7 Amendments of Philippe BOULLAND related to 2011/0412(COD)
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The task of building and sustaining a culture of human rights and good financial, social, administrative and fiscal governance, and making democracy work for citizens, though especially urgent and difficult in emerging democracies, is essentially a continuous challenge, belonging first and foremost to the people of the country concerned but without diminishing the commitment of the international community. It also requires a range of institutions, in particular national democratic parliaments that should ensure participation, representation, responsiveness and accountability.
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Furthermore, whilst democracy and human rights objectives must be increasingly mainstreamed in all external assistance financing instruments, Union assistance under this Regulation will have a specific complementary and additional role by virtue of its global nature and its independence of action from the consent of third country governments and other public authorities. This will allow for cooperation with civil society on sensitive human rights and democracy issues possible, applying good financial, social, administrative and fiscal governance principles, thus providing the flexibility to respond to changing circumstances. It should also provide Union capacity to articulate and support specific objectives and measures at international level which are neither geographically linked nor crisis related and which may require a transnational approach or involve operations both within the Union and in a range of third countries. Moreover, it will provide the necessary framework for operations, such as support for independent European Union election observation missions requiring policy coherence, a unified management system and common operating standards.
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) supporting and consolidating democratic reforms in third countries, by enhancing participatory and representative democracy, and applying good financial, social, administrative and fiscal governance principles, thus strengthening the overall democratic cycle, and improving the reliability of electoral processes, in particular by means of election observation missions.
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv
(iv) supporting reforms to achieve effective and transparent democratic accountability and oversight, including that of the security and justice sectors, and encouraging measures against corruption, in particular good financial and fiscal governance;
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a – point v
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a – point v
(v) promoting political pluralism and democratic political representation, and encouraging political participation by citizens, in particular women and marginalised groups, in democratic reform processes at local, regional and national level;
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b – point vi
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b – point vi
(vi) the rights of women as proclaimed in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and its Optional Protocols, particularly access to education and healthcare and the right to decide freely and independently about their bodies, including measures to combat female genital mutilation, forced marriages, crimes of honour, trafficking, and any other form of violence against women;
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii a (new)
(iia) providing legal and tax-related training for local stakeholders with a view to establishing good-governance mechanisms that prevent corruption.