Activities of Carlos COELHO related to 2023/2122(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Transparency and accountability of non-governmental organisations funded from the EU budget (debate)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EU has designed transparency and accountability mechanisms to ensure that EU funds awarded to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are used effectively, efficiently and in line with the EU’s objectives, policies and financial rules enshrined in, among other places, the Financial Regulation, which lays down transparency as one of its guiding budgetary principles, requiring the Commission to make available, in an appropriate and timely manner, information on EU funds available;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas there is an online manual1-B for all programmes that contains relevant and useful information on techniques concerning communication and the dissemination of programmes and their results; _________________ 1-B https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding- tenders/opportunities/docs/2021- 2027/common/guidance/om_en.pdf
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Reiterates the call for a common definition of an NGO made in the recommendations from the 2021 Commission discharge resolution13; calls for a common definition of an NGO at EU level, in particular for NGOs receiving EU funding; is of the opinion that this definition should provide minimum common conditions for defining an NGO by means of an evaluation study project that involves Member State officials and NGO representatives with a view to studying potential prospects for a common definition of an NGO; considers that such minimum conditions must include the form of an organisation, the objectives it pursues, its level of formal or institutional existence, the accountability of its structures to its members or donors, its level of independence from government, other public authorities, political parties or commercial organisations, and the commercial or professional objectives it pursues on behalf of its members; suggests that the Commission follow a similar methodology to that followed to define the term 'SME', by means of an evaluation study that involves Member State officials and NGO representatives. _________________ 13 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2023)0137.
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Highlights the advantages of establishing a common definition for EU engagement with NGOs, including NGOs from third countries, encompassing direct deliberative, political and financial interactions; acknowledges the advantage of enabling a common understanding of what these partners are in relation to the EU and its bodies in different contexts, beyond the question of financial support; believes that the added value of a common EU-wide definition lies in increased transparency, accountability and predictability for EU institutions, the Member States, NGOs and EU taxpayers;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Is concerned about cases of fraud and irregularities, notably in situations where NGOs that are members of different international networks or platforms that receive EU funding are at risk of conflicts of interest, double funding, corruption or money laundering; is concerned about the lack of publicly available data on the fraud cases involving NGOs; calls on the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) to compile and provide such data to Parliament and the ECA and to draw up a list of NGOs that have broken the lawn impact study on the consequences of fraud cases involving NGOs;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for national lobby registry laws to alsbe applied in all the Member States and also to require the disclosure of donors and their international financial chains;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Criticises those situations in which substantial co-funding is awarded from the EU budget to NGOs that are clearly and predominantly financed by non-EU states, networks or foundations and that deliver research that regularly negatively impacts European industry and transport providers; urges the Commission to trace the flow of funds from the first donor, by creating a declaration of interests to be signed when participating in projects financed by dint of EU funds, in order to prevent damage to the EU economy;