6 Amendments of Sari ESSAYAH related to 2011/2047(INI)
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Acknowledges that economic growth can be an important driver of development; stresses, however, that the impact of growth on poverty eradication will be much higher if inequality is reduced and human rights are respected; insists, therefore, that EU development assistance must be geared towards pro-poor growth through the adoption of measures which specifically focus on the poor in order to foster an increase in their share of national wealth and allow them to become a driving force for growth;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Supports efforts to promote industrial development, provided that social and the development of infrastructure, provided that social standards, ethically responsible approaches and environmental standards are obsadherved to;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Emphasises that the provision of basic social services is crucial to pro-poor growth; calls for 20% of all EU assistance to be earmarked for basic social services, as defined by the OECD, with a special focus on free access to primary health care and basic education; proposes that the European Union and its Member States should provide more effective support for civil-society actors, who have an important role to play in the provision of public services and in meeting basic needs to enable people to live in a manner compatible with human dignity;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Acknowledges that the development of the private sector in developing countries is crucial to creating employment opportunities, delivering services and enhancing wealth creation; recalls that 90% of jobs in developing countries are in the private sector; stresses that, in keeping with the pro-poor agenda, EU development aid should focus on encouraging recipient countries to create an environment conducive to the development of small, medium-sized and micro- enterprises and on the removal of barriers to formalisation, and that services and capacity-building should be targeted in particular on poorer entrepreneurs;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Insists that the EU should also address the root causes of food insecurity, including food-price speculation and ‘land grabbing’; reiterates that the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy must take into account the Treaty obligation of PCD; observes that the agricultural support system should be reformed in such a way that it does not prevent fair competition and damage developing countries’ ability to gain strength through their own productive activity;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 k (new)
Paragraph 23 k (new)
23k. Transparency In order to increase transparency and public acceptance of development projects funded fully or partially by the EU or the Member States, calls for creating an electronic data base that provides information on ODA; believes that this data base should enable users to track all EU donors’ and, if applicable, United Nations Agencies’ projects and programs in all recipient countries, who finances them, and which organization implements them; it should be user friendly and accessible to all through the Internet; it should have a function which makes it easy to search for specific information through a set of predefined criteria (donor, DAC sector, location, project status, funding type and MDGs) and offer tables and geographic maps for analysis; notes that this kind of data base is also essential for strengthened coordination and harmonization among donors and alignment with the government of the recipient country;