Activities of Gay MITCHELL related to 2011/0406(COD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation PDF (1 MB) DOC (885 KB)
Amendments (16)
Amendment 233 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 b (new)
Recital 6 b (new)
(6 b) The Union's action in the field of development cooperation under this Regulation should have an impact reflected in concrete changes in partner countries. As a general rule, that impact should be monitored and assessed on the basis of pre-defined, clear, transparent and measurable indicators, including outputs and outcomes.
Amendment 246 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) This Regulation should provide an enabling framework for programming, allowing enhanced consistency between Union policies by using a joint framework document as a basis for programmingallow for enhanced consistency between Union policies while respecting the overall requirement of Policy Coherence for Development. It should enable full alignment with partner countries and regions by relyusing, where appropriate, onpossible, national development plans or similar comprehensive development documents as the basis for the programming of the Union's action; and pursue a better coordination amongst donors, in particular between the Union and its Member States, through joint programming. It should enable structured annual meetings between representatives of national parliaments of Member States and the European Parliament to ensure consistency in the spending of development aid.
Amendment 303 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 8 – point e a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 8 – point e a (new)
(e a) the delivery of measurable outputs and outcomes at regular intervals to demonstrate the impact of development aid.
Amendment 317 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. The objective of Union assistance under the programme ‘Global public goods and challenges’ shall be to support actions in areas such as thefrom among the following subthemes: environment and climate change, sustainable energy, human development, food and nutrition security, and migration and asylum.
Amendment 343 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Where partner countries or groups of partner countrieregions are directly involved in, or affected by, a crisis, post-crisis or fragility situation, special emphasis shall be placed on stepping up coordination between relief, rehabilitation and development to help them makeamongst all relevant actors to help the transition from an emergency situation to the development phase. Programmes for countries and regions in fragility or regularly subject to natural disasters shall provide for disaster preparedness and, prevention and for managing the consequences of such disasterresponse. Reducing risk and building resilience of communities are effective measures to prevent natural hazards from turning into disasters. Disaster risk reduction measures protect people, people's livelihoods, social equity and economic growth, as well as crucial infrastructure such as schools, hospitals and airports from disasters. A disaster risk management approach shall therefore be an integral part of development planning and programmes.
Amendment 385 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Chapter A – paragraph II – point a
Annex IV – Chapter A – paragraph II – point a
(a) Social protection, health, education and jobs; Health, education, employment and social protection; - supporting sector reforms that increase access to basic social services, in particular quality health and education services, with a central focus on access to such services by the poor, marginalised and vulnerable groups, - strengthening local capacities to respond to global challenges, including through using sectoral budget support with intensified policy dialogue, - strengthening health systems, addressing the human resource crisis of health providers, fair financing for health and making medicines more affordable for the poor, - supporting the full implementation of strategies to promote sexual and reproductive health, and strategies to reduce child and maternal mortality, - ensuring an adequate supply of sufficient and affordable good quality drinking water, adequate sanitation and hygiene, - enhancing support for and equal access to quality education; supporting vocational training for employability and capacity to carry out and use the results of research in favour of sustainable development, - supporting national social protection schemes and floors, including social insurance systems, which contribute to reducing inequalities, preventing social exclusion and combating discrimination against all groups, while paying particular attention to gender issues, the rights of indigenous peoples, children and the condition of disabled people, - supporting the decent work agenda, and promoting social dialogue, - ensuring implementation of insurance schemes, accessible primarily to those living in poverty, which would require the Union to work with insurance providers to provide greater economic security, to provide people living in poverty with better ways of protecting their livelihoods, to protect against major health difficulties and to provide prospects of pensions in old age, - creating the conditions for a strong market for health and pension insurance by collaborating with insurance providers and government agencies to subsidise insurance premiums for those living in poverty.
Amendment 391 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Chapter A – paragraph II – point b
Annex IV – Chapter A – paragraph II – point b
(b) Business environment, regional integration and world markets; and - supporting the development of a competitive local private sector, including by building local institutional and business capacity, promoting SMEs, microenterprises and cooperatives, - supporting legislative and regulatory framework reforms and their enforcement, including for the use of modern means of communication, facilitating access to business and financial services, such as micro-credit and micro-finance, and reducing excessive regulatory burden; supporting the enforcement of internationally agreed labour rights, promoting corporate social responsibility and social dialogue, - promoting a competitive business environment where the entrepreneurial and innovative spirit is free to flourish, - establishing and improving laws and land registries to protect land property rights and intellectual property and establishing title deeds which would enable borrowing money at reasonable rates of interest, which can be used to establish and develop a business, - promoting agricultural, industrial and innovation policies which contribute to sustainable and inclusive development in favour of the poorest regions and sectors of the society; foster cooperation in the area of science, research and technology, in particular for development-related research, - promoting investments that generate employment and support human resources development; improving infrastructure with full respect for social and environmental standards; supporting national, regional and local public authorities and parliaments to enable them to regulate markets effectively, - engaging with the private sector, including through blending facilities, with a focus on financing for domestic companies and leveraging of domestic capitals, in particular at SME level, in order to enhance socially responsible and sustainable development and the development of high-quality inclusive public services for the benefit of the population, - assisting developing countries in trade and regional and continental integration efforts, and providing assistance for their smooth and gradual integration into the world economy, and linking trade and poverty reduction or equivalent strategies; supporting partners' policies in areas such as markets, infrastructure and cross- border cooperation regarding access by the poor to water, sustainable energy and human security with a view to supporting social justice and pro-poor growth, - promoting a sustainable transport sectoral approach, ensuring transport safety, affordability, efficiency, and minimising negative effects on the environment, - supporting more generalized access to information and communication technologies to bridge the digital divide.
