4 Amendments of Silvia COSTA related to 2015/2154(DEC)
Amendment 8 #
1b. Expresses deep concern about the de facto suspension of Erasmus+ Youth funding disbursements in Greece, as highlighted in the 2015 report of the European Youth Forum on the implementation of the programme;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Looks forward to the coming years when the Erasmus+Notes the difficulties reported by DG EAC and the EACEA in the initial implementation phase of the Erasmus+, Creative Europe and Europe for Citizens programmes, in particular with regard to some delays in the opening of the calls for proposals and the disbursement of the funding; hopes that these are exceptional circumstances and looks forward, therefore, to the coming years when these programmes will enter into a phase of greater stability compared to this first year of implementation;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the steps towards funding models based on lump-sums and unit costs which both simplify financial management for beneficiaries of EU funding as well as for the EU itself; points out, however, in particular in the Youth section of Erasmus+, that these lump-sums are also insufficient to finance the key operational expenditure of youth associations and NGOs;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the EU institutions to continue their work to reduce the payment backlog, while respecting payment appropriations and firmly supporting the work of the inter-institutional high-level group on own resources;