2019/2184(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Underlines that the principles of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) are built on important and enduring lessons from past development strategies and practices, including both successes and failures, and that these principles remain important expressions of multilateral cooperation and coordination which the EU is committed to upholding; stresses the need for all aid to respect the local culture of the beneficiaries and avoid neo- colonial processes with aid-interventions that aims to force change upon a majority of the beneficiaries as this is neither morally correct, nor sustainable;

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Recognises that effective development cooperation cannot be delivered through EU cooperation alone and can only be truly effective if all development actors collaborate; expresses concern that, when other actors do not respect and implement the effectiveness principles in their cooperation programmes, the resulting fragmentation and bypassing of partner country systems reduces the effectiveness and impact of assistance overall as a collateral, including EU assistance;

Amendment 102 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to publish, at least biannually, a report on the progress of the EU institutions and Member States on improving effectiveness in the planning and implementation of European development cooperation and assistance measured against a set of commonly agreed targets and policy objectives, notably the SDGs, and including progress towards the alignment of policy objectives and the harmonisation of procedures, in particular with regard to joint programming, joint implementation and joint results frameworks; this report shall also contain a clear description of all failures during the reporting-period with conclusions in each case and proposed solutions to address the detected failings, calls on the Commission to present this progress report to Parliament;

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to publish, at least biannually, a report on the progress of the EU institutions and Member States ~~on improving~~(including their development agencies and local and regional authorities active in development cooperation) are advancing on aid effectiveness in the planning and implementation of European development ~~cooperation and assistance measured against a se~~aid in relation to the achievement of commonly agreed targets and policy objectives, notably the SDGs, ~~and~~ including progress towards ~~the~~ alignment of policy objectives and ~~the~~ harmonisation of procedures, in particular with regard to joint programming, joint implementation and joint results frameworks; calls on the Commission to present this progress report to the European Parliament;

Amendment 104 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria NOICHL, Carlos ZORRINHO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to publish, at least biannually, a report on the progress of the EU institutions and Member States including their local and regional governments involved in the development cooperation, on improving effectiveness in the planning and implementation of European development cooperation and assistance measured against a set of commonly agreed targets and policy objectives, notably the SDGs, and including progress towards the alignment of policy objectives and the harmonisation of procedures, in particular with regard to joint programming, joint implementation and joint results frameworks; calls on the Commission to present this progress report to Parliament;

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to publish, at least biannually, a report on the progress of the EU institutions and Member States, based also on stakeholder consultation, on improving effectiveness in the planning and implementation of European development cooperation and assistance measured against a set of commonly agreed targets and policy objectives, notably the SDGs and the European Consensus on Development, and including progress towards the alignment of policy objectives and the harmonisation of procedures, in particular with regard to joint programming, joint implementation and joint results frameworks; calls on the Commission to present this progress report to Parliament;

Amendment 106 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to publish, at least biannually, a report on the progress of the EU institutions and Member States, including their local and regional governments, on improving effectiveness in the planning and implementation of European development cooperation and assistance measured against a set of commonly agreed targets and policy objectives, notably the SDGs, and including progress towards the alignment of policy objectives and the harmonisation of procedures, in particular with regard to joint programming, joint implementation and joint results frameworks; calls on the Commission to present this progress report to Parliament;

Amendment 107 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission and the Council to scale up joint programming between the EU and its Member States~~, with the aim of securing a European voice~~; points out that at country level, the EU and Member States need to go beyond the mere consolidation of existing bilateral development priorities and actions and form a unified collective European voice on strategic issues in political and policy dialogue with partner countries with which to move forward towards commonly defined policy objectives, which should also take into account ~~innovative financing methods such as blending and guarante~~bodies of regional integration as EU counterparts when appropriate and innovative financing methods such as blending and guarantees; calls on the Commission to ensure that regular meetings between the EU, the Member states representatives, implementing agencies, international organisations and civil society organisations take place on the ground in the respective partner countries in order to identify the challenges and opportunities and that the subsequent joint response and implementation meets the identified needs; points out that joint programming, under the direction of Heads of Mission, has proven to be successful in terms of policy coherence across political, trade, development and security strategies; calls for clear, actionable commitments towards joint implementation and evaluation and for shared accountability mechanisms towards citizens;

Amendment 108 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission and the Council to scale up joint programming between the EU and its Member States, with the aim of securing ~~a European voice with which to move forward towards commonly defined policy objectiv~~better multilateral planning of national development cooperation policies, which should take into account innovative financing methods such as blending and guarantees; stresses the need, where stable and transparent institutions have a presence in partner states, to increase the emphasis on donations, rather than credit, to prevent the increase in partner countries' external debt hobbling opportunities for economic growth and their capacity to focus government action on social priorities; calls for clear, actionable commitments towards joint implementation and evaluation and for shared accountability mechanisms towards citizens;

Amendment 109 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria NOICHL, Patrizia TOIA, Carlos ZORRINHO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission and the Council to scale up joint programming between the EU and its Member States, with the aim of securing a European voice with which to move forward towards commonly defined policy objectives, which should take into account innovative financing methods such as blending and guarantees; calls for clear, actionable commitments towards joint implementation and evaluation and for shared accountability mechanisms towards citizens, a structured policy dialogue with local and regional governments and their representative associations being one of them, in Europe and at country level;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 a (new)

- having regard to its resolution of 6 October 2015 on the role of local authorities in developing countries in development cooperation1b; _________________ 1b https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-8-2015-0336_EN.html

Amendment 110 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission and the Council to scale up joint programming between the EU and its Member States, with the aim of securing a European voice with which to move forward towards commonly defined policy objectives, which should take into account innovative financing methods such as blending and guarantees; calls for clear, actionable commitments towards joint implementation and evaluation and for shared accountability mechanisms towards citizens; calls for the EU to work with non-traditional donors that can demonstrate adherence to aid effectiveness principles;

Amendment 111 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria NOICHL, Patrizia TOIA, Carlos ZORRINHO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission and the Council to scale up joint programming between the EU and its Member States, with the aim of securing a European voice with which to move forward towards commonly defined policy objectives, which should take into account innovative financing methods such as blending and guarantees, when effective; calls for clear, actionable commitments, taking stock of previous strategies and practices, towards joint implementation and evaluation and for shared accountability mechanisms towards citizens;

Amendment 112 #

5. Calls on the Commission and the Council to scale up joint programming between the EU and its Member States, with the aim of securing a European voice with which to move forward towards commonly defined policy objectives~~, which should take into account innovative financing methods such as blending and guarantees~~; calls for clear, actionable commitments towards joint implementation and evaluation and for shared accountability mechanisms towards citizens;

Amendment 113 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission and the Council to scale up joint programming between the EU and its Member States, with the aim of securing a European voice with which to move forward towards commonly defined policy objectives, which should take into account ~~innovative financing methods such as blending and guarantees~~latest research and therefore avoid ineffective financing methods, including blending ; calls for clear, actionable commitments towards joint implementation and evaluation and for shared accountability mechanisms towards citizens;

Amendment 114 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission and the Council to scale up joint programming between the EU and its Member States, with the aim of securing a European voice with which to move forward towards commonly defined policy objectives, which should take into account innovative financing methods such as blending and guarantees; also calls ~~for clear, actionable commitments towards joint implementation and evaluation and for shared accountability mechanisms~~on the EU and its Member States to engage in joint implementation and evaluation of their actions with a view to greater transparency towards citizens;

Amendment 115 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. welcomes the Council conclusions of the 8th of June 2020 to highlight the “importance for all the actors involved in Team Europe to coordinate actions, and share information and communication efforts at country level, within the EU, in partner countries and in global and multilateral fora”; asks the Commission and the Member States to follow this approach in the future in the context of all development related measures, programming and implementation; reiterates its request of 2013 (P7_TA(2013)0558) and 2017 (P8_TA(2017)0026) and asks the Commission to submit, on the basis of Articles 209 and 210 TFEU, a proposal for an act concerning regulatory aspects on EU donor coordination on development aid;

Amendment 116 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that in view of the future implementation of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI), joint programming by the EU, its Members States and EU development financing partners should build upon the aid effectiveness principles; believes that the EU should collectively set strategic priorities and identify investment needs/gaps in the pre-programming phase and subsequently look at ways to optimise the range of modalities in the EU institutions’ toolbox, including grants, budget support and EIB loans, as well as financing from the Member States; calls on the EU institutions and Member States, accordingly, to share evidence and experience about the kinds of development interventions that tend to be successful and those that have failed, proved difficult to implement or not produced the intended impact; is concerned in this regard that LDCs see an increase in tied aid and reiterates that untying aid can reduce costs by 15-30%; stresses that all aid needs to be formally and informally untied; encourages local procurement and ownership;

