9 Amendments of Helmut SCHOLZ related to 2012/2224(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers ownership of aid programmes by the beneficiary countries as a crucial factor; hopes to seeconsiders it crucial that national, regional and local institutions, as well as civil society, are systematically involved in preparing and monitoring national aid programmes;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. EncouragesIs aware that developing countries to incorporate the goal of economic development into all their national policies,have established economic development as a cross cutting national policy goal, laid out in their respective strategies and initiatives; asks the Commission to work on buildincreasing up governments' capacity to incorporate issues linked to sustainable and inclusive economic development into their national trade strategies and programmes;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges countries in receipt of trade development aid to mobilise their own domestic resources, including human capital, alongside this; hopes that in cases where these countries derive their income from the exploitation of natural resources, the Commission will target its action at supporting transparent and sustainable exploitation of said resources; emphasizes the need to establish full transparency regarding payments made to governments by European enterprises; calls on the Commission to support sustainable industrialisation strategies in developing countries aimed at trading in value-added products rather than just raw materials;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers export taxes on non- processed raw materials a legitimate instrument of national industrialisation policy schemes;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the European Union's trade and investment development aid tools, in particular the revised Generalised Scheme of Preferences and the economic partnership agreements, areneed to be regularly evaluated regarding their effectiveness; stresses nonetheless that trade aid cannot be reduced to these instruments alone and urges, urges the EU to fully respect its commitment to increase its total aid budget to 0.7 % of GNI by 2015; calls on the Commission to increase the share of its total aid budget that is allocated to technical assistance;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Reiterates its position that the limited resources available for non-ODA cooperation measures, including trade related support, should be spent primarily in countries actively contributing to the global fight against climate change;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission to finance aid for trade measures only in countries that have transposed at least the ILO core labour standards into their national legislation, and fight effectively against the exploitation of child labour;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Stresses the importance of decent wage levels and decent safety at work standards for a sustainable global trade system and new global production chains; reminds the Commission in this regard of its communication Promoting Decent Work for All;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Urges the Commission to improve the coherence between its trade policy and its development objectives, ensuring that provisions contained in the trade agreements with developing countries are not hindering access of all to water, land and other essential natural resources, are not impeding the development of public services and the access of local SMEs to public procurement opportunities;