4 Amendments of Nirj DEVA related to 2010/2151(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the record levels of commitments reached in 2009; is also satisfied by a number of other improvements in the Commission's management of the European Development Fund (EDF), including strengthening of the accounting environment (new accrual- based system), better guidance to fragile states for budget support and more effective, efficient and closely monitored external audits; recognises, however, that, first and foremost, fragile states require a better defined strategy and attention to particular sectors of the fragile states' economies.;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Commission to help partner countries develop parliamentary control and audit capacities and to involve parliaments, as well as local civil society partners, in drawing up their national development strategies;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the DCI benchmark allocating 20 % of spending on basic and secondary education and basic health, including safe access to water and sanitation, to apply also to the EDF; urges the Commission to place greater emphasis on maternal health, as this is the Millennium Development Goal in respect of which progress has been most disappointing;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights that development aid mechanisms should be also aimed at promoting wealth creation and supporting small and medium-sized enterprises, since wealth creation remains a crucial tool in alleviating poverty; recalls that an estimated EUR 800 billion is lost annually from developing countries through illicit capital flows, prevention of which could prove decisive in alleviating poverty and achieving the Millennium Development Goals;