7 Amendments of Victor NEGRESCU related to 2015/2345(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that NGOs are an important EU partner playing a valuable role in EU policy and programme delivery across policy areas, including – but not limited to – humanitarian aid inside and outside of the European Union, development cooperation, education and culture, research and innovation, neighbourhood policy, and the environment;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that the absence of a legal definition of an NGO presents a challenge for the Commission in producing reliable data on the financing of NGOs; emphasises the importance of access to such information or data on the scale of the role played by NGOs in EU programmes, application rates and performance; calls on the Commission to address this issue as part of the Budget for Results agenda and to ensure that data are as simple and transparent as possible through a Financial Transparency System that will provide information by type of beneficiary, indicate non for profit nature, purpose of grant (project-specific versus operational) and type of contract;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission’s progress in ensuring simpler and faster access to funds in recent years, but notes that work still needs to be done to streamline and simplify application processes; notes that such improvements would be mutually beneficial, boosting value for money and simplifying processes for NGOs; calls on the European Commission to harmonise the designs and operations of NGO funding programmes;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need to harmonise standards and procedures across the Commission, including the interoperability of systems; welcomes in particular the Programme Information and Activity Management Operational System (PRIAMOS) grant management system introduced by DG Home Affairs and DG Justice and believes that this should be extended;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that ‘use it or lose it’ incentives to spend funding, combined with delays between initial confirmation of funding and contractual engagement, do not promote better spending and should be avoided; calls on the European Commission to systematically evaluate the efficiency of its cooperation with NGOs;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Commission to streamline application, implementation and control procedures between different DGs, modify reporting and control requirements to be proportional to the grant size in order to improve efficiency.
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Stresses the need to intensify the policy dialogue between the European Commission and NGOs via umbrella organisations in order to enhance dialogue on content, improve implementation and address structural deficiencies.