believes that the GPEDC ought to play a leading role in ensuring progress on SDG 17, namely on monitoring and accountability, quality and capacity aspects of finance for development, tax ~~and~~justice, debt sustainability, mobilising the private sector and its responsibility for sustainable development, policy coherence, multi- stakeholder partnerships and triangular cooperation;

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Underlines the important role GPEDC has to play regarding SDG indicator 17.16.1, notably in achieving more effective, inclusive multi- stakeholder partnerships to support and sustain the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, by measuring the quality of their development efforts; welcomes the 2016 Monitoring Round, noting that the number of development partners engaged in this exercise has increased and looks forward to the release of the Progress Report;

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Commission to channel ODA through the private sector only when alignment with development effectiveness principles is fully ensured;

Amendment 65 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Underlines the dubious development impact of PPPs and calls the European Commission to ensure their alignment with the development effectiveness principles;

Amendment 66 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Encourages the parties to the GPEDC to consider the creation of a more independent and properly resourced permanent secretariat for the GPEDC, building on the work of the Joint Support Team, and urges EU Member States and partner countries to designate national focal points;deleted

Amendment 67 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Ask~~Points out that the European Parliament should be enabled fully to play its vital role of democratic scrutiny for all European Union policies, including development policies, and demands to be informed regularly and in a timely manner on the positions taken by the Commission in the GPEDC Steering Committee;

Amendment 68 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Welcomes the progress made, and recommends that the Commission make further efforts to ensure that all actors concerned have access to information, on transparency of development cooperation programming, funding mechanisms, projects and aid flows, in particular in the context of the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) and the setting-up of the ‘EU Aid Explorer’; encourages further efforts by all donors to make information and data more accessible, timely and comparable, and calls on those Member States which are not yet contributing to IATI to start doing so;

Amendment 69 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Welcomes the progress made on transparency of development cooperation programming, projects and aid flows, in particular in the context of the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) and the setting-up of the ‘EU Aid Explorer’ website; encourages further efforts by all donors to make information and data more accessible, timely and comparable, and calls on those Member States which are not yet contributing to IATI to start doing so; calls on the Commission and the Member States to make use of the data available and support also partner countries in this regard;

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

Amendment 70 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Welcomes the progress made on transparency of development cooperation programming, projects and aid flows, in particular in the context of the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) and the setting-up of the ‘EU Aid Explorer’; ~~encourages further efforts~~points out, however, that major steps still need to be taken in this regard and demands that further significant efforts be urgently made by all donors to make information and data more accessible, timely and comparable~~, and~~; calls on those Member States which are not yet contributing to IATI to start doing so;

Amendment 71 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Recalls that aid conditionalities should be derived from developing countries' own development policies; notes with grave concern that the EU and Member States are currently attaching conditions to aid related to cooperation by developing countries on migration issues, which is clearly a donor concern; is seriously worried by this blatant violation of a key internationally agreed development effectiveness principle;

Amendment 72 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Welcomes the OECD's initiatives potentially contributing to reducing illicit financial flows and calls on the international community to enhance cooperation to increase transparency of tax regimes and financial flows more generally; insists on the crucial role and responsibilities of multinational companies and financial institutions in this regard;

Amendment 73 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Underlines that a monitoring framework anchored on the principles of horizontal development cooperation, i.e. solidarity, mutuality, respect for sovereignty, human rights, inclusiveness, non-conditionality, is crucial towards enhanced accountability and impact of SSDC, particularly in the country level;

Amendment 74 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to undertake gradually to adapt their result reporting systems to the indicators determined by the UN, in order to monitor their achievement, by supporting partner countries in the improvement of their statistical systems;

Amendment 75 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Stresses the key role of official development assistance in fulfilling the development effectiveness agenda; underlines that ODA is more flexible, predictable and accountable than other flows potentially contributing to development;

Amendment 76 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Urges the EU to honour its longstanding commitments on development effectiveness by supporting sustained global efforts to monitor the implementation of the Busan principles and commitments;

Amendment 77 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)

9c. Invites the Commission to study how to ensure more administrative and logistical effectiveness to guarantee that a maximum of development policy resources are targeted to eradicate poverty;

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Invites the Commission and EU delegations and Member States’ agencies to inform national parliaments and, to the extent possible, local and regional authorities, as well as private stakeholders and civil society, about programming and financial commitments in relation to development assistance, by publishing country-specific development cooperation reviews, which should provide an overview of strategic documents, donor coordination, Annual Action Plans and ongoing and planned programmes, as well as calls for projects and procurements, or other funding mechanisms used;

Amendment 79 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Invites the Commission and EU delegations and Member States’ agencies to inform, effectively and well in advance, national parliaments and, to the extent possible, local and regional authorities, as well as private stakeholders and civil society, about programming and financial commitments in relation to development assistance, by publishing country-specific development cooperation reviews, which should provide an overview of strategic documents, donor coordination, Annual Action Plans and ongoing and planned programmes, as well as calls for projects and procurements;

