17 Amendments of James NICHOLSON related to 2007/2150(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13
Citation 13
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EU programmes PEACE I and II were aimed at securing peace and included two main elements: taking the opportunities arising from peace and addressing the legacy of conflictviolence,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the reconciliation process operates on various levels, i.e. a political or national, community or individual level, and it is a voluntary act thaand whereas it must be encouraged but cannot be imposed,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas peace-building and reconciliation are by their very nature dangerprecarious and many projects should be given room for experimenthave difficulty getting started and thus room should be allowed for innovation,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas working in partnerships with local communities may take more time as it involves more actorparticipants and procedures, nevertheless it is evident that the extra benefit received is essential, since the lower the delegated management level and the higher the participation level the greater the awareness of both the programme and the EU,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas previously marginalised groups and people greatly affected by the conflictviolence were empowered within the PEACE programmes to contribute to actively building peace; whereas projects are serving the most marginalised parts of society by developing activities for individuals and groups such as victims of conflict, older and vulnerable people, the disabled, victims of domestic violence, ex- prisoners and unemployed youth 1, 1 The EU Programme for Peace and Reconciliation − The Impact: FCSEA,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas many of the actions in the PEACE sub-programmes, the International Fund for Ireland (IFI) programmes and the Interreg initiative, showed a high degree of similarity and a significantsome degree of duplication of activities in some casecertain areas,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Qa (new)
Recital Qa (new)
Qa. whereas the report of the Interim Commissioner for Victims and Survivors1 stated that support groups for victims and survivors have a dependency on non- recurring PEACE funding and found a lack of clarity as regards how projects for victims and survivors would proceed when PEACE funding is no longer available, and whereas four new commissioners for victims have recently been appointed by the First and Deputy First Ministers of Northern Ireland. 1. Support for Victims and Survivors − Addressing the Human legacy, January 2007.
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the contribution made by PEACE and IFI funding programmes to economic and social development; notes that, before the implementation of the IFI, one enterprise centre had been established in the deprived areas and with the support of the IFI and the local district council it developed into a network of thirty two enterprise centres in those areas, which helps boost confidence and hope amongst those involved;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission and the Governments of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland to engage with the Commissioners for Victims and Survivors with a view to finding a mechanism by which victim and survivor support groups will continue to receive financial support beyond the termination of PEACE funding,
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission, in relation to the TNFNI, to duplicate the active citizenship approach, from the PEACE I and PEACE II programmes, when structuring future initiatives; recalls the importance of regional equitable developmentrespond to Northern Ireland's needs in terms of infrastructure given that one of the legacies of thirty years of violence is infrastructure that is underdeveloped in comparison with that of other regions in the European Union;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the further development of cross-border work, considering that cross- border work was central to the regeneration of urban and rural communities in the area; urges the further development of working relationships and forums for the voluntary and public sectors on both sides of the borderco- operation between local chambers of commerce and public sector bodies;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on those member states that have not adopted the necessary legislative measurese government of the Republic of Ireland to implement Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 of the European Parliament of 5 July 2006 on a European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) to do so immediately;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the widespread use of consultation, both large and small-scale and with a local focus, within the funding programmes and emphasises the importance of securing schemes that allow for the approval of small grants to fund immediately necessary work and work where its results cannot be easily quantifiedlong-term sustainability and can make a contribution to local communities;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for the simplification of the applications processa reduction in bureaucracy to ensure that smaller projects are not at a disadvantage; calls, in addition, for reporting mechanisms under PEACE to be less of a burden for the recipients of small grants;overburdened.
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that the social economy sector is a sub-sector of the voluntary and public sectors, the consultation of which is important in order to develop local strategies and areas; considers that other local businesses are also powerful actorinfluential participants;