9 Amendments of Keith TAYLOR related to 2013/2057(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas recent estimations set out in the above-mentioned ‘'Cost of Non-Europe Report’' show that as much as EUR 800 million could be saved annually from cutting transaction costs if EU donors concentrated their aid efforts on fewer countries and activities; and whereas a further EUR 8.4 billion of annual savings could be achieved if country allocation was completely coordinated and had poverty reduction as its only target;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas EU donor coordination should contribute to the objective of ending all formal and informal tied aid and to turning the "Aid Effectiveness Agenda" into a "Development Effectiveness Agenda";
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas EU initiatives to enhance donor coordination are mainly of a voluntary, non-binding nature; and whereas the Code of Conduct on Division of Labour has led to limited results;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the EU and its Member States to honour their commitments under the Paris Declaration and the Accra Agenda for Action, the main obstacles to which are lack of political will, bureaucracy and high transaction costs; recalls in this context that one basic condition to fulfil the "aid effectiveness agenda" is to embrace fully the principle of "democratic ownership", implying that development strategies are country-driven and reflect the commitment of all national stakeholders;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to fully exploit the legal provisions of the Lisbon Treaty on development that calls for complementarity between the EU and its Member States in development cooperation (Article 208 TFEU and Article 210 TFEU) so as to reinforce effective coordination between EU donors;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for more effective EU coordination of in-country division of labour in order to avoid overlapping of actions and high transaction costs; insists equally on the need to undertake a careful analysis of each recipient country's specific situation needs, while ensuring that financed projects are embedded in the local economy and benefit those most in need;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for more effective EU coordination of cross-country division of labour in order to address the problem of ‘'aid darlings’' and ‘'aid orphans’'; stresses that the European Union's policy on division of labour should ensure that horizontal issues such as human rights, gender equality and climate change are fully addressed; stresses also that the aim to increase the impact of aid and to get more results and value for money should not lead to a risk- averse development policy which only focuses on ‘'easy countries’';
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that, as a result of their voluntary, non-binding nature, current EU initiatives to enhance donor coordination have not completelyfailed to exploited the full potential of the EU to render its development aid more effective and efficient; therefore calls on the EU and its Member States to establish a new instrument for coordination in the form of a Regulation;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10