8 Amendments of Maurice PONGA related to 2017/2044(BUD)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that the development assistance from the EU budget needs to be kept at least at the level foreseen in the MFF and maintain its focus on long-term efforts to eradicate poverty; welcomes the phasing out of ODA for middle income countries but stresses that cooperation should be maintained with MIC on regional issues and global challenges;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls for an incentive-based approach to development by introducing the more-for-more principle, taking as an example the European Neighbourhood Policy;believes that the more and the faster a country progresses in its internal reforms in relation to the building and consolidation of democratic institutions, the respect for human rights and the rule of law, the more support it should receive from the EU;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Recognises that no country has ever developed without engaging in further trade relations with their neighbours and the rest of the world;further encourages the financing of aid for trade activities, in order to allow developing countries to participate to a much greater degree in global value chains in the future;stresses in this context the increasing importance of digital connectivity in order to achieve a more balanced distribution of the globalisation benefits in favour of developing countries;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Emphasises the need for the EU budget to adequately contribute to the delivery of the 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);recalls that its implementation has to cut across the EU’s internal and external policies, as well as integrate in a balanced and coherent manner the three dimensions of sustainable development, addressing the interlinkages between the different SDGs;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Underlines the high importance of supporting micro-, small- and medium- sized enterprises and calls in particular for a further strengthening of micro- finance loan and guarantee systems;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the EU budget is not the adequate tool for financing migration policies, as most Member States remainBelieves that promoting peace, security and justice in developing countries is of paramount importance for the EU in order to address the root causes of migration; recognises that expenditure relating to security is particularly reluctevant to launch a common policy in this fieldin the current efforts to comprehensively address the security-development nexus and deliver on Goal 16 of the Sustainable Development Agenda;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates its rejection of the use of development funds for non-development objectives and underlines that funding that does not fulfil ODA criteria must be sourced from other instruments than the DCI and the EDFpoints out that programming is to be designed so as to fulfil to the greatest extent possible the criteria for official development assistance (‘ODA’) established by the Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD/DAC), taking into account the Union's aim to ensure over the period 2014-2020 that at least 90 % of its overall external assistance be counted as ODA;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Underlines the importance of increasing the attribution of funds aiming at supporting good governance, democracy and the rule of law in developing counties in order to promote accountable and transparent institutions, support capacity building and foster participatory decision-making and public access to information;