Amendment 397 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Chapter A – paragraph II – point c
Annex IV – Chapter A – paragraph II – point c
(c) Sustainable agriculture and energy. , food security and sustainable energy; - helping insulate developing countries from shocks (such as scarcity of resources and supply, price volatility) and tackling inequalities, by giving poor people better access to land, food, water, energy and finance without harming the environment, - supporting sustainable agricultural practices and relevant agricultural research, including the safeguarding of ecosystem services, giving priority to locally-developed practices and focusing on smallholder agriculture and rural livelihoods, formation of producer groups, the supply and marketing chain, and supporting women in agriculture, - encouraging government efforts to facilitate responsible private investment, as well as to adopt responsible rules on large-scale land acquisitions, - supporting strategic approaches to food security, with a focus on food availability, access (including markets, safety nets and gender awareness), nutrition, with a focus on combating malnutrition in the early ages, and stability, - addressing food insecurity in situations of transition and fragility, by supporting interventions to protect, maintain and recover productive and social assets vital for food security, to facilitate economic integration and longer-term rehabilitation, - establishing a dedicated trust fund to address the problem of malnutrition in developing countries through a set of basic interventions which could prevent the vast majority of cases of malnutrition, especially in the critical 1,000-day window between conception and age 2. These include encouraging breastfeeding to avoid contaminated water, proper introduction of varied foods for infants, fortification of basic staples and vitamin supplementation, - promoting cooperation with developing countries in the area of science, research, technology and innovation in such areas as health, food security, marine and maritime research, renewable energies and the fight against and adaptation to climate change in order to boost competitiveness and industrialisation of developing countries, - supporting country-led, participatory, decentralised and environmentally sustainable territorial development, aimed at involving beneficiaries in the identification of investments, - improving access to modern, affordable, sustainable, efficient, clean (including renewable) energy services, with a priority for local and regional sustainable energy solutions, and decentralised energy production, so as to bring development priorities in line with environmental concerns.
Amendment 429 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(d a) Integrating both disaster risk management and climate change adaptation into development planning and investment, and promoting the implementation of strategies which aim to reduce disaster risk such as protecting ecosystems and restoring wetlands.
Amendment 431 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 2 – point a
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) promoting access to secure, affordable, clean and sustainable energy services as a key driver for women's empowerment, poverty eradication and inclusive growth, with a special emphasis on the use of local energy sources and of ensuring access for poor people and remote regions;
Amendment 439 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 3 – point a
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 3 – point a
Promoting actions aiming at creating more and better jobs, in areas such asby developing the competitiveness and resilience of local MSMEs and their integration into the local, regional and global economy, assisting developing countries to integrate into the multilateral trading system, developing the local private sector and improving the business environment, supporting the definition and implementation of industrial innovation and technology policies and of trade policies and agreements, supporting regional integration efforts, promoting investment relations between the EU and partner countries and regions and leveraging private and public investment and cooperation - including by local SMEs - through innovative financial instruments. Promoting the green economy, resource efficiency and sustainable consumption and production processes. Promoting the use of electronic communications as a tool to support pro-poor growth across all sectors in order to bridge the digital divide, to achieve a between adequate policy and regulatory framework in this area and promoting the development of necessary infrastructure and the use of services and applications based on ICTveloping and industrialised countries and inside developing countries; promoting women's leadership and create economic opportunities for women.
Amendment 446 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 3 – point b – point iii a (new)
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 3 – point b – point iii a (new)
(iii a) setting up insurance schemes for those living in poverty through which the Union would work with insurance providers and government agencies to subsidise premiums for health and pension insurance products.
Amendment 454 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 3 – point c – point ii a (new)
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 3 – point c – point ii a (new)
(ii a) helping to eradicate sex-selective practices such as gendercide which favour males over females at birth and which have led to gender imbalances in many countries, highlighting gendercide as a practice that is a harmful form of sexual discrimination that devalues women.
Amendment 464 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 3 – point d – point iii
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 3 – point d – point iii
(iii) supporting specific initiatives especially at regional and global level, which strengthen health systems and help countries develop and implement sound, evidence-based national health policies, and in priority areas (e.g., maternal health and sexual and reproductive health and rights, access to family planning; global public goods and response to global health threats).
Amendment 466 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 3 – point e – point iii
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 3 – point e – point iii
(iii) improving equal access and quality of education, including for vulnerable groups, migrants, women and girls, and countries furthest from achieving global targets and improving the completion of basic education and the transition to lower secondary education.
Amendment 475 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 4 – point c
Annex V – Chapter A – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) strengthening food and nutrition security through adequate policies, including the protection of biodiversity and ecosystem services, climate adaptation policies, information systems, crisis prevention and management, and nutrition strategies directed to vulnerable populations which mobilise the necessary resources to deliver basic interventions that could prevent the vast majority of cases of malnutrition;