4 Amendments of Gisela KALLENBACH related to 2008/2224(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers the regions to be the most appropriate centres for promoting the European ideal and local and regional authorities and NGOs to be the most competent bodies for promoting dialogue with citizens since they observe their daily lives at close range; expresses its satisfaction in that regard that the EU has taken measures to decentralise communication policy;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that the involvement of partners, as laid out in Article 16 of the General Regulation on the Structural Funds, makes a particular contribution to the local and regional communication of cohesion policy and bringing it closer to citizens; agrees with the Commission’s assessment that capacity-building is indispensable in such participatory procedures; calls on the Member States and regions to exploit the opportunities for financing afforded by the ESF for education and training for partners;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. SupportsTakes note of the efforts of the Committee of the Regions to strengthen consultation at regional level and to include regional networks and key local and regional players in that process in order to encourage debate at grass-roots level;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Proposes the creation of a two-way communication system between top and bottom with frequent, small-scale campaigns of a local and regional nature by the EU, with the assistance of the regional mediapartners and media, including those media which use regional and minority languages, and the active participation of civil society, NGOs, chambers of commerce, trade union and professionand economic, social and environmental organisations;