The Committee on Development (DEVE) is a standing committee of the European Parliament. It is responsible for the European Union's development and cooperation policy, humanitarian assistance, poverty reduction and relations with developing countries. The committee also scrutinises EU development spending and contributes to policies intended to support sustainable development, democracy, good governance and human rights.
Responsibilities
The committee is responsible for promoting, implementing and monitoring the development and cooperation policy of the European Union. Its work includes political dialogue with developing countries, development cooperation agreements and the allocation and scrutiny of funds intended for development and humanitarian assistance.
Its remit includes:
the European Union's development and cooperation policy; political dialogue and cooperation with developing countries, both bilaterally and through international organisations; development aid and cooperation programmes, including scrutiny of their implementation; humanitarian aid and emergency assistance; agreements with developing countries and regional groupings; promotion of democratic values, good governance and human rights in developing countries; coordination between development policy and other external policies of the European Union; and relations with international organisations and parliamentary bodies concerned with development cooperation.
The committee also follows the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, as well as the impact of other EU policies on developing countries.
Chairs
The following table lists the chairs of the committee since 2004.
Name Political group Member state Took office Left office Luisa Morgantini GUE/NGL Italy 2004 2006 Josep Borrell PES Spain 2007 2009 Eva Joly Greens/EFA France 2009 2014 Linda McAvan S&D United Kingdom 2014 2019 Tomas Tobé EPP Sweden 2019 2024 Barry Andrews Renew Europe Ireland 23 July 2024 Incumbent
Members
10th Parliament, 2024–2029
The committee consists of 25 full members. Its current composition is shown below, with the chair and vice-chairs indicated in italics.
European People's Party Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats European Conservatives and Reformists Renew Europe Hildegard Bentele, Germany, Vice-Chair Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Spain Niels Geuking, Germany Reinhold Lopatka, Austria Lukas Mandl, Austria Liudas Mažylis, Lithuania Robert Biedroń, Poland, Vice-Chair Udo Bullmann, Germany Murielle Laurent, France Leire Pajín, Spain Marco Tarquinio, Italy Małgorzata Gosiewska, Poland Kristoffer Storm, Denmark Waldemar Tomaszewski, Lithuania Barry Andrews, Ireland, Chair Abir Al-Sahlani, Sweden, Vice-Chair Charles Goerens, Luxembourg Patriots for Europe Greens–European Free Alliance The Left Europe of Sovereign Nations György Hölvényi, Hungary Thierry Mariani, France Tiago Moreira de Sá, Portugal Isabella Lövin, Sweden, Vice-Chair Ana Miranda Paz, Spain Mimmo Lucano, Italy Isabel Serra Sánchez, Spain Marc Jongen, Germany
Substitute members
The committee's substitute members are listed below.
European People's Party Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats European Conservatives and Reformists Renew Europe Andrzej Halicki, Poland Stefan Köhler, Germany Ondřej Kolář, Czechia Fulvio Martusciello, Italy Nadine Morano, France Tomas Tobé, Sweden Christophe Clergeau, France Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Spain Marit Maij, Netherlands Cecilia Strada, Italy Carla Tavares, Portugal Dick Erixon, Sweden Paolo Inselvini, Italy Mariusz Kamiński, Poland Anna-Maja Henriksson, Finland Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Romania Hilde Vautmans, Belgium Patriots for Europe Greens–European Free Alliance The Left Europe of Sovereign Nations Marieke Ehlers, Netherlands Hermann Tertsch, Spain Rody Tolassy, France Erik Marquardt, Germany Mounir Satouri, France Damien Carême, France Carolina Morace, Italy Tomasz Froelich, Germany
Research support
The committee's work is supported by the research services of the European Parliament. These services provide studies, briefings and other analyses concerning development cooperation, humanitarian assistance, poverty reduction, the Sustainable Development Goals and the impact of European Union policies on developing countries.
Publications prepared for the committee are made available through its online database of supporting analyses and through the European Parliament's Think Tank.
See also
European Development Fund Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations Directorate-General for International Partnerships European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs European Parliament Committee on International Trade Sustainable Development Goals
References
External links
Official website Supporting analyses European Parliament Think Tank