15 Amendments of Seán KELLY related to 2010/2155(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
Citation 18 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission Communication of XX June 2011 on the EU strategy for the Atlantic region (COM (2011)XXXX)
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Advocates retaining the current structure of Objective 3, which is divided into three components (cross-border, transnational and interregional), and the current emphasis on the cross-border component, which receives at least 70% of the territorial cooperation budget; notes that there should be a fair and equitable distribution of funds under the programme for all regions;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls nonetheless – with a view to ensuring the coherence and continuity of territorial cooperation measures and given the strategic nature of the projects in question – for greater flexibility in exploiting the scope offered by Article 21 of the ERDF Regulation with regard to the location of cross-border and transnational cooperation activities, incorporating maritime regions; to that end, calls for a review of the geographical limit of 150 km set for cross-border cooperation programmes for coastal and maritime regions;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for forward thinking to ascertain the strategic needs of each border region in connection with the Europe 2020 strategy, and, subsequently, for European territorial cooperation to be integrated in, and tailored to, all levels of strategic planning: European, national, and regional;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Supports ESPON in its activities andbut suggests that its findings should be more readily available so that the stakeholders involved can more easily use themopportunities for active involvement in its research into territorial development matter should be made more accessible to local and regional authorities while easier practical deployment of the resulting findings should be assured;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the success of the URBACT sustainable urban development programme and calls for its renewal and expansion into a significant and widely accessible initiative to offer opportunities for shared learning and transferability on local urban challenges;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Believes that greater complementarity between the ‘territorial cooperation’ objective, on the one hand, and the ‘convergence’ and ‘competitiveness and employment’ objectives, on the other, is needed; suggests that regional operational programmes should have the viable option to participate in the cross-border and transnational projects that concern them by earmarking funding by territory for priority projects identified in advance and agreed with their partners in the programmes of adjacent regions, in accordance with the principles of multi-level governance and the partnership;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Points out that the concept of macro- regions, a Council initiative, came into being as an experimental, logical way of coordinating common projects covering a very large territory, with a view to exploiting the advantages of an integrated and multisectoral approach based on common strategic actions receiving support from existing funds; points out that these strategiessuch strategies as exist or may exist in the future should provide a basis for more strategic and 'joined up' approaches to be realised via the relevant territorial cooperation instruments but must neither generate additional expenditure for the EU budget, nor necessitate the establishment of new institutions or the application of new rules;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Asks the Commission to conduct an in- depth study of the results of the first macro - region strategies implemented; believes that the process has met with a level of interest that should be built on; advocates the use of transnational programmes to support these territorial strategies by coordinating the work of devising, framing and steering current and future macro- regional strategies;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 – indent 1
Paragraph 21 – indent 1
– clarifying the status of EGTCs under nationalall Member States' legal systems,
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Believes that the implementation of territorial cooperation programmes remains overly complicated and considers that Objective 3 needs specially adapted rules to reflect the inherently international character of its activities;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Invites the Commission to propose specific measures which simplify rules on auditing and control, authorise more systematic standard-rate costing, lay down more detailed rules on eligibility for EU funding, make for greater flexibility in the implementation of automatic decommitments, raise the acceptable error rate to 5% and increase technical assistance to 8%, with a view to ensuring that the management bodies concentrate more on the strategic management of projects and delivery of results, rather than whether applications comply with administrative rules;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses, furthermore, that arrangements for involving private stakeholders must also be simplified; recommends investigating the feasibility of setting up financial engineering systems, along the lines of the JEREMIE and JESSICA initiatives, on a programme by programme basis to facilitate cross-border projects which generate revenue, the participation of private stakeholders and the establishment of public-private partnerships;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Asks for more effective coordination of communication between all stakeholders involved in the process of implementing territorial cooperation initiatives, suggests that all programmes in the same component should be recognisable by their use of the same logo,a single identifiable logo( e.g. reinstatement of the well - recognised 'INTERREG' TAG) in tandem with each programme's logo (perhaps of a standardised visual size) and invites the Commission, by the start of the next programming period, to come up with a large-scale media and awareness-raising campaign for border regions on the benefits of territorial cooperation ;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Considers that, by contributing to helping to fulfil the Europe 2020 strategy's objective of intelligent and inclusive growth, enhanced cooperation on education and culture would raise the profile of territorial cooperation and break down the ‘mental borders’ that still set citizens apart from one another;