7 Amendments of Marta ANDREASEN related to 2010/2300(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
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1. Recognises that budget support is an effective instrument of development, as it fully respects development principles by increasing ownership and enhancing dialogue between partners and donors, and recognises that it provides the advantage of low transaction costs; stresses at the same time that budget support is not the right answer to every situation and should notever be perceived as the sole option;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
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3. Takes the view that financing decisions on budget support must be driven not only by expected benefits but also by the short- and long-term risks incurred in both donor and partner countries; notes that the Court of Auditors, in its Special Report1 , is in full agreement with this assessment by highlighting that; calls for a sound risk management framework is still to be developed and implemented; requests sight of periodic audit reports on the recipients of GBS;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
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4. Reiterates its previous calls on the Commission to move the emphasis of its monitoring from control over inputs to the checking of results against agreed indicators, by improving its reporting system so that it concentrates on the quality and effectiveness of the programmes;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
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5. With a view to reducing the fiduciary risks in public finance management linked to budget support programmes, calls on the Commission to put in place an efficient risk management systems;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
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6. Calls on the Commission to take all necessary measures in order to combat corruption in the recipient countries, through maintincluding suspension of disbursements if necessary; in this context calls on the Commission to maintaing a close and regular dialogue with partner governments on corruption issues and through payingpay sufficient attention to the capacity-building needs of particular recipient countries in terms of accountability and anti-corruption mechanisms;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
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5. Is firmly convinced that a thorough analysis of the future of EU budget support to third countries must address the issue ofNeeds to be better informed to evaluate the need for the budgetisation of the European Development Fund; is aware of the historical and institutional background to the current situation, but believes that the time has come for the Council, the Member States and the ACP countries to acknowledge that this state of affairs is detrimental toshould carry out an assessment of the efficiency, transparency and accountability of EU budgetfinancial support;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
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6. Calls on the Member States and the Commission, in line with the practice established in other policy fields, to improve the coordination of their respective budget support to third countries in order to avoid potential or existing overlaps, inconsistencies and incoherencieswaste, which areis all the more unacceptable in a context of scarce funding; maintains that a focus on specific areas offering the greatest added value should drive EU budget support throughout all phases of preparation and delivery;