2 Amendments of Sabine VERHEYEN related to 2014/2075(DEC)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the fact that in 2013, the budget execution rate for the 2007–2013 programmes, in particular Lifelong Learning (LLP), Culture, Media and Youth in Action programmes was 100%; notes that at the end of the year, the mismatch between the adopted commitment and payment appropriations resulted in shortage of payments with negative repercussions on the following year; is strongly concerned that a similar situation might develop in the context of the new programmes, especially ERASMUS+ and Creative Europe;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the positive progress in strengthening of the cultural dimension in the EU Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) in 2013, including the Eastern Partnership and the Union for the Mediterranean; emphasizes the importance of the Tbilisi Declaration, the document of the very first Eastern Partnership Ministerial Conference on Culture, which calls for a shared commitment to support culture as a driver for growth and stability in the region; encourages the further implementation of the Eastern Partnership Culture Program and further promotion of the dialogue on cultural policies within the Media and Culture for the Development in the Mediterranean programme.