4 Amendments of Thijs BERMAN related to 2012/2166(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Is concerned at the persisting weaknesses in terms of efficiency (with 40.3% of reviewed interventions facing problems), effectiveness (43%) and sustainability (46%) of ongoing projects and programmes in Subsaharan Africa1 revealed by on-site assessments by independent experts; notes that similar performance concerns affected implementation in the Caribbean, where the overall percentage of projects performing well or very well had decreased from 74.6 % in 2009, to 72.9 % in 2010 and 61.5 % in 20112, as well as the Pacific region, where a significant share of the programs faced implementation difficulties3; __________________ 1 Commission Staff Working Document "Annual Report 2012 on the European Union's Development and external assistance policies and their implementation in 2011". Brussels, 6.8.2012. SWD(2012)242 final, p. 67. 2 Idem, p. 90 3 Idem, p. 113.
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that the Court of Auditors found most National Authorising Officers (NAOs) in EDF beneficiary countries to perform below the required standards of financial management; urges the Commission to intensify its technical assistance and training efforts to improve the monitoring and supervision capacities of NAOs;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Welcomes the introduction of the Financial Management Toolkit to improve contractors' and beneficiaries' knowledge of the EU's financial management and eligibility rules; urges the Commission to improve further the management of contract awarding procedures by clarifying the selection criteria and better documenting the evaluation process, and to enhance the quality of grant contract supervision, with a view to reducing the high number of errors found in project payments;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the Commission's commitment to align the Parliament's scrutiny rights over the EDF to those it has over the EU general budget, in particular the Development Cooperation Instrument; urges the Commission to bring forward without delay concrete proposals to this effect and to initiate a dialogue to establish the precise modalities for Parliament's future scrutiny over strategic decision-making regarding the EDF;