Activities of Erminia MAZZONI related to 2010/2155(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
5th cohesion report and strategy for the post-2013 cohesion policy - Implementation of cohesion policy programmes for 2007-2013 - European urban agenda and its future in cohesion policy - Objective 3: future agenda for cross-border, transnational and interregional cooperation - Increased effectiveness between ERDF and other structural funds (debate)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that territorial cooperation has proved its effectiveness and that its potential as a source of competitiveness has so far been insufficiently tapped as a result of the inadequate resources allocated to it; calls for the budget for the ‘territorial cooperation’ objective to be at least 5% of the overall cohesion policy budget for the next programming periodreceive, for the next programming period, a level of funding commensurate with the tasks assigned to it;
Amendment 20 #
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;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for funds for territorial cooperation no longer to be allocated by Member State, but at EU level and on a programme-by-programme basis, on the basis ofto be increasingly based on the criteria laid down in Annex 2, paragraph 5 of the basic regulation so as to provideachieve, in a strategic, and integrated response to the needs of each territory or area involved; invites the Commission to consider other relevant, strategic and measurable criteria that could reflect the needs of territories and reduce the emphasis on the most important criterion: demographyfashion, the objectives corresponding to each territory or area involved;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses once again the importance of interregional cooperation, but deplores the lack of funds allocated to it; calls for a reduction from 75% to 60% in the Community cofinancing rate of this programme for participants from the regions covered by the ‘competitiveness and employment’ objective, encourages regions to make better use of the scope for interregional cooperation offered by Article 37(6)(b) of the basic regulation; advocates, therefore, that the ‘interregional’ component of Objective 3 should also be used to facilitate the coordination and running of such projects, to pool know-how and to exchange good practices, on the basis of ever closer cooperation with, and the support of, INTERACT;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 – indent 3
Paragraph 21 – indent 3
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for the allocation of global grants to EGTCs to enable them to directly manage Structural Fund appropriations, and for the multinational and multilateral nature of EGTCs to be better reflected in regulations governing the other European funds, with a view to improving their access to other sources of financing;
Amendment 113 #
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, and 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, rather than whether applications comply with administrative rules;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Deplores the low profile of territorial cooperation, in the eyes of both national and local authorities and the general public; asks the Commission to come up with ways to raise the profile of EGTCs with territorial cooperation stakeholders and the general public;