2 Amendments of Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY related to 2017/2146(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
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1. Supports the use of budget support but urges the Commission to better define the development outcomes to be achieved in each case and above all to enhance control mechanisms concerning recipient States’ conductdue to its proven record as regards development effectiveness and urges the Commission to boost its policy dialogue potentialities in the fields of corruption, respect of human rights, rule of law and democracy; notes the Court’s Special Report 35/2016 on the use of budget support for domestic resource mobilisation (DRM) in sub-Saharan Africa, which finds that the Commission’s ex- ante analyses of DRM are not sufficiently detailed and do not follow its own guidelines, that the Commission often fails to assess tax exemptions and illicit capital outflows and does not properly consider extraction dividends and whether royalties for access to natural resources have been paid; is concerned about the Commission’s low and sometimes not relevant use of DRM conditions in budget support contracts;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
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4. Stresses that given the funding gap required to reach the ambitious development goals, the private sector might play a crucial role; notes that blending might be a useful vehicle for leveraging additional resources, provided that its use is duly justified, its added value is demonstrated and it meets development effectiveness principl, if properly regulated and duly accountable, might play a role; notes that only when fully aligned with the internationally agreed development effectiveness principles, when it is focused on poverty reduction, when its additionality for development objectives are proven, and when it does not imply an opportunity cost vis-à-vis other development programmes, blending might be a useful vehicle for leveraging additional resources.