Amendment 117 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that in view of the future implementation of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI), joint programming by the EU, its Members States and EU development financing partners should build upon the aid effectiveness principles; believes that the EU should collectively set strategic priorities and identify investment needs/gaps in the pre-programming phase and subsequently look at ways to optimise the range of modalities in the EU institutions’ toolbox, including grants, budget support and EIB loans, as well as financing from the Member States; calls on the EU institutions and Member States, accordingly, to share evidence and experience about the kinds of development interventions that tend to be successful and those that have failed, proved difficult to implement or not produced the intended impact; underlines the need to facilitate the creation of markets which are self- sustaining and to ensure good exit practices are taken into account in the pre-programming phase;

Amendment 118 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that in view of the future implementation of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI), joint programming by the EU, its Members States and EU development financing partners should build upon the aid effectiveness principles; believes that the EU should collectively set strategic priorities and identify investment needs/gaps in the pre-programming phase and subsequently look at ways to optimise the range of modalities in the EU institutions’ toolbox, including grants, budget support and EIB loans, as well as financing from the Member States; calls on the EU institutions and Member States, as well as local and regional governments involved in the development cooperation, accordingly, to share evidence and experience about the kinds of development interventions that tend to be successful and those that have failed, proved difficult to implement or not produced the intended impact;

Amendment 119 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that in view of the future implementation of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI), joint programming by the EU, its Members States and EU development financing partners should build upon the aid effectiveness principles; believes that the EU should collectively set strategic priorities and identify investment needs/gaps in the pre-programming phase and subsequently look at ways to optimise the range of modalities in the EU institutions’ toolbox, including grants, budget support grants and EIB loans, as well as financing from the Member States; calls on the EU institutions and Member States, accordingly, to share evidence and experience about the kinds of development interventions that tend to be successful and those that have failed, proved difficult to implement or not produced the intended impactCommission to ensure that the programming and implementation of these modalities is co-ordinated, strategically aligned with partner countries priorities and processes and focussed on delivering outcomes and impacts that are transformational for achieving the SDGs in the specific context of each partner country;

Amendment 12 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Charles GOERENS, Catherine CHABAUD, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU

Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 a (new)

- having regard to the 2013 European Commission Communication on Empowering Local Authorities in partner countries for enhanced governance and more effective development outcomes;

Amendment 120 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that in view of the future implementation of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI), joint programming and implementation by the EU, its Members States and EU development financing partners should build upon the aid effectiveness principles; ~~believes that the EU should~~points to the importance of collectively setting strategic priorities and identifying investment needs/gaps in the pre- programming phase and subsequently looking at ways to optimise the range of modalities in the EU institutions’ toolbox, including grants, budget support and EIB loans, as well as financing from ~~the Member Stat~~EU Member States or Member States' development agencies; calls on the EU institutions and Member States, accordingly, to share evidence and experience about the kinds of development interventions that tend to be successful and those that have failed, proved difficult to implement or not produced the intended impact;

Amendment 121 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria NOICHL, Patrizia TOIA, Carlos ZORRINHO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that in view of the future implementation of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI), joint programming by the EU, its Members States and EU development financing partners should build upon the aid effectiveness principles; believes that the EU should collectively set strategic priorities and identify investment needs/gaps in the pre-programming phase and subsequently look at ways to optimise the range of modalities in the EU institutions’ toolbox, including grants, budget support and EIB loans, as well as financing from the Member States; calls on the EU institutions ~~and~~, Member States and local and regional authorities, accordingly, to share evidence and experience about the kinds of development interventions that tend to be successful and those that have failed, proved difficult to implement or not produced the intended impact;

Amendment 122 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that in view of the future implementation of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI), joint programming by the EU, its Members States and EU development financing partners should build upon the aid effectiveness principles; believes that the EU should collectively set strategic priorities and identify investment needs/gaps in the pre-programming phase and subsequently look at ways to optimise the range of EU´s modalities ~~in the EU institutions’ toolbox~~, including grants, budget support and EIB loans, as well as financing from the Member States; calls on the EU institutions and Member States, accordingly, to share evidence and experience about the kinds of development interventions that tend to be successful and those that have failed, proved difficult to implement or not produced the intended impact;

Amendment 123 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Stresses that the European Parliament (EP) mandate on NDICI calls for provisions to improve human rights, environmental and social compliance of financial operators in the use of blending- guarantee mechanisms through EFSD+ - External Action Guarantee (EAG); recalls that according to the EP position, 45 % of the financing through EFSD+ and EAG shall be allocated to investments that contribute to climate objectives, environmental management and protection, biodiversity and combatting desertification, of which 30 % of the overall financial envelope shall be dedicated to climate change mitigation and adaptation;

Amendment 124 #

Marlene MORTLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Points out that the EU has set itself ambitious environmental and climate goals and calls on the EU to support partner countries through close cooperation in order to help them meet their own climate and environmental goals and strategies, both those laid down by treaty and those that are self-imposed, as the sustainable use of their own resources is the basis of the economies of many partner countries and is essential for the achievement of the SDGs;

Amendment 125 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Calls on EU institutions and Member States and other public and non- governmental actors active in development cooperation to share evidence and experience about what kind of development interventions tend to be successful and which ones have failed, proved difficult to implement or did not produce the intended impact;

Amendment 126 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. welcomes the independent report by the High-Level Group of wise persons on the European financial architecture for development and calls for the foundation of a European Investment and Sustainable Development bank;

Amendment 127 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses that accountability for all public expenditure, including Official Development Assistance (ODA), is vital both in Europe and in partner countries; believes that accountability requires strong institutions and that having clear and agreed targets for European ODA is essential for ensuring continued public support for the EU’s development cooperation endeavours; emphasises, furthermore, that accountability requires transparent and robust procedures as well as concern for efficiency and the attainment of demonstrable results, thorough ex-ante and ex-post evaluation, and critical analysis of failures as well as learning about how to deliver effective and sustainable results; therefore calls on the Commission to coordinate a Europe-wide standardisation of impact indicators in order to compare the effectiveness and efficiency of projects between the Member States;

Amendment 128 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses that accountability for all public expenditure, including Official Development Assistance (ODA), is vital both in Europe and in partner countries; believes that accountability requires strong institutions and that having clear and agreed targets for European ODA is essential for ensuring continued public support for the EU’s development cooperation endeavours; emphasises, furthermore, that accountability requires transparent and robust procedures as well as concern for efficiency and the attainment of demonstrable results, thorough ex-ante and ex-post evaluation, and critical analysis of failures as well as learning about how to deliver effective and sustainable results; recalls the impact that partnerships and cooperation with civil society and NGOs can have on ensuring accountability in public expenditure of ODA;

Amendment 129 #

Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Charles GOERENS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. calls for a regular review of partner countries in the light of the development objectives achieved and asks for resolve to end cooperation once these objectives are met or are not met over a longer period of time; calls also on the Commission to inform the European Parliament of the countries and respective sectors in which the EU is the largest donor and whether this is in line with the EU’s geopolitical strategy;

Amendment 13 #

- having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 6 October 2015 on the role of local authorities in developing countries in development cooperation1 a, _________________ 1ahttps://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:5201 5IP0336&from=PT

Amendment 130 #

Charles GOERENS, Stéphane BIJOUX, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Encourages recipient countries’ parliaments to adopt national policies on development aid in order to improve the accountability of donors and the ownership of recipient governments, including that of local authorities, to eradicate corruption, all forms of aid wastage and improve conditions for receiving budget support, as well as, in the long run, reducing dependence on aid;

Amendment 131 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. calls on the Commission and Member States to fully untie their ODA in line with the commitments of the European Consensus on Development and to encourage all development cooperation providers, including emerging economies, to do the same;

Amendment 132 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria NOICHL, Patrizia TOIA, Carlos ZORRINHO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Stresses the importance that EU ODA focuses even more on reducing inequalities; ending poverty and leaving no-one behind;

Amendment 133 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria NOICHL, Patrizia TOIA, Carlos ZORRINHO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7 b. Stresses that effective and efficient aids to country led-strategies and capacity development reduces child mortality and that investing in the wellbeing of children is fundamental to break the cycle of poverty, including the fight against forced and under-age labor;

Amendment 134 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Charles GOERENS, Catherine CHABAUD, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Believes that the use of results- based approaches is critical for the EU’s partner countries and is a fundamental element of their capacity to deliver the SDGs for their citizens; calls on the EU and its Member States to support and use partner countries’ own national results- measuring frameworks and their monitoring and statistical systems, and to involve all relevant actors: local authorities; national parliaments; civil society, including NGOs, diasporas, churches, religious associations and communities, faith-based organisations, social movements and trade unions, indigenous peoples and foundations, and the representation of vulnerable, disabled, discriminated and marginalised people; and the private sector;

