11 Amendments of Daniel BUDA related to 2016/2326(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
Citation 22 a (new)
– having regard to the Joint Paper of the Visegrad Group, Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Slovenia on Cohesion Policy after 2020, adopted on 2 March 2017 in Warsaw by the ministers responsible for cohesion policy,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas EU cohesion policy expresses the EU’s solidarity as one of the fundamental principles of the Union, by reducing regional disparities and promoting economic, social and territorial cohesion among all regions across the EU and increasing regional competitiveness;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas these principles should be maintained and consolidated after 2020 in order to ensure continuity, visibility, legal certainty, accessibility and transparency of policy implementation;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the accelerated implementation of the operational programmes during the year 2016 and strongly encourages all actors involved to continue to speed up their activities; notes that accelerated implementation entails a risk of congestion and bottlenecks;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises that in some Member States the partnership principle has led to closer cooperation with regional and local authorities, while there is still room for improvement in order to ensure the real and early involvement of all stakeholders; calls on local and regional authorities to identify ways of involving citizens and organisations in the decision-making process with a view to ensuring increased accountability in the implementation of cohesion policy;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recognises the value of ex ante conditionalities, which enable the ESIF to support the Europe post-2020 objectives effectively without prejudice to the cohesion objectives stipulated in the Treaty; stresses the need to develop simplified procedures for the adjustment of operational programmes to increase the flexibility and adaptability of cohesion policy instruments;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Points out that increasing the administrative capacities for programming, implementation and evaluation of operational programmes in the Member States and regions is crucial for timely and successful cohesion policy performance; calls for the establishment of a reserve for any unforeseen actions during the financing period;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Highlights the need to simplify the cohesion policy’s management system at all governance levels in order to make it more accessible and effective; supports the conclusions and recommendations hitherto adopted by the ‘High Level Group monitoring simplification for beneficiaries of ESI Funds’ and asks the Member States to implement the recommendations;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Asks the Commission to reflect on solutions based on proportionality and differentiation, especially with regard to the multiple layers of audit and the number of controls, to a greater harmonisation between cohesion policy and competition policy, in particular state aid rules, as well as with regard to the possibility of a single set of rules for all ESI Funds; calls on the Member States to bring national audit procedures into line with those at European level without delay;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Invites the Commission to reflect on the developmentconsider the use of alternative indicators to the GDP indicator, which remains the legitimate methodprincipal instrument for allocating ESI Funds fairly; such alternative indicators may include a demographic indicator or dynamic indicators based on social and employment aspects; stresses, furthermore, the relevance of outcome indicators to strengthen the result and performance orientation of the policy;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights the fact that in order to improve the visibility of ESI Funds, greater focus must be placed on participation by stakeholders and recipients; urges, furthermore, the Commission, Member States, regions and cities to communicate in a more efficient way on both the achievements of cohesion policy and the lessons to be learned; stresses the need for a specific communications budget for for the purposes of providing technical assistance and the imposition of mandatory conditions regarding advertising;