6 Amendments of Emilian PAVEL related to 2015/2345(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the importance of NGOs with regard to addressing severe social problems, such as poverty and social exclusion; recalls however, that this is first and foremost the task of national governments and society at large; points out that NGOs cannot compensate for social policy deficits in the Member States nor replace public actors in the field, rather their work should complement or reinforce public policies;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that EUEmphasizes that NGOs are an important partner for the Union and play a valuable role in European policy and programme delivery across policy areas; points out that the proper implementation of European programmes such as the ESF, EaSI, ESF and FEAD cannot be implemented withoutdepends on a strong NGO involvement;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need for a legal definition of NGOs at European level; Calls on the Commission and Member States to take all measures necessary to ensure the independence of social NGOs and to provide funding to contribute to the independent assessment of policies; stresses, however that NGOs should only benefit from European financial support if they have democratic structures, provide added value to society at large and adhere to Union law values;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. NWelcomes the Commission's efforts in ensuring simpler and faster access to funds in recent years but notes that there is still work to be done to streamline and simplify application processes; notes that many NGOs have difficulties in accessing ESF funding and are disproportionately burdened by the complexity of programmes and reporting requirements; calls on the Commission and Member States to step up support in this area; and to reduce administrative burdens for NGOs;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that many EU social NGOsNGOs in the Union work in areas covered by different Commission Directorates-General (DGs); calls on the Commission to make it possible to combine operational grants from more than one DG and to ensure that it is possible to claim overheads in action grants while receiving operating grants, especially in cases where NGOs receive only small operating grants in terms of percentage of their total expenditure;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Notes that the European monitoring and evaluation systems for NGOs often rely on self-reporting; calls on the Commission to consider increasing the number of external evaluations in order to verify the effectiveness of NGO activities also over a longer period of time as well as within and across different policy areas;