EU-kommissionen spiller i nyt papir ud med “grundretningslinjer” for fremtidens udviklingsindsats fra 2015 til 2030, hvor pengene bør gå hånd i hånd med politiske motiver og alle finansieringskilder samles i én stor pose.
BRUSSELS, 17 July 2013: The European Commission has adopted a paper proposing that all types of development aid in the post-2015 period be considered as “a whole”, with resources streamlined according to well-defined policy objectives.
The Commission proposes to bind current major international efforts and using all their financial resources in the post-2015 period in “a new, innovative way”.
While the EU executive recently focused on “what” to put in the future development framework, it is now turning its attention on “how” to finance it, said Andris Piebalgs, the EU development commissioner.
The “what” refers to a previous EU paper (commu-nication) on a ‘Decent life for all by 2030’ (se baggrund ved at klikke på linket neden for).
Although the emphasis of the financing is on developing countries, its approach can be universally applicable, the Commission says.
Political thinking recently suggests that the post-2015 United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs = 2015 Målene)) will apply universally, and not only to the world’s poorest countries.
The eight MGSs adopted in 2000 (http://www.2015.dk) have mainly applied to developing countries.
Piebalgs calls the newest paper “another big step towards putting in place the future post-2015 framework”.
“In order to make progress in policy, we need to use all available resources and look at new, innovative and reliable ways to fund poverty eradication and achieve long term, sustainable development”, noted he.
Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik said the new Commission paper “binds together” the MDGs with the follow-up of the Rio+20 conference on sustainable development “into one overarching framework for post-2015”.
Rio+20 was a world mega-summit held in June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, as a 20-year follow up of a historic UN conference on sustainable development held in the same city.
“We are completing our joint vision today by confirming that we will bring together also the financing tracks for sustainable development and poverty eradication,” Potočnik said.
The Commission paper examines the different financial resources available – public and private, both at the domestic and international levels (from taxes to grants, private investment or philanthropy).
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The Commission singles out the following “guiding principles” for post-2015 financing:
* Financing must go hand-in-hand with policy objectives. Money should go where it is most needed, but we also need to use it in an innovative and effective way to ensure the maximum results.
* All financing sources should be considered as a whole, including Official Development Assistance (ODA) for low-income countries.
* Emerging economies and upper middle income countries can contribute their fair share to assist the poorest and most fragile.
* Different policy goals need to be mutually reinforcing, so every euro spent should aim to reach several policy objectives simultaneously. For instance, better food security is essential for poverty eradication and can be achieved through better preservation of biodiversity and forests, which in turn help to combat climate change.
* Partner countries (u-landene, red.) should be in the driving seat when choosing resource priorities.
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