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4 Amendments of Derk Jan EPPINK related to 2010/2151(DEC)

Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the total amount of aid channelled through the EDF will increase considerably over the coming years because the amount of Union aid under the Tenth EDF for the period 2008 to 2013 has been set at EUR 22 682 000 000 which represents a 64 % increase compared with the financial allocations under the Ninth EDF; whereas there is a need for awareness of the looming problem of absorption capacity which requires full knowledge of appropriate expenditure;
2011/03/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy told the European