Amendment 135 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Believes that the use of results- based approaches is critical for the EU’s partner countries and is a fundamental element of their capacity to deliver the SDGs for their citizens; points, however, to the importance of taking into account the diversity of the specific situations in and challenges for partner countries, in particular the least developed countries (LDCs) and fragile countries; calls on the EU and its Member States to support and use partner countries’ own national results- measuring frameworks and their monitoring and statistical systems, and to involve all relevant actors: local authorities; national parliaments; civil society; ~~and~~ the private sector; and foundations;

Amendment 136 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Believes that the use of results- based approaches is critical for the EU’s partner countries and is a fundamental element of their capacity to deliver the SDGs for their citizens; calls on the EU and its Member States to support and use partner countries’ own national results- measuring frameworks and their monitoring and statistical systems, and to involve all relevant actors: local authorities; national parliaments; civil society; and the private sector; stresses that investment in the capacity building of local civil society organisations is an essential prerequisite for effective aid;

Amendment 137 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria NOICHL, Patrizia TOIA, Carlos ZORRINHO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Believes that the use of results- based approaches is critical for the EU’s partner countries and is a fundamental element of their capacity to deliver the SDGs for their citizens; calls on the EU and its Member States to support and use partner countries’ own national results- measuring frameworks and their monitoring and statistical systems, and to involve, during all the stages, all relevant actors: local authorities; national parliaments; civil society; women associations; marginalized groups; the UN and its agencies; the small and medium enterprises and the private sector;

Amendment 138 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Believes that the use of results- based approaches is critical for the EU’s partner countries and is a fundamental element of their capacity to deliver the SDGs for their citizens; calls on the EU and its Member States to support and use partner countries’ own national results- measuring frameworks and their monitoring and statistical systems and in parallel use at least one independent monitoring and result measuring entity (EU based private or state entity), and to involve all relevant actors: local authorities; national parliaments; civil society; and the private sector;

Amendment 139 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Underlines that the OECD in 2015 - cited by the Commission a year later in their ‘EU Approach to Fragility and Resilience’ presentation - stated that in 2030 62% of the world’s poorest will be living in fragile and conflict affected states. Despite this understanding and acknowledgement, since 2016 predictions have worsened with the World Bank now suggesting this could be 2/3rds of people; emphasizes that the aid, aimed at alleviating the suffering of the most affected by conflicts, disasters and instability, in order to be efficient, requires effort not just in the specific “sector”, but also in other areas, in particular health and education, and it requires attention to geographic balance within the country, as all countries need balanced development in both the sectoral and geographical sense;

Amendment 14 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 b (new)

- having regard to its previous resolutions, in particular of 6 October 2015 on the role of local authorities in developing countries in development cooperation1a; _________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-8-2015-0336_EN.html

Amendment 140 #

Marlene MORTLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Notes that, in some areas, development aid efficiency and effectiveness are hard to measure, but calls on the Commission to look into appropriate indicators for assessment and use the results in order to prepare country-specific information on the efficiency and effectiveness of development aid and to develop best- practice approaches;

Amendment 141 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls for the EU and its Member States to enhance their commitment to transparent data flows through continuous investment in data visualisation, statistical reporting and the publication of open data, the application of international standards such as IATI (the International Aid Transparency Initiative Standard), and by regularly updating the EU Aid Explorer; encourages the EU to step up its efforts to ensure public access and dissemination of data and reporting on the spending of EU development aid;

Amendment 142 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria NOICHL, Patrizia TOIA, Carlos ZORRINHO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

Amendment 143 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Stresses that gender equality should be considered as an essential aspect of aid effectiveness and that the different impact of development policies on women and girls has consequences on the efficiency of development policies; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the gender mainstreaming and the gender budgeting, and to collect comparable and gender disaggregated data;

Amendment 144 #

Charles GOERENS, Stéphane BIJOUX, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Recalls that development cooperation might have different impacts on girls and boys and men and women; urges therefore the European Commission and Member States to prioritize gender equality and to make use of tools such as gender targeting, gender analysis, gender budgeting, gender mainstreaming; insists furthermore on the need to collect sex disaggregated data;

Amendment 145 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Calls upon the EU and its Member States to enhance alignment of their assistance to the effectiveness principles and related indicators, in particular predictability, use of indicators drawn from partner country owned results frameworks, using partner country public financial management systems and commitment to involve partner governments in project evaluations, and transparent reporting;

Amendment 146 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9 b. Calls upon Member states to streamline, to a greater extent, their assistance with common European aid objectives in order to improve the effectiveness of EU development policy as a whole;

Amendment 147 #

Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

Amendment 148 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Supports a catalytic approach, building on decentralised and bottom-up needs assessments and programming, which is informed by a thorough analysis of the situation in each partner country; encourages a reinforcement of South- South and triangular cooperation; to support the achievement of the SDGs and the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic; stresses that the capacities of middle- income countries - including of countries recently graduated from the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee’s list of ODA recipients, should be engaged where relevant; underlines that a country can be both providing assistance in Covid- 19 and other contexts, while at the same time be a recipient of development assistance. Triangular cooperation should be oriented towards promoting horizontal cooperation and strengthening regional integration;

Amendment 149 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Charles GOERENS, Catherine CHABAUD, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Supports a catalytic approach, building on decentralised and bottom-up needs assessments and programming, which is informed by a thorough analysis of the situation in each partner country; encourages South-South and triangular cooperation, as well as more effective involvement of the outermost regions and overseas countries and territories in the implementation of European development cooperation actions in their respective geographic areas, with a view to renewed and ambitious cooperation with Europeans in the South;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 31 a (new)

- having regard to the DAC Recommendation on the humanitarian- development-peace nexus of 22February 2019;

Amendment 150 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria NOICHL, Patrizia TOIA, Carlos ZORRINHO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Supports a catalytic approach, building on decentralised and bottom-up needs assessments and programming, in strong collaboration with local communities and organisations, which is informed by a thorough analysis of the situation in each partner country; encourages South-South and triangular cooperation;

Amendment 151 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Supports a catalytic approach, building on decentralised and bottom-up needs assessments and programming, which is informed by a thorough analysis of the situation in each partner country and consultation with civil society and other stakeholders, including at local level; encourages South-South and triangular cooperation;

Amendment 152 #

Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Charles GOERENS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Supports a catalytic and cross- cutting approach, building on decentralised and bottom-up needs assessments and programming, which is informed by a thorough analysis of the national and territorial situation in each partner country; encourages South-South cooperation and triangular cooperation at all levels of governance;

Amendment 153 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Supports a catalytic approach, building on decentralised and bottom-up needs assessments and programming, which favours smaller projects and local ownership and is informed by a thorough analysis of the situation in each partner country; encourages South-South and triangular cooperation;

Amendment 154 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Supports the need for a catalytic approach, building on decentralised and bottom-up needs assessments and programming, which is informed by a thorough analysis of the situation in each partner country; encourages South-South and triangular cooperation; including at sub-national levels;

Amendment 155 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria NOICHL, Patrizia TOIA, Carlos ZORRINHO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Underlines the importance of strengthening CSOs in their role as independent development actors; stresses that an enabling and open environment for CSOs is consistent with internationally agreed rights and maximises the contributions of CSOs to development; expresses its concern regarding the shrinking space for CSOs in many partner countries; calls on the Commission to improve accessibility of funding for CSOs, including in partner countries;

Amendment 156 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Stresses the need of an integrated approach for both humanitarian and development aid in order to deliver long- lasting results and to increase effectiveness and efficiency of the actions; emphasizes in this regard the role of the humanitarian-development nexus; calls on the EU to further develop such approach;

Amendment 157 #

Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Stéphane BIJOUX, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Stresses the need to take account of the development policy actions and decisions of the other donor countries in order to ensure complementarity and to meet partner countries' needs and priorities in the best way possible;

Amendment 158 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria NOICHL, Patrizia TOIA, Carlos ZORRINHO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10 b. Stresses the importance of implementing the exchange of best practices and a policy and action coordination and collaboration among the EU and the other actors, as for example the UN and its agencies, which deliver aid in the partner countries; underlines that this is even more crucial in fragile partner countries, in countries touched by conflicts or natural disasters, and in refugee hosting countries; considers it essential, in this context, to put community resilience at the core and to support actions aiming at developing risk- informed programmes, training programmes for emergencies, engaging community participation and fostering partnerships;

Amendment 159 #

Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Stéphane BIJOUX, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10b. Stresses the key role played by EU delegations in maximising the effectiveness of aid and enhancing its visibility in partner countries; calls for the delegations' knowledge of each partner country's specific circumstances to be capitalised on more, with a view to assessing the outcomes of projects run by the EU and its Member States;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)

- having regard to the Joint Communication of the European Commission ‘Towards a Comprehensive Strategy with Africa of 9 March 2020’;

Amendment 160 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10 b. Stresses the importance to prioritise gender equality in development aid; supports tools such as gender budgeting, gender mainstreaming and sex-disaggregated data, used in partner countries and the EU itself, which help move towards a comprehensive and harmonised approach to EU reporting on gender targets.

