7 Amendments of Ricardo CORTÉS LASTRA related to 2011/2192(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas cumbersome regulations and procedures can undermine the use of country systems and joint programming, and whereas the use of multi-annual programming frameworks would be advisable in international development cooperation;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas general sectoral budget support is the aid modality best suited to reducing transaction costs for partner countries, since it places the focus more firmly on the quality of the aid and the nature of partnerships;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the reform of EC external aid should be used to showcase how the impact of aid is improving the lives of poor people, both in response to publicthe European public’s growing support for official development aid as a means of eradicating poverty and achieving the MDGs, and in response to the facts, which refute scepticism about the effectiveness of aid;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that, in order to make EU development policy more coherent and more effective, the Commission services within the EU delegations should be in the lead forcontribute to development aid policy making and be in the lead for its implementation;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that the relevant EU budgetfinancial instruments need to be more poverty- focused and more flexible with regard to their approach and operation, and that more accountability and transparency and better value for money in terms of achieving clear results should also be encouraged;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses the importance of ensuring the highest professional standards amongst staff working on development cooperation both at the Commission and at the EU’s delegations and bilateral aid agencies;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls, in the process of devolution of the management of external aid in the EU from centralised services to delegations, for Parliament to keep its powers of oversight and scrutiny