4 Amendments of João FERREIRA related to 2010/2139(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Stresses that cohesion policy is a fundamental instrument with which to promote economic and social cohesion, with the aim of undertaking measures to reduce regional inequalities, promote real convergence and stimulate growth and employment, also serving to redistribute and offset the costs of the single market and EMU for the less developed regions as well as helping to attain environmental goals;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that cohesion policy is one of the instruments which should contribute to the creation of a suitable financial framework for the prevention of natural and man-made disasters, backing up and providing a link between this and other instruments such as rural development policy, regional policy, the Solidarity Fund and the Seventh Framework Programme; asks, in this regard, that disaster prevention be taken into account in the post-2013 financial perspective;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to promote flexibility in the rules governing the implementation of the programmes and to renegotiate the co-financing rates where Member States so request, in particular by making it possible for national contributions to be reduced; calls for information on the approval and implementation of projects supported by cohesion policy funding to be made available in real time, on the basis of a nomenclature of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) that is as detailed as possible (NUTS 3, where available) on a web site open to the general public, thereby contributing to greater transparency and close monitoring of the management of cohesion policy funds.
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes it is necessary to increase the Community co-financing rates for the 'convergence' regions, and especially for the least-developed regions of the Cohesion Fund Member States and for regions characterised by permanent geographical or natural disadvantages, such as the most remote regions;