5 Amendments of Mireille D'ORNANO related to 2015/2345(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the WHO was very critical of the European Union's management of the Ebola crisis; whereas the imperatives of effectiveness and the ability to react to events are just as important as the requirement of transparency in the funding of NGOs; whereas solutions which make it possible to reconcile these differing requirements are needed, therefore;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that independence from governments and public authorities is fundamental to the work of an NGO; points out, further, that some NGOs remain dependent on rich benefactors, some of whom seek to benefit from the policies advocated by the NGOs in question; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that EU- funded NGOs remain operationally and politically independent, at EU level and at national, regional and local level; emphasises the need to ensure that NGOs which receive grants act primarily with the common good in mind, and not for purely political or ideological motives;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes the view that a public register of EU-funded NGOs should set up and that it should also give details of the amount and purpose of the subsidies paid out; emphasises that, with a view to optimum accessibility, this register must be available in all the 24 official languages of the European Union;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that a single portal giving access to rationalised and simplified subsidy application procedures should be set up for all EU subsidies intended for NGOs; stresses the importance of an approach based on interoperability between the directorates-general, so that NGOs working in areas which fall within the remits of several DGs can combine the operating grants available from all of them;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Takes the view that subsidies should be proportional to the other resources available to NGOs, so as to ensure that EU funds are allocated fairly and more appropriately; underlines that volunteer hours and contributions in kind are often the only resources some NGOs can access; urges the Commission, in its proposal for the next revision of the Financial Regulation, to consider the possibility of including contributions in kind in the accounts as eligible expenditure and of raising the ceiling for indirect expenditure in grants for actions and operating grants and, in the context of the co-funding assessment, to take account of these voluntary contribution by putting a monetary value on them;