5 Amendments of Stanislav POLČÁK related to 2015/2224(INI)
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is concerned that certain Member States are reluctant to embrace the bottom-up approach and to entrust an adequate level of responsibilities to local action groups; calls on the Commission, while fully remaining within its competences, to provide recommendations to Member States on how to overcome the trust issue between the different levels of governance related to the implementation of CLLD and ITI;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Welcomes the establishment of the Horizontal Working Group on Partnership, set up thanks to DG REGIO;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls for consistent adherence to the Code of Conduct on Partnership, in particular with regard to the application of the principle of partnership in the implementation of ITI and CLLD;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. calls on the Commission, in the application of CLLD, to give Member States greater flexibility when setting up operational programmes so that they are able to take better account of the priorities of CLLD strategies, consulted according to a bottom-up approach, upon implementing the instrument in a territory, and of the less specific objectives and thematic and territorial concentration of operational programmes implemented by local action groups. CLLD strategies and priorities should be the key to implementing the instrument in a territory;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Highlights the fundamental importance of a non-discriminatory and transparent approach and of minimising potential conflicts of interest; welcomes, furthermore, the participation of a wide range of partners in LAGs; Eemphasises, however, that the provision whereby public authorities cannot hold more than 49% of voting rights in LAGs, as provided for in the current legislative framework, may in certain situations impede the implementation of CLLD since the other interest groups involved might lack the adequate expertise and resources; asks the Commission to closely monitor and assess the implementation of this provision in order to detect regions where these requirements can pose particular problems, and possibly provide future recommendationsis a fundamental CLLD/LEADER principle; breaching it could result in abuse by public authorities and, ultimately, in the downfall of CLLD/LEADER (indeed, these tendencies can even be seen in countries where the operation of LEADER has been exemplary, such as Ireland);