Activities of Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU related to 2008/2206(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Control of the budgetary implementation of the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (short presentation)
Reports (1)
REPORT Report on control of the budgetary implementation of the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) in 2007 PDF (191 KB) DOC (139 KB)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19
Citation 19
- having regard to the visit of a fact-finding delegation of the Committee on Budgetary Control to Kosovo1 from 22 to 25 June 2008, and to the relevant mission report,
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas, further to Parliament’s request, the Commission has undertaken to carry out already in 2009 a mid-term review of the package of external aid instruments, including the IPA,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the main focus for the candidate countries lies in the implementation of European standards, namely statistical, environmental and fiscal standards, which is coherent with the EU’s enlargement policy; points out however that the importance of the political criteria, notably democratic governance, respect for human rights, freedom of religion, women’s andrights, minorities’ rights, and the rule of law, should not be undermined, since their nonfulfilment can lead to complications and delay in negotiations; considers that there should be a better balance between projects earmarked for meeting the political criteria and projects earmarked for the implementation of the acquis;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. ETakes note of the fact that the Commission was in a position to give accreditation for decentralised management to Croatia for Components I to IV and to Turkey for Components I and II towards the end of 2008; encourages the Commission to continue to work intensively with candidate and potential candidate countries so that these countries become able in the near future to manage funds in a decentralised manner and thus get full access to all IPA components; points out however that the conferral of management powers is conditional and subject to their effective exercise;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights the need, as a matter of utmost importance and urgency, to use the IPA to strengthen in all beneficiary countries the fight against corruption and organised crime, with a special focus on money laundering, illegal migration and human trafficking ; notes that, although all 2008 progress reports identified corruption as a serious problem and a key priority, not all 2007 IPA programmes take corruption sufficiently into account; suggests that funds should be earmarked for this purpose, as in the cases of Croatia2 and Montenegro and calls on the Commission to develop a more coherent strategy in this context, building upon the lessons learnt from the last enlargement rounds;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the beneficiary countries should be more actively involved in the development and initiation of projects; points out that future IPA programmes should tackle the systematic donor dependency of the CSOs, so as to avoid the existence of CSOs "on demand", and should also address the development of some of the CSOs along ethno-political conflict lines, especially in Bosnia and Herzegovina, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Kosovo1; expects the new 1 Under UNSCR 1244/1999. Civil Society Facility to tackle many of the problems with regard to the diversity, complexity, and fragmentation of EU programmes;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Is concerned that the total 2007 IPA allocations for Component II was only 38.8 million EUR out of a total IPA of 497.2 million EUR (that is, less than 8%), and in Kosovo no funds at all were allocated to Component II; points out that this contradicts the Commission’s assertion that cross-border cooperation helps reconciliation and good neighbourly relations and is particularly relevant in a region with a recent history of conflict; calls on the beneficiary countries and the Commission to pursue further programming under this componentregrets that effective cooperation has been difficult to establish, in practice, for a number of reasons, including mismatches of structures and procedures between some partners, as well as political difficulties; calls on the beneficiary countries and the Commission, under this component, to pursue further existing cooperation and to develop new cooperation, in line with the objective of fostering good neighbourly relations and promoting economic integration, especially in the fields of environment, natural and cultural heritage and the fight against corruption and organised crime;