2016/2139(INI) | [ParlTrack]

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 #

Patrizia TOIA, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

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 #

Patrizia TOIA, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

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 #

Heidi HAUTALA, Maria HEUBUCH, Judith SARGENTINI

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 #

Patrizia TOIA, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

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 #

Heidi HAUTALA, Maria HEUBUCH, Judith SARGENTINI

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 #