8 Amendments of Dominique BILDE related to 2021/2158(DEC)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Draws attention to the context in which official development assistance (ODA) is now provided, marked by the end of the COVID pandemic, the aggravating climate crisis, the relentless growth of the needs of humanitarian aidconsequences of some lockdown measures for developing countries' economies and in particular for VSEs/SMEs, the climate crisis, the enduring need for humanitarian aid and the persistence of long-term economic crises resulting in, for example, internal population displacement, developing countries’ woefully inadequate financial and other resources to respond to the challenges they face due, for example, to their lack of tax revenue, the reversal of the progress towards key Sustainable Development Goals, including those to eradicate poverty and hunger, and the continued global failure to scale up climate action to the urgent needchronic insecurity, particularly in some Sahel countries affected by Islamist terrorism;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Insists that the Union and its Member States scale upmaintain and improve the effectiveness of their ODA and climate finance so as to honour their commitments, that maximum efficiency of the spending be sought, that policy coherence for development (PCD) be practicsed in a more convincing way and that new efforts to create an enabling international environment for domestic resource mobilisation (DRM) be made, such as improvements to national tax systems; takes the view that well-functioning PCD and support for DRM should be considered part and parcel of sound financial management as these are means to increase the efficiency of EU action which do not need to imply significant additional costs to the Union budget;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Urges the Member States and the Commission to aim their development aid at those economic sectors of developing and least-developed countries which are most likely to create jobs, and to take careful note of Special Report 14/2020 by the European Court of Auditors dated 8 September 2020;1 a _________________ 1a https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/Pages/DocI tem.aspx?did=54267
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Notes that, according to the World Bank, agriculture accounted for 53% of jobs in Sub-Saharan Africa in 20191 a and that as a result, the agriculture sector, in particular family farming and agroecology, should be given priority in terms of development aid; _________________ 1a https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.A GR.EMPL.ZS?locations=ZG
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the budgetary implementation of the EDF is now limited to payments on commitments made before the 31 December 2020 end date and that Global Europe - NDICI and general Union budget rules now apply; calls for strict implementation of the human rights based approach, with human rights being at the centre of all actions, in accordance with the Commission’s toolbox on this approach.regrets in this regard that the integration of the EDF into the NDICI has dulled its inter-state operation;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for official development assistance priorities under the NDICI to be determined in cooperation with beneficiary countries in order to target the sectors likely to contribute to economic growth and employment.
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Stresses that, under the new partnership agreement with the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (the 'Post-Cotonou Agreement'), European development aid should be made conditional on optimal cooperation on migration, particularly with regard to the readmission of migrants, and that the absence or inadequacy of cooperation should lead to a reduction or the suspension of such aid.