18 Amendments of Hildegard BENTELE related to 2019/2184(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the study “Effective Development Cooperation - Does the EU deliver?: Detailed Analysis of EU Performance” points to a decreased alignment of EU Member States and EU institutions to the effectiveness principles and related indicators, in particular predictability, use of indicators drawn from partner country owned results frameworks, using partner country public financial management systems and commitment to involve partner governments in project evaluations, and transparent reporting;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas although the EU institutions and Member States, local and regional authorities as well as international organisations and civil society organisations have a large stock of data and expertise in the field of development, it remains insufficiently shared; whereas it should be made more accessible and should be used in policy- making;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas aid policies that foster equality are proven to be more effective in achieving SDG's goal, notably fighting poverty and promoting education;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that the principles of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) are built on important and enduring lessons from past development strategies and practices, including both successes and failures, and that these principles remain important expressions of multilateral cooperation and coordination which the EU is committed to upholding; ; calls on the Commission to use its membership in the GPEDC and the OECD-DAC and its voice in international fora and in the governance structures of the IFIs to further strengthen the effectiveness principles and encourage adherence to them and implementation of them in all forms of development cooperation and by all actors involved in development cooperation;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Recognises that effective development cooperation cannot be delivered through EU cooperation alone and can only be truly effective if all development actors collaborate; expresses concern that, when other actors do not respect and implement the effectiveness principles in their cooperation programmes, the resulting fragmentation and bypassing of partner country systems reduces the effectiveness and impact of assistance overall as a collateral, including EU assistance;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to publish, at least biannually, a report on the progress of the EU institutions and Member States on improving(including their development agencies and local and regional authorities active in development cooperation) are advancing on aid effectiveness in the planning and implementation of European development cooperation and assistance measured against a seaid in relation to the achievement of commonly agreed targets and policy objectives, notably the SDGs, and including progress towards the alignment of policy objectives and the harmonisation of procedures, in particular with regard to joint programming, joint implementation and joint results frameworks; calls on the Commission to present this progress report to the European Parliament;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and the Council to scale up joint programming between the EU and its Member States, with the aim of securing a European voice; points out that at country level, the EU and Member States need to go beyond the mere consolidation of existing bilateral development priorities and actions and form a unified collective European voice on strategic issues in political and policy dialogue with partner countries with which to move forward towards commonly defined policy objectives, which should also take into account innovative financing methods such as blending and guarantebodies of regional integration as EU counterparts when appropriate and innovative financing methods such as blending and guarantees; calls on the Commission to ensure that regular meetings between the EU, the Member states representatives, implementing agencies, international organisations and civil society organisations take place on the ground in the respective partner countries in order to identify the challenges and opportunities and that the subsequent joint response and implementation meets the identified needs; points out that joint programming, under the direction of Heads of Mission, has proven to be successful in terms of policy coherence across political, trade, development and security strategies; calls for clear, actionable commitments towards joint implementation and evaluation and for shared accountability mechanisms towards citizens;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. welcomes the Council conclusions of the 8th of June 2020 to highlight the “importance for all the actors involved in Team Europe to coordinate actions, and share information and communication efforts at country level, within the EU, in partner countries and in global and multilateral fora”; asks the Commission and the Member States to follow this approach in the future in the context of all development related measures, programming and implementation; reiterates its request of 2013 (P7_TA(2013)0558) and 2017 (P8_TA(2017)0026) and asks the Commission to submit, on the basis of Articles 209 and 210 TFEU, a proposal for an act concerning regulatory aspects on EU donor coordination on development aid;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that in view of the future implementation of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI), joint programming by the EU, its Members States and EU development financing partners should build upon the aid effectiveness principles; believes that the EU should collectively set strategic priorities and identify investment needs/gaps in the pre-programming phase and subsequently look at ways to optimise the range of modalities in the EU institutions’ toolbox, including grants, budget support grants and EIB loans, as well as financing from the Member States; calls on the EU institutions and Member States, accordingly, to share evidence and experience about the kinds of development interventions that tend to be successful and those that have failed, proved difficult to implement or not produced the intended impactCommission to ensure that the programming and implementation of these modalities is co-ordinated, strategically aligned with partner countries priorities and processes and focussed on delivering outcomes and impacts that are transformational for achieving the SDGs in the specific context of each partner country;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on EU institutions and Member States and other public and non- governmental actors active in development cooperation to share evidence and experience about what kind of development interventions tend to be successful and which ones have failed, proved difficult to implement or did not produce the intended impact;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. welcomes the independent report by the High-Level Group of wise persons on the European financial architecture for development and calls for the foundation of a European Investment and Sustainable Development bank;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that accountability for all public expenditure, including Official Development Assistance (ODA), is vital both in Europe and in partner countries; believes that accountability requires strong institutions and that having clear and agreed targets for European ODA is essential for ensuring continued public support for the EU’s development cooperation endeavours; emphasises, furthermore, that accountability requires transparent and robust procedures as well as concern for efficiency and the attainment of demonstrable results, thorough ex-ante and ex-post evaluation, and critical analysis of failures as well as learning about how to deliver effective and sustainable results; therefore calls on the Commission to coordinate a Europe-wide standardisation of impact indicators in order to compare the effectiveness and efficiency of projects between the Member States;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. calls for a regular review of partner countries in the light of the development objectives achieved and asks for resolve to end cooperation once these objectives are met or are not met over a longer period of time; calls also on the Commission to inform the European Parliament of the countries and respective sectors in which the EU is the largest donor and whether this is in line with the EU’s geopolitical strategy;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls upon the EU and its Member States to enhance alignment of their assistance to the effectiveness principles and related indicators, in particular predictability, use of indicators drawn from partner country owned results frameworks, using partner country public financial management systems and commitment to involve partner governments in project evaluations, and transparent reporting;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Calls upon Member states to streamline, to a greater extent, their assistance with common European aid objectives in order to improve the effectiveness of EU development policy as a whole;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Supports the need for a catalytic approach, building on decentralised and bottom-up needs assessments and programming, which is informed by a thorough analysis of the situation in each partner country; encourages South-South and triangular cooperation; including at sub-national levels;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Calls upon the Commission and the Member States for development aid policies to align with objective of gender equality so that women’s empowerment is actually achieved thus improving aid efficiency;