3 Amendments of Jens NILSSON related to 2016/2302(INI)
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s reporting exercise, which provides strong evidence that European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds investment through grants and financial instruments resulted in solid impact and visible results by investments in EU regions, which amounted to EUR 347.6 billion, excluding national co-financing and additionally leveraged resources; notes that the more the local and regional level is involved in the development and implementation of programmes, the better the results;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the existing technical assistance practices provided by the Commission and the EIB Group through the fi-compass platform; regrets that the on-the-ground support services to authorities and especially to recipients of financial instruments, including EFSI, are limited; points out that technical assistance should primarily be used to assist local or regional stakeholders, not to finance national authorities’ activities; calls for a joint technical assistance plan by the Commission and the EIB comprising financial and non-financial advice as well as capacity building, targeted at national authorities as well as fund managers;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Highlights that financial instruments perform betterwork well in well- developed regions and metropolitan areas, while grants address regional structural issue, but points out that they can also play an important role in the development of less well-developed regions; notes that increasing the share of financial instruments should not influence the grant appropriations as this would hinder the balance; emphasises that in a number of public policies grants have to dominate, while financial instruments can play complementary roles;