Activities of Heidi HAUTALA related to 2015/2203(DEC)
Legal basis opinions (0)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Recalls that EU development aid expenditures often take place in very challenging environments which increase the difficulties when it comes to project implementation, evaluations and expenditure controls; development aid is therefore more error prone than other EU policy areas;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Notes that the Court of Auditors' estimated error rate for European Development Fund (EDF) expenditures has increased from 3.4 to 3.8 % between 2013 and 2014; underlines that this error rate is still substantially lower than the error rates of EU expenditures managed by Member States;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1b. Notes that most of the errors stem from non-compliance with procurement rules and that according to the Court of Auditors better ex-ante project controls from the Commission could have significantly reduced the error rate; supports the Court's recommendation to improve ex-ante controls;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 c (new)
Paragraph -1 c (new)
-1c. Stresses that External Assistance Management Reports by EU delegations constitute snap shots as concerns the implementation of EU external aid projects and can therefore not be considered as final project evaluations; warns therefore against premature and biased conclusions as to the general effectiveness of EU aid policies;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 d (new)
Paragraph -1 d (new)
-1d. Welcomes the Court's Special Report 18/2014 on EuropeAid's Evaluation and Results Oriented Monitoring Systems; is concerned by its findings which point to serious deficiencies when it comes to EuropeAid's evaluation system; highlights that a badly functioning evaluation system increases the risks of selecting projects lacking quality or which do not reach their objectives; notes and is worried by the diverging views between the Commission and the Court of Auditors concerning reliable information on the effectiveness of budget support operations; believes that there is a link between a lack of staff in EU delegations and in EuropeAid's evaluation unit and the problems highlighted by the Court of Auditors; considers this to be an illustration of the detrimental consequences staff reductions may have for the efficient functioning of EU programmes; urges nevertheless EuropeAid to address immediately the various weaknesses in its evaluation and monitoring systems pointed to in the Court's Special Report;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 e (new)
Paragraph -1 e (new)
-1e. Welcomes the Court of Auditors' Special Report n°14/2015 on the ACP Investment Facility; is pleased that the Court comes to the conclusion that the Investment Facility has a clear added value;