Activities of Wojciech ROSZKOWSKI related to 2008/2130(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Green Paper on territorial cohesion and debate on the future reform of the cohesion policy - Regional policy best practice and obstacles to use of Structural Funds - Urban dimension of cohesion policy - Complementarities and coordination of cohesion policy with rural development measures - Implementation of the Structural Funds Regulation 2007-2013: results of negotiations on national cohesion strategies and operational programmes - A European initiative for the development of micro-credit in support of growth and employment (debate)
Green Paper on territorial cohesion and debate on the future reform of the cohesion policy - Regional policy best practice and obstacles to use of Structural Funds - Urban dimension of cohesion policy - Complementarities and coordination of cohesion policy with rural development measures - Implementation of the Structural Funds Regulation 2007-2013: results of negotiations on national cohesion strategies and operational programmes - A European initiative for the development of micro-credit in support of growth and employment (debate)
Amendments (13)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the vision for the future of European cities set out in the 2003 New Athens Charter,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU's objectives as set out in the Leipzig Charter are to ensure an integrated approach to urban development policy implementation in order to create high quality urban spaces, to modernise transport, energy, public utilities and information networks, and to encourage life-long learning, education and innovation particularly in deprived inner cities and areas,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas despite the fact that there are diverse political, institutional and constitutional arrangements in the Member States, EU urban areas are facing common challenges and common opportunities for meeting them, which underlines the need for mutual cooperation and applying good practice,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas EU spatial development faces the challenges of economic restructuring, high unemploymenstrong fluctuations in the labour market, non-accessible and congested transport, limited useable territory exacerbated by urban sprawl, threats to democracy associated with a declining andpopulation, ageing population, rising migration, social exclusion, high and rising crime rates, "ghettoisation" of certain city districts, dilapidatethe emergence of ghettos in certain city districts, the existence of areas of substandard housing, the worsening of the quality of life in deprived areas, insufficiency of parks and recreation areas, environmental pollution, water and waste management control and the need for secure energy,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas coordinated governance using new electronic technologies and in particular e-governance with all relevant stakeholders could minimissignificantly reduce existing problems and might lead to urban expansion being addressed in an integrated manner in cooperation taking account of suburban areas, and bordering on rural space, and in line with modern approaches to urban planning, such as smart growth, new urbanspatial planning and intelligent urbanism,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas urban development activities are particularly favourable to the participation of small and medium-sized enterprises, particularly in the services sector, and cohesion policy has become increasingly oriented towards promoting the competitive advantage of cities,
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of sustainable urban development and the contribution of urban areas to regional development and calls on the Commission regularly to evaluate, measure, benchmark and discuss the impact of EU policies on the economic, and social, situation, particularly issues relating to education and culture, and the health, transport, environmental and security situation in urban areas;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Expresses concern that the urban dimension is inadequately taken into account by some Member States, and calls on the Commission and Member States in cooperation with regional and local authorities to analyse and evaluate the impact of mainstreaming the URBAN initiative and regularly to monitor and examine the applicationeffects of EU funds in urban areas;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets the fact that the possibility of sub-delegation, possibly by means of global grants to municipal authorities within the operational programmes financed by the ERDF, has so far not been fully utilised and is convinced that a clear role for urban areas as intermediary bodistructures should be envisaged in the context of the multi-level governance approach in the next programming period, and is of the opinion that the urban dimension and sub delegation in regional policy should be mandatory;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recognises the difficulty for urban authorities in reconciling the domains of ESF whilst pursuing economic and social development and ERDF whilst planning phystechnical infrastructure investments, believes that the single fund principle should be abandoned and calls on the Commission to study the possibility of merging the two funds;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Supports the idea of the revolving principle of JESSICA and its potential for economic growth in urban areas and believes that in the next programming period regional policy as a whole needs to be based substantially more on revolving funds offering favourable credits than solely on grants as is the case at present;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes the urban development potential of the private sector and believes that the use of Public Private Partnerships should be systematically envisaged and encouraged for the establishment of innovative financing schconsiderably more extensive use should be made of Public Private Partnerships in tackling the substantial economic and social problemes and projectof urban areas;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that the approcess of urban development needs to be balanced with the interests ofpriate implementation of regional development policy requires a balance between measures relating to urban areas and to suburban areas, and closelythe coordinated with support for rural developmention of those measures with action for rural areas and reiterates the fact that rural development policy has significant spatial impact and that there is insufficient integration of urban and rural development policies; underlines the need for real synergy between these policies culminating in real development potential and the promotion of the attractiveness and competitiveness of rural areas.