Activities of Enrique GUERRERO SALOM related to 2010/2300(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT The future of EU budget support to developing countries PDF (330 KB) DOC (322 KB)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
– having regard to the report of the ACP- EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Economic Development, Finance and Trade on budgetary support as a means of delivering official development assistance (ODA) in ACP countries,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas budget support has become one of the key forms of aid, and whereas it is the Commission’s aim to step up such support over the coming years,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas budget support helps to improve the quality and effectiveness of aid, with particular reference to the principles of ownership and harmonisation, given that political dialogue between donors and recipients makes it possible to tailor contributions to the priorities countries have set in their national poverty reduction strategies,
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to make budget support its principal form of aid and to promote the setting of a collective EU target for budget support;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the dynamic approach adopted by the Commission and a majority of budget support providers entails a number of risks which must be duly taken into account; calls on the Commission to carry out national assessments of the likely risks and benefits of budget support in partner countries;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the EU to administer budget support in such a way as to take full advantage of its complementarity with other forms of aid;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that budget support should focus as a priority on the government departments that have the greatest impact on poverty reduction, in particular health and education ministries;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Considers, furthermore, that there is a need for gender mainstreaming in budget support, with attention being paid to gender issues at all stages in the budget process, dialogue being promoted with women’s associations and gender- differentiated indicators being introduced;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on donor countries to coordinate budget support more effectively and makes such support more predictable, and points out that they need to be willing to enter into long-term commitments with partner countries;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Takes the view that budget support should be introduced gradually in developing countries, starting with a limited amount and increasing it as the partner countries build capacity;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission also to publish the conditionalities and performance indicators in Country Strategy Papers on the occasion of the mid-term review; takes the view that budget support performance should be measured in terms of progress towards poverty reduction targets and the MDGs;