7 Amendments of Catherine BEARDER related to 2012/2224(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers ownership of aid programmes by the beneficiary countries as a crucial factor in their success; hopes to see national, regional and local governmental institutions, as well as civil society, systematically involved in preparing and monitoring national aid programmes;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Encourages developing countries to incorporate the goal of economic development into all their national policies, strategies and initiatives; asks the Commission to work on building up governments' capacity to incorporate issues linked to sustainable economic development into their national trade strategies and programmes;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges countries in receipt of trade development aid to mobilise their own domestic resources, including human capital, alongside this; hopes that in cases where thes. Where countries derive their income from the exploitation of natural resources, calls on the Commission will target its action ato supporting the transparent and sustainable exploitation of saidmanagement of these resources;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the European Union's trade and investment development aid tools, in particular the revised Generalised Scheme of Preferences and the eEconomic pPartnership aAgreements, are effective; stresses nonetheless that trade aid cannot be reduced to these instruments alone and urges the Commission to increase the share of its total aid budget that is allocated to technical assistance;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the European Union's trade and investment development aid tools, in particular the revised Generalised Scheme of Preferences and the eEconomic pPartnership aAgreements, are effective; stresses nonetheless that trade aid cannot be reduced to these instruments alone and urges the Commission to increase the share of its total aid budget that is allocated to technical assistance and to ensure that EU tariffs do not inhibit the development of processing and manufacturing industries in developing countries but rather incentivises developing countries to move past the mere exportation of raw materials;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges all donors to coordinate their actions more and to adjust them in line with current fundCalls for better coordination between donor countries together with better targeting of funds in light of current budgetary restraints; recalls that the BRICS countries are now both aid beneficiaries and donors; and calls on them to cooperate with the European Union so their experiences can be shared and their actions optimised, andwithin the donor community, calls on them to accept more responsibilities vis-à-vis the less developed countries and within the donor community;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Asks the Commission and all donors to seek out innovative types of development funding and partnerships and to promote them; supports the establishment of south- south and three-way partnerships; recommends making more widespread use of interregional funding schemes such as the EU-Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund and encouraging recipient countries to establish fair, transparent and comprehensive national tax systems to ensure a sustainable source of financial resources.