26 Amendments of Milan ZVER related to 2020/2045(INI)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas, in the absence of relevant provisions in the Financial Regulation at the moment of the decision to create four EUTFs, the European Parliament was not consulted on the establishment of an extra-budgetary instruments;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas given that the European Development Fund (EDF) contributed to the Africa and Bekou EUTFs, the Parliament was not involved at all in setting-up of these two EUTFs; whereas the European Parliament’s possible involvement was limited to an objection to the draft implementing decisions on constitutive agreements on the Madad and Colombia EUTFs;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the Constitutive Agreement on EU Trust Funds clearly put border management projects in Libya within the scope of the mandate of the EUTF as well as the regulation of the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI). The Constitutive Agreement of the EUTF clearly states that the Trust Fund will finance activities that contribute to improving migration management in all its aspects in line with the Global Approach on Migration and Mobility, including containing and preventing irregular migration and fight against trafficking of human beings;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas, the Member States’ contributions to the FRT are not voluntary but based on the GNI contribution key and included in relevant Commission’s decisions; whereas these contributions are directly included in the Union budget as external assigned revenue pursuant to Art.21(2)(b) of the Financial Regulation; whereas in the case of the EUTFs, Member States’ contributions are not integrated into the Union’s budget pursuant to Art. 187(6) of the Financial Regulation;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the establishment of both the EUTFs and the Facility for refugees in Turkey (FRT) have been justified by the need for a flexible and swift reaction not possible under the classical institutional framework; whereas the extra-budgetary instruments such as the EUTFs, as well as extraordinary tools such as the FRT, pose challenges with respect to democratic accountability, including the role of the European Parliament and also the integrity of the EU budget; whereas, when setting- up a Union Trust Fund, the European Commission has to justify its value added, visibility, complementarity with other EU financing instrument and alignment with policy objectives;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas European Court of Auditors recommended to the Commission in its special reports on the EUTFs to improve donor coordination (BEKOU), remove weaknesses in implementation, increase efficiency and focused actions (EUTF for Africa) and deliver better value for money(FRT);
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recalls that while for the first tranche of the FRT, IPAII contributions represented 52,4%, Humanitarian Aid 46,6%, Instrument contributing to Security and Peace 0,7% and the Development Cooperation Instrument 0,3%, for the second tranche, IPA II contribution represents 64,5%and Humanitarian Aid 35,5%;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Notes that (by the end of 2020), 36,6% of the FRT first tranche allocation has been implemented through direct management and 63,4% through indirect management (of which over four fifths by international organisations); further notes that for the second tranche, direct management represented 32,1% (100% by the European Commission) and indirect management 67,9% (with three fourths by international organisations);
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Further notes that international organisations have been the biggest implementing actors of the EUTFs (36,8%), ahead of the European Commission (35,7%), Member States Agencies (24,2%) and Public Service bodies (3,4%);
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Strongly urges that invitations to board meetings take into account the official calendar of the European Parliament and that all relevant information and documents to be discussed at the board meetings be provided well ahead of the meetings in order to enable the active participation of Members and staff of the Secretariat;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission’s efforts to closely monitor and evaluate interventions, and to generate knowledge about the activities of the EUTFs and of the FRT, through a dedicated set of reports; hails these efforts to achieve greater transparency by publishing relevant data on the web pages of the EUTFs and the FRT; notes that information on the involvement of civil society organisations (CSOs) were made available in the Annual Report of 2019 and 2020 of the EUTF for Africa; regrets, nevertheless, that information on the involvement of local civil society organisations are limited due to the low transparency of subcontracting levels; where possible, such information should be broken down at project level and shall always take into account the protection of confidential and commercially sensitive information;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that the Madad EUTF has proven its added value in response to the crisis and for the EU in terms of higher external visibility and clout, increased control, coordination and leverage of funds from various sources, as compared to national level or other international channels; notes that its spending was aligned with the legal bases or the Union instruments used; Regrets the conflict in Syria continues, and needs of the Syrian refugees, unable to return to Syria to their home country in the foreseeable future, and needs of their host communities’ in terms of longer-term integration and employment, still require EU and international long-term assistance and secure their capacity of longer-term integration and employment in a cohesive way with the host communities, points out that the conflict-prone areas in Syria do not permit long term reconstruction to take place;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Notes that the Mid-Term Strategic Evaluation report from October 2018 concluded that the Madad Trust Fund has been “large and cost-effective, reaching a large number of beneficiaries at acomparatively low cost”, that it has “allowed the EU to operate flexibly;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the generally strong degree of local ownership, the involvement of local authorities and civil society organisations (CSOs) in projects supported by the EUTF for Africa; hails the extensive consultations, with base line studies carried out to identify priority needs;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Notes that one of the key objectives of the EUTF for Africa - as determined in its Constitutive Agreement - is addressing the root causes of migration, in particular by promoting resilience, economic and equal opportunities, security and development and addressing human rights abuses;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Acknowledges that border security is essential for the stability of African partner countries and the EU must support partnercountries to improve border security, to tackle illegal migration flows, smuggling and human trafficking;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 9 a (new)
Subheading 9 a (new)
Points out that Turkey hosts the largest refugee population in the world, with more than 3 million registered refugees from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Stresses the importance of transition from humanitarian relief to development cooperation and calls on the Commission to develop and implement a transition strategy, with the final objective of handing over both humanitarian and non-humanitarian activities to the national authorities;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Highlights Commission’s assurances that the 2020 extensions of the Bekou, Madad, Africa and Colombia Trust Funds sought to ensure a continued legal basis for payments of commitments made under the previous MFF 2014- 2020, and that no new commitments to the EUTFs be made under NDICI or IPA III;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Is confident that the NDICI-Global Europe will allow for increased flexibility and responsiveness, allowing it to continue the activities of the existing Trust Funds and thereby safeguard the unity of the Union budget; believes that the allocation of funding to the tasks taken over by NDICI-Global Europe from the Trust Funds needs to be done efficiently;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. In the event of greater needs in the MFF 2021-2027, advocates increasing the NDICI-Global Europe envelope through a revision of the MFF and the NDICI-Global Europe regulations, or a strengthening of the relevant NDICI-Global Europe budget lines with contributions in the form of external assigned revenue; stresses that, should nevertheless a need for a duly justified new Trust Fund nevertheless arise, itarise, following an outbreak of a major crisis, a sudden change in international relations requiring a major EU financial response, or the need to pool resources with third countries which would not be feasible under the co-legislated instruments, insists that Parliament must be fully involved from the very outset;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 b (new)
Paragraph 32 b (new)
32 b. Calls on the Commission to examine the possibilities to involve third country partners in joint initiatives and financing of addressing of common challenges such as migration, forced displacement, climate change, empowerment of women and protection of vulnerable groups;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 c (new)
Paragraph 32 c (new)
32 c. Calls on the Commission to prioritise investments in education and job creation to provide possibilities to people in partnercountries to engage in local income generating activities;
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 d (new)
Paragraph 32 d (new)
32 d. Expects the Commission to address ongoing or future crises and potential reconstruction needs with a more efficient and targeted manner through utilising the existing ways and other means possible under the current Financial Regulation in close and coordinated cooperation with Member States and other EU institutions as ‘Team Europe’, and with like-minded international partners and donors;