13 Amendments of Gay MITCHELL related to 2013/2057(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)
Citation 21 a (new)
- having regard of the Council Decision of 26 July 2010 Establishing the organisation and functioning of the European External Action Service (2010/427/EU), especially article 9 External action instruments and programming,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas recent estimations set out in the above-mentioned ‘Cost of Non-Europe Report’ show that as much as EUR 800 million could be saved annually from cutting transaction costs if EU donorthe EU and its Member States concentrated their aid efforts on fewer countries and activities;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas, given the change in international demographics and the greater future interdependence between what is now the developing world and the EU as a whole, more efficiency in the spending of development aid will bring about more effective assistance on the ground and have the added benefit of breeding greater mutual respect into the future;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the EU and its Member States should continue to lead by example in reducing aid fragmentation by fully implementing the international aid and development effectiveness commitments made in Paris, Accra and Busan and by building on the progress made in the current process of Joint Programming;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the EU and its Member States to honour their commitments under the Paris Declaration and, the Accra Agenda for Action and the Busan Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation, the main obstacles to which are lack of political will, bureaucracy and high transaction costs;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for more effective EU coordination ofby the EU and its Member States through, inter alia, Joint Programming including in-country division of labour in order to avoid overlapping of actions and high transaction costs;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for more effective EU coordination by the EU and its Member States of cross- country division of labour in order to address the problem of ‘aid darlings’ and ‘aid orphans’; stresses that the aim to increase the impact of aid and to get more results and value for money should not lead to a risk-averse development policy which only focuses on ‘easy countries’;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that, as a result of their voluntary, non-binding nature, current EU initiatives to enhance donor coordination have not completely exploited the full potential of the EU and its Member States to render its development aid more effective and efficient; therefore calls on the EU and its Member States to establish a new instrument for coordination in the form of a Regulation;
Amendment 30 #
Annex to the Motion for a Resolution
Recommendation 3
Recommendation 34 (on division of labour) The EU has developed a wide array of guiding principles on the way division of labour should be effectively conducted. The EU Code of Conduct on Complementarity and Division of Labour in Development Policy provides guidance to Member States and the Commission and should be speedily implemented in all partner countries. Recommendation 34.1: on in-country division of labour The EU and its Member States should reduce transaction costs by limiting the number of EU donors active in sector policy dialogue and cooperation activities. In order to do so, they should develop and implement sector exit plans for better sector concentration, based on a dialogue with partner governments and other donors as well as on an impact analysis of potential financing gaps. Recommendation 34.2: on cross-country division of labour With a view to reducing cross-country aid fragmentation and donor proliferation, the EU and its Member States should ensure that their country allocations are carried out on an informed basis including by taking into account other Member States' intentions and opportunities for EU impact. Member States should strive for better geographic concentration while the Commission shall play a coordinating role, particularly in orphan countries. In this respect, EU joint analyses and strategies for both EU “darling” and "orphan" countries could serve as a basis for better cross-country division of labour.
Amendment 31 #
Annex to the Motion for a Resolution
Recommendation 4
Recommendation 43 (on Joint Programming) The Regulation should codify the Member States' and Commission's commitment to increasing their participation in joint multi- annual programming based on partner countries' development strategies including, to the best possible extent, the synchronisation of EU and national programming cycles at partner country level. The EU joint programming framework is a pragmatic tool to advance division of labour and should complement and strengthen existing arrangements for donor coordination in order to avoid unnecessary parallel processes. The Regulation should ensure that the EU actively monitors progress at country level and at headquarters to ensure that steady progress is made on existing commitments, and that road maps for the implementation of the EU joint programming framework are duly followed up.
Amendment 32 #
Annex to the Motion for a Resolution
Recommendation 3 - Introductory Part
The EU hasand its Member States have developed a wide array of guiding principles on the way division of labour should be effectively conducted. The EU Code of Conduct on Complementarity and Division of Labour in Development Policy provides guidance to Member States and the Commissionthe EU and its Member States and should be speedily implemented in all partner countries.
Amendment 33 #
Annex to the Motion for a Resolution
Recommendation 4 - Sub-paragraph 1
The Regulation should codify the EU and its Member States' and Commission's commitment to increasing their participation in joint multi- annual programming based onaligned with partner countries' development strategies including, to the best possible extent, the synchronisation of EU and nationalwith programming cycles at partner country level. The EU joint programming framework is a pragmatic tool to advance division of labour and should complement and strengthen existing arrangements for donor coordination in order to avoid unnecessary parallel processes.
Amendment 34 #
Annex to the Motion for a Resolution
Recommendation 5 - Sub-paragraph 1
The Regulation should codify the mechanisms to report evidence of progress of increased donor coordination at the country level by including, inter alia: a) disaggregated information on all relevant aid flows; b) progress on division of labourJoint Programming processes, with particular attention to joint programmingdivision of labour; c) evidence of reduced transaction costs through division of labour; and d) the mainstreaming of Joint Programming and division of labour in EU donors' strategic planning processes.