6 Amendments of Monika VANA related to 2015/2345(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that NGOs are an important EU partner playing a valuable role in EU policy and programme delivery across policy areas, including – but not limited to – humanitarian aid inside and outside of the European Union, development cooperation, neighbourhood policy, education, youth and culture, neighbourhood policy, and the environment;social inclusion and health, consumer rights, , and the environment; highlights that the largest part of NGO funding translates into support for and implementation of concrete projects in the aforementioned policy fields.
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. points out that some of the funding is destined for advocacy work, and in this way supporting limited but meaningful counterweight to the lobbying of corporate interest groups.
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that the absence of a legal definition of an NGO presents a challenge for the Commission in producing reliable data on the financing of NGOs; emphasises the importance of access to such information or data on the scale of the role played by NGOs in EU programmes, application rates and performance; recognizes that creating a legal definition of NGOs could proof difficult and problematic, calls on the Commission to address this issue as part of the Budget for Results agenda and to ensure that data are as simple and transparent as possible;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. suggests that the possibility to raise the ceiling for indirect expenses and overheads to 15% is studied
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Suggests that the Commission investigate the possibility of accounting for volunteer hours and donations in kind for small NGOs.
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. calls for the setting up of a dispute settlement system to be explored to avoid NGOs having to address issues to the EU ombudsperson.