8 Amendments of Ramona Nicole MĂNESCU related to 2011/2035(INI)
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Sees the achievement of European objectives in accordance with the principle of multi-level governance as one of the major advantages of cohesion policy and thus as a form of added value in itself; calls for this partnership principle to be further strengthened; the new regulation should allow local and regional authorities to take part at the decision-making implementation, monitoring and evaluation process;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises the special needs of regions particularly disadvantaged by virtue of their geographical situation or natural environment; reiterates its call to Member States for special forms of preference to continue to apply in respect of those types of region, mentioned in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which are particularly disadvantaged (outermost regions, northernmost regions with very low population density and island, mountain and cross-border regions);
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. DoubtsIt is open to consider whether specific operational programmes for functional geographical entities such as groups of local authorities, metropolitan regions or sea or river basins will yield additional benefits; this particularly aware, in relation to such programmes, of the absence ofshould be an option in those programmes where, partnerships formed by political bodies (including democratically elected bodies) with a sufficiently wide- ranging remit to implement them; calls instead for closer coordination of macroregional or natural- environment strategies at inter- governmental levels;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. RejectsIt should consider the use of quotas in particular for national allocations under ESF/ERDF programmes, for local and urban development, for the countryside or otherwise according to categorisation on the basis of population density or territorial function; also regards as questionable the requirement to specify already at operational programme level which urban and other areas are to be eligible for support, and calls for the Member States and regions to be allowed to organise competitive selection procedures in this respect as well;
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls, in the interests of efficiency, for the elimination or merger of funds relevant to both regional development and cohesion; recommends that the Globalisation Fund be abandoned as a stand-alone instrument and that appropriate provision for its functions be included in the Social Fund without overall impact in the cohesion heading within the EU budget; calls for consideration of whether a merger of the Cohesion Fund and the Regional Development Fund would be compatible with the European Treaties; points out that, as a rule, monies from the Regional Development Fund and the Cohesion Fund are spent on the same types of project;
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls for the mandatory involvement of federal Länder, the local and regionsal level in drawing up development partnerships and operational programmes; considers it essential to make appropriate provision for this in the regulations governing the Structural Funds;
Amendment 540 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56
Paragraph 56
Amendment 548 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56 a (new)
Paragraph 56 a (new)
56a. Considers that the automatic decommitment rule should be adapted to the additional administrative burden required by the new provisions related to strategic programming, results based orientation and ex ante conditionality;