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls for democratic ownership to be the guiding principle of aid effectiveness; recalls that democratic ownership requires strong institutions that can ensure the participation of members of parliament from the partner countries, local authorities, civil society organisations, the media and the private sector; calls for the strengthening of legislative power and the separation of powers in order to give parliamentarians from the partner countries the capacity to fully exercise their mandate by participating in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development programmes;

Amendment 81 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Considers that recognizing the importance of monitoring, review and knowledge sharing about progress in development is paramount to the successful achievement of development goals since it builds on strong domestic accountability between the government and its citizens; such robust exchanges can provide the necessary encouragement to change behaviours, foster ownership of agreed development goals by all stakeholders and improve the quality of development cooperation policies and interventions to achieve sustainable development results;

Amendment 82 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Encourages recipient countries’ parliaments to adopt national policies on development aid in order to improve accountability of donors and of recipient governments, including that of local authorities, enhance public financial management and absorption capacity, eradicate corruption and all forms of aid wastage, make tax systems effective and improve conditions for receiving budget support as well as, in the long run, reducing dependence on aid;

Amendment 83 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Recommends taking into account, for budget support, the adoption of positive conditionality criteria subject to the involvement of civil society, to ensure greater ownership not only by government but, more broadly, by the entire population;

Amendment 84 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Stresses the importance to promote equal partnerships and shared responsibility for development results, including support for implementation of the Istanbul Principles and other voluntary mechanisms;

Amendment 85 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Stresses that assistance works best and can be sustained when the recipients are strongly committed to development and in charge of the process;

Amendment 86 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)

11b. Considers it important to promote participation by all Member States in the Addis Tax Initiative, in order to double technical assistance by 2020 and strengthen the taxation capacity of partner countries;

Amendment 87 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the Commission and Member States to engage with national parliaments of partner countries with a view to constructively supporting the development of such policies, complementing them with mutual accountability arrangements, and welcomes the Commission’s efforts to improve domestic accountability in the context of budget ~~aid by~~ support by reinforcing the institutional capacities of national parliaments and Supreme Audit Institutions;

Amendment 88 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that enterprises involved in development partnerships abide by the principles of corporate accountability throughout the whole lifecycle of projects, including by respecting the UN Global Compact on human rights, UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, ILO core labour standards, environmental standards and the UN Convention Against Corruption; highlights the need for Member States to draw up national plans to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and especially the due diligence regulation;

Amendment 89 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Underlines the role in development of citizens, local communities, faith-based organisations, civil society organisations (CSOs) and elected representatives, and stresses that all these actors need to be involved in furthering and implementing the effectiveness agenda at various levels; believes that their effective contribution requires their participatory involvement in planning and implementation, mutual accountability and transparency, and that donors should improve predictability and speediness when working with these actors as implementing partners and basic service supply partners in order genuinely to reach the most vulnerable sections of the population;

Amendment 9 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas Official Development Assistance (ODA) can play a crucial role in delivering on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, ~~in particular in low-income countries and in fighting extreme poverty and inequality,~~ if it respects the principles of effective development cooperation, namely country ownership, alignment, transparency and democratic accountability, focus on results, and inclusiveness;

Amendment 90 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Underlines the role in development of citizens, local communities, elected representatives, faith-based organisations, civil society organisations (CSOs) ~~and elected representatives,~~, trade unions and the private sector and stresses that all these actors need to be involved in furthering and implementing the effectiveness agenda at various levels; believes that their effective contribution requires their participatory involvement in planning, mutual accountability and transparency, and that donors should improve predictability and speediness when working with these actors as implementing partners;

Amendment 91 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Underlines the role in development of citizens, local communities, faith-based organisations, civil society organisations (CSOs) and elected representatives, and stresses that all these actors need to be involved in furthering and implementing the effectiveness agenda at various levels; believes that their effective contribution requires their participatory involvement in planning, mutual accountability and transparency, monitoring and evaluation and that donors should improve predictability and speediness when working with these actors as implementing partners;

Amendment 92 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Underlines the role in development of citizens, local communities, faith-based organisations, civil society organisations (CSOs), academia and elected representatives, and stresses that all these actors need to be involved in furthering and implementing the effectiveness agenda at various levels; believes that their effective contribution requires their participatory involvement in planning, mutual accountability and transparency, and that donors should improve predictability and speediness when working with these actors as implementing partners;

Amendment 93 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Underlines the importance to enable CSOs to exercise their roles as independent development actors, with a particular focus on an enabling environment, consistent with agreed international rights, that maximizes the contributions of CSOs to development;

