Activities of Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY related to 2016/2094(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Revision of the European Consensus on Development (debate) ES
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the revision of the European Consensus on Development PDF (329 KB) DOC (83 KB)
Amendments (50)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
– having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), signed and ratified by the EU in 2011 and to the UN Concluding Observations on the implementation of the CRPD,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)
Citation 8 b (new)
– having regard the Communication on "Increasing the impact of EU Development Policy: an Agenda for Change" released in October 2011,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 c (new)
Citation 8 c (new)
– having regard the October 2012 Council Conclusions on "The roots of democracy and sustainable development: Europe's engagement with Civil Society in external relations",
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 d (new)
Citation 8 d (new)
– having regards to the EU Gender Action Plan 2016-2020 and to the Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy (2015-2019),
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas a revision of the European Consensus on Development is timely and necessary considering the changed external framework - including the adoption of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris COP 21 Agreement on climate change, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction ,the Addis Ababa Action Agenda on financing for development and the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation, new or increasing global challenges such as climate change and migration, partner countries which increasingly have diverse and specific development needs, independently of their income status, appalling shrinking space for independent civil society in all regions of the world, militarisation of entire regions of the world, more diversified developing countries, emerging donors and new global actors, and internal EU changes including those arising from the Treaty of Lisbon, the Agenda for Change and the EU Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the right to development, according to UN Resolution 41/128, is an inalienable human right by virtue of which every human person and all peoples are entitled to participate in, contribute to, and enjoy economic, social, cultural and political development, in which all human rights and fundamental freedoms can be fully realized;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of the European Consensus on Development in providing a joint and coherent position at both EU and Member State levels on the objectives, values and principles and main aspects of development cooperation; believes that the Consensus acquis and in particular its holistic approach and the clear primary objective of fighting poverty, and at long term, eradicating poverty, combating inequality, and boosting policy coherence for sustainable development must be safeguarded in its revision; recalls that Member State and EU-level development policies should reinforce and complement each other;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Warns against the dilution of ODA criteria with the aim of covering expenses other than those directly linked to the previously mentioned objectives;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises the importance of a clear European external strategy requiring coherence of policies, notably on human rights, support to civil society and the rule of law, fight against inequality peace and security, migration, trade, the environment and climate change, humanitarian assistance and development cooperation; reiterates, however, that development objectives are goals in their own right; recalls the treaty-based obligation enshrined in Article 208 TFEU to ‘'take account of the objectives of development cooperation in the policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries’'; recalls the principles of EU external action under Article 21(1) TFEU, namely democracy, the rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of human rights and fundamental freedoms, respect for human dignity, the principles of equality and solidarity, and respect for the principles of the United Nations Charter and international law;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the 2030 Agenda and the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development to cut across all internal as well as external EU policies and to be put at the heart of the Consensus; calls for the fight against poverty and hunger, and at long term eradicating, poverty and hunger, combating inequality, and boosting policy coherence for sustainable development to remain the overarching and primary goal for EU development policy;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls the crucial importance of internationally agreed principles on development effectiveness, concretely ownership, harmonization, alignment, results and mutual accountability; notes that development policies and programs yield a double dividend when development effectiveness are fulfilled; Calls all development actors to fully align all their actions with these principles;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses the need to fulfil EU's commitment to allocate 20% of its ODA to human development and social inclusion, with a focus on health and education;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for a continued strong EU commitment to and promotion of rules- based global governance, whereby developing countries have an equal say and weight in multilateral bodies making decisions impacting them and notably the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that combating inequalities in and between countries, discrimination, injustice and strife and promoting peace, participatory democracy, good governance and human rights as well as inclusive societies and sustainable growth must be objectives cutting across every area and every action of EU development policy;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for EU development policy to continue to prioritise support to least developed and low-income countries (LDCs and LICs) while also finding neweffective ways of cooperation and support with the middle- income countries (MICs) in which the majority of the world’'s poor live in line with the Addis Ababa Action Agenda;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance of the principle of democratic ownership, giving developing countries the primary responsibility for their own development but also allowing national parliaments and political parties, regional and local authorities, civil society and other stakeholders to fully play their respective roles alongside national governments; stresses that 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 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines the importance of plural and inclusive