6 Amendments of Emmanouil ANGELAKAS related to 2008/2064(INI)
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Proposes, in the context of future cohesion policy, that the integrated approach should be made compulsory; considers that the application of this principle must be undertaken within a specific timeframe to be agreed upon after consultations with each Member State separately;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, working together with regional and local authorities, to examine immediately the issue of the simplification of the procedures for implementing cohesion policy, subject to a fixed timeframe for concluding consultations to be disclosed by the Commission, with a view to reducing the bureaucratic burden on the individuals and bodies involved;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Draws attention to the requirement to hold public consultations on the issue of programming and notes that the efforts to involve the public in the preparations for the operational programmes for the period 2007-2013 were not entirelyas successful as hoped for; calls on the Commission, therefore, to identify good practices with a view to improving public involvement ahead of the next programming period;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the Member States to delegate responsibility for managing the Structural Funds to regional and local authorities on the basis of agreed terms and criteria which must be met by the authorities in question, with a view to involving them more closely in the work of drafting and implementing the operational programmes, or, at the very least, to award them grants which enable them to play a full role in the multi-level governance arrangements;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the European Commission, without seeking to cast doubt on the relevance of the NUTS II level, to identify the size of area best suited to the implementation of genuine integrated policies for the development of territories as they are experienced subjectively and territories which form the basis for projects, in particular; - population and labour catchment areas, i.e. towns and the surrounding rural areas, - territories which justify specific thematic approaches, such as mountain ranges, river basins and coastal areas and island regions;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the elected representatives and the national, regional and local civil servants involved in managing operational programmes in the context of cohesion policy to use the financial resources available under these programmes for technical assistance to arrange training in the forms of government linked to these programmes, in particular project management; calls also upon the Commission to ask Member States to give a detailed account of the manner in which they specific financial programmes were used;