21 Amendments of Martin KASTLER related to 2010/2300(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
– having regard to the Joint Communication (COM(2011)200) for a partnership for democracy and shared prosperity with the Southern Mediterranean, and with particular reference to the concept ‘more for more’,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas many donors consider general and sectoral budget support as a means of fostering partner countries’ ownership of development policies and reform processes, strengthening national accountability institutions and systems, and facilitating growth, poverty reduction and the achievement of development objectives,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas many donors consider budget support as a means of fostering partner countries’ ownership of development policies and lasting reform processes, strengthening national accountability institutions and systems, and facilitating growth, poverty reduction and the achievement of development objectives,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas budget support helps to overcome the weaknesses of the traditional project-based approach (high transaction costs, fragmented parallel systems) and thus increase the coherence and efficiency of EU measures, aims which are stressed in the Lisbon Treaty,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas effective promotion of development takes place on the ground and whereas local and regional projects for the use of appropriations in the recipient country should receive special attention,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas, despite the risks mentioned by the European Court of Auditors in its reports on budget support, the ‘dynamic approach’ in the general conditionality of budget support is still a very important instrument of political dialogue; whereas budget support must nevertheless under no circumstances be considered as a ‘blank cheque’ but rather here too the principle of providing assistance while also demanding an input and the idea of ‘more for more’ should apply,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the definition of ‘political dialogue’ must consistently include the involvement and strengthening of democratically elected parliaments,
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas, pursuant to Article 2(3) of the Lisbon Treaty, it is an objective of the European Union to work for a sustainable social market economy, and whereas this should also apply with reference to development policy and relations under the neighbourhood policy,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative through the Green Paper on budget support, which is aimed principally at promoting the development of partner countries from within, and calls for the numerous types of undesirable development and the wastage of money, which in recent years in which budget support was provided happened at the expense of European taxpayers and in most cases did not result in any penalties, to be exposed and in future also prevented by means of independent assessment and appropriate penalties (e.g. by means of a percentage deduction from future instalments);
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that the Union has a responsibility to pass on its experience to other institutional stakeholders, in particular at the High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that budget support should not primarily and exclusively serve the purpose of a rapid outflow of appropriations;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the dynamic approach to budget support adopted by the Commission and a majority of budget support providers entails a number of serious risks which must be duly taken into account;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need to strengthen both the Commission’s monitoring mechanisms and parliamentary scrutiny in countries in receipt of budget support; stresses also that optimum, independent procedures must be established for auditing the public finances of recipient countries as a precondition for any disbursement of funds;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the prominent role of donor organisations in supporting partner countries in their capacity development and the positive influence of local project aid on reducing poverty and promoting inclusive growth and sustainable development in partner countries;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the central importance, particularly in the context of budget support, of capacities in the fields of public finance, tax authorities and economic policy, bolstering governance capacities (at central-government and regional level) and the scrutiny function of civil society, parliament and supervisory bodies (e.g. courts of audit);
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for the development of a viable fiscal administration and a comprehensive tax infrastructure to be made one of the highest priorities of budget support and for this to be assisted both financially and structurally by means of an additional initiative with the title ‘DEVETAX 2020’ in the context of budget support funding;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that major deficiencies in capabilities, in particular weak governance, are liable to deprive many developing countries of budget support; observes that aid can quickly become an excessive burden;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Takes the view that, in principle, MDG contracts are an example of high- quality, results-oriented budget support (long-term, predictable, targeted at social sectors, etc.); calls accordingly on the Commission to publish an assessment of MDG contracts in 2011 and to look into the feasibility of extending them to a larger number of countries;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission also to publish the conditionalities and performance indicators in Country Strategy Papers on the occasion of the mid-term review and in particular to stress the aspect of country-specific adequacy;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States to show greater consistency at national and Community level as regards development aid policy; calls on the Member States to make use of the European External Action Service to strengthen their coordination with the Commission as regards budget support so as to avoid duplication and inconsistency;