Activities of Liliana RODRIGUES related to 2015/2224(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
New territorial development tools in cohesion policy 2014-2020 (A8-0032/2016 - Ruža Tomašić) PT
Cohesion policy in mountainous regions of the EU - New territorial development tools in cohesion policy 2014-2020 - Acceleration of implementation of cohesion policy (debate) PT
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on new territorial development tools in cohesion policy 2014-2020: Integrated Territorial Investment (ITI) and Community-Led Local Development (CLLD) PDF (341 KB) DOC (141 KB)
Amendments (38)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
Citation 22 a (new)
– having regard to the adoption, in 2011, by the European Parliament of Resolution A7-0350 on the implications of demographic change for cohesion policy at regional level,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas CLLD builds on the LEADER approach which has led to an exponential increase in Local Action Groups (LAGs) since its inception in 1991 and contributed significantly to improving public quality of life, particularly in rural areas;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. Whereas these two new instruments can play an important role in adapting to demographic change and reversing inter- regional imbalances in development;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas ITI is a tool which can be used to deliver integrated actions for sustainable urban development, as defined in Article 7 of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) regulation (Regulation (EU) No 1301/2013); whereas it can also target other types of territory;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas considerable differences exist between the Member Statesdifferent levels exist in terms of governance structures and experience in bottom-up development initiatives on the part of the Member States;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the capacity and engagement of regional and local actors is essential for the success of these tools, regardless of the competences defined for each organisation;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. Whereas the empowerment of regional and local organisations is essential for the full implementation of the policy of economic, social and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. Whereas the regional and local authorities are called on to intervene in decisions on their own development, and to promote synergies between the public and private sectors as essential guidelines capable of delivering effective management and administration of projects, and of ensuring the stability of commitments made;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas it is crucial for localities to properly identify their assets and strategic advantages and build upon these when developing their regional and local development strategies;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. Whereas Article 7(3) of the ERDF Regulation lays down that, ‘taking into account its specific territorial situation, each Member State shall establish in its Partnership Agreement the principles for the selection of urban areas where integrated actions for sustainable urban development are to be implemented and an indicative allocation for those actions at national level’;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that proper delegation of responsibilities to regional and local actors and their ownership of territorial development strategies are crucial for the success of the bottom-up approach; stresses, however, that local actors require technical and financial support from regional, national and EU levels, especially in the early stages of the implementation process;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for the setting out of strategies at the initial stages of the implementation process with regional and local actors, particularly at the level of specific and specialist training, and of technical and financial support, resulting from an effective partnership between the regions, Member States and EU;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ICalls concerned that certain Member States are reluctant to embrace the bottom-up approach and to entrust an adequate level of the Member States to advocate a bottom-up approach, conferring responsibilities toy on local groups; calls on the Commission, while fully remaining within its competences, to provide recommendations to Member States on how to overcome the trust issueobstacles between the different levels of governance related to the implementation of CLLD and ITI;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Draws attention to the fact that actions taken under these tools need to be closely aligned with the overarching objectives of the operational programmes as well as with other European, national, regional and local development strategies and smart specialisation strategies;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers youth unemployment to be one of the most pressing issues facing a large number ofor the Member States; stresses that local and territorial development strategies have to recognise tackling youth unemployment as one of their top priorities;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recommends that local and regional authorities pay particular attention to projects employed to adapt localities and regions to the new demographic reality and to counteract the imbalances resulting therefrom, particularly through: 1. the adaptation of social and mobility infrastructures to demographic change and migratory flows; 2. the creation of specific goods and services aimed at an aging population; 3. support for job opportunities for older people, women and migrants that contribute to social inclusion; 4. enhanced digital connections and the creation of platforms that enable and foster the participation and interaction of the citizens of the more isolated regions with the various administrative, social and political services of authorities at all levels (local, regional, national and European);
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Invites the European Commission and the Member States to provide additional support, training and guidance to smaller and less developed localregional and local authorities which often havhave more limited resources and capacity and for which the administrative burden and complexity related to the implementation of these tools may be overwhelmingdifficult to take on during planning and application;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages the Member States to increaseset out a strategy for the use of CLLD and ITI and to allow more flexible rules in areas referred to in Article 174 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, such as islands, mountainous and rural regions;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that the integration of multiple funds continues to be a challenge for stakeholders, particularly in the context of CLLD and ITI; considers that comprehensive simplification efforts are necessary in order to create favourable conditions for the implementation of these tools; welcomes, therefore, the establishment of the High Level Group of Independent Experts on Monitoring Simplification for Beneficiaries of the European Structural and Investment Funds and the