democracy, and calls for the EU to promote a level playing field for political parties and a dynamic civil society in all its actions, including through capacity-building and through dialogue with partner countriessupport civil society necessary participation in all its actions, including through dialogue, and to allow sufficient civil society space;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for the promotion of gender equality and women’s's rights, including sexual and reproductive health and rights, to be a cross-cutting goal in EU development policy in accordance with the EU Gender Action Plan, coupled with specific policy-driven action to target challenges in this area; calls for further EU efforts to promote the important role of women and youth as agents of development and change; underlines in this regard, that gender equality comprises women and men and girls and boys and that programmes should encourage equal co-participation of rights and services, for example as in the case of access to education; gender-responsive public services, for example as in the case of the right to education, health or unpaid care work;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for specific EU development strategies to better target, protect and support vulnerable and marginalised groups such as women and children, LGTBI people, the elderly, persons with disabilities, linguistic and ethnic minorities and indigenous peoples, in order to offer them the same opportunities and rights as everyone else, in line with the principle of Leaving No- one Behind;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines the ongoing importance of the objectives set out in the human development chapter of the current European Consensus; stresses the need to connect these objectives to the SDGs and to put horizontal health system strengthening (other than support for vertical programmes for specific diseases), at the core of health development programming, also in order to strengthen resilience in the case of health crises such as the Ebola outbreak in West Africa of 2013-2014; calls in this regard for a more coherent innovation and development of medicines policy that guarantees access to medicines to all;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the EU and its Members States to strengthen efforts to achieve a universal 'right to health'; underlines that this cannot be reached through direct services alone; stresses that ensuring equitable access to quality health services provided by skilled, qualified and competent health staff is critical to ensuring equitable access to quality care; therefore, the new Consensus should promote investment in and empowerment of frontline healthcare workers, who are often the backbone of the healthcare system and play a critical role in ensuring coverage of healthcare services in remote, poor and underserved areas;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. In the light of demographic growth, most notably in Africa and in the LDCs, taking into account the fact that of the 21 countries with the highest fertility, 19 are in Africa, that Nigeria is the country with the world’s fastest-growing population, and that by 2050 more than half of global population growth is expected to be in Africa and this is a problem for sustainable development; suggests that EU development cooperation should put more emphasis on programmes that address this topic; calls on the EU to champion sexual and reproductive rights worldwide as well as to promote scale-up of universal access to voluntary contraception and family planning services;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Stresses the importance of addressing the underlying and systemic factors, including gender inequality, policy barriers, and power imbalances that have an impact on health in order to achieve a universal right to public health care;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines that for an EU development strategy to be effective, it must promote a better distribution of prosperity through national budgets, i.e. within as well as between countries and between the North and the Global South; highlights that European development aid should first and foremost differentiate between individual countries’ situations and development needs, and not on the basis of a signed political agreement;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recognises that official development aid and older concessional finance is still important for a number of MICs and has a role to play for targeted results, taking into account the specific needs of these countries, as enshrined in the Addis Ababa Action Agenda; Calls for specific strategies to be developed for cooperation with MICs in order to consolidate their progress and fight inequality, exclusion, discrimination and poverty, especially through the promotion of fair and progressive tax systems, while underlining that MICs are not a homogenous group and therefore each has specific needs that should be met by tailor- made policies; underlines the need to phase out financial aid to MICs and focus on other forms of cooperation, such as technical assistance, share of industrial know-how and knowledge, exchange of best practices and promotion of regional, South- South and triangular cooperation; highlights the importance of alternative sources of finance, such as domestic revenue mobilisation, non-concessional or less concessional loans, cooperation in technical, taxation, trade-related and research-related matters, and public- private partnerships;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the EU and its Member States to lead the way among development actors and to recommit to the full implementation of the principles of effective development cooperation, namely country ownership of development priorities, alignment with partner countries national development strategies, focus on results, transparency, sharedmutual accountability and democratic inclusiveness of all stakeholders;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the progress made but calls for further efforts by the EU and its Member States towards joint programming and implementation in order to pool resources, improve the in-country division of labour, reduce transaction costs, avoid overlaps and aid fragmentation, and promote country ownership of development strategies; calls on the EU and its Member States to further coordinate their actions with other donors and organisationsall donors and organisations; notes with concern that as of mid-2015, only five EU Member States had published Busan implementation plans; urges Member States to publish implementation plans and report on their efforts on development effectiveness annually;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Reiterates that Official Development Assistance (ODA) should remain the backbone of EU development policy; recalls the EU’'s commitment to achieving the ODA target of 0.7 % of GNI by 2030 through the development of a binding roadmap; stresses the importance of other countries, developed