13 Amendments of Ondřej KNOTEK related to 2020/2087(INI)
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that it is vital that aid and funds be sent every more rapidly to affected regions, and that links with the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) and the ERDF climate-change adaptation component are essential in order to create a comprehensive package; insists that synergies with these and other relevant EU funding instruments should be used flexibly and to their fullest extent;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that, according to the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, (UNDRR) over the last 20 years (2000- 2019), 7 348there were 7,348 major natural disasters thave been recorded worldwide at a cost of around USD 3 000 billion, compared to 3 656 disasters between 1980 and 1999t claimed 1.23 million lives, affected 4.2 billion people and resulted in $2.97 trillion in global economic losses;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Is of the view that the risks of natural, ecological and health disasters have now become systemic and that the least developed and most fragile territories, such as islands, are often the most affected by the impact of climate change;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers it vital to improve disaster risk prevention and management in Europe; recommendstakes note of overviews of natural and man-made disaster risks that the EU faces based on reports prepared by the Commission and, in this regard, thatasks Member States to consider that they put in place, together with the Commission, disaster management plans for accurate and rapid damage assessment;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to continue its work ton simplifying the EUSF and speed up the application procedure for Member States and to speed up the final disbursement of the Union contribution;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Highlights that the use of the EUSF has encouraged policy learning in national and local authorities, leading them to assess their broader disaster risk management measures; Draws particular attention to the situation of local authorities which have little experience in EU-funded projects and calls on the Commission to provide them with increased operational support, in particular administrative support;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to consider adapting the EUSF as far as possible to the regions that are the most vulnerable to natural, ecological and health disasters, particularly the ORs, islands, mountainous regions, regions that are prone to intense seismic or volcanic activity and those that are sparsely populated;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Points out that in its revised proposal of 27 May 2020 on the MFF 2021-2027 the Commission provided for a maximum annual budget of EUR 1 billion for the EUSF (in 2018 prices) and therefore notes with concernnotes that under the agreement on the new MFF, the EUSF has been merged with the Emergency Aid Reserve (EAR) into a new ‘Solidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve’ (SEAR) package, with an overall annual budgetary allocation of EUR 1.2 billion;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Welcomes the fact that the revised EUSF adopted in April 2020 has increased the level of advance payments from 10% to 25% of the amount of the financial contribution anticipated and the maximum amount of the advances from EUR 30 million to EUR 100 million; points out, however, that for countries facing major disasters, the effectiveness of the Fund is directly linked to the level of advance payments and is of the view that it should be much higher, amounting to at least 33%;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Notes with regret that it takes on average one year for the entire grant to reach the beneficiary and that the Fund cannot therefore, under the current conditions, claim to act as an instrument for rapid intervention; calls on the Commission to expedite payment procedures and to explore ways of simplifying, as much as possible, the administrative procedures required to access aid, in order to relieve disaster- stricken regions or countries from unnecessary administrative burdens;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Believes that, in the future, the EUSF budget will have to be increased in order to make it a real tool for EU solidarityit is important that the level of the EUSF budget and allocation of funding is monitored and, if necessary, adjusted;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Takes the view that this broadening of the scope of the EUSF requires a larger budgetclose monitoring and evaluation;