Amendment 161 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to enhance cooperation with and through local governments and, to the extent possible, to strive to ensure that budget support as an aid modality can also be used at sub-national level, and that redistribution mechanisms between different levels of government and across regions are developed with the aim of reducing in-country disparities and inequalities, and ensuring that ~~no-one is left behind~~as many as possible of the intended beneficiaries are reached by the effects of the aid- intervention;

Amendment 162 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to enhance cooperation with ~~and through local governments and, to the extent possible, to strive to ensure that~~local authorities in partner countries, but also within the EU; calls for budget support as an aid modality ~~can also be used~~to be usable also at sub-national level, and ~~that redistribution mechanisms~~for mechanisms for redistribution and equalisation between different levels of government and across regions arto be developed with the aim of reducing in- country disparities and inequalities, and ensuring that no-one is left behind;

Amendment 163 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria NOICHL, Carlos ZORRINHO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to enhance cooperation with and through local governments and, to the extent possible, to strive to ensure that budget support as an aid modality can also be used at sub-national level, and that redistribution mechanisms between different levels of government and across regions are developed with the ~~aim~~primary objective of reducing in-country disparities and inequalities, and ensuring that no-one is left behind;

Amendment 164 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria NOICHL, Patrizia TOIA, Carlos ZORRINHO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Underlines the role of church and mission organisations in humanitarian and development aid and their importance on the ground, as they are among the biggest NGOs active in the development and aid fields. Stresses the fact that working with religious leaders in many local communities in developing countries is often the most effective way of reaching local people in need;

Amendment 165 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Recognises the essential role of civil society as partner, both during the consultation process and as service delivers; in this light calls on the Commission and the Member States to recognize and strengthen their roles in order to achieve inclusive development partnerships;

Amendment 166 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Calls for a stronger focus on local SMEs, small-scale farmers and empowering women, as this approach has proven particularly effective in reducing poverty and inequality, and in strengthening civil society and communities;

Amendment 167 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Calls upon the Commission and the Member States for development aid policies to align with objective of gender equality so that women’s empowerment is actually achieved thus improving aid efficiency;

Amendment 168 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)

11 b. Calls on the Commission to prepare a coherent strategy which would aim at providing long-term coordinated aid, particularly in the reconstruction activities in countries destroyed by conflicts and disasters, focusing on ways of addressing needs of people who suffer most; underlines the benefits of using new technology, innovative financing solutions, promoting fragility risk reduction and establishing strong partnerships with humanitarian, diplomatic and security actors;

Amendment 169 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

~~12.~~ Recognises that the role of ~~the 12.~~ local communities, elected representatives, civil society organisations, trade union, academia, citizens and the private sector –, at local, national, bilateral and international levels – is crucial for achieving the SDGs, for mobilising additional development finance and for the transition towards economic and human development, ~~growth~~ and prosperity; underlines that all these actors need to contribute to the effectiveness agenda through participatory involvement, planning and implementing, mutual accountability and transparency, monitoring and evaluation; stresses that donors should improve predictability and speediness when working with these actors as implementing partners and basic service supply partners, in order to genuinely reach the most vulnerable sections of the population; stresses in this regard that additional efforts must be undertaken to align the private sector’s involvement in development cooperation with the effectiveness principles and to improve the transparency and accountability of foreign direct investment and global value chains;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 33 a (new)

- having regard to its resolution of 28 November 2019 on the ongoing negotiations for a new Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States1a; _________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2019-0084_EN.html

Amendment 170 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Recognises that the role of the private sector – at local, national, bilateral and international levels – is ~~crucial~~important for achieving the SDGs, for mobilising additional development finance and for the transition towards economic development, growth and prosperity; ~~stresses in this regard that additional efforts must be undertaken to align~~highlights, however, that neither the private sector nor economic growth alone can guarantee poverty eradication or social inclusion unless strong public regulatory frameworks are in place; stresses in this regard that additional efforts must be undertaken by the private sector to achieve different targets, such as a) the alignment of the private sector’s ~~involvement~~activities in development cooperation with the effectiveness principles ~~and to improve the~~, b) the implementation of strong monitoring mechanisms ensuring compliance with these principles, c) the improvement of transparency and accountability of foreign direct investment and global value chains, and d) the respect of human rights and due diligence principles;

Amendment 171 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Recognises that the role of the private sector – at local, national, bilateral and international levels – is crucial for achieving the SDGs, for mobilising additional development finance and for the transition towards economic development, growth and prosperity; stresses in this regard that additional efforts must be undertaken to align the private sector’s involvement in development cooperation with the effectiveness principles and to improve the transparency and accountability of foreign direct investment and global value chains; calls on the European institutions and bodies to establish a clear, structured, transparent and accountable framework governing partnerships and alliances with the private sector in developing countries, and stresses that, in parallel with an increased role for the private sector, it is important to develop appropriate safeguards and institutional capacities and underlines the need for a clear and concrete strategy to ensure private sector alignment with the development priorities of national governments and civil society in developing countries;

Amendment 172 #

Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Charles GOERENS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Re~~cognises that~~main cautious of the role of the private sector – at ~~local,~~ national, bilateral and international levels – i~~s crucial for~~n achieving the SDGs, for mobilising additional development finance and for the transition towards economic development, growth and prosperity; stresses the risks of a profit-oriented approach in focusing predominantly on ‘hard 'sectors, neglecting social services and human development and restricting access to services for the most marginalized; stresses in this regard that additional efforts must be undertaken to align the private sector’s involvement in development cooperation with the effectiveness principles and to improve the transparency and accountability of foreign direct investment and global value chains;

Amendment 173 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

Amendment 174 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Recognises that the role of the private sector and faith-based organisations – at local, national, bilateral and international levels – is crucial for achieving the SDGs, for mobilising additional development finance and for the transition towards economic development, growth and prosperity; stresses in this regard that additional efforts must be undertaken to align the private sector’s involvement in development cooperation with the effectiveness principles and to improve the transparency and accountability of foreign direct investment and global value chains;

Amendment 175 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria NOICHL, Patrizia TOIA, Carlos ZORRINHO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

Amendment 176 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Recognises that the ~~role of the~~ private sector engagement (PSE) – at local, national, bilateral and international levels – is ~~crucial~~important for achieving the SDGs, for mobilising additional development finance and for the transition towards economic development, growth and prosperity; stresses in this regard that additional efforts must be undertaken to align the ~~private sector’~~PSE's involvement in development cooperation with the effectiveness and the Kampala principles and to improve the transparency and accountability of foreign direct investment and global value chains;

Amendment 177 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that actors of the private sector involved in development partnerships abide by the principle of corporate accountability on human rights and the environment throughout the whole lifecycle of projects in compliance with the UN Global Compact on human rights, UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, ILO core labour standards, and the UN Convention Against Corruption; reiterates its call for an EU legal framework supporting mandatory corporate due diligence to ensure that EU investors act responsibly internationally and locally and contribute to local development in developing countries;

Amendment 178 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria NOICHL, Patrizia TOIA, Carlos ZORRINHO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Reiterates that private development assistance must respect the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the ILO standards and the OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises; further stresses that it needs to commit to ensuring good governance, poverty reduction, and wealth creation through sustainable investment as well as to reducing inequalities, promoting human rights and environmental standards and empowering local economies;

Amendment 179 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Stresses the importance to ensure that the PSE is aligned with the needs of local populations and in particular of marginalized and vulnerable groups and that those are involved as project’ partners; believes that for PSE a mechanism of monitoring and evaluation of the compliance with the principles of development effectiveness is necessary;

Amendment 18 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 35 a (new)

- having regard to the OECD Report of 24 June 2020 entitled 'The impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis on development finance'24a; _________________ 24a http://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/policy- responses/the-impact-of-the-coronavirus- covid-19-crisis-on-development-finance- 9de00b3b/

Amendment 180 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Acknowledges the value of predictable and flexible financing, including multi-annual humanitarian finance for protracted crises and development aid programmes that have the capacity to adapt to unforeseen humanitarian crises;

Amendment 181 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12 b. Urges the EU to properly assess whether existing EPAs adequately fulfil development effectiveness principles and do not diverge from trade policies of partner countries, notably regarding their priority of building regional value chains and boosting intra-continental trade; reiterates its request to have an in-depth analysis on the impact of EPAs, as well as enforceable sustainable development and human rights provisions in all currently negotiated and future EPAs;

Amendment 182 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)

12 c. Stresses that to move away from a donor-recipient dynamic and to empower partner countries’ ownership of development priorities in order to deliver on sustainable development, EU development strategy frameworks must foresee concrete actions to support increased domestic resource mobilisation in partner countries, such as supporting the fight against corruption and the development of progressive tax systems, tackling tax avoidance and evasion;

Amendment 183 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

Amendment 184 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Welcomes the ~~EU’s increased role in leveraging private investment through the facilitation of a predictable regulatory environment in partner~~use by the EU of various development finance tools for poverty eradication and the achievement of SDGs; stresses the need for donors to prioritize grant-based financing, especially to LDCs, in a count~~ries, as well as the blending of grants and loans, the provision of budget support, guarantees and technical assistance, and policy dialogues and smaller scale project grants for NGO~~ext where, before the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, the poorer countries were already spending more money on debt service payments than on health services;

Amendment 185 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. ~~Welcomes~~Is concerned about the EU’s increased role in leveraging private investment through the ~~facilitation of a predictable regulatory environment in partner countries, as well as the blending of grants and loans, the provision of budget support, guarantees and technical assistance, and po~~blending of grants and loans; stresses the failure of blended finance to ensure sufficient funding and deliver effective results, as proven by the recent study on de-risking finance; calls for an expansion of publicy d~~ialogues and smaller scale project gra~~evelopments f~~or NGOs;~~inance.

