Activities of Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY related to 2017/2258(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Implementation of the Development Cooperation Instrument, the Humanitarian Aid Instrument and the European Development Fund (debate) ES
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of the Development Cooperation Instrument, the Humanitarian Aid Instrument and the European Development Fund PDF (382 KB) DOC (87 KB)
Amendments (27)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16
Citation 16
– having regard to its resolution on the European Consensus on Development of 7 June 20179 , _________________ 9 OJ C 210, 30.6.2017, p. 1.14 February 2017,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
Citation 19 a (new)
– having regard to its report on increasing the effectiveness of development cooperation of 11 November 2016,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 b (new)
Citation 19 b (new)
– having regard to its report on EU 2015 Report on Policy Coherence for Development of 2 May 2015,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Global Strategy for the European Union’s Foreign and Security Policy,TEU, the TFEU, the SDGs, the Development Effectiveness Principles together with the European Consensus on Humanitarian Aid and the new European Consensus on Development determine the EU strategy on development cooperation and humanitarian aid;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas reinstating and extending the so-called global gag rule, cutting funds to organisations that provide women and girls with family planning and sexual and reproductive health and rights services is of serious concern;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that in their first years of implementation, the DCI and the EDF have enabled the EU to respond to new crises and needs thanks to the broad nature of the instruments’ objectives; notes, however, that a multiplication of crises and the emergence of new political priorities have put financial pressure on the DCI, the EDF and the HAI, have stretched these instruments to their limits and have requiredlead to the decision of the setting-up of new ad hoc mechanisms such as trust funds, which are surrounded by serious concerns namely on transparency, democratic accountability and on disconnection of development objectives;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that there are cases where budget support has proved to be inefficient and/or has not led to strengthened policy dialogue at country level, and calls for better monitoring of this kind of aidbudget support programmes have a proven record on development effectiveness and are key instruments to boost policy dialogue;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. WelcomNotes the fact that a large number of countries have graduated from the EDF and the DCI in the last few years as they have become upper-middle income countries (UMICs); Recalls that poverty and development are multidimensional, and that overcoming GDP as the unique development indicator is needed;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers that – since the majority of the world’s poorest people live in middle-income countries, in which inequalities persist among different geographical areas, between urban and rural areas, affecting women and minority groups in particular – withdrawing aid to middle-income countries would be a regressive step for the achievement of the SDGs;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that evaluations have underlined the strategic relevance of the DCI’s thematic programme, in particular its ability to promote EU interests and global actions on public goods;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that the very different needs and nature of the groups of ACP countries and overseas countries and territories (OCTs) covered by the EDF raise questions over the one-size-fits-all approach that characterises the choice of procedures and modalities, and ultimately over the territorial scope of the EDF; Recalls the need for a new and genuine partnership amongst equals, with human rights as the main focus;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes that the EDF faced pressure to tackle an increasing number of political demands, such as security and migration, which may bare difficult to align with the EDF’s core values and principles of the EU´s development and cooperation policy, namely poverty eradication;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Recalls that unsafe abortion is listed by the World Health Organisation as one of three leading causes of maternal mortality; Recalls the internationally declared legal basis for the right to sexual and reproductive health and rights for victims of sexual violence and for people in conflicts;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that the DCI, the EDF and the HAI should be implemented in the light of the new international and EU policy framework, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, the Agenda for Humanity, the Global Strategy for the European Union’s Foreign and Security Policy, the European Consensus on Humanitarian Aid and the new European Consensus on Development;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) has become amust be the major factor in the definition and implementation of the EFIs and in the adoption of other EU policies and instruments by reason of the interconnection between internal and external EU policies which are likely to affect developing countries; is of the view, however, that overall coherence between instruments could be further improved;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Is worried that UMICs that have graduated from the EDF and the DCI may be faced with a funding gap that places them in a situation of vulnerability; calls on the Commission to reflect on the consequences and to facilitate their access to EFIs tailored to their needs, specially to step up efforts to enhance good governance by combating corruption, tax fraud and impunity, as these are among the main obstacles preventing development, to ensure respect for the rule of law, the holding of free and transparent elections, the separation of powers and equal access to an independent, impartial and professionalised judicial system to address institutional weaknesses and to strengthen administration; acknowledges the work carried out by EUROsociAL in this area;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for the strict application of preconditions allowing for than effective use of budget support and for a morewith a systematic monitoring of this aid modality in partner countries;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Warns against abusive recourse to trust funds; is concerned at the fact that contributions from Member States and other donors to trust funds have been below expectations, with negative consequences for their effectiveness; recalls the need for parliamentary scrutiny on these funds; is of the view that a fragmentation of instruments has negative influence on aid effectiveness and on development policy's primary objective: poverty eradication;
Amendment 144 #
26. Recalls that the Commission should ensure transparency when trust funds are used; recalls, moreover, that trust funds shouldmust apply the full range of development effectiveness principles and that a monitoring report assessing this alignment should be published biannually;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Commission to implement the HAI in a way consistent with the Humanitarian principles and commitments agreed in the Grand Bargain and with the conclusions of the European Court of Auditors’ Special Report No 15/201610 ; calls on the Commission, in particular, to increase transparency in the strategic programming and funding selection procedure, pay due attention to the cost-efficiency of actions, improve monitoring during implementation, allocate greater funding for national and local responders, cut bureaucracy through harmonised reporting requirements, and make provision on a multiannual basis in terms of strategy, programming and funding, so as to ensure greater predictability, flexibility, rapidity and continuity in humanitarian response; _________________ 10 European Court of Auditors, Special Report No 15/2016, ‘Did the Commission effectively manage the humanitarian aid provided to populations affected by conflicts in the African Great Lakes Region?’, 4 July 2016
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Reiterates the autonomy of the EU’s development and humanitarian policies, which are based on specific legal bases recognised in the Treaties and establish values and objectives that are specific and should not be subordinated to the EU’s geopolitical strategy and should always be aligned with development effectiveness principles and, in the case of humanitarian aid, the principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality and independence;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Stresses that the reduction and, in the long term, the eradication of poverty, together with stackling inequalities, as recognised in the Sustainable dDevelopment Goals, should remain the primary objectives of the EU’s development policy and of its development instruments, with special attention paid to those most at risk;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Considers it necessary to increase the current levels of EU ODA in the future architecture of the EFIs post-2020 and to develop a binding timeline, so as to enable the EU to honour its collectivehistorical commitment to provide 0.7 % of Gross National Income (GNI) in ODA and allocate 0.2 % of ODA/GNI to the least developed countries;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Recalls the need to achieve OECD DAC recommendations on reaching an average grant element in total ODA of 86%";
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Is of the view that the transfer of funds between objectives and for changing priorities within an instrument should only take place on the basis of real needs of partner countries, without compromising the principles and objectives of the instrument and with adequate involvement of the monitoring authority; calls in particular for a clear distinction between ODA-eligible funding and other, non- ODA-eligible funding; is againststrongly rejects any transfer of funds earmarked for DACable activities to programmes that cannot be accounted for as ODA;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. ConsiderHighlights that development policy and humanitarian objectives should not be subjugated to donor countries’ and the EU´s security objectives nor border controls or migration flow management; considers, in this vein, that ODA should be used primarily to alleviate poverty and that actions and programmes that are aligned with national security interests should therefore not be funded using development finance, so as to avoid the risk of instrumentalisation of EU aid;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Reiterates that EDF budgetisation would bring advantages such as stronger democratic legitimacy and scrutiny of the instrument, and enhanced visibility and transparency, as well as an increase in the efficiency and development effectiveness of EU development aid;