Activities of Birgit SCHNIEBER-JASTRAM related to 2011/2008(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Explanations of vote
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the state of implementation of the EU Strategy for Central Asia
Amendments (7)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Asks the Commission to visibly integrate, or at least reconcile, its normative, technical and interest-based agendas for Central Asia; also recalls the obligations toward policy coherence for development enshrined in article 208 of the TFEU;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that the implementation of the strategy can be enhanced through intensified internal EU coordination on the one hand and through intensified engagement with other international donors and regional stakeholders on the other hand;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Suggests to streamline the regional approach with relationships with China and Russia as they are the main economic actors in the region; takes the view that the approach on fossil energy should be linked to EU programming in the Caucasus and Black Sea Region as well as with Turkey;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Asks the Commission to strengthen regional initiatives on border management and to create synergies with similar programmes in Afghanistan;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Asks the Commission to strengthen regional initiatives on water governance; regrets that until now the EU Water Governance Project is largely focused on water quality which is important but less relevant to the situation in Central Asia than issues of sharing and allocation of water resources; points out that the EU has a strong expertise in international water law and that it should therefore promote the establishment of a sustainable cooperative order on water governance, grounded in treaty level international law;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that civil society organisations can play an invaluable roleshould help in defining priorities, as well as improving governance and the efficacy of development cooperation; calls therefore on the Commission and the Central Asian states to eliminate all unnecessary political and administrative barriers to their effective participation in all stages of development cooperation; also calls on the Commission to strengthen programmes for intercultural dialogue and people-to-people contacts as this seventh priority of the strategy has not been explored fully through substantial meetings or projects whose costs would, if managed well, be limited;