Commission’s efforts in the field of Better Regulation; stresses the need to find common grounda European framework when making recommendations, as simplification in one Member State might lead to complication in another;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Highlights, in particular, the necessity to tackle gold- plating practices by which additional, and often unnecessary, requirements and hurdles are created at national and, regional and local levels; notes that many audit layers often exist which increase the financial and administrative burden for beneficiaries; recommends that audit activities are streamlinedclassified by efficiency and that monitoring is focused on performance, while maintaining an adequatthe process and on performance level of controlaluation;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to optimise and rationalise human and technical resources, in order to ensure that organisations are complementary and have capacity for promoting and developing inter-regional cooperation projects;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to develop and implement targeted training activities focusing on CLLD and ITI for regional and local actors; considers it crucial to ensure the involvement and adequate representation of all relevant sectors of society in such activities; stresses the importance of the efficient and effective use of technical assistance in supporting these instruments, without duplicating organisations;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages the Commission and, Member States and regions, where appropriate, to ensure that adequate mechanisms are in place to help resolve potential disputeavoid problems between the managing authorities and individual partnerships and to also ensure that potential beneficiaries are appropriately informed and aware of the possibilities available to them to challenge decisions taken by the managing authoritiebout these mechanisms;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission, and in particular its Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy, to establish a cooperation framework with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in order to benefit from its long experience in delivering the Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) programme, and to seek synergies between the tools, especially with regard to enhancing the implementation capacity of regional and local actors;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the creation of the new CLLD instrument, which has gone beyond the previous LEADER initiative to empower local communities and provide specific local solutions, not only via EAFRD, but also the other ESI Funds;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Points out that CLLD can also offer s possibilities for urban areas and can be an importantis an integral part of wider urban development strategies;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Warns of the need to adapt the approach to European funds (whether multi- or mono-fund) through CLLD and ITI, for the creation of more effective regional and local development strategies;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to carry out the distribution of the results of the publications in each of the Member States, working with the competent bodies, particularly regional and local authorities;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Highlights the fundamental importance of a non-discriminatory and transparent approach and of minimising potential conflicts of interest; welcomes, furthermore, the participation of a wide range of partners in LAGs; emphasises, however, that the provision whereby public authorities cannot hold more than 49 % of voting rights in LAGs, as provided for in the current legislative framework, may in certain situations impede the implementation of CLLD since the other interest groups involved might lack the adequate expertise and resources; asks the Commission to closely monitor and assess the implementation of this provision in order to detect regions where these requirements can pose particular problems, and possibly provide future recommendations;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Highlights the shareholdings of public authorities in LAGs with a maximum of 49 % of voting rights, in order to realise the bottom-up principle, mobilising the diversity of regional and local actors in terms of initiative and responsibility;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that the earlyinitial involvement of regional and local governments in the regional and territorial development strategy, leading from the bottom up, is key for the future ownership, participation and success of the integrated regional and territorial strategy that will be implemented at the local level;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Encourages the Member States to opt for a truly multi-fund approach to ITIs in order to achieve synergies between the funds in a given territory and to tackle challenges in a more comprehensive manner;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Welcomes the efforts of the Commission, together with the Expert Group on Territorial Cohesion and Urban Matters (TCUM), on preparing ITI scenarios; endorses the view, however, that such guidance was neededshould emerge earlier in the programming process and that its usability is therefore questionable; considers it necessary to update the guidance with real examples and lessons learned from ITIs once they are implemented;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Is of the opinion that CLLD and ITI should play a more prominen even more important role in the future cohesion policy; calls on the Commission to prepare a report demonstrating the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT analysis) of implementing these two instruments, before the new legislative proposal on possible post- 2020 scenarios related to these tools;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Asks for the abovementioned report to analyse whether a compulsory approach in the post- 2020 cohesion policy legislation concerning CLLD and ITI would be desirable, with minimum earmarking for these instruments in operational programmes; proposes, alternatively, that the option of that the designing of concrete incentives to stimulate Member States to implement CLLD and ITI be assessed in this report;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Is of the opinion that there is aReiterates the need for a twofold approach, in particular in providing guidance, first, for Member States which have only national operational programmes and, second, for those withat also have regional operational programmes;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Insists on betterimproved coordination in the future between the Commission and, the Member States and the regions with regard to guidance; recommends that guidance be developed simultaneously with the proposal on the new cohesion policy legislation, with subsequent updates if the provisions are changed during the negotiation process; stresses that this would enable the timely delivery of guidance documents and would also provide clarifications during the negotiations on how the proposed provisions would be implemented in practice;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the regional and national parliaments.