5 Amendments of Eleni THEOCHAROUS related to 2016/2047(BUD)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that the ambitious Agenda 2030 and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals,, in particular Goal 3 on health, Goal 4 on education and Goal 5 on gender equality, to which the Union and Member States signed up in September 2015, requires development assistance from the EU budget to be kept at least at the level foreseen in the MFF, while maintaining its focus on long-term efforts to eradicate poverty, as stipulated by Article 208 TFEU;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for investments in projects that enhance tailored training for professionals on issues of gender-based violence and harmful practices, as well as projects promoting community engagement, in light of the fact that 2017 will be the European Year of Combating Violence Against Women;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Insists that priorities and funding must reflect the transcontinental nature of gender-based violence and development issues; funding for projects must therefore invest in the coherent engagement of the EU to work across continents, for the commitment in the SWD on Gender Equality to be turned into actions;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Insists that the development budget for 2017 must reflect more consistently the Union’s focus on fragile states, Least Developed Countries, youth unemployment and women facing gender- based violence, harmful practices and those in conflict situations;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39 a. Deems it necessary to increase appropriations for the Turkish Cypriot Community budget line (+EUR 3 million) for the purpose of contributing decisively to the continuation and intensification of the mission of the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus and of supporting the bicommunal Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage, thus promoting trust and reconciliation between the two communities;