and emerging, also scaling up their ODA provision; underlines the important role of ODA as a catalyst for change and a lever for the mobilisation of other resources, in order to boost its effectiveness calls the European Union and its Member States 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; ; recalls the EU's commitment to mobilizing new and different resources for climate action in developing countries towards developed countries' commitment to mobilizing USD 100 billion per year by 2020 and through to 2025 from a variety of sources;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Recognises that general budget support promotes national ownership, but underlines thaalignment wit should only be considered when and where the conditions are right and effective control systems are in placeh partner countries national development strategies, focus on results, transparency, mutual accountability;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Believes that addressing the SDGs will require financing and action for development going beyond ODA and public policies; stresses the need for domestic as well as international and for private as well as public financing, and for policiehighlights linking public and private pro- development action and inducing an environment promoting growth and its equitable distribution through national budgets this regard the paramount importance of fair and progressive taxation and of social corporate accountably;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Recognising that GDP is not an adequate measure of progress as it does not reflect inequalities or environmental degradation; calls for alternative measures of progress to be developed as agreed in the 2030 Agenda;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the EU and its Member States to support developing countries in creating fair, progressive, transparent and efficient tax systems, as well as other means of domestic resource mobilisation, in order to increase the predictability and stability of such financing and reduce aid dependency; calls for such support in areas such as tax administration and public financial management, anti-corruption, and fighting transfer mispricing, tax evasion and other forms of illicit financial flow also by EU Member States;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to establish a compulsory country- by-country reporting on multinational companies, together with the compulsory publication of comprehensive and comparable data on companies activities to ensure transparency and accountability; calls on the EU and its Member States to consider the spill over effect on developing countries of their own tax policy, and undertake reforms needed to ensure European companies making profits in developing countries pay their fair share of tax in those countries;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. StressUnderlines the need for blending and public-private partnerships in order to leverage financing beyond ODA, but underlines the need for these toto effectively follow development effectiveness principles and to be limited to certain sectors in order not to erode universal access for all to quality essential public services; they must. be based on transparent criteria and to clearly demonstrate their additional development impact; underlines that financed projects should respect national development objectives, internationally recognised social and environmental standards in a binding manner, the needs and rights of local populations, and the principles of development effectiveness; recognises in this regard that traditional land use, for example by smallholders and pastoralists, is usually not documented but needs to be respected and protected; reiterates that enterprises involved in development partnerships shouldshall respect the principles of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the UN Guiding Principles and OECD Guidelines throughout their operations;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses that development funds used for the proposed External Investment Plan (EIP), as well as for existing Trust Funds, must comply with ODA-compatible development objectives; calls for mechanisms to be established allowing Parliament to fulfil its oversight role when EU development funds are being used outside the normal EU budget procedures, notably by granting it observer status on EIP, Trust Fund and other strategic boards that decide on the priorities and scope of programmes and projects; recalls that EU investment policy, especially when involving public money, must contribute to the realisation of the SDGS; recalls the need to enhance transparency and accountability of DFIs, PPPs to effectively track and monitor the money flows, debt sustainability and the added value for sustainable development of their projects;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Recognises the role of localat local micro, small and medium-sized enterprises asnd cooperatives could be engines of growth and decent employment if properly regulated; calls for the promotion of an enabling environment for investment and business activity in order to stimulate and accelerate domestic economic development, as well as of training programmes and regular public- private dialogues;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls on the European Union and its Member States to promote binding measures to ensure that multinational corporations pay taxes in the countries in where value is extracted or created and to promote compulsory country-by-country reporting by the private sector, thus enhancing the domestic resource mobilisation capacities of countries; Calls for spill over analysis to study possible profit shifting practices;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Call for a human needs-based approach to debt sustainability through a binding set of standards to define responsible lending and borrowing, debt audits and fair debt workout mechanism, which should assess the legitimacy and the sustainability of countries' debt burdens and possible cancellation of unsustainable an unjust debt;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Calls on to include the ratification of international human rights instruments - including the International Covenant of Economic, Social and Cultural rights (ESCR's) and it Optional protocol to ensure a right base for resilience, ILO core labour Standards and ILO Recommendation 202 on Social protection;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Underlines the importance of fair and properly regulated trade in promoting regional integration, contributing to sustainable growth and combating poverty;among equal partners in where democratic right to regulate for ensuring human rights and peoples dignity in promoting regional integration, contributing to sustainable growth and combating poverty; Stresses that potential benefits of trade, in order to contribute to poverty reduction, must be accompanied with distribution of positive impacts through fair and progressive tax