5 Amendments of Bart STAES related to 2011/2191(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. SupportsTakes note of the finding of the ECA that the devolution has clearly led to increased speed of delivery, improvements in quality and improved financial management of aid, points out however that there are still shortcomings in the Commission's assessment system, calls on the Commission to concentrate more efforts to remedy those shortcomings and suggests to the Court to continue monitoring on an annual basis a number of delegations in order to see if these improvements continue;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes when using the D+3 rule that 6% of the commitments was not contracted and therefore lost in 2009 from the 2006 available budget, insists that this percentage should be brought down and would like to be informed on the percentages and the amounts for 2010 and 2011;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Expects that the Commission will take all the necessary measures to overcome the weaknesses of the supervisory and control systems, notably at delegation level as indicated by the Court, requests the Commission to inform parliaments competent committees no later than by the end of 2012 on which measures it has taken;
Amendment 6 #
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 delegations, calls on the Commission to see if it would not be useful to have a special statute more adapted for (local) staff in the delegations which might remedy a number of shortcomings noted by the Court;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Encourages the Commission to require the delegations to systematically carry out more technical and financial monitoring visits to the projects whereby at least 80% of the projects are checked on the spot and to focus the internal reporting system more on the results achieved by the aid interventions;