Activities of Igor ŠOLTES related to 2015/2203(DEC)
Plenary speeches (1)
Discharge 2014: 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th EDFs (A8-0137/2016 - Claudia Schmidt) SL
Amendments (10)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Is deeply concerned that the Court's estimated error rate for EDF expenditures has increased three years in a row from 3,0 to 3,8 % between 2012 and 2014; underlines that this error rate is still substantially lower than the error rates of EU expenditures managed by Member States;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Expresses concern that the Commission had sufficient information to prevent, detect and correct the quantifiable errors before validating and accepting the expenditure, which would have resulted in an error rate up to 2,3 percentage points lower, bringing it below the materiality threshold of 2%; notes that most of the errors stem from non- compliance with procurement rules; supports the Court's recommendation to improve ex-ante controls;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the efforts carried out by EuropeAid to decrease outstanding commitments - Reste A Liquider - to EUR 9,7 billion by 31.12.2014 (compared to EUR 12,5 billion by 31.12.2013 or a 23% decrease); notes also EuropAid’'s efforts to reduce old pre-financing (46% achieved with a 25% target) and old unspent commitments (51,24% achieved with a 25% target) as well as the number of open expired contracts (15,52% achieved with a 15% target) but with less satisfactory progress for expired contracts under the EDFs where 25% of all EDF contracts are open expired contracts with an aggregate sum of EUR 3,8 billion; encourages the Commission to continue its efforts for shortening the average period of project implementation;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Considers it necessary to refrain from focusing on budgetary outturn as the sole management objective which can be detrimental to the principle of sound financial management and the achievement of results;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53
Paragraph 53
53. Encourages the UN and relevant UN institutions to continue deepening their cooperation with the Union through continuous development of exhaustive monitoring and reporting systems; stresses that several types of reporting obligations and payment conditions from different international donors trigger a negative effect on aid effectiveness and efficiency; regrets that reporting to the Commission by its partner organisations entrusted with implementing the Union budget under indirect management is often incomplete or insufficiently results-oriented;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56
Paragraph 56
56. Considers it fundamental to ensure the Union’'s visibility, also in the light of results ownership, especially in co- financed and multi-donor initiatives, that regular information be swiftly provided on the pooling of funds to ensure traceability of Union funds;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57 a (new)
Paragraph 57 a (new)
57a. Strongly encourages the setting of S.M.A.R.T. objectives in the planning phase of any EU-financed operation; stresses that only by doing so the ex-post evaluations of the outcomes and impacts achieved would provide Parliament with a clear and reliable report;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 65 a (new)
Paragraph 65 a (new)
65a. Calls on the Commission not to approve setting of another target date for the introduction of the FLEGT licencing system but sets a clear deadline for its implementation and links the future funding to the meeting of the set deadline;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 70
Paragraph 70
70. Considers that the monitoring of projects, especially those clearly in difficulty, and associated risks should be regularly performed and accompanied by rapid mitigation measures;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 81
Paragraph 81
81. Is of the opinion that development aid needs to be disbursed much more efficiently and that it needs to fulfil criteria of value added; stresses that this is the only way to provide people with worthwhile living conditions and to avoid an increase in flows of economic migration;