systems stresses that EU trade and investment policy must be part of the sustainable development agenda and reflect EU development policy objectives; in particular, trade policy should not put at risk global public goods such as access to medicines by making sure that partner countries can take full advantage of the flexibilities in the WTO Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), while no country should be prevented from taking measures to protect public health as enshrined in the Addis Ababa Action Agenda;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Supports EU efforts to increase transparency and accountability in natural resource management and in the extraction of and trade in natural resources, and to prevent illegal trade in sectors such as minerals, timber and wildlife; strongly believes that further global efforts are needed in order to develop regulatory frameworks for supply chains, so as to ensure sustainable management of and trade in such resources, to promote sustainable consumption and production and to allow resource-rich countries and their populations to further benefit from such trade; Welcomes the progress made since the establishment of the Bangladesh Sustainability Compact and calls the EC to expand binding frameworks to other sectors; urges, in this regard, the EC to enhance corporate social responsibility and due diligence initiatives that complement the existing EU timber regulation, on the proposed EU regulation on conflict minerals, for other sectors; thereby bindingly ensuring the EU and its traders and operators live up to the obligation to respect human rights and the highest social and environmental standards;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Considers it regrettable that a regulatory framework on the way corporations comply with human rights and obligations with respect to social and environmental standards is still lacking, which allow certain States and companies to circumvent them with impunity; calls for the EU and Member States to engage actively in the work of the UN's Human Rights Council and of the UNEP on an international treaty to hold transnational corporations accountable for human rights abuses and violations of environmental standards;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 b (new)
Paragraph 32 b (new)
32b. Reaffirms the importance of coordinated and accelerated actions to address malnutrition to fulfil the 2030 Agenda and to reach SDG 2 to end hunger; stresses that privatization of seeds through IPR clauses and GMOs threaten countries food sovereignty;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Believes that synergies between the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) and development instruments need to be fostered in order to find the right balance between conflict prevention, conflict resolution and post-conflict rehabilitation and development; sStresses that external policy programmes and measures to this end have to be comprehensive, tailor-made to the country situation and, when financed through means foreseen for development policy, correspond to core development objectives as defined under ODA; underlines that the core tasks of development cooperation remain to support countries in their endeavour to create stable and peaceful states that respect good governance, the rule of law and human rights, and to seek to establish sustainable functioning market economies with the purpose of bringing prosperity to the people; stresses the need for EU policies to respect the political and economic policy space of developing countries to regulate in order for them to establish the necessary policies to promote sustainable development, fulfil their human rights obligations and boost dignity for their people;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Stresses the central role of development cooperation in addressing the root causes of forced migration, such as state fragility, conflicts, climate change, insecurity and marginalisation, poverty, inequality and human rights violations; calls therefore for migration- linked development assistance to focus on promoting humans rights and peoples dignity, social inclusion and cohesion, economic opportunities, democracy- building, good governance and the rule of law, and policy space for civil society; recalls that development financing cannot be used for migration management or externalization of borders control;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Recalls, as stressed by the UN Agenda 2030, the positive contribution of migrants to the development; calls for more effective and innovative cooperation in migration policy between origin and destination countries; draws attention to the significant and growing financial flows represented by remittances, which according to the world bank represent three times total ODA; calls for further efforts to bring down transfer costs, as remittances are an important source of financing for development;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Underlines the need for close parliamentary scrutiny and monitoring ofagreements linked to migration management and migration-linked use of development funds; stresses the importance of close cooperation and the establishment of a good practice of formal and informal exchange of information between institutions, notably in the field of migration and security;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Points out that, given the recent European policy measures to fight the root causes of forced migration, European development policy must fall within the OECD-DAC definition and must be based on development needs and human rights; stresses further that development aid nor trade preferences must not be made conditional on cooperation in migration matters such as border management or readmission agreements;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Stresses the need for closer links between humanitarian assistance and development cooperation in order to address financing gaps, avoid overlaps and the creation of parallel systems, and create conditions for sustainable development with built-in resilience and tools for improved crisis prevention and preparedness;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Strongly believes that the global presence of the EU and its Member States makes them well placed to continue to play a leading international role in addressing global public goods and challenges (GPGC); cCalls for a GPGC chapter to be included in the revised Consensus, clearly outlining the priority areas to be tackled, among them the fight against all forms of inequality, health and education, women's rights, including their reproductive health rights insecurity and state fragility, migration, public health and education, access to public drinking water demographic challenges and urbanisation, the environment, sustainable energy and climate change, food security, and new technological challenges, barriers and opportunities which are essential elements for the fulfilment of basic need and people dignity;