Amendment 186 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Welcomes the EU’s increased role in leveraging private investment through the facilitation of a predictable regulatory environment in partner countries, as well as the blending of grants and loans, the provision of budget support, guarantees and technical assistance, and policy dialogues and smaller scale project grants for NGOs; recommends in this regard that the EU continues to support investments targeting local markets and those with little access to financing, such as small and medium size enterprises and social economy business models;

Amendment 187 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Notes that the Commission foresees an increasingly prominent role for blending- guarantee mechanisms in EU development policy, at the expense of other aid modalities; stresses that while blended finance has grown rapidly, there is little evidence of its development impact, as most blended finance currently goes to middle-income countries, with only a small portion going to LDCs; underlines the critical opinion of the European Court of Auditors on the management and effectiveness of Commission's implementation of the European Fund for Sustainable Development (EFSD); accordingly, calls on the EU and its Member States to adopt a cautious approach to blended finance and ensure that all finance mobilised through blending meets development effectiveness principles;

Amendment 188 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Encourages the EU to keep up its efforts to support partner countries in delivering smart, targeted and adaptive policies, which can help achieve the SDGs in the most effective way; recalls in this regard the crucial role of research and development in nurturing innovation and entrepreneurship with positive spill over effects on all sectors of local economies; therefore calls on the Commission and the Member States to reinforce cooperation in R&D and to strengthen investments in strategic local production capacity, especially related to health, including for the newest bio-pharmaceutical products to enhance autonomy from global supply chains;

Amendment 189 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Underlines the important role of civil society organisations in identifying the needs and delivering development aid directly to the poor, underprivileged, vulnerable; calls however for enhanced coordination of assistance distributed among NGOs and other donors to secure predictability of aid and to avoid fragmentation of aid, overlapping actions as well as so-called 'aid orphans’ - countries neglected by the development community;

Amendment 19 #

Charles GOERENS, Stéphane BIJOUX, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 35 a (new)

- having regard to its resolution of 28 November 2019 on the 2019 UN Climate Change Conference in Madrid, Spain (COP 25)1a; _________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2019-0079_EN.html

Amendment 190 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Calls on the European Commission to reassess whether the administrative obligations to access EU funding are proportionate; deplores in that context that EU grants become increasingly inadequate and unattractive for NGOs due to requirements to limit support costs as well as due to increasing administrative and audit burdens;

Amendment 191 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Calls on the Commission to establish a network of and engage with reliable non-governmental partners, as local civil organisation, churches, faith- based organisations and specialised Member State agencies for the implementation of smaller scale projects;

Amendment 192 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Reconfirms that investments in local and national infrastructure of different scale for key local and national projects represents the most efficient way for aid to stimulate and enhance economic and social development for the whole population;

Amendment 193 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13 b. Stresses the need to link debt relief measures with additional mobilisation of Official Development Aid (ODA); calls for the inclusion of multilateral and commercial debt into the G20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI); stresses the need to secure the participation of all creditors, including the World Bank and other multilateral development banks, as well as private creditors, in the DSSI and any further debt relief offers; calls for the creation of a multilateral debt workout mechanism to address both the impact of the COVID-19 crisis and the financing requirements of the Agenda 2030;

Amendment 194 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13 b. Draws attention to the particularly important role of training programmes for local staff and field operators to ensure continuity for the projects supported by the EU in partner countries, thereby increasing ownership and accountability;

Amendment 195 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13 b. Calls on the Commission to put more emphasis on local ownership and application of humanitarian-development nexus approach in protracted crises in order to secure effective addressing of needs at local level;

Amendment 196 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria NOICHL, Patrizia TOIA, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Reiterates its request that the Council and the Member States set out a clear timeline for reaching the target of raising the ODA budget to 0.7 % of GNI, preventing volatility and a lack of stability in Member States' official development aid resources, and that the Commission present a concrete action plan defining how additional resources will be leveraged towards achieving the SDGs; points out that without this sufficient and stable volume of resources agreed by the UN General Assembly in 1970 being dedicated to official development aid, it is not realistic to conceive of achieving the SDGs, particularly with regard to ensuring that no one is living below the extreme poverty line.

Amendment 197 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Reiterates its request that the Council and the Member States set out a clear timeline for reaching the target of raising the ODA budget to 0.7 % of GNI, including the international commitment of spending 0.15 to 0.2% of GNI on ODA to LDCs, and that the Commission present a concrete action plan defining how additional resources will be leveraged towards achieving the SDGs; Calls for the allocation of sufficient funding for development in the 2021-2027 MFF and for at least 95 % of the expenditure under NDICI to fulfil the criteria for Official Development Assistance;

Amendment 198 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

~~14.~~ Reiterates its request that the ~~14.~~ Council and the Member States set out a clear timeline for reaching the target of raising the ODA budget to 0.7 % of GNI and that the Commission present a concrete action plan defining how additional resources will be leveraged towards achieving the SDGs; stresses in this regard that maintaining and, when possible, exceeding the 0.7% target for ODA is a crucial matter, notably to support those who will be disproportionately hit by the COVID-19 emergency;

Amendment 199 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Reiterates its request that the Council and the Member States set out a clear timeline for reaching the target of raising the ODA budget to 0.7 % of GNI and that the Commission present a concrete action plan defining how additional resources will be leveraged towards achieving the SDGs; Stresses the need to clarify the differentiation between climate funding and development aid and assistance;

Amendment 2 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria NOICHL, Patrizia TOIA, Carlos ZORRINHO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)

- having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) of 20 November 1989;

Amendment 20 #

Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Charles GOERENS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU

Motion for a resolution
Citation 37 b (new)

- having regard to the Paris Agreement, the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the UNFCCC and the 11th Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 11), held in Paris, France, from 30 November to 11 December 2015,

Amendment 200 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. ~~Reiterates its request~~Stresses that the effectiveness of aid is no substitute for the adequacy of aid, and reiterates that the Council and the Member States set out a clear timeline for reaching the target of raising the ODA budget to 0.7 % of GNI and that the Commission present a concrete action plan defining how additional resources will be leveraged towards achieving the SDGs;

Amendment 201 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Reiterates its request that the Council and the Member States set out a clear timeline for reaching the target of raising the ODA budget to 0.7 % of GNI considering the internal and the external economic situation, and that the Commission present a concrete action plan defining how additional resources will be leveraged towards achieving the SDGs;

Amendment 202 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria NOICHL, Patrizia TOIA, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. Stresses the key role of official development assistance in fulfilling the development effectiveness agenda; underlines that ODA is more flexible, predictable and accountable than other flows potentially contributing to development; warns against the dilution of ODA criteria with the aim of covering expenses other than those directly linked to promoting sustainable development in developing countries;

Amendment 203 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. Reiterates its support for including in NDICI the following targets: 20% for social inclusion and human development and at least 85% of ODA-funded project having gender equality and women’s and girls’ rights and empowerment as a principal ora significant objective, as defined by the OECD DAC.

Amendment 204 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. Calls for greater policy coherence for development (PCD), which seeks to ensure that no EU and Member States policies have negative effects on developing countries and contradictory objectives;

Amendment 205 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. Reiterates that making aid allocation conditional on cooperation with the EU on migration or security issues is not compatible with agreed upon development effectiveness principles.

Amendment 206 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)

14 b. Notes with grave concern that the EU and Member States are currently attaching conditions to aid related to cooperation by developing countries on migration and border control efforts, which is clearly a donor concern in contradiction with key internationally agreed development effectiveness principles; recalls that aid must keep its purposes of eradicating poverty, reducing inequality, respect and support human rights and meeting humanitarian needs, and must never be conditional on migration control;

Amendment 207 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)

14 b. Stresses that development assistance plays an important role in fighting poverty, tackling inequalities and promoting development, boosting education and health systems and strengthening gender equality, therefore it should not be an instrument of pressure when it comes to environmental or migration management;

Amendment 208 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments and parliaments of the OECD Member States, the European External Action Service, the European Investment Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Organization for Security and Co- operation in Europe, the World Bank Group, the African Union, the Co-Chairs of the GPEDC, the UNDP and UN DESA, the OECD, and the Interparliamentary Union.

