1 Amendments of Georgios KOUMOUTSAKOS related to 2010/2096(INI)
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the need to develop a comprehensive and proactive approach in response to disasters, coordinating the various means of action available to the Union and its Member States, such as crisis management, financial assistance and development or social and environmental policies; believes in this context that the transitional phase between disaster response and post-disaster reconstruction should be reinforced; reminds the perspective to set up a European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps in accordance with the provisions of the Lisbon Treaty (Article 214, par. 5) and in view of the European Year of Volunteering 2011 encourages the European Commission and the Council to work, together with the European Parliament, on the rules and procedures for the operation of the Corps as soon as possible, especially in the light of similar initiatives taken by some Member States;