Amendment 94 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Expresses concerns about a shrinking space for civil society organisations in many partner countries; calls on the Commission to improve accessibility of funding for CSO, including small community and faith based organisations;

Amendment 95 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Welcomes the EU’'s progress on and commitment to Joint Programming; notes that Joint Programming should reduces aid fragmentation and transaction costs, increases complementarity through better division of labour, enhance domestic and mutual accountability as well as predictability of development cooperation and thus provides clear advantages for the EU and partner countries alike; observes that Joint Programming ~~is in place~~has been explored in 59 countries out of 110 partner countries in receipt of EU development assistance; calls on EU Member States and partner countries to advance engagement with Joint Programming in order to exploit its advantages fully and in all possible countries;

Amendment 96 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Urges the Commission to submit reports on EU´s and Member States´ effort and action plans to comprehensively implement the Busan principles on regular basis, at least every 24 months;

Amendment 97 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Recalls its request29 to codify and strengthen the mechanisms and practices for ensuring better complementarity and effective coordination of development aid among EU Member States and institutions, while ensuring policy coherence for development, providing clear and enforceable rules for ensuring democratic domestic ownership, harmonisation, alignment with country strategies and systems, predictability of funds, reducing management costs, better distribution of aid among and within partner countries, transparency and mutual accountability; asks the Commission to provide information on the absence of follow-up on this request and to state what alternative measures it has taken or intends to take in this regard; __________________ 29 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0558 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0558

Amendment 98 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Recalls its request29 to codify and strengthen the mechanisms and practices for ensuring better complementarity and effective coordination of development aid among EU Member States and institutions, providing clear and enforceable rules for ensuring democratic domestic ownership, harmonisation, alignment with country strategies and systems, predictability of funds, enabling national commitments to development that entail long-term financial implications, transparency and mutual accountability; asks the Commission to provide information on the absence of follow-up on this request and to state what alternative measures it has taken or intends to take in this regard; __________________ 29 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0558

Amendment 99 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Recalls its request29 to codify and strengthen the mechanisms and practices for ensuring better complementarity and effective coordination of development aid among EU Member States and institutions, providing clear and enforceable rules for ensuring democratic domestic ownership, harmonisation, alignment with country strategies and systems, predictability of funds, transparency and mutual accountability; asks the Commission ~~to provid~~urgently to provide exhaustive information on the absence of follow-up on this request and to state what alternative measures it has taken or intends to take in this regard; __________________ 29 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0558. Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0558.

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2016/11/04 DEVE 18 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas Official Development Assistance (ODA) can play a crucial role in delivering on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in particular in low-income countries and in fighting extreme poverty and inequality, if it is better targeted and if it respects the principles of effective development cooperation, namely democratic country ownership, alignment, strengthening local capacity, transparency and democratic accountability, focus on results, and inclusiveness; stresses that aid conditionalities shall respect the principles of democratic ownership; whereas besides development aid and cooperation, other development policy tools are necessary to effectively eradicate poverty and promote the SDGs;

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9a (new)

9a. Considers that monitoring, review, and knowledge sharing about progress in development is paramount to enhance the accountability and impact of cooperation, particularly at country level; therefore urges the Commission to submit reports, at least every 24 months, on EU’s and Member States’ efforts and action plans to comprehensively implement the Busan principles; calls on the EU to further support partner countries in the improvement of their administrative and logistical capacity, and in particular their statistical systems;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Underlines the role in development of citizens, local communities, elected representatives, faith-based organisations, civil society organisations (CSOs), a~~nd elected representatives,~~cademia, trade unions and the private sector and stresses that all these actors need to be involved in furthering and implementing the effectiveness agenda at various levels; believes that their effective contribution requires their participatory involvement in planning and implementing, mutual accountability and transparency, monitoring and evaluation and that donors should improve predictability and speediness when working with these actors as implementing partners and basic service supply partners in order genuinely to reach the most vulnerable sections of the population;

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13a (new)

13a. Stresses that assistance can only be sustained when recipients are strongly committed and in charge; insists on the importance of shared responsibility for development results, including for the implementation of the Istanbul Principles, and recalls that democratic ownership requires strong institutions that can ensure the full participation of local actors in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development programmes;

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13b (new)

13b. Underlines the importance to enable Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to exercise their role as independent development actors, with a particular focus on an enabling environment, consistent with agreed international rights, that maximizes the contributions of CSOs to development; expresses concerns about a shrinking space for civil society organisations in many partner countries; calls on the Commission to improve accessibility of funding for CSOs;

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15a (new)