Amendment 21 #

Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Charles GOERENS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU

Motion for a resolution
Citation 35 b (new)

- having regard to its resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal1a; _________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2020-0005_EN.html

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 37 c (new)

- having regard to the Special Report on the Ocean, Cryosphere and Climate Change (SROCC) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of 25 September 2019,

Amendment 23 #

Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Stéphane BIJOUX, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the global environment ~~is becoming more~~remains complex and uncertain, with a rise in conflict and geopolitical rivalry and more frequent and severe natural disasters, notably in developing countries, which affect the most vulnerable; whereas this highlights the need for strengthened multilateralism and as always, the many instances of misappropriation of aid, the ineffectiveness of many aid interventions in terms of addressing the needs of the intended beneficiaries and the needs uncovered in European nations due to the Covid 19 pandemic, highlights the need for continuous efforts to increase the effectiveness and impact of ~~European~~ aid;

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the global environment is becoming more complex and uncertain, with a rise in conflict and geopolitical rivalry, the effects of climate change and biodiversity loss and more frequent and severe natural disasters, notably in developing countries, which affect the most vulnerable; whereas this highlights the need for strengthened multilateralism and continuous efforts to increase the effectiveness and impact of European aid;

Amendment 25 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Charles GOERENS, Catherine CHABAUD, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the global environment is becoming more complex and uncertain, with a rise in conflict and geopolitical rivalry, climate change and more frequent and severe natural disasters, notably in developing countries, which affect the most vulnerable; whereas this highlights the need for strengthened multilateralism and continuous efforts to increase the effectiveness and impact of European aid;

Amendment 26 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the global environment is becoming more complex and uncertain, with a rise in conflict notably religious intolerance and attacks on minorities and geopolitical rivalry and more frequent and severe natural disasters, notably in developing countries, which affect the most vulnerable; whereas this highlights the need for strengthened multilateralism and continuous efforts to increase the effectiveness and impact of European aid;

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas the world is struck by the Covid-19 pandemic; whereas the impact of this pandemic on developing countries and aid assistance beneficiary countries is still unclear; whereas the impact of this pandemic presents a significant strain on aid assistance capacities of donor countries and private investors;

Amendment 28 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Charles GOERENS, Catherine CHABAUD, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic, which has affected all countries, regardless of their level of development, is having a health-related impact, but also an economic and social impact; whereas this pandemic has an impact on development cooperation and imposes an obligation to ensure greater efficiency;

Amendment 29 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

A b. whereas the current pandemic has severely disrupted and could have long- lasting effects on tourism, sea transport, and other ocean-based sectors, negatively impacting the economies of many developing countries, including the most vulnerable countries, small island developing states and least developed countries;

Amendment 3 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria NOICHL, Patrizia TOIA, Carlos ZORRINHO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)

- having regard to the Council conclusions of 26 October 2015 on the EU Gender Action Plan 2016-20201a; _________________ 1a https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/2 4467/st13201-en15.pdf

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A a. Whereas aid effectiveness depends upon the way the principle of Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) is implemented; whereas more efforts are still needed to comply with PCD principles, especially in the field of EU migration, trade, climate and agriculture policies;

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas development challenges have changed over the years, with the emergence of new global challenges such as migration, food security, peace and stability, and climate change;

Amendment 32 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

A b. Whereas development effectiveness principles as well as all sources of development financing should be articulated so as to fulfil the objectives set in the Paris Climate Agreement;

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the world’s population is growing faster than gross national income (GNI), in particular in sub-Saharan Africa, where the population is expected to double over the next 30 years; whereas in spite of strong economic growth, this will increase the number of people living in poverty and unemployment, emphasising the urgent need to support developing countries effectively in their efforts to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); whereas the gap in aid financing for the SDGs is estimated at $2.5 trillion; whereas aid effectiveness will play a critical role in the success of the 2030 Agenda; whereas the role of blended finance in bridging this gap should be further explored;

Amendment 34 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Charles GOERENS, Catherine CHABAUD, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the world’s population is growing faster than gross national income (GNI), in particular in sub-Saharan Africa, where the population is expected to double over the next 30 years; whereas in spite of strong economic growth, this will increase the number of people living in poverty and unemployment, emphasising the urgent need to support developing countries effectively in their efforts to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); whereas the region is already suffering from the health and economic consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, notably in terms of food insecurity, loss of income and livelihood and a looming debt crisis;

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the world’s population is growing faster than gross national income (GNI), in particular in sub-Saharan Africa, where the population is expected to double over the next 30 years to 2.1 billion in 2050 and 3.8. billion at the end of the century; whereas in spite of strong economic growth, this will increase the number of people living in poverty and unemployment, emphasising the urgent need to support developing countries effectively in their efforts to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the world’s population is growing faster than gross national income (GNI), in particular in sub-Saharan Africa, where the population is expected to double over the next 30 years; whereas in spite of strong economic growth, this will increase the number of people living in poverty and unemployment, emphasising the urgent need to firstly support developing countries effectively in their efforts to ~~reach~~tackle the problem with overpopulation and secondly to make progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);

Amendment 37 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria NOICHL, Patrizia TOIA, Carlos ZORRINHO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

B a. Whereas an EU-Africa strategy based on a partnership of equals entails taking into account the specific concerns of African countries in terms of economic diversification, industrialisation, loss of government revenues and regional integration;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas inequalities between countries are still very high, while inequality has a negative impact on aid efficiency and effectiveness;

Amendment 39 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria NOICHL, Patrizia TOIA, Carlos ZORRINHO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

B b. Whereas internal and external policies of the EU and the Member States should not impact negatively on developing countries, in accordance with Policy coherence for development. Whereas there is an increasing emphasis on the promotion of EU external policy interests and that EU external assistance should continue to have development effectiveness and efficiency and partner countries’ needs at its core, in accordance with art. 208 of TFUE establishing that the reduction and eradication of poverty is the principle aim for development cooperation policy;

Amendment 4 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria NOICHL, Patrizia TOIA, Carlos ZORRINHO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)

- having regard to the Council Conclusions on the EU Gender Action Plan 2016-20201a; _________________ 1a https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/2 4467/st13201-en15.pdf

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)

B c. whereas it is important to put in place measures which aim at building and increasing resilience of communities, in particular in fragile partner countries, in countries touched by conflicts or natural disasters, and in refugee hosting countries;

Amendment 41 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria NOICHL, Patrizia TOIA, Carlos ZORRINHO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)

B d. whereas children’s health and well-being is a crucial target of development cooperation policies;

Amendment 42 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the EU, as the world’s biggest donor of official development assistance (ODA), amounting to EUR 74.4 billion in 2018 and representing almost 57 % of all ODA worldwide, is committed to promoting effective development cooperation geared towards ending all forms of poverty and inequality, and to supporting its development partners in realising the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; whereas in 2019, DAC members collectively spent only 0.3% of GNI on ODA, with only five members meeting or exceeding the spending target (United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, Luxembourg and Norway);

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the EU together with its Member States, as the world’s biggest donor of official development assistance (ODA), amounting to EUR 74.4 billion in 2018 and representing almost 57 % of all ODA worldwide, is committed to promoting effective development cooperation geared towards ending all forms of poverty and inequality, and to supporting its development partners in realising the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the principles of country and democratic ownership and alignment, focusing on results, inclusive partnerships, transparency and accountability, should underpin all forms of development cooperation to ensure development funds are used efficiently and effectively to properly achieve the SDGs;

Amendment 45 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Charles GOERENS, Catherine CHABAUD, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the principles of ownership ~~and~~, alignment, suitability, stability, multilateralism, resource sufficiency and focusing on results, inclusive partnerships, transparency and accountability, should underpin all forms of development cooperation;

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the role of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) is to to promote the principles of aid effectiveness; whereas it has three strategic priorities that will guide the Partnership’s contribution to the launch of the ‘Decade of Action’, namely: - promoting development effectiveness to accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, - building better partnerships, - leveraging monitoring for action;

Amendment 47 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

D a. whereas the study “Effective Development Cooperation - Does the EU deliver?: Detailed Analysis of EU Performance” points to a decreased alignment of EU Member States and EU institutions to the effectiveness principles and related indicators, in particular predictability, use of indicators drawn from partner country owned results frameworks, using partner country public financial management systems and commitment to involve partner governments in project evaluations, and transparent reporting;

Amendment 48 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

D a. Whereas the EU’s development policies and partnerships must be built on sustainable political and economic cooperation with partners on an equal footing, with respect for human rights at its core; whereas its development policies must take into account the situation of forced displaced people, of vulnerable populations and of migrants and asylum seekers;

