Activities of Niklas NIENASS related to 2023/2048(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of territorial development (CPR, Title III, Chapter II) and its application in the European Territorial Agenda 2030
Amendments (30)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 a (new)
Citation 24 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 20 May 2021 on reversing demographic trends in EU regions using cohesion policy instruments,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 b (new)
Citation 24 b (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 25 March 2021 on cohesion policy and regional environment strategies in the fight against climate change,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 a (new)
Citation 28 a (new)
– having regard to the study conducted for the Commission’s Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO) entitled “The geography of EU discontent and the regional development trap",
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 a (new)
Citation 30 a (new)
– having regard to the study conducted for the Council of European Municipalities and Regions on “ITI and CLLD-The use of integrated territorial tools in cohesion policy"
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas it appears that the main difficulties encountered by local actors for the period 2014-2020 werend regional institutional and civil society actors for the period 2014-2020 were insufficient technical and administrative support and excessive bureaucratic barriers which resulted in a lack of skills. training and knowledge, in addition to a slow absorption of funds and bureaucratic barriers;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas it appears that regions and administrative units where LEADER is implemented, a mandatory LAG manager contibutes in improving performance and absorption of regional funding and development1a; _________________ 1a in EAFRD / LEADER a regional management / manager is obligatory. So this concept is well known and explained here at the end of this page: https://ec.europa.eu/enrd/leader- clld/leader-toolkit/implementing-lags-and- local-strategies-1_en.html
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas micro-cohesion is a form of balance for underdeveloped areas within more developed regions and whereas Territorial Agenda, explicitly focusing on ‘places and people’, pioneers the idea of ‘interpersonal cohesion’ along with territorial cohesion;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. Whereas there is no mandatory earmarking for the use of CLLD in the 21-27 programming period;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. Whereas ITI and CLLS are instruments that should be aimed not only at facilitating a bottom-up approach for a territorial development by involving local and regional governments (LRGs) (including in the initial design of programmes), but also by facilitating dialogue between the various stakeholders and by increasing cooperation between the public and private sector, as well as by fostering cooperation and the transfer of information between the top and bottom levels of government;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. Whereas the Territorial Agenda 2030 further aligns EU territorial development objectives with the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the European Green Deal;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Ib. Whereas the Territorial Agenda 2030 defines two overarching objectives, a Just Europe and a Green Europe, which have six priorities (Balanced Europe- Functional Regions-Integration beyond borders; Healthy Environment-Circular Economy-Sustainable Connections) for developing the European territory as a whole along with all its places;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
Recital I c (new)
Ic. Whereas territorial approaches add value by applying a strategic, spatial lens that captures the specific combinations of social, institutional, economic and environmental challenges and potentials that influence the development of all types of territory;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I d (new)
Recital I d (new)
Id. Whereas a strong common territorial development through the Common Provisions Regulation and implementation of the TA2023 can function as an engine for stronger solidarity and democracy within the EU;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. Whereas, to inspire joint actions across Europe, seven pilot pilot actions were launched with the adoption of the Territorial Agenda 2030, a seventh was added recently: •A future for lagging areas: Understanding how sector policies shape spatial (im)balances; Small places matter; Cross-border spatial planning; Climate action in Alpine Towns; Climate change adaptation and resilience through landscape transition; Reducing land artificialisation, urban sprawl and soil sealing in cities of different sizes and functional urban areas;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to use the results of the 2024 evaluation report for the 2014-2020 programming period, as well as results and experiences of the EAFRD LEADER implementation, to support programmes for the period 2021-202716 ; _________________ 16 Article 57 CPR tasks DG REGIO with conducting an evaluation of the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund by the end of 2024.
