Activities of Georgi PIRINSKI related to 2015/2224(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on new territorial development tools in cohesion policy 2014-2020: Integrated Territorial Investment (ITI) and Community-Led Local Development (CLLD)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A (new)
Recital A (new)
A. whereas according to Eurostat, in 2014 there were 61 European regions in 8 EU countries with unemployment rates between 14% and 34.8% and 63 regions in seven EU countries with unemployment rates between 2.5% and 4.9%.; whereas furthermore, there are 7 countries with more than 30% of unemployment.
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recognizes that both CLLD and ITI are particularly necessary in the less developed regions and encourages the Commission and the Member States to provide support to the regional and local authorities in the design and implementation of such initiatives;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Underlines that CLLD and ITI initiatives will be successful only if they manage to properly address the social and employment-related challenges facing the respective regions and communities;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets the absence of a more recognisable branding for CLLD and ITI and the lack of information about these instruments among local stakeholders; encourages the Commission and the Member States to make both tools as visible and understandable as possible for their users, while avoiding any additional bureaucratic burden;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to create channels of communication with Member States and local agents and provide technical assistance to Member States and local authorities; points out that CLLD and ITI will only achieve success with the commitment and ownership of all the stakeholders involved;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes the potential of the bottom-up approach of CLLD in creating job opportunities and encouraging sustainable rural development, and would welcome theinsists on wider inclusion of urban areas in this mechanism;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that the Commission should encourage Member States to use these instruments on projects to create quality employment and social investment, especially in those regions and sub- regions where it is most needed. In this sense, calls on the Commission to develop a special investment plan, in line with the Social Investment Package, so that the regions and subregions with the highest unemployment levels can make the best use of them;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that ITI are an effective delivery mechanism for the implementation of the Integrated Plans for Urban Regeneration and Development;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Recalls that the ESF Regulation allows for a specific investment priority on "community-led local development strategies" under Thematic Objective 9 and regrets that only a limited number of Member States have included it in their operational programmes; Underlines that the fund may provide vital support for territorial employment pact, urban development strategies and institutional capacity building on local and regional level and asks the Commission to provide additional assistance to the Member States in implementing these specific investment priorities and to provide in its Annual Activity Reports information on the scope of such implementation;