5 Amendments of Jan ZAHRADIL related to 2012/2224(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers ownership of aid programmes by the beneficiary countries as a crucial factor; hopes to see national, regional and local institutionstogether with transparency, accountability and sufficient resources as one of the crucial factors contributing to their effectiveness; calls for systematic parliamentary oversight of aid programmes both on the side of the donors and the recipients with active and direct involvement of national, regional and local institutions in accordance with each country's respective institutional framework, as well as civil society, systematically involved in preparing and monitoring national aid programmes;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Encourages developing countries to incorporate the goal of economic development into all their national policies, strategies and initiatives with a view to diversifying their economy; 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 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers that sustainable economic development strategies should, amongst other, provide for: - participation of the private sector in the real economy; - regional cohesion and integration of markets through cross-border cooperation; - development of open and fair trade, embedded in a rules-based multilateral trade framework;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges countries in receipt of trade development aid to also mobilise their own domestic resources, including budgetary revenue through proper collection of taxes and human capital, al; congside this; hopers that in cases where these countries derive part or most of their income from the exploitation of natural resources, the Commission will target its actiony should implement measures, including with the technical assistance of the Commission, aimed at supporting transparent access to and sustainable exploitation of said resources;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Asks the Commission and all donors to seek out innovative types of development funding and partnerships and to promote them; supportsreminds, in this regard, that public- private partnerships, microcredit and peer-to-peer lending can also contribute to advancing development through trade; supports, amongst other things, the establishment of south- south and three-way partnerships; recommends better coordinating development projects funded by regional development banks and the World Bank/International Finance Corporation, and making more widespread use of interregional funding schemes such as the EU-Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund.