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Отбелязва, че ориентировъчната стойност от 400 млн. щатски долара за подобрената интегрирана рамка, основаваща се на участието на 40 от най-слабо развитите страни за период от пет години, би съответствала на средната стойност от 1-2 милиона годишно за всяка страна, което би представлявало напредък, ако се прилага ефективно, но при все това изостава значително от необходимия мащабен отговор на съществуващите предизвикателства;
Notes that the US$ 400 million of Indicative Costing for the Enhanced IF, based on the participation of 40 LDCs over a period of five years, would amount to an average of 1-2 million per country per annum, which will be an improvement if effectively implemented but is nevertheless far from being a substantial response to the existing challenges;
Призовава за по-добра координация и последователност сред различните донори, които да отразяват доказаната компетентност на агенциите, участващи в предоставянето на висококачествена подкрепа в различни области, както и за по-голяма прозрачност по отношение на помощта, отпускана в рамките на подкрепата за търговията; следователно настоява за участие на пълноправните представители на гражданското общество и частния сектор в ИР;
Calls for better coordination and coherence among various aid donors that reflects the proven competence of the agencies involved in delivering effective high-quality assistance in various AfT areas, as well as for more transparency regarding the aid allocated through trade-related assistance; insists therefore on the involvement of fully-fledged representatives of civil society and the private sector in the IF;
Подчертава, че прозрачността при предоставяне на помощ и ефективният надзор и оценка са важни за изграждане на доверие в развиващите се страни и за постоянното усъвършенстване на качеството на подкрепата;
Stresses that transparency in the delivery of aid and effective monitoring and evaluation are essential for building confidence in developing countries and for the continuous improvement of the quality of assistance;
Изисква Комисията да разработи количествени критерии за оценка на ефективността на помощта за търговия;
Requests the Commission to develop quantifiable criteria for the evaluation of the effectiveness of AfT ;
Отбелязва решението на Съвета на министрите по общи въпроси и външни отношения, съгласно което помощта за търговия за СИП ще покрие само търговската политика и нормативните разпоредби и дейностите за търговско развитие; изисква настоятелно Съветът и Комисията да изяснят как другите потребности, произтичащи от СИП, като инфраструктура, свързана с търговията, изграждане на производствен капацитет и търговско регламентиране ще бъдат обхванати; счита, че Съветът и Комисията следва да обсъдят задълбочено най-подходящите механизми за предоставяне на различни видове помощ за СИП;
Notes the GAERC's decision that AfT for EPAs will only cover trade policy and regulations and trade development activities; urges the Council and the Commission to clarify how other needs arising from EPAs, such as trade-related infrastructure, building productive capacity and trade-related adjustment, will be addressed; considers that the Council and the Commission should further consider the most appropriate mechanisms of delivery for different categories of support to EPA;
Отбелязва, че жените се възползват в по-малка степен от възможностите, предоставяни от либерализацията на търговията и глобализацията, като същевременно те са по-тежко засегнати от отрицателното въздействие на тези явления, поради което призовава ЕС да отдели специално внимание в своите програми за подкрепа на търговията за увеличаване на възможностите за жените за участие в търговията, особено в международната търговия;
Notes that women benefit less from the opportunities presented by trade liberalisation and globalisation, while at the same time they are harder hit by the adverse effects of those phenomena, and urges the EU therefore, in its trade-related assistance programmes, to devote specific attention to increasing opportunities for women to participate in trade, particularly international trade;
Наблюдение, оценка, преглед и ролята на Парламента при осъществяване на контрол и надзор
Monitoring, evaluation, review and Parliament's role in scrutiny and oversight
Счита, че Комитетът за подпомагане на развитието на ОИСР следва да следи глобалната програма за помощ за търговия, така че да гарантира максимална прозрачност при управлението и насочването на помощта, но също така изразява съгласие с препоръката на работната група на СТО за включване на тази помощ като част от прегледите на търговската политика в рамките на СТО, осъществявани от държавите донори и/или държавите бенефициери;
Believes that the OECD/DAC should monitor the global AfT agenda so as to ensure maximum transparency in the management and destination of aid, but agrees with the recommendation of the WTO TF to incorporate AfT as part of the donor's and/or recipient's WTO Trade Policy Reviews;
Отново призовава Комисията да разгледа напредъка, осъществен при прилагане на предприетите мерки в областта на помощта за търговия и да предоставя на Парламента и Съвета на всеки две години доклад (с начало 2008 г.) относно прилагането, постигнатите резултати и доколкото е възможно относно главните резултати и последици от подкрепата в рамките на ПТ;
Reiterates that the Commission should examine the progress made in implementing the measures taken in the AfT area and should submit to Parliament and the Council a bi-annual report (starting in 2008) on implementation and the results obtained and, as far as possible, on the main outcomes and effects of the AfT assistance;
Изисква изрично докладът за шестмесечието да включва конкретна информация относно развитието на финансираните мерки, като по целесъобразност се посочват резултатите от извършените наблюдение и оценка, участието на съответните партньори и осъществяването на обещанията, бюджетните задължения и плащания и тяхното разпределение по държави, региони и видове помощ; изисква в доклада също да се направи оценка на осъществения напредък при включване на търговията в програмите за помощ и на постигнатите от нея резултатите, като се използват, доколкото е възможно, специфични и измерими показатели за ролята, която тя играе за осъществяване на целите на ПТ;
Requests explicitly that the bi-annual report contain specific information on the history of the measures financed, where appropriate showing results of monitoring and evaluation exercises, the involvement of the relevant partners, and the implementation of the pledges and budget commitments and payments, broken down by country, region and category of assistance; requests that the report also assess the progress made in mainstreaming trade into aid programming and the results achieved with the assistance, using, as far as possible, specific and measurable indicators of its role in meeting the AfT objectives;
Подчертава, че Комисията следва да предостави на Европейския парламент и на Съвета, не по-късно от 31 декември 2010 г., втори доклад за оценка на прилагането и резултатите, постигнати в рамките на помощта за търговия, и ако е целесъобразно, предложение за увеличаване на бюджета за ПТ и за внасяне на необходимите изменения в стратегията за ПТ и прилагането й;
Stresses that the Commission should submit to the European Parliament and the Council, no later than 31 December 2010, a second report evaluating the implementation of and results obtained with the AfT assistance, if appropriate, together with a proposal to increase the budget for AfT and to introduce the necessary modifications to the AfT strategy and its implementation;
Възлага на своя председател да предаде настоящата резолюция на Съвета, Комисията, правителствата на държавите-членки, Съвета на АКТБ-ЕС и съвместната парламентарна асамблея АКТБ-ЕС.
Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments of the Member States and the ACP-EU Council and the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.
This report has endeavoured to be ambitious yet realistic in its assessment and in the demands made of the EU in relation to its aid for trade (AfT).
This report has endeavoured to be ambitious yet realistic in its assessment and in the demands made of the EU in relation to its aid for trade (AfT).
The very fact that AfT is back toward the top of the trade and development agenda is a highly positive development and the Commission and Member States are to be cautiously congratulated on the manner in which they have embraced this agenda.
The very fact that AfT is back toward the top of the trade and development agenda is a highly positive development and the Commission and Member States are to be cautiously congratulated on the manner in which they have embraced this agenda.
The report reiterates the highly convincing rationale for more and improved AfT, and seeks to make a positive contribution to shaping the way that the Commission and Member States’ AfT is delivered and scrutinised.
The report reiterates the highly convincing rationale for more and improved AfT, and seeks to make a positive contribution to shaping the way that the Commission and Member States’ AfT is delivered and scrutinised.
Importantly the report calls for extensive and ongoing European Parliament involvement.
Importantly the report calls for extensive and ongoing European Parliament involvement.
The Parliament has been involved with pushing the AfT agenda for some time, and introduced a new budget line specifically targeted at AfT activities into the 2007 budget approved by the European Parliament last December.
The Parliament has been involved with pushing the AfT agenda for some time, and introduced a new budget line specifically targeted at AfT activities into the 2007 budget approved by the European Parliament last December.
The Challenge
The Challenge
The multilateral commitment to address global inequality is enshrined in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which should still provide the main point of reference when the EU, or any other major donor, provides development assistance.
The multilateral commitment to address global inequality is enshrined in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which should still provide the main point of reference when the EU, or any other major donor, provides development assistance.
While traditional development assistance still has the major role to play in attaining the MDGs, sustained and sustainable economic growth also has a vital role to play.
While traditional development assistance still has the major role to play in attaining the MDGs, sustained and sustainable economic growth also has a vital role to play.
The key element of this economic growth is developing countries' ability to trade externally.
The key element of this economic growth is developing countries' ability to trade externally.
However, less developed countries (LDCs) have seen their share of world trade reduced over the past 40 years from 1.9% to less than 1%.
However, less developed countries (LDCs) have seen their share of world trade reduced over the past 40 years from 1.9% to less than 1%.
This has occurred despite the extension of duty-free market access schemes, of which the European Union's "Everything but Arms" initiative is the largest.
This has occurred despite the extension of duty-free market access schemes, of which the European Union's "Everything but Arms" initiative is the largest.
This demonstrates that while trade openness is often a route to economic growth, market access alone is not sufficient to bring poverty reducing economic growth.
This demonstrates that while trade openness is often a route to economic growth, market access alone is not sufficient to bring poverty reducing economic growth.
Market access can be considered as one side of a virtuous triangle for poverty alleviating economic growth, the two other mutually complementary sides of this triangle being the appropriate domestic policies, including social policies, and substantial and effectively targeted AfT.
Market access can be considered as one side of a virtuous triangle for poverty alleviating economic growth, the two other mutually complementary sides of this triangle being the appropriate domestic policies, including social policies, and substantial and effectively targeted AfT.
Through scaling up AfT, the EU can have a positive impact in both supporting the domestic reform agenda, and in gaining greater support for trade liberalisation.
Through scaling up AfT, the EU can have a positive impact in both supporting the domestic reform agenda, and in gaining greater support for trade liberalisation.
AfT also offers a unique opportunity to work beyond the mutual distrust between aid and trade.
AfT also offers a unique opportunity to work beyond the mutual distrust between aid and trade.
While the process of globalisation has often been portrayed, in some respects rightfully, as hostile to development priorities, AfT looks to equip developing world economies to help shape and benefit from a more open global trading system.
While the process of globalisation has often been portrayed, in some respects rightfully, as hostile to development priorities, AfT looks to equip developing world economies to help shape and benefit from a more open global trading system.
AfT can therefore reconcile the aims of a more open global trading system and sustainable development.
AfT can therefore reconcile the aims of a more open global trading system and sustainable development.
The Context
The Context
At the sixth ministerial conference of the WTO in Hong Kong, Commisioner Mandelson pledged that the EU would raise its spending on AfT to €2 billion annually by 2010.
At the sixth ministerial conference of the WTO in Hong Kong, Commisioner Mandelson pledged that the EU would raise its spending on AfT to €2 billion annually by 2010.
Hong Kong also saw the creation of the WTO AfT Task Force (WTO AfT TF) which, when it gave its conclusions in July 2006, presented a number of challenges to AfT donors.
Hong Kong also saw the creation of the WTO AfT Task Force (WTO AfT TF) which, when it gave its conclusions in July 2006, presented a number of challenges to AfT donors.
The October 2006 meeting of the EU’s General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) clarified the EU’s position on AfT.
The October 2006 meeting of the EU’s General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) clarified the EU’s position on AfT.
The €2 billion commitment (€1 billion from the Commission and €1 billion from member states) was reaffirmed and it was confirmed that this commitment was given within the confines of the traditional OECD/DAC database definition of AfT.
The €2 billion commitment (€1 billion from the Commission and €1 billion from member states) was reaffirmed and it was confirmed that this commitment was given within the confines of the traditional OECD/DAC database definition of AfT.
The October GAERC also asked for the formulation of a joint EU Strategy on AfT by Spring 2007 which would "set a road map for the EU collectively to reach the € 2 billion target", "identify modalities for coordination and response at various geographical levels", and would generally address the EU's ability to deliver, monitor and set best practise in delivering Aft.
The October GAERC also asked for the formulation of a joint EU Strategy on AfT by Spring 2007 which would "set a road map for the EU collectively to reach the € 2 billion target", "identify modalities for coordination and response at various geographical levels", and would generally address the EU's ability to deliver, monitor and set best practise in delivering Aft.
This report’s passage through the International Trade Committee is therefore timely, as it presents the European Parliament’s (EP) view on what the EU Joint Aid for Trade Strategy should say about the delivery and monitoring of the EU’s AfT.
This report’s passage through the International Trade Committee is therefore timely, as it presents the European Parliament’s (EP) view on what the EU Joint Aid for Trade Strategy should say about the delivery and monitoring of the EU’s AfT.
Parliament Involvement
Parliament Involvement
Drawing on the example of the European Consensus on Development, in which the European Parliament played an integral role in its formulation, the report asks to be actively involved in the formulation of the EU’s Joint Aid for Trade strategy.
Drawing on the example of the European Consensus on Development, in which the European Parliament played an integral role in its formulation, the report asks to be actively involved in the formulation of the EU’s Joint Aid for Trade strategy.
The report also calls on the Commission to submit biannual report to the EP, commencing from 2008, evaluating the delivery of the EU’s AfT.
The report also calls on the Commission to submit biannual report to the EP, commencing from 2008, evaluating the delivery of the EU’s AfT.
The Scope of Aid for Trade
The Scope of Aid for Trade
In the report it is recognised that the findings of the WTO AfT TF are highly constructive in expanding the definition of AfT to include "trade related infrastructure", "trade related adjustment" and "building productive capacity".
In the report it is recognised that the findings of the WTO AfT TF are highly constructive in expanding the definition of AfT to include "trade related infrastructure", "trade related adjustment" and "building productive capacity".
However, it is also acknowledged that the commitment from the Commission and Member States commitments should be judged within the confines of the traditional OECD/DAC database definition of AfT, which is limited to "trade policy and regulation" and "trade development".
However, it is also acknowledged that the commitment from the Commission and Member States commitments should be judged within the confines of the traditional OECD/DAC database definition of AfT, which is limited to "trade policy and regulation" and "trade development".
The findings of the WTO AfT TF present a number of ambiguities, which currently preclude an international consensus being formed on the AfT definition, and therefore prevent, for the moment, targets being set within its confines.
The findings of the WTO AfT TF present a number of ambiguities, which currently preclude an international consensus being formed on the AfT definition, and therefore prevent, for the moment, targets being set within its confines.
Moreover, given that the original EU commitments were given with the old OECD/DAC definition, to allow the Commission and Member States to broaden this commitment to include the new AfT categories may allow them to re-label assistance in order to meet their targets.
Moreover, given that the original EU commitments were given with the old OECD/DAC definition, to allow the Commission and Member States to broaden this commitment to include the new AfT categories may allow them to re-label assistance in order to meet their targets.
The report does insist however that the Commission presents in its Joint AfT Strategy concrete measures addressing the full breadth of the AfT definition as given by the WTO AfT Taskforce.
The report does insist however that the Commission presents in its Joint AfT Strategy concrete measures addressing the full breadth of the AfT definition as given by the WTO AfT Taskforce.
Indeed, it is essential that all of the aspects contained within this definition are addressed if developing world economies are to successfully integrate into the global economy, and the possibly harmful effects of trade related adjustment are to be mitigated.
Indeed, it is essential that all of the aspects contained within this definition are addressed if developing world economies are to successfully integrate into the global economy, and the possibly harmful effects of trade related adjustment are to be mitigated.
Trade Related Adjustment
Trade Related Adjustment
Trade related adjustment assistance - targeted to facilitate the process of restructuring, rather than just to provide compensation - is needed, amongst others, to mitigate the costs of preference erosion, loss of revenue from trade tariffs, and the costs resulting from increases in food prices likely to affect net food importing countries.
Trade related adjustment assistance - targeted to facilitate the process of restructuring, rather than just to provide compensation - is needed, amongst others, to mitigate the costs of preference erosion, loss of revenue from trade tariffs, and the costs resulting from increases in food prices likely to affect net food importing countries.
The need for policy intervention to mitigate the effects of economic adjustment is already acknowledged through internal Community policy, through for example, the Globalisation Adjustment Fund, and external policy, through for example, the Sugar Action Plans.
The need for policy intervention to mitigate the effects of economic adjustment is already acknowledged through internal Community policy, through for example, the Globalisation Adjustment Fund, and external policy, through for example, the Sugar Action Plans.
And indeed the EU Trade Commissioner himself proposed (on 4 February 2005) the establishment of a special Trade Adjustment Fund to "help the poor trade more effectively and ease the social costs of adjustment".
And indeed the EU Trade Commissioner himself proposed (on 4 February 2005) the establishment of a special Trade Adjustment Fund to "help the poor trade more effectively and ease the social costs of adjustment".
While there is in existence an adjustment mechanism at the multi-lateral level in the form of the IMF's TIM mechanism, it is not accessible to those without an IMF programme, takes the form of loans and is therefore not appropriate for heavily indebted countries, and so far only three countries have accessed this facility.
While there is in existence an adjustment mechanism at the multi-lateral level in the form of the IMF's TIM mechanism, it is not accessible to those without an IMF programme, takes the form of loans and is therefore not appropriate for heavily indebted countries, and so far only three countries have accessed this facility.
The report therefore calls for a review of the TIM facility.
The report therefore calls for a review of the TIM facility.
The Principles
The Principles
In order to ensure that the EU’s AfT adheres to the Paris Principles on aid effectiveness and is recipient driven the report recommends, as a starting point, the creation of a process at the national level which includes the relevant ministries, including the Ministries of Trade donors and importantly the private sector.
In order to ensure that the EU’s AfT adheres to the Paris Principles on aid effectiveness and is recipient driven the report recommends, as a starting point, the creation of a process at the national level which includes the relevant ministries, including the Ministries of Trade donors and importantly the private sector.
Another key element in identifying LDC’s AfT needs will be the enhanced Integrated Framework (IF) – run collaboratively by the IMF, ITC, UNCTAD, UNDP, World Bank and WTO.
Another key element in identifying LDC’s AfT needs will be the enhanced Integrated Framework (IF) – run collaboratively by the IMF, ITC, UNCTAD, UNDP, World Bank and WTO.
The IF has the dual objectives of mainstreaming trade into LDCs’ national development plans and poverty reduction strategies, and to assist in the coordinated delivery of trade-related technical assistance in response to needs identified by LDCs.
The IF has the dual objectives of mainstreaming trade into LDCs’ national development plans and poverty reduction strategies, and to assist in the coordinated delivery of trade-related technical assistance in response to needs identified by LDCs.
The EU's AfT must support the EU's other priorities and values, hence AfT should be used to support the implementation of legislation guaranteeing both core labour standards as enshrined in ILO conventions, and environmental standards.
The EU's AfT must support the EU's other priorities and values, hence AfT should be used to support the implementation of legislation guaranteeing both core labour standards as enshrined in ILO conventions, and environmental standards.