Activities of Alain HUTCHINSON related to 2008/2048(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Follow-up of the Paris Declaration of 2005 on Aid Effectiveness (debate)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses that the rise in the prices of raw materials played a crucial role in triggering the current global food crisis, which is in danger of obliterating all the efforts already made to improve the effectiveness of aid, and calls on the Commission and each Member State to support any measure which can help to stabilise raw material prices for developing countries;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls on the Commission and Member States to support the creation and implementation of innovative financing mechanisms to contribute significantly to attaining the MDGs within the deadlines set; stresses that these additional resources cannot replace the commitments already given in terms of public development aid;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission and Council to take practical measures to fight corruption, particularly by supporting civil-society initiatives intended to ensure transparency of the use made of the aid provided by the European Union and by urging all Member States and partner States to ratify the UN Convention against Corruption of 2003;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Calls on members of the OECD's DAC, which is the relevant authority, to formulate as soon as possible a definition of development cooperation which can put a permanent end to the diversion of aid for use for purposes which have nothing to do with development, as this diversion is made possible only by the extremely broad nature of the current official definition of development aid;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. RecogniStresses the need to intensify the Commission's consultations with civil society partners in headquarters and in the field through better structured meetings on policy, strategic programming and aid effectiveness issues;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Recalls the decisive role which can be played by members of diasporas in improving the effectiveness of European aid and therefore calls on the Commission and Member States to involve them more in planning and implementing European development programmes; stresses that the involvement of foreigners or people of foreign origin in a partnership between the European Union and their country of origin is a powerful factor of integration;