4 Amendments of Željana ZOVKO related to 2017/2594(RSP)
Amendment 3 #
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and Council "amending Regulation (EU) No 230/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 establishing and instrument contributing to stability and peace" of 5 July 2017 (COM(2016)0207 COD),
Amendment 73 #
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Calls for conducting the lessons learned exercise in order to identify shortcomings in the coordination, and to improve coordination of the EU external financing instruments with financing instruments of other international institutions, such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and other development/financing institution, in order to create synergies and maximum impact of the financing instruments in the development countries;
Amendment 75 #
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Welcomes Commission's proposal on amending the Instrument for Stability and Peace for which Union's development toolbox will be widened, and extends activities to the military actors in Partner Countries in order to improve response capacities to handle crisis, and preserve civilian activities and normal development activities when they are at risk;
Amendment 77 #
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12 c. Recognizes the importance of new technologies, such as Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in poverty reduction and its employment potential, enhancing the trade as development countries become more integrated in global trade chain improvements, impacting on improvements in health sector, and public administration capacity. Following that, it is important to focus on external financing instruments in implementing the new technologies in developing countries, since there is enormous potential for their progress;