6 Amendments of Notis MARIAS related to 2015/2345(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that several NGOs are vital change agents and human rights defenders with a central role in implementing Agenda 2030; given current humanitarian crises, underlines NGOs’ importance to humanitarian aid; condemns efforts to control NGOs through public fundbelieves, however, that it is important that they should be under public control, given that they are financed with public funds; also regards as important the public control of their activities and sources of funding, as they work on such crucial issues as coping with the refugee crisis;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls EU support for the 2011 International Framework for CSO Development Effectiveness, and the commitments made to help civil society organisations (CSOs) achieve results- oriented outcomoutcomes in favour of the general interest;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the Commission to build a central database outlining NGO funding and results, and to make any data secure that might endanger NGO actorencourage, at the same time, transparency regarding their activities;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Given the unpredictable environment in which NGOs now operate, stresses that NGOs should be permitted to adjust projects based on real-time re- evaluation; at the same time, however, they must adhere strictly to the legislation of the Member States in which they operate, in particular with regard to employment relationships; otherwise, the Commission must put into place penalties for those NGOs which are financed with Union funds;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8a (new)
Paragraph 8a (new)
8a. Recognises that several NGOs are used as a means of achieving goals other than those for which they were created, and that in some cases Member States use them as a means of conducting foreign policy; calls, therefore, on the Commission to look carefully into this issue and propose a strict institutional framework to prevent NGOs from being used to serve third-party interests.