10 Amendments of Henri WEBER related to 2012/2224(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that, in view of the transformation in the structure of international trade and of North-South trade, ownership of aid programmes by the beneficiary countries ais a crucial factor for achieving the desired objectives of reducing disparities in wealth, ensuring that prosperity really is shared and pursuing the benefits of regional integration for developing countries; hopes to see national, regional and local institutions, as well as civil society, systematically involved in preparing and monitoring national aid programmes;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to take better account of the new challenges posed by development aid through trade, which are the differentiation of levels of development, support for local production and the diversification thereof, and the promotion of social and environmental standards;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Encourages developing countries to incorporate the goal of economic and sustainable development into all their national policies, strategies and initiatives; asks the Commission to work on building up governments' capacity to incorporate issues linked to sustainable economic development into their national trade strategies and programmes;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recalls the importance of investment aimed at creating, developing and strengthening key port, transport, energy and telecommunications infrastructure, and in particular cross border infrastructure;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the European Union'U’s trade and investment development aid tools, in particular the revised Generalised Scheme of Preferences and the economic partnership agreements, are effective; stresses nonetheless that trade aid cannot be reduced to these instruments alone and urges the Commission to increase the share of its total aid budget that is allocated to technical assistance, including the field of standardisation;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that companies in developing countries need a stable legislative and regulatory framework, a tax and legal administration that plays its role, and a local banking sector that has confidence in foreign businesses and investors, and that all European and national aid that could be provided in these areas (risk sharing, involving businesses in the formulation of energy and environmental liability policies, etc.) is particularly welcome;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Considers it essential that European development aid through trade policies incorporate all aspects of innovation – financial as well as technological and organisational innovation – on the basis of best practices;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges all donors – public and private – to coordinate their actions more and to adjust them in line with current funds; recalls that the BRICS countries are now both aid beneficiaries and donors; calls on them to cooperate with the European UnionU so their experience can be shared and their actions optimised, and to accept more responsibilities vis-à- vis the less developed countries and within the donor community;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Hopes to see, for the sake of consistency in the policies conducted by the EU, greater collaboration between the different Commission and EEAS services, and the three institutions of the Commission, the Council and the European Parliament;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers that the criteria for evaluating development through trade and investment policies and programmes should not only include statistics on growth and trade, but also on the number of jobs created and improvements in the quality of life for people living in developing countries in terms of human, social, cultural and environmental development.