# Increasing the effectiveness of development cooperation

European Parliament procedure 2016/2139(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 8th term, committee DEVE). Stage: Procedure completed. 141 committee amendments tabled by 13 Members between 2016-10-18 and 2016-11-04.

## What the amendments focus on

The dossier concerns increasing the effectiveness of development cooperation. Amendments reference the 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals, Official Development Assistance and the 0.7% GNI target, the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation, country ownership, transparency and accountability, untying of aid, the role of civil society and the private sector, South-South and triangular cooperation, and emerging donors such as China, Brazil and India.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cristian Dan PREDA | Romania | PPE | 38 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96838.md |
| Patrizia TOIA | Italy | S&D | 22 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28340.md |
| Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY | Spain | GUE/NGL | 19 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125035.md |
| Ignazio CORRAO | Italy | Verts/ALE | 16 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124856.md |
| Jan ZAHRADIL | Czechia | ECR | 13 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/23712.md |
| Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ | Romania | S&D | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124790.md |
| Heidi HAUTALA | Finland | Verts/ALE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/2054.md |
| Maria HEUBUCH | Germany | Verts/ALE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124848.md |
| Judith SARGENTINI | Netherlands | Verts/ALE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96815.md |
| Notis MARIAS | Greece | ECR | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125069.md |
| Eleni THEOCHAROUS | Cyprus | ECR | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/25704.md |
| Louis MICHEL | Belgium | ALDE | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96670.md |
| Paavo VÄYRYNEN | Finland | ALDE | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/2128.md |

## Official source documents

- PE592.237: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/DEVE-AM-592237_EN.pdf
- PE593.894: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/DEVE-AM-593894_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2016-2139-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2016-2139-INI.json

---

Source: AmendEU (amendeu.com), built from Parltrack (ODbL), European Parliament Open Data ((c) European Union) and official Parliament documents. Aggregates CC BY 4.0.
Data refreshed: 2026-07-27. Human-readable version: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2016-2139-INI
When citing, attribute to "AmendEU (amendeu.com)".