Amendment 49 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria NOICHL, Patrizia TOIA, Carlos ZORRINHO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

D a. Whereas the 2019 report of the GPEDC indicates that progress on SDG 17.15 target “Respect each country’s policy space and leadership to establish and implement poverty eradication and sustainable development” is meagre and whereas the EU is not positively contributing to it by decreasing its use of country-led results framework;

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 b (new)

- having regard to the Commission Joint Staff Working document: Gender equality and Women through EU External Relations 2016-2020 SWD (2015) 182;

Amendment 50 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria NOICHL, Patrizia TOIA, Carlos ZORRINHO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

D a. whereas, given the increase of protracted crises, the EU should continue its efforts to operationalise the humanitarian-development nexus with the aim to deliver long-lasting results;

Amendment 51 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria NOICHL, Patrizia TOIA, Carlos ZORRINHO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

D a. whereas the fragmentation of aid remains a persistent challenge arising from the proliferation of donors and aid agencies and lack of coordination of their activities and projects;

Amendment 52 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

D b. whereas during the programming process it is essential to guarantee a wide consultation in partner countries with all relevant actors: local authorities, national parliaments, civil society, local NGO’s, women associations, marginalized groups, the UN and its agencies, the small and medium enterprises and the private sector;

Amendment 53 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria NOICHL, Patrizia TOIA, Carlos ZORRINHO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

D b. Whereas without a bottom-up approach to development, it is impossible to maximize development results; whereas improved sharing of concrete examples and advice on successful projects on the ground in partner countries will help implementing the principles effectively and help achieving the intended results successfully;

Amendment 54 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)

D c. whereas an effective Private Sector Engagement (PSE) should be based on the five Kampala principles: inclusive country ownership, results and targeted impact, inclusive partnership, transparency and accountability and leave no-one behind;

Amendment 55 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria NOICHL, Patrizia TOIA, Carlos ZORRINHO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)

D d. whereas in the partner countries there are several other actors and donors which deliver humanitarian and development aid;

Amendment 56 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas although the EU institutions and Member States as well as local and regional authorities involved in the development cooperation have a large stock of data and expertise in the field of development, it remains insufficiently shared; whereas it should be made more accessible and should be used in policy- making;

Amendment 57 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria NOICHL, Patrizia TOIA, Carlos ZORRINHO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas although the EU institutions and Member States, local and regional authorities as well as international organisations and civil society organisations have a large stock of data and expertise ~~in the field of development~~, it remains insufficiently shared; whereas it should be made more accessible and should be used in policy- making;

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas although the EU institutions ~~and~~, Member States and local and regional authorities have a large stock of data and expertise in the field of development, it remains insufficiently shared; whereas it should be made more accessible and should be used in policy- making;

Amendment 59 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

Amendment 6 #

Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 b (new)

- having regard to the European Commission Communication (2012): The roots of democracy and sustainable development: Europe's engagement with Civil Society in external relations;

Amendment 60 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

E a. Whereas triangular cooperation is especially efficient in improving cooperation to respond to common challenges, as preventing, managing and recovering from natural disasters that slow down and interrupt development, as security challenges in a wide region or as adapting small businesses models to the new economic challenges emerged during the coronavirus crisis.

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

E a. whereas the design and implementation of effective aid policy requires a deeper understanding of the impact of aid and the overall environment in which development aid operates;

Amendment 62 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria NOICHL, Patrizia TOIA, Carlos ZORRINHO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas accessible and reliable aid data reinforces the transparency of aid flows and helps all development partners in their planning and coordination processes; whereas international standards as promoted by the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) make this data comparable; whereas achieving development results and working towards the SDGs needs detailed data on the local context, an agreed set of results to be targeted, joined-up action to work towards them, and fast public feedback to facilitate accountability;

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

F a. whereas gender equality is a key principle of EU development aid; whereas the impact of development policies is different on women and girls; whereas there is lack of gender-disaggregated data in the field of development;

Amendment 64 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas there is a real risk that the benefits of development assistance and foreign direct investment may be captured by political and economic elites in partner and donor countries ; whereas this highlights the need for development cooperation that aims at bringing about transformational changes for human development in political economies, notably related to governance, the distribution of power, poverty reduction, social exclusion, and ~~access to resources, as well as interaction with the global economy~~safe and affordable access to resources such as food, water and sustainable energy, as well as appropriately regulated interaction with the global economy on trade, corporate liability and accountability in terms of human, social and environmental rights;

Amendment 65 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas there is a real risk that the benefits of development assistance ~~and~~, foreign direct investment and humanitarian aid may be captured by political and economic elites in partner countries; whereas ~~this highlights the need for development cooperation that aims at bringing about transformational changes in~~forced displacement and migration are direct and indirect consequences of unstable political economies, notably related to governance, the distribution of power, social exclusion, and lack of access to resources, a~~s well as~~nd a lack of potential to interact~~ion~~ with the global economy; whereas this highlights the need for tailor-made development cooperation that aims at bringing about inclusive transformational changes that tackle these core issues;

Amendment 66 #

Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Stéphane BIJOUX, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas there is a real risk that the benefits of development assistance and foreign direct investment may be captured by political and economic elites in partner countries; whereas this highlights the need for development cooperation that aims at bringing about transformational changes in political economies, notably related to governance, the distribution of power, social exclusion, redistributive policies, social protection and access to resources, as well as interaction with the global economy;

Amendment 67 #

Bernhard ZIMNIOK

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas ~~there is a real risk that~~most of the benefits of development assistance and foreign direct investment ~~may b~~are captured by political and economic elites in partner countries; ~~whereas~~ this highlights the need for development cooperation that ~~aims at bringing about transformational changes in political economies, notably related to governance, the distribution of power, social exclusion and access to resources, as well as~~ensures full transparency and accountability as well as effectiveness and sustainability of all aid-interventions in terms of effect on the ground, before any such interacvention ~~with the global economy~~s are committed to by the EU;

Amendment 68 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Charles GOERENS, Catherine CHABAUD, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas there is a real risk that the benefits of development assistance and foreign direct investment may be captured by political and economic elites in partner countries; whereas this highlights the need ~~for development cooperation that aims at bringing about transformational changes in political economies, notably related to governance, the distribu~~to support and promote - through development cooperation - the principles of good governance, the rule of law, separation of powers, ~~social exclusion and access to resources~~promotion of human rights, combating social exclusion, as well as interaction with the global economy;

Amendment 69 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria NOICHL, Patrizia TOIA, Carlos ZORRINHO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

G a. whereas Africa has become the centerpiece of gravity of the world, and a need for a strong alliance with Africa was stressed by the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in her speech on the State of the Union; whereas the new, revigorated EU strategy for Africa and the Middle East, where both sides share opportunities and responsibilities is necessary, as well as a comprehensive partnership beyond trade and investment with new objectives in the area of the fight against illegal immigration and against terrorism;

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)

- having regard to the Commission Communication on the roots of democracy and sustainable development: Europe's engagement with Civil Society in external relationsCOM (2012) 492;

Amendment 70 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Charles GOERENS, Catherine CHABAUD, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

G a. Whereas UNCTAD estimates developing countries need US$ 1 trillion in post-Covid-19 debt relief; whereas the World Bank, the IMF, the G20 and the G7 have taken public debt relief measures for the world poorest countries; whereas these measures should be completed to allow for development aid to effectively deliver on SDGs, including access to basic services, good governance and basic human rights in developing countries;

Amendment 71 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas the EU is present in all the oceans through its overseas territories - both the outermost regions and the overseas countries and territories - and it is crucial that it develop regional strategies incorporating locally expressed needs as closely as possible;

Amendment 72 #

Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Charles GOERENS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

G a. whereas the EU Member States are the second-largest arms exporter globally, making them partly responsible in destabilizing various developing regions and counteracting development efforts; whereas the EU should strictly enforce export controls;

Amendment 73 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas local authorities have a central role in achieving the SDGs and decentralised cooperation must be at the heart of the EU’s development strategy;

Amendment 74 #

Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Charles GOERENS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

G a. whereas aid policies that foster equality are proven to be more effective in achieving SDG's goal, notably fighting poverty and promoting education;

Amendment 75 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)

Gb. whereas development policies must take account of adaptation to the impact of climate change in terms of the displacement of vulnerable populations and the worsening of social inequalities, with a view to eradicating poverty;

Amendment 76 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)

G b. whereas the income developing countries are losing due to illicit financial flows, including tax evasion, is more than double the amount they are gaining through official external sources, including development assistance;

Amendment 77 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)

G c. whereas the use of country-owned results frameworks and planning tools (PFM) by EU institutions is decreasing, though they play a significant role in effective development cooperation, for achieving the SDGs, and for achieving gender equality as they perform positively in mainstreaming gender responsiveness; whereas increased commitment in this regard is needed;

