Activities of Gay MITCHELL related to 2013/2058(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the EU 2013 Report on Policy Coherence for Development PDF (164 KB) DOC (66 KB)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas, since all policies of the Union have an external impact, they must be designed to meet the long-term needs of developing countries andin relation to combating poverty, provideing social security and a decent income, and safeguarding fundamental human rights and economic and environmental rights;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas coordination of EU Member States' development policies and aid programmes is an important part of the PCD agenda; whereas it is estimated that as much as EUR 800 million could be saved annually from cutting transaction costs if the EU and its Member States concentrated their aid efforts on fewer countries and activities;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas the effectiveness of EU development policy is hindered by fragmentation and duplication of aid policies and programmes across Member States; whereas a more coordinated EU- wide approach would reduce the administrative burden and reduce the related costs;
Amendment 10 #
2. Calls on the European Union, the Member States and their partner institutions to ensure that the new ‘post- 2015’ framework includes a PCD objective which makes it possible to develop reliable indicators to measure the progress of donors and southern partnerpartner countries and to assess the impact of the various policies on development, in particular by applying a ‘PCD lens’ to key issues such as population growth, global food security, illicit financial flows and green growth;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out the importance of the role of the European External Action Service in implementing PCD, in particular the role of the EU Delegations in monitoring, observing and facilitating consultations and dialogue with stakeholders and partner countries on EU policy impacts in developing countries;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the important role which the European Parliament could play in the process of promoting PCD by assigning it priority in Parliament’s agendas, by increasing the number of meetings between committees and between parliaments relating to PCD, by promoting dialogue on PCD with partner countries and by fostering exchanges of views with civil society; recalls that structured annual meetings between national parliaments of Member States' and the European Parliament is an important way of strengthening PCD and coordination;