10 Amendments of Andrey NOVAKOV related to 2017/2039(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas youth unemployment in the EU dropped from 23.7%in 2014 to under 17% in the second quarter of 2017, with over 1.8 million fewer young people unemployed and over 1 million less NEETs;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas several reports on YEI implementation show that the available resources are successfully focused on regional demand by targeting specific regions and groups of beneficiaries;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recognises that EU budget investments through the YEI have achieved an impact and have accelerated the expansion of the labour market for young people; considers that YEI represents a clear EU added value as many youth employment schemes could not have been implemented if an EU commitment was not present;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the original financial allocation for the YEI in the 2014-2020 MFF was EUR 6.4 billion, of which EUR 3.2 billion came from a dedicated budget line, matched with the same amount from the European Social Fund (ESF); recalls that due to the urgency to tackle youth unemployment, it was decided to frontload the entire amount in the years 2014-2015;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the overall YEI budget falls short of the actual demand and the resources needed to ensure that the programme reaches its targets; recalls that on the average only 42% of NEETs have been reached, with the figure dropping below 20% in a number of Member States; calls, therefore, for a significant increase in the YEI allocation under the next MFF;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to improve the planning of the post-2020 youth employment investments by fully applying the approach used in programming the ESI Funds, where funding is subject to comprehensive preliminary planning and ex-ante conditionalitieevaluation followed by partnership agreements; considers that such an approach increases the impact of the EU budget; notes the successful YEI implementation in Member States with dedicated operational programmes and with significant contributions from national and regional budgets;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that youth employment funding should be delivered by maintaining the right balance between financial instruments and non-refundable contributions; notes that financial instruments, as an addition to grants, offer potential in the post-2020 investments; recalls that the implementation of such instruments under YEI delivered positive results;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls, moreover, on the Commission to redesign the current evaluation mechanism by focusing on unified outcome criteria and performance audits. in the process of annual and final reporting in order to showcase the EU budget impact; calls for EU-wide application of indicators, such as share of YEI participants who enter the primary labour market as a result of EU funded interventions;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses, however, that reformed planning and reporting should not delay the implementation of the budget and should not generate excessive administrative burden on the managing authorities and especially on the final beneficiaries;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Recognises that existing administrative burden undermines the investment capacity of the EU budget, especially in the case of instruments with shorter implementation periods such as YEI; calls, therefore, for streamlined tendering procedures with focus on faster preparation of tenders and shorter appeals of decisions procedures; notes the positive effect from the usage of Simplified Cost Options (SCOs) in YEI expenditure; calls for the EU-wide introduction of SCOs in YEI projects in order to significantly cut red tape and to accelerate budgetary implementation;