Amendment 78 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria NOICHL, Patrizia TOIA, Carlos ZORRINHO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital G d (new)

G d. whereas new methods of development financing are arising and need thorough testing before approving them on a large scale; whereas blended finance has proven inadequate in generating the expected amount of funds and delivering the development results promised;

Amendment 79 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that effectiveness means delivering more and better impact, achieving the SDGs and leaving no-one behind, on the basis of the five effectiveness principles: ownership, alignment, harmonisation, results and mutual accountability; believes that when EU support is aligned with partner countries’ own efforts and delivered through their institutions and systems, as well as local actors and civil society, in support of priorities that have been agreed through inclusive and equitable policy processes, the impact is bigger, faster and more sustainable;

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)

- having regard to the study “Effective Development Cooperation - Does the EU deliver?: Detailed Analysis of EU Performance”, requested by the European Commission and published in May 20201a; _________________ 1ahttps://ec.europa.eu/international- partnerships/system/files/eu-development- effectiveness-monitoring-report- 2020_en.pdf

Amendment 80 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that effectiveness means delivering more and better impact, achieving the SDGs and leaving no-one behind; believes that when EU support is aligned with partner countries’ own efforts, giving priority to official development aid being appropriate to these countries' needs over any other interests donor countries may have, and delivered through their institutions and systems in support of priorities that have been agreed through inclusive and equitable policy processes, the impact is bigger, faster and more sustainable;

Amendment 81 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that effectiveness means delivering more and better impact, achieving the SDGs and leaving no-one behind; believes that when EUuropean support is aligned with partner countries’ own efforts, but also with other donors' efforts, and delivered through their institutions and systems in support of priorities that have been agreed through inclusive and equitable policy processes, the impact is bigger, faster and more sustainable;

Amendment 82 #

Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Charles GOERENS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that effectiveness means delivering ~~more and better impact, achieving the SDGs and leaving no-one behind~~all that any aid-intervention sets out to deliver, making progress towards the SDGs; believes that when EU support is aligned with partner countries’ own efforts and delivered through their institutions and systems, provided they are of a sufficient quality, in support of priorities ~~that have been~~ agreed through inclusive and equitable policy processes, the impact ~~is bigger, faster and more~~might be more: substantiell; expedient; and sustainable;

Amendment 83 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that effectiveness means delivering more and better impact, achieving the SDGs and leaving no-one behind; believes that when EU support is aligned with partner countries’ own efforts, and local authorities' efforts, and delivered through their mational and subnational institutions and systems in support of priorities that have been agreed through inclusive and equitable policy processes, the impact is bigger, faster and more sustainable;

Amendment 84 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that effectiveness means delivering more and better impact, achieving the SDGs and leaving no-one behind; believes that when EU support is aligned with partner countries’ own efforts and delivered through their institutions and systems in support of priorities that have been agreed through inclusive and equitable policy processes including democratic and country ownership, the impact is bigger, faster and more sustainable;

Amendment 85 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that effectiveness means delivering more and better impact, achieving the SDGs and leaving no-one behind; believes that when EU support is aligned with partner countries’ own efforts and delivered through their institutions and systems by the inclusion of all steakholders in support of priorities that have been agreed through inclusive and equitable policy processes, the impact is bigger, faster and more sustainable;

Amendment 86 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that effectiveness means delivering more and better impact, achieving the SDGs and leaving no-one behind; believes that when EU support is aligned with partner countries’ own efforts and delivered through their institutions and systems in support of p~~riorities that have been agreed~~artner country priorities through inclusive and equitable policy processes, the impact is bigger, faster and more sustainable;

Amendment 87 #

Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Stéphane BIJOUX, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Points out that gender equality is an essential precondition for any development and is necessary for the achievement of the SDGs; takes the view that progress made in combating discrimination and violence against women and girls in partner countries should be systematically taken into consideration in assessing aid effectiveness;

Amendment 88 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that, to make development aid more effective, it is imperative to improve coordination of humanitarian aid and development aid, but also peace and security policies, since there can be no sustainable development without peace and stability;

Amendment 89 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines its view that the EU, as the world’s biggest donor, should use its powerful toolbox of instruments and aid modalities in a coordinated manner and take the lead in using the principles of aid effectiveness and aid efficiency, in order to achieve real impact and reach the SDGs in its partner countries; stresses, in this regard, the impact that EU use of development aid and foreign direct investment can have on tackling the root causes of migration and forced displacement; further highlights the need to implement the policy objectives in the new European Consensus on Development in a more strategic and targeted manner in each partner country, reinforcing and complementing the EU’s foreign policy goals and values at all levels of society in ODA beneficiary countries;

Amendment 9 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)

- having regard to the study of May 2020 on the effectiveness of blended finance, entitled ‘The use of development funds for de-risking private investment: how effective is it in delivering development results?’;

Amendment 90 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines its view that the EU, as the world’s biggest donor, should use its powerful toolbox of instruments and aid modalities in a coordinated manner and take the lead in using the principles of aid effectiveness and aid efficiency, in order to achieve real impact and reach the SDGs in its partner countries; further highlights the need to implement the policy objectives in the new European Consensus on Development, which underlines the importance of active involvement of local and regional authorities for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, in a more strategic and targeted manner in each partner country, reinforcing and complementing the EU’s foreign policy goals and values;

Amendment 91 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines its view that the EU, as the world’s biggest donor, should use its powerful toolbox of instruments and aid modalities in a coordinated manner and take the lead in using the principles of aid effectiveness and aid efficiency, in order to achieve real impact and reach the SDGs in its partner countries; further highlights the need to implement the policy objectives in the new European Consensus on Development in a more strategic and targeted manner in each partner country, reinforcing and complementing the EU’s foreign policy goals and values; stresses that an effective aid programme must be triangulated with an analysis of debt sustainability and should consider the need for parliamentary oversight in a partner country;

Amendment 92 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines its view that the EU, as the world’s biggest donor, should use its powerful toolbox of instruments and aid modalities in a coordinated manner to allow task sharing and avoid fragmentation of aid and take the lead in using the principles of aid effectiveness and aid efficiency, in order to achieve real impact and reach the SDGs in its partner countries; further highlights the need to implement the policy objectives in the new European Consensus on Development in a more strategic and targeted manner in each partner country, reinforcing and complementing the EU’s foreign policy goals and values with respect to the PCD principle;

Amendment 93 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines its view that the EU, as possibly the world’s ~~biggest~~most substantial donor, ~~should~~must use its ~~powerful toolbox of~~various instruments and aid modalities in a coordinated manner ~~and take the lead in~~, including coordination with organizations such as the OSCE and the United Nations, using the principles of aid effectiveness and aid efficiency, in order to achieve real impact and reach the SDGs in its partner countries; further highlights the need to implement the policy objectives in the new European Consensus on Development in a more strategic and targeted manner in each partner country, reinforcing and complementing the EU’s foreign policy goals and values;

Amendment 94 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria NOICHL, Patrizia TOIA, Carlos ZORRINHO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines its view that the EU, as the world’s biggest donor, should use its powerful toolbox of instruments and aid modalities by applying humanitarian- development nexus approach in a coordinated manner and take the lead in using the principles of aid effectiveness and aid efficiency, in order to achieve real impact and reach the SDGs in its partner countries; further highlights the need to implement the policy objectives in the new European Consensus on Development in a more strategic and targeted manner in each partner country, reinforcing and complementing the EU’s foreign policy goals and values;

Amendment 95 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines its view that the EU, as the world’s biggest donor, should use its powerful toolbox of instruments and aid modalities in a coordinated manner and take the lead in using the principles of aid effectiveness and aid efficiency, in order to achieve real impact and reach the SDGs, while leaving no-one behind, in its partner countries; further highlights the need to implement the policy objectives in the new European Consensus on Development in a more strategic and targeted manner in each partner country~~, reinforcing and complementing the EU’s foreign policy goals and values~~;

Amendment 96 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria NOICHL, Patrizia TOIA, Carlos ZORRINHO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Stresses that EU must continue to closely monitor the use of the funds and take all the necessary measure to avoid any misuse of aid funds, ensuring compliance with EU’s policy goals and values in development cooperation; calls for effective mechanisms to be put in place to be able to thoroughly control the final destination of those funds and to assess the projects which received funding;

Amendment 97 #

Marlene MORTLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses that good governance is a decisive factor for the fair and appropriate distribution of aid and points out that achievement of the SDGs, and hence the effectiveness of the funds, depends to a large extent on the capacity of partner countries to use the funds in a fair and transparent manner;

Amendment 98 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Calls on the EU to engage directly with and to build inclusive sustainable partnerships with countries of origin and transit of migration, based on the specific needs of each country and individual circumstances of migrants;

Amendment 99 #