6 Amendments of Norbert NEUSER related to 2010/2300(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is of the opinion that development strategies must be designed by recipient governments themselves, in consultation with a broad spectrum of civil society and local authorities, and must be agreed by national parliaments; further, that civil society, local authorities and parliamentarians must be involved throughout every stage of implementation, monitoring and the evaluation of results, and that this requirement must be a decisive eligibility criterion for budget support;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas making a partner government publicly accountable for its budgetary management is an essential factor in the country’s capacity building process through the involvement of its parliament, local and regional authorities and civil society in the field of public finance,
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Emphasises the crucial and compulsory role of policy coherence; states that budget support may have as little positive effect as any other development-policy instrument so long as development-unfriendly concepts are pursued in other policy areas; therefore urges reviews of, inter alia, EU common agricultural policy, EU trade policy – in particular reformulation of the mandates for negotiations on economic partnership, association and other bi- regional agreements – as well as EU foreign and security policy, with a view to promoting development;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses therefore the importance of involving parliaments, local authorities and civil society in the dialogue on anti- poverty policies and annual reviews of budgetary support;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to supply a comprehensive financial analysis of general and sectoral budget support granted to local government and to consider whether part of budget support should be decentralised with a view to ensuring genuine ownership by local government stakeholders, as well as to assess the risks involved in doing so;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages developing countries and the Commission to promote participatory development, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Cotonou Agreement, in particular with regard to the promotion of civil society and of Articles 19 and 20 of Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006, in particular with regard to the promotion and consultation of civil society and local and regional authorities;