Activities of Véronique DE KEYSER related to 2011/2245(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the modalities for the possible establishment of a European Endowment for Democracy (EDD)
Amendments (20)
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ascertain whether the EED will generate a more strategic and political EU approach to democracy support by providing context-specific, flexible, timely and bottom-up assistance with rapid reprogramming where this is needed to facilitateensure the promotion of universal democratic transitionvalues in partner countries;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) to work out a clear mission and values of the EED in order to have a clear criteria of the selection of beneficiaries, in particular to the methodology of the selection process;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) ensure that the EED fosters andwhile encouragesing ‘deep and sustainable democracy’ in pre- transition, transition and post- transition countries, with a primary, although not exclusive, focus on the European Neighbourhoodll receive a focused mandate allowing it to complement democracy support measures of other instruments and underlining the added- value of the new entity;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) ensure that the EED plays a role which complements and does not curtail the activities of existing funding instruments; emphasizes that the setting up of a European Endowment for Democracy must not lead to overlapping and duplication with existing instruments, particularly the EIDHR; where appropriate, the EED should launch projects which can later be continued by the EIDHR, creating an interface with the EIDHR so as to ensure coherence and sustainability in the longer term;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) define a precise methodology to avoid any overlap between financial instruments, the complex web of Community and parliamentary structures (OPPD, ECG, etc.) dealing with human rights, and the EED before any work is started on the project;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) enable the EED to act in the early stages of transition, to kick-start projects which thus far could not be supported by the EU owing to bureaucratic restrictions; and model the EED in such a way that it is less risk-averse;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) enable the EED to act in the early stages of transition, to kick-start projects which thus far could not be supported by the EU owing to bureaucratic restrictidue to procedural reasons; and model the EED in such a way that it is less risk-averse; regrets however that the community framework could not be used for such projects; highlights the importance of the community method and calls on the Commission to examine how EU instruments could be reformed and changed, so that they in the future also allow for swift and rapid response mechanisms;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) address, in the early stages of funding in a specific country, a wide group of potential beneficiaries, including key political players (emerging political actors, fledgling political parties, grassroots movements and non-registered NGOs, trade unions), watchdogs, whistleblowers, individual dissidents, media outlets and think tanks, in order to enable the EED to support a wide variety of local actors striving for democratic reforms;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) address, in the early stages of funding in a specific country, a wide group of potential beneficiaries, including key political players (emerging political actors, fledgling political parties, grassroots movements and non-registered NGOs, trade unions), watchdogs, whistleblowers, individual dissidents, media outlets and think tanks, new media actors (for e.g. bloggers, etc.), minority rights organisations and women organisations in order to enable the EED to support a wide variety of actors striving for democratic reforms;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
Paragraph 1 – point g
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) maintain a light, transparent and incluspolitically representative governance structure, providing a balanced mix between representatives from the Member States and EU institutions, including Parliament, and independent experts and practitioners; strike a balance between the autonomy and independence of the EED and its accountability to its funders;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) maintainensure that the EU have political influence in accordance with its' budgetary contribution; establish a transparent and inclusive governance structure, providing a balanced mix between representatives from the Member States and EU institutions, including Parliament, and independent experts and practitioners; strike a clear balance between the autonomy and independence of the EED and its accountability to its funders;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
Paragraph 1 – point j
(j) ensure that the EED has robust links with beneficiary groups, but without having regional offices, relying instead on the European Union delegations and on local organisations or independent experts and practitioners;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
Paragraph 1 – point k
(k) structure the EED as an administratively flexible and efficient Brussels-based structure, with straightforward grant-award mechanisms administered by staff trained in application of the Financial Regulation applicable to the EU budget; applicants should not be required to undergo cumbersome tendering procedures; co- financing by beneficiaries should not be a prerequisite for funding;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) guarantee that the EU's contribution to the EED budget is delivered in full conformity with EU financial rules, whilst reaffirming the right of the budgetary authority to monitor and scrutinise the way this funding is used by appropriately trained staff, and ensure transparency of the allocation of EU funds; underlines the right of the budgetary authority to monitor, scrutinise, and grant discharge on the implementation of EU funds; recalls the Commission's responsibility to implement and supervise EU funds in accordance with financial regulation rules;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
(la) ensure that if the Community budget contributes towards financing the EED, this is not done at the expense of the already limited resources allocated to the EIDHR;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
(ma) allow for sufficient space of the European Parliament to share its creative power and transnational experience from European Member States in support to democratisation processes beyond Europe's borders;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) increase participation of the European Parliament in the governing board of this instrument, so as to guarantee proper influence in line with the Parliament's responsibility as one arm of the EU's budgetary authority; ensure that Parliament is involved and consulted throughout the entire process of the creation, setting-up and running of the EED, inter alia through the inclusion of a number of MEPs on its Board of Governors and its Executive Committee, in order to guarantee political balance and to enable Parliament to provide its input into defining the political and strategic guidelines underpinning the endowment's activities in a meaningful and systematic manner;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) ensure that Parliament is involved and consulted throughout the entire process of the creation, setting-up and running of the EED, inter alia through the inclusion of a number of politically balanced MEPs on its Board of Governors and its Executive Committee, in order to guarantee political balance and to enable Parliament to provide its input into defining the political and strategic guidelines underpinning the endowment's activities in a meaningful and systematic manner;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o
Paragraph 1 – point o
(o) review after one year of activities the impact and performance of the EED and its complementary and added-value to EU instruments and their new set-up in the forthcoming financial period;