Activities of Dominique BILDE related to 2021/2106(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2020 – Section III, Commission and executive agencies
Amendments (8)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the replacement of the Development Cooperation Instrument with the Global Europe Instrument coincides with a dggramvatic reversal of the progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals and with rapid aggravation of the globalon of the global climate crisis, which is marked in particular, in some least advanced countries, by humanitarian tragedies, such as famine in the south of Madagascar, which might potentially be linked to climate crisishange; insists that in the implementation of the Global Europe Instrument, maximum efficiency in the response to these incomparably important challenges must be sought; challenges must be sought without neglecting the challenges of economic growth, employment and self-sufficiency in food in partner countries or the vital objective of controlling migration flows;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses, furthermore, that European development aid objectives must be laid down in close cooperation with recipient countries and that job- creating sectors should be targeted; calls in this connection for lessons to be learned from the European Court of Auditors’ Special Report 14/2020 of 8 September 20201 a; _________________ 1a https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/Pages/DocI tem.aspx?did=54267
Amendment 10 #
2. Recalls thatPoints to the Global Europe Instrument’s spending target of 20% for human development and social inclusion is a minimum target; calls for substantially higher expenditure in this area, given; underscores the crucial importance of health, education, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene for the realisation of human rights and of a life in dignity for all, the devastating impacts of the COVID pandemic, as well as the other public- health challenges facing Africa in particular, such as the fight against HIV, and the human rights-based approach laid down in the Global Europe - NDICI regulation, the implementation of which Parliament will scrutinise;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that Parliament resolutions shall help guide Union cooperation and intends to follow the Commission’s application of this through regular dialogue and evaluation reports;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Acknowledges the quality of ECHO’s implementation of humanitarian aid for education, as found by the Court in its Special Report 2/20211, and the challenges regarding girls' education; _________________ 1 https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/Pages/DocIt em.aspx?did=57652
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that the educational difficulties in some sub-Saharan African countries are attributable in particular to the security context, as a result of Islamist terrorism, and to internal displacement, and that European aid must take account of those specific circumstances;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that choices of aid modalities should always be based on realistic assessments of the likely efficiency of possible options, supported by evidence, and on thorough audits concerning possible partners and aid management checks; points to the salience of this in the rapidly expanding area of private sector cooperation, ,where the evidence base is limited and should carefully be broadened and deepened in order to facilitate optimal use of official development assistance (ODA);