EU Development Policy: What do Members of the European Parliament think are the priorities?

EU Development Policy: What do Members of the European Parliament think are the priorities? Together with the European Commission and the Council of Ministers, the European Parliament plays an important role in setting the the EU's development policy. What challenges will Members of the European Parliament (MEPS) focus on in the 2014 - 2019 legislature? > Priority issues for development... in EU cooperation programmes in the post-2015 agenda 74% 64% 75% 71% 63% Education Health Education Health Climate and environmental protection 64% 61% 50% 51% Agriculture, rural development and food security Women and Support to children and Women and girls' rights girls' rights adolescents > Priority countries and regions for EU development cooperation 49% Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) 39% EU-neighbourhood and Russia Low- and middle-income 32% countries regardless of their geographical location > European development assistance spending of MEPS say that supporting SRHR in EU development cooperation is very important (56%) or important (27%) 83% 85% of MEPS say that EU member states should support the 0.7% GNI to ODA target Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) refer to the physical, mental and social well-being in all matters related to the sexual and reproductive life, without discrimination or violence. In the context of development cooperation, promoting SRHR means dealing with issues like, for example, the lack of contraceptives, unintended or early pregnancies, child marriage, unsafe abortions, as well as high child and maternal mortality. EU member states repeatedly committed internationally to spend 0.7% of their Gross National Income to official development assistance in order to meet the Millennium Development Goals. ) How well-informed do MEPS feel about poverty-related and neglected diseases SER 89% 60% 35% 27% HIV & AIDS Malaria Tuberculosis Other PRNDS One billion people - mostly in low- and middle-income countries - are affected by one or several of the so called 'poverty-related and neglected diseases', or PRNDS. These include HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and sleeping sickness, as well as lesser-known worm and parasitic diseases. 81% of MEPS think it is important (47%) or very important (34%) to fund research and development for PRNDS through EU research and innovation programmes Source Representative survey by TNS EMNID on behalf of DSW in July-August 2014. A geographic and politically representative sample of 117 MEPS were interviewed. For every conducted interview, TNS Emnid on behalf of DSW donated 20 Euros to one of the following organisations of the MEP's choice: WWF, Médecins sans Frontières, Child Helpline International or the Multiple Sclerosis International Federation. Survey commissioned by DSW (Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevoelkerung) Place du Luxembourg 2/3 1050 Brussels Belgium Tel: +32 2 504 90 60 E-mail: [email protected] DSW Design: Antonio di Vico/Magnethic.com © DSW, 2014