10 Amendments of Nirj DEVA related to 2011/2192(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the ECA report's overall conclusion is that devolution has contributed to better aid delivery and that speed of aid delivery has improved, as has the thoroughness of financial procedures, but that there is still considerable room for improvement;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the recent reorganisation within the Commission and the creation of the EEAS following the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty has not yet generated the expected increase in the overall efficiency and coherence of EU development assistance, generating on the contrary further delays and duplications;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas delegations, with the creation of the EEAS, have been forced to take on additional competencies such as diplomacy, information/communication and Freedom, Security and Justice policies, adding to the previously existing challenges of coordination, coherence and resource shortages;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas cumbersome overregulations and procedures can undermine the use of country systems and joint programming;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the process of devolution should be coupled with a mechanism at Member State level to provide all relevant information on where agencies are planning to spend their budgets, therefore making aid more predictabletargeted and allowing resource gaps and funding opportunities in individual countries to be identifiedto be identified to eliminate wasteful duplication;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the reform of EC external aid should be used to showcase how the impact of aid is improving the lives of poor peoplefocus more extensively on measuring the output of aid, not just the input in order to showcase how the impact of aid is improving the lives of poor people, both internally, to reinforce best practices based on previous experiences and externally, in response to public scepticism about the effectiveness of aid;,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that consideration should be given to using local expertise alongsidend the existing staff of the EU delegations should strive towards greater involvement in the local societies, in order to bridge the knowledge gap and to ensure an accurate understanding of the local environment in which they operate;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that the relevant EU budget instruments need to be more poverty- focusedfocused towards generating wealth for the poor and more flexible with regard to their approach and operation, and that more accountability and transparency and better value for money in terms of achieving clear results should also be encouraged;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10