9 Amendments of Ramona Nicole MĂNESCU related to 2010/2139(INI)
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the fact that effective selection and implementation of projects in some areas is hampered by missing relevant preconditions, such as the lack ofsimpler application procedures at national level, clear national priorities for certain areas of intervention, belated transposition of EU laws and lack ofconsolidated institutional and administrative capacity, simpler rules for the financial engineering instruments;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls with regret that the substantial delay in policy implementation results mainly from the following factors: late conclusion of the negotiations on the multiannual financial framework and the legislative package of the policy, resulting in belated completion of the national strategies and operational programmes, changes in the rules on financial control and evaluation criteria imposed at national level, overlap with the closure of the period 2000-2006 and scarce public resources available for cofinancing in Member States;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the publication of the Commission Staff Working Paper ‘Cohesion Policy: Responding to the economic crisis’, a review of the implementation of cohesion policy measures adopted in support of the European Economic Recovery Plan; highlights that this review draws primarily on the information provided in national strategic reports; calls for the Commission to take the necessary measures in order to ensure that the information provided by the member states are according to the reality at the national level;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that the current framework of cohesion policy has proven to allow a flexible and appropriate response to the rapidly deteriorating socioeconomic environment; underlines that Member States appreciated that the crisis measures could be tailored to their specific needs; Deplore the fact that due to the complexity of the rules imposed at national level, some of the member states most hit by the economic crises did not succeed to use these funds according to their real needs;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes thatUnderlines that technical assistance, monitoring and evaluation should stimulates policy learning and, together with an efficient financial control, should will constitute an incentive to improve the quality of performance;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Underlines the need for the Commission to ensure efficient and constant monitoring and control systems in order to improve governance and effectiveness of the delivery system of the Structural Funds; Calls on the Commission to enhance the coherence and quality of monitoring of the progress made by Member States by making obligatory the use of a minimum set of core indicators in national strategic reports in the next programming period to facilitate comparison and by providing more detailed guidance;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Strongly believes that good governance at European, national, regional and local level is fundamental to ensuring the quality of the decision-making process, strategic planning and the successful and efficient implementation of cohesion policy; encourages the Commission and the Member States to strengthen multi-level governance in accordance with the Treaty and the partnership principle; Calls for the Commission and the Member States to involve the sub-national authorities in the conception of policies from an early stage of the decision making process;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. EncouragesCalls for the Member States to enhance capacity-building and reduce administrative burden, in particular, to ensure the cofinancing of projects by national contributions and with financial engineering support, in order to increase the absorption of the funds and to avoid further major delays in investing;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls for the Commission to ensure that the future cohesion policy will benefit from adequate financial resources, the same rules applicable to all member states and will be based on multi-level governance in order to improve the absorption capacity of Structural and Cohesion Funds.