5 Amendments of Ingeborg GRÄSSLE related to 2011/2191(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Expresses concern regarding the persisting problems with staff involved in aid policies; the high staff turnover in DG Development and Cooperation – EuropeAid and the lack of staff with appropriate qualifications in the delegations should be addressed without delay; further takes the view that, where necessary, the Commission should cooperate with the EEAS with a view to ensuring appropriate human resource capacity for aid management in the delegationswelcomes the agreement between the Commission and the EEAS (Ares(2011)1392088) of 20 December 2011 on cooperation in the delegations with a view to ensuring appropriate aid management; expects the EEAS to keep Parliament informed of progress on the measures in question and their outcome;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes the Court of Auditors’ criticism (see ECA Special Report No 1/2011, Figure 1) of the working arrangements between the Commission’s headquarters and its delegations for the management of external aid; calls for an examination of the processes in question and for simplification with a view to reducing internal bureaucracy, with a report to Parliament; calls on the EEAS and the Commission to tailor human resources in the delegations to political priorities and to the delegations’ political importance;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that Croatia has not yet recovered from the economic recession affecting the country; notes that despite the 2010 economic stimulus programme unemployment, and in particular youth unemployment, continued to rise; calls on the Commission to press for a Croatian labour-market solution;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the growing effectiveness of the fight against corruption, including actions taken against a number of former leading politicians and officials; notes, however, that corruption is still regarded by the Commission asCroatia is in 62nd place on Transparency International's corruption index; endorses the Commission's statement that corruption is still prevalent in some areas and that there is further progress to be made in the fight against corruption; supports all the necessary commitments and legal, administrative and auditing measures that the Croatian authorities will take to that end, including in the protection of the EU’s financial interests and control of EU funding; calls on the Commission to incorporate a traffic-light system into its progress reports in order to guarantee the clarity of those reports and give its critical remarks greater weight, so that improvements and, where appropriate, setbacks are highlighted;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for improvements in the quality of internal auditing in the area of public financial control and further progress in combating the forging of euro banknotes, with a view to achieving the objective of the systematic detection and notification of cases of fraud;