12 Amendments of Ruža TOMAŠIĆ related to 2016/2326(INI)
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the accelerated implementation of the operational programmes during the year 2016 and strongly encourages all actors involved to continue to speed up their activiti; calls for even greater efforts, above all at the level of Member States and local authorities, to promote the use of the allocated funds and the practical realisation of the planned activities; calls on all actors involved to concentrate resources in favour of strategic infrastructure measures;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the EU to monitor the implementation and management of the operational programmes in those Member States which are lagging furthest behind; calls on the Commission to assess the possible implementation of specific actions to speed up the process;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that although cohesion policy has mitigated the impact of the crisis, regional disparities and social inequalities remain high; calls for continuous action to reduce disparities, particularly in less developed regions, while maintaining support for transition and for more developed regions so as to facilitate ownership of the policy in all regions, including through the establishment of special economic zones aimed at developing particular sectors locally;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines that the current categorisation of regions, the thematic objectives and the performance framework have demonstrated the value of cohesion policy and should be consolidated; asks the Commission to present ideas for greater flexibility, such as an unallocated reserve or a simplification of re-programming, in order to adapt ESIF investments to unforeseen events and to the specific needs of each region; hopes that specific measures are taken to promote the application of cohesion policy to the needs of specific areas, such as islands and peripheral regions;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points out that, even in the post- 2020 period, cohesion policy must continue to play a key role in delivering the EU's objectives:
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Points out that increasing the administrative capacities for programming, implementation and evaluation of operational programmes in the Member States and regions is crucial for timely and successful cohesion policy performance and to this end promotes the centralisation of services relating to the evaluation of interventions and the strengthening of national agencies responsible for supporting and accelerating investments;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Highlights the need to simplify the cohesion policy’s management system at all governance levels in order to make it more accessible and effective; supports the conclusions and recommendations hitherto adopted by the ‘High Level Group monitoring simplification for beneficiaries of ESI Funds’; calls for measures to encourage a reduction in individual measures and the concentration of resources in sectoral structural programmes to be implemented in accordance with priorities established by a process of concentration;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Asks the Commission to reflect on solutions based on proportionality and differentiation, especially with regard to the multiple layers of audit and the number of controls, to a greater harmonisation between cohesion policy and competition policy, in particular state aid rules, as well as with regard to the possibility of a single set of rules for all ESI Funds, also with the assistance of specific information systems that can enable dialogue between all national government departments and EU departments; calls on the Commission to strengthen its support for regions with low absorption rates;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to ensure better synergies between the ESI Funds and other Union funds and programmes and to facilitate multi-fund options; warns that the EFSI should not undermine the strategic coherence and long-term perspective of cohesion policy programming and insists on the real additionality and non-substitutability of its resources;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Reiterates that it is high time to prepare the post-2020 EU cohesion policy in order to launch it effectively at the very start of the new programming period; proposes, to that end, the funding of a pilot programme that enables studies, research and technical and economic feasibility assessments to be carried out, regarding measures to be taken in the next programming period;
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses in view of the Commission’s proposal 2016/0282(COD) that the reception of migrants and refugees as well as their social and economic integration requires a coherent transnational approach, which should also be addressed through the current and future EU cohesion policythe need to fund, as part of cohesion policy, internationalisation programmes for businesses which seek to pave the way for the establishment of a favourable environment for people who are currently being forced to emigrate, not by promoting illegal immigration but by ensuring that these people can remain in their own countries in decent conditions;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Is convinced of the need for an adequate budget for cohesion policy after 2020 which takes into account the complex internal and external challenges that the policy will have to address and which does not penalise disadvantaged areas in the give-and-take relationship with the EU;