Development cooperation with South Africa

The committee adopted the report by Nelly MAES (Greens/EFA, B) broadly approving the proposal under the 1st reading of the codecision procedure, subject to a few amendments. It called for women's participation to be strengthened at all levels of the project cycle, namely project planning, implementation and evaluation. MEPs also stipulated that proposals for the continuation of development cooperation with South Africa and the future renegotiation of the 1999 Trade, Development and Cooperation Agreement must take due account of Parliament's position.