15a. Recalls that the EU and its Member States are committed to untying their aid and acknowledges the progress made in this area; calls for further efforts to accelerate untying of aid at global level by all providers of development aid, including emerging economies; calls on aid providers to use partner countries’ procurement systems as a first option;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop new initiatives to e~~xplore~~nhance South-South and triangular cooperation flagship projects, involving new emerging donors and other middle- income countries based on tackling global challenges of mutual interest, without losing the perspective of eradicating poverty; highlights the need to harness the full potential of decentralized cooperation in order to further the development effectiveness agenda, whilst respecting all safeguards in relation to transparency, effectiveness and coherence and avoiding further fragmentation of the international aid architecture;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Stresses that development assistance can play an important role in fighting poverty, in tackling inequalities and in promoting development, in particular of least developed countries and ofor boosting access to quality public services for the most deprived and vulnerable groups, as well as catalysing other critical systemic factors that are conducive to development such as promoting gender equality (as articulated in the Busan Partnership), education, health systems strengthening, including the fight against poverty related diseases, if employed in a context of legitimate, inclusive governance based on the rule of law and respect for human rights;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Underlines the significance of SDG 16 for development effectiveness overall, and warns that development aid cannot effectively fulfil its purpose where there is a lack of peace, respect for human rights and the rule of law, ~~sufficient~~an impartial, efficient and independent judicial system, internationally-recognized social, environmental and labour standards and safeguards for the integrity of public institutions and office-holders, inclusive, participatory and representative decision- making at all levels and transparency and accountability;

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20a (new)

20a. Firmly believes that the private sector is an important partner in achieving the SDGs and mobilizing further resources for development; stresses that, given their increasing role in development cooperation, private sector actors must align with development effectiveness principles and abide by the principles of corporate accountability throughout the whole lifecycle of projects; acknowledges the efforts of some private sector actors to take into account human rights commitments, social inclusion and sustainability as core to their business models and calls for a generalization of this approach; points out the need for the private sector to respect international law principles and social and environmental standards, as well as the UN Global Compact on Human Rights, UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, ILO core labour standards and the UN Convention Against Corruption; calls on the Commission to ensure that companies operating from tax havens do not participate in ODA-financed projects; underlines in parallel the need for partner countries to foster an enabling environment for businesses, including transparent legal and regulatory systems;

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas countries such as China, Brazil, Turkey, Russia and India play an increasingly important role as emerging donors and for the transfer of development expertise and technology, not least thanks to their own recent and current development experience; whereas their engagement with more traditional donors in the promotion of global public goods and their participation in the GPEDC can be enhanced;

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas~~-dono~~ provider driven ~~aid agendas risk undermining the ownership and sustainability of development assistance and past progress on alignment;~~ development cooperation agendas and tied aid, including in the area of procurement, can be an expression of diverse political interests which sometimes conflict with development policies and may risk undermining the ownership and sustainability of development assistance and past progress on alignment, resulting, therefore, in ineffectiveness and increasing dependency; whereas local ownership has an important role to play in ensuring effective development for citizens;

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital M

M. whereas development effectiveness, understood as the effective use of all means and resources geared towards development, including poverty reduction, depends nboth on~~ly on~~ aid providing aind don~~ors but also~~ recipient countries and on the existence of effective and responsive institutions, sound policies, the ~~rule of law, inclusive democratic governance~~involvement of local stakeholders and civil society, the rule of law, inclusive democratic governance, the presence of effective and transparent follow-up mechanisms, and safeguards against corruption within developing countries and illicit financial flows at international level; whereas the GPEDC should play an increased role in facilitating and promoting progress on the above determinants for development;

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1a (new)

1a. Calls for the utilization of all development policy tools for poverty eradication and the promotion of the SDGs; is of the opinion that the effectiveness of development funding should be assessed on the basis of concrete results and its contribution to development policy as a whole; stresses the key role of Official Development Assistance (ODA) in fulfilling the development effectiveness agenda, for poverty eradication, the reduction of inequality, for delivering essential public services and supporting good governance; underlines that ODA is more flexible, predictable and accountable than other flows potentially contributing to development;

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2a (new)

2a. Recalls that sufficient funding is a prerequisite for effective development cooperation; notes that most ODA providers have not met their commitments to provide 0.7% of their GNI as development assistance by 2015, resulting in more than USD 2 trillion not being made available to developing countries for attaining the Millennium Development Goals; urges the European Union and its Member States to meet the longstanding commitment to devote 0.7% of GNI to aid and to step up their development assistance, including through the EU budget and the European Development Fund, and to adopt an effective roadmap in order to reach the commitment in a transparent, predictable and accountable way; warns against the dilution of ODA criteria with the aim of covering expenses other than those directly linked to promoting sustainable development in the developing countries;

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Believes that the GPEDC ought to play a leading role in ensuring progress on SDG 17, namely on monitoring and accountability, increased effectiveness of aid, quality and capacity aspects of finance for development, tax and debt sustainability, mobilising the private sector and its responsibility for sustainable development, transparency, policy coherence, multi- stakeholder partnerships, south-south and triangular cooperation;

Amendment 9 #