6 Amendments of Neena GILL related to 2017/2136(DEC)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines that overall reporting on spending on migration and the refugee crisis needs to be more coherent and comprehensive; in this context is deeply concerned over the fact that the use of other financial mechanisms alongside the EU budget to deliver EU policies, such as trust funds and the Turkey Refugee Facility, risks to undermine accountability and transparency;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Takes note of the Final Report on the External Evaluation of the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights issued in June 2017;welcomes indications that election observation is contributing to the overall and specific objectives of the EIDHR; underscores the importance of ensuring continued support among local populations for EOMs; to this effect draws attention to the need to ensure cost effectiveness and introduce proportionality between the resources spent on EOMs and the follow up of its recommendations; calls on the Commission to consider proposals made in the Final Report on the External Evaluation of the EIDHR to further strengthen the follow up of recommendations that result from election monitoring;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Takes note of the ECA special report 11/2017 on the Bêkou EU trust fund for the Central African Republic; welcomes all the recommendations made by the ECA and calls on the Commission to implement them; in this light particularly underscores the importance of addressing concerns regarding coordination amongst stakeholders, attraction of additional donors, transparency and cost- effectiveness as well as the need to fully develop monitoring and evaluation mechanisms;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Takes note of the ECA Special Report 03/2017 on EU Assistance to Tunisia; notes with satisfaction that EU funding made a significant contribution to the democratic transition and economic stability of Tunisia; welcomes all the recommendations made by the ECA and calls on the Commission to implement them; underscores the importance of strengthening the programming and focus of EU assistance and the implementation of EU budget support programmes and calls on the Commission to explore options for accelerating approval procedures of Macro-Financial Assistance, particularly for emergency funding;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Equally welcomes recommendations made by the ECA in Special Report 09/2017 on EU support to fight human trafficking in South and South-East Asia; particularly encourages the Commission to optimise the impact of projects by integrating them into a comprehensive framework and strengthening its focus on sustainability of project results;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. In view of the significant bilateral support given to Libya across a number of sectors including civil society, governance, health, education, migration and protection, support to the political process, and security and mediation, calls on the ECA to issue a Special Report on EU Assistance to Libya;