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to promote strategic spatial planning that takes into account territories as a whole beyond metropolitan, urban and functional areas; also calls on Member States to explicitly consider cross-border planning and implementation through bottom-up approaches such as CLLD/ITI;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need for a paradigm shift in the involvement of local and regional authorities in the planning, implementation and management of territorial tools;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the clear distinction between Member States that are committed to developing ITIs or CLLDs and those that are not; calls on the Commission to clarify this differentiation in order to avoid geographical disparities and to foresee a tailored technical support for those MS who have not made use of these territorial tools ;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Acknowledges the technical simplifications on territorial development introduced in the 21-27 programming period but calls on the Commission and the Member States to keep necessary additional administrative regulations at the lowest level as possible and to focus even more on proportionality, since financially small projects currently have proportionally higher administrative burden (for beneficiaries) and administrative costs (for programme authorities) than financially larger projects;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers TA2030 to be a real and proper instrument that ensuresaims at reducing the spatial dimension of inequalities and at ensuring the EU’s cohesion through the management of each of its regions;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Highlights that although multi- funding is one of the main purposes of the territorial integrated tools, current findings show that the use of multi- funding may still appear difficult in some countries, especially since in the current period the EAFRD (rural development) is no longer included in the CPR and therefore additional and specific measures to align the rules of EAFRD and of other Cohesion Policy funds would be needed (i.e. using different EU funds for integrated projects at the local level that address several Policy Objectives);
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Recalls that in the 21-27 Cohesion Policy Framework gender equality and a gender perspective must be included and promoted throughout all stages of the process to prepare, implement, monitor and evaluate Cohesion programmes and calls then on the MS to actively promote these cross-cutting principles in the preparation and implementation of the Territorial Agenda’s pilot projects on the ground;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Observes that TA30 not only advocates place-based policy responses to territorial challenges but provides also an actual political vision and ambition for the territorial cohesion objective through a better involvement of subnational authorities and citizens (e.g. Under the heading ‘a future for all places’) and has thus the potential to better address the drivers of the underlying multi-faceted issues leading to further regional developments traps;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that TA2030 actions should be more decisive in the allocation of funds and the need to promote the integration of the TA2030 into EU policies, with a focus on levels of governance closer to the ground; calls on the Commission to provide the TA2030 with its own funding and updated allocation methodology in the future revision of the multiannual financial framework;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Points out to the huge potential of TA2030 and its current (e.g. A future for lagging areas) and future pilot projects to address the highly diverse needs of non urban areas areas, since these latter cover rural areas, mountainous areas, islands and coastal areas, remote and sparsely populated areas and many other types of territories where a mix of urban and rural features coexist (e.g. river basins, natural parks, low-density clusters); highlights in particular that rural areas are often confronted with demographic challenges, low population density and limited access to services of general interest, do not always have the capacity to design and implement innovative solutions and can then greatly take advantage of the exchange of best practices and dissemination, as well as of access to funding for local initiatives and support from regional facilitators;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Highlights that quality of governance structures can determine the optimal mix of investment priorities in order to achieve the necessary multi-level vertical and horizontal coordination to design and deliver integrated development strategies;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Reiterates the need to urgently strengthen EU policy regarding mitigation and adaptation to climate change, also in the light of the growing trends of extreme weather events occurred in these last years and months in the EU; highlights, in this context, the need to step up ambition and quantity of the present and future pilot projects within the objective “Greener Europe” and its first priority “Healthier environment”, taking into account that the signatories of the Territorial Agenda has already set out, inter alia, the development of new crisis management tools to increase places' safety and resilience, the respect the natural limits of Europe's common livelihoods and the increase the resilience of all places impacted by climate change. the need for strengthening awareness and empowering local and regional communities to protect, rehabilitate, utilise and reutilise their (built) environments;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Highlights the potential of territorial development as adequate response to challenges such as natural disasters and health crisis; stresses that territorial development is key to build up resilient regions and secure sustainable implementation of regional funding;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses, in this context, the need for bottom-up visions showing the diversity of Europe, recognising all parts of society and territories and involving them more inclusively in the acknowledgement of the importance of the Territorial Agenda’s policy aims, of a climate neutral Europe by 2040 at the latest and of a fair and inclusive transition for all;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Highlights the relevance of the territorial tools in terms of increased and inclusive participation from civil society and local governments; calls on the Commission to explore new ways to raise further awareness on their rationale and to substantially increase the use of ITI and CLLDs, also by potentially earmarking a mandatory percentage to be used in the post-27 Cohesion Policy framework;