Activities of Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI related to 2017/2043(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
2018 Budget - Mandate for the trilogue (A8-0249/2017 - Siegfried Mureşan) PL
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the mandate for the trilogue on the 2018 draft budget
Amendments (3)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that both the Culture sub-programme under Creative Europe and the Europe for Citizens programme continue to have low project success rates (11 % and 16 % respectively in 2016), causing frustration among applicants and hampering programme functioning; calls for more funds to be allocated to the programmes in 2018 in order to ensure effective delivery; welcomes the efforts made by the EU institutions in recent years to address the payments backlog; points out that delays in finalising contracts between the relevant bodies and beneficiaries and late payments jeopardise full implementation of the programmes by the Commission;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for greater synergies between culture and education programmes and EFSI and the ESI Funds; urges the Commission to frontload the Creative Europe Guarantee Facility through EFSI to support the cultural and creative sector and thereby drive growth; welcomes the EFSI 2.0 proposal to enhance the role of the European Investment Advisory Hub and notes its significant potential as a source of information on the potential pooling of EU funds and the creation of investment platforms, which can lead to a more balanced sectoral and geographical coverage;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. NPoints to the potential of pilot projects and preparatory actions as means of testing out measures in EU policy areas and introducing new innovative initiatives that might become long-term EU measures; notes the success of the New Narrative for Europe, now in its final year as a Preparatory Action; stresses that the initiative has proven its worth, fostering debate and fresh thinking among young people on the challenges facing the EU; calls, in light of those challenges, for the initiative to be continued through the Youth strand of Erasmus+.