Activities of Enrique GUERRERO SALOM related to 2018/2083(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on digitalisation for development: reducing poverty through technology PDF (395 KB) DOC (71 KB)
Amendments (24)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of P8_TA(2015)0459 on preparing for the World Humanitarian Summit: Challenges and opportunities for humanitarian assistance (2015/2051(INI)) of 18 November 2015,
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
Citation 19 a (new)
– having regard to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol (A/RES/61/106),
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas humanitarian innovation must be consistent with the humanitarian principles (humanity, impartiality, neutrality, and independence) and the dignity principle;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Recital K b (new)
Kb. whereas humanitarian innovation must be conducted with the aim of promoting the rights, dignity and capabilities of the recipient population, and it should be possible for all members of a crisis-affected community to benefit from innovation without discriminatory barriers to use;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K c (new)
Recital K c (new)
Kc. whereas under no circumstances should humanitarian digitalisation and innovation lead to intentional harm;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K d (new)
Recital K d (new)
Kd. whereas risk analysis and mitigation must be used to prevent unintentional harm, including those relating to privacy and data security and impacts on local economies;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K e (new)
Recital K e (new)
Ke. whereas experimentation, piloting and trials must be undertaken in conformity with internationally recognised ethical standards;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K f (new)
Recital K f (new)
Kf. whereas the work started at the World Humanitarian Summit for the creation of a global network aimed at addressing critical gaps in capacity and relationships must continue in order to generate a more supportive and enabling environment for innovation efforts that help comply with the humanitarian objectives;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the imperative that any digital trade strategy must be fully in line with the principle of Policy Coherence for Development (PCD); underlines that access to internet connectivity and digital payment methods are pivotal to enabling digital trade, sustainable development and inclusive growth; notes in this regard the potential of the Trade Facilitation Agreement to supporting digital initiatives in developing countries to facilitate cross- border trade;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for the development of an action plan in technical innovation for humanitarian assistance to ensure compliance with the legal and ethical principles laid down in documents such as the New European Consensus on Development - 'Our world, our dignity, our future' and ‘Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Underlines that all aspects of humanitarian innovation should be subject to evaluation and monitoring, including an assessment of primary and secondary impacts of the innovation process; notes that ethical review and risk analysis should be undertaken prior embarking on humanitarian innovation and digitalisation projects, and should incorporate external or third party experts where appropriate;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls for the implementation in EU external action of the principles embodied in The Digital Single Market for Europe (DSM) strategy through the support to EU partners’ regulatory frameworks;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for digitalisation to be incorporated into the national strategies for development of EU Member States;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for a more concerted and holistic cross-sectoral effort from the international community, including non- state actors such as representatives of civil society, the third sector, private companies and academia, to ensure that the shift towards a more digital economy leaves no one behind;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for the improvement of political articulation between the EU, the EU Member States and other relevant actors, with a view to enhancing their coordination, complementary and the creation of synergies;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Deplores the persistent digital divides across gender, geography, age, and income, ethnicity, and health condition or disability, among other factors of discrimination, within each country; insists, therefore, that international development cooperation should use digital technologies for greater inclusion of disadvantaged groups;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for increased efforts to address the challenges of digital exclusion through education and training on essential digital skills and initiatives to facilitate the use of ICTs; stresses the importance of e- learning and distant learning to reach remote areas and people of all ages;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for the introduction of digital literacy in school curricula at all levels of education, from primary school to university, in developing countries, with a view to the acquisition of the skills needed to improve access to information;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls that MSMEs in developing countries make up the majority of businesses and employ the majority of manufacturing and service sector workers; reiterates that facilitating cross-border e- commerce will have a direct impact on improving livelihoods, fostering higher living standards and boosting economic development; reaffirms the contribution that such endeavours could make to gender equality, since a great number of these companies are owned and run by women; stresses the need to reduce legal, administrative and social barriers to women’s entrepreneurship;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Points out that ICT tools can be used for information dissemination during both natural and technological disasters and emergencies, as well as in fragile and conflict affected contexts; highlights that digital technologies can enable low-income communities and other vulnerable communities to have access to quality basic services such as health, education, water and electricity, as well as to humanitarian relief and other public and private services;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Underlines that technological innovation in humanitarian assistance is a priority, most especially in the context of forced displacements, for contributing to sustainable solutions that bring stability and dignity to people’s lives and may facilitate the humanitarian development nexus; welcomes global initiatives to facilitate humanitarian innovation, such as the Global Alliance for Humanitarian Innovation (GAHI), the Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF) and UN Global Pulse, and calls for the EU to promote open data and strongly support the global communities of software developers and designers who are building practical open technology with a view to solving international development and humanitarian problems;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses that e-government applications contribute to making public services faster and cheaper to access, improve consistency and citizen satisfaction, facilitate the articulation and activities of civil society, and increase transparency, thus contributing significantly to promoting democratisation and fighting corruption; stresses the vital role of technology and digitalisation for effective fiscal policy and administration, enabling an effective increase in domestic resource mobilisation; insists that it is imperative to create secure digital identities, as this could help determine the numbers of those in need of certain basic services;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Acknowledges the central role of digital technology in access to health services and in training for health workers andmanagement of health services, emergency response to epidemics, dissemination of public health campaigns, public access to health services and in training for health workers, support and promotion of basic research, and development of health and e-health information services; calls, therefore, on policymakers to introduce the appropriate policy and regulatory frameworks to scale up e-health projects; asks the Commission to provide the necessary financial resources in this regard;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Highlights the importance of digital technologies in the fight against climate change, the improvement of the environment, and the development of renewable energies and agroecology; underlines the need to reduce the ecological impact linked to digitalisation;