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5 Amendments of Sabine LÖSING related to 2011/2014(INI)

Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the overall objectives of EU development assistance to Afghanistan should be to assist in the long term sustainable development of the country, including improvement of socio-economic standards and gender equality; underlines that the aid should further facilitate capacity building in public administration, strengthen the rule of law and reduce corruption, thus facilitating the transfer of security to the GIRoA;
2011/09/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Is of the opinion that development strategies must be designed by recipient governments themselves, in consultation with a broad spectrum of civil society, and must be agreed by national parliaments; further, that civil society and parliamentarians must be involved throughout every stage of implementation, monitoring and the evaluation of results, stresses that this requirement must be a decisive criteria for budgetary control;
2011/09/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses, that expenses of EU development aid should be used for reliable initiatives of the civil society and solely for civilian projects which are conducted in cooperation with local governments and governmental authorities;
2011/09/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates its call on the EU to set up a centralised database on, and to analyse the costs and the impact of, all EU aid to Afghanistan, as the lack of up-to-date and reliable data undermines aid efficiency and transparency; States that the effectiveness of development-policy measures must be checked on the basis of local criteria;
2011/09/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Is of the opinion that the Commission should consider introducing sectoral budget support; stresses, however, that such aid should be strictly conditional, withhave measurable impact indicators, and can only be used together with capacity- building measures and in administrations whose organisational structures and financial management capabilities have been properly assessed and considered adequate and transparent;
2011/09/29
Committee: AFET