4 Amendments of Nirj DEVA related to 2012/2002(INI)
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, in accordance with the Treaty of Lisbon, the implementation of development policy should be cohesive, and the measures aimed at encouraging economic growth and wealth creation in developing countries should contribute, first and foremost, to combating poverty and exclusion,
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes it essential for middle-income countries to commit an increasing proportion of their revenue to social purposes, thereby enabling the European Union to gradually scale back its current development programmes; additionally, calls on the EU to consider means of cooperating directly with the regional clusters of poverty in the middle-income countries, ranging from grants to specialised knowledge transfer;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that the conditions for the use of ODA in general, and budget support in particular, must go hand-in-hand with sound operational institutions and the democratic oversight of budgets by parliaments, budgetary control organisations and civil society in partner countries;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 d (new)
Paragraph 11 d (new)
11d. Welcomes the Commission’s intention that ‘the EU should strive to help countries in situations of fragility’; notes, however, that a bilateral relationship might not be sufficient to do so given the new budgetary framework and the fact that countries in such a situation often lack a functioning government or legal system; therefore, calls on the EU to work with third countries in the region to support the development and functioning of institutions, the rule of law and judicial systems of the partner country;