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Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Reiterates its concerns as regards the use of development funds for non- development objectives and underlines that funding which does not fulfil official development assistance criteria must be sourced from other instruments than the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI); underlines the importance of ensuring human rights standards in all cooperation under the DCI and insists that in order to successfully combat poverty in the long-term, the Union must address the causes of poverty and ~~inequalities~~promote fairness of opportunity;

2019/12/11
Committee: DEVE

Hildegard BENTELE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Welcomes the fact that, up to 2018, 20.3% of EU-funded international cooperation and development aid had the purpose of combating climate change; recalls its position that in future, however, this should be more than doubled, so that at least 45% of the funding from the proposed 2021-2027 Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) is allocated to climate and environmental objectives; calls, in this context, for better access to renewable energy and support for investment in environmental technologies, as well as knowledge sharing, the development of sustainable supply chains and the further development of the circular economy, international partnerships for sustainable land, forest, water and resource use, and investment in civil protection and early warning systems;

2019/12/11
Committee: DEVE

Hildegard BENTELE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Welcomes the following commitments made by the Commissioner for International Partnerships, including to involve the European Parliament in the scrutiny of EU trust funds, to improve transparency with regard to all EU development cooperation and the use of funds for it, and to ensure coherence between different EU policies;

2019/12/11
Committee: DEVE

3 Amendments of Hildegard BENTELE related to 2019/2055(DEC)

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