5 Amendments of Glenys KINNOCK related to 2008/2025(BUD)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Suggests that one way to improve the assessment of budget support results would be to make the partnership and review procedures of the Cotonou Partnership Agreement more inclusive;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Welcomes the Commission's plans to implement its proposed Millennium Development Goals (MDG) contracts as soon as possible; and calls for the principles behind the contracts to be extended to all other general and sectoral budget support;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Invites the Commission to further develop thinking and practice on how parliamentary scrutiny of budgetary aid in partner countries could be improved;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Calls for the gender performance indicators attached to budget support to be strengthened, and expanded into areas such as women's civil rights;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Supports the continued inclusion of targets to increase spending on health and education in budget support agreements; and suggests that agreements include clear timelines to reach the Abuja Declaration target of spending 15% of a national budget on health, and the Global Campaign for Education target of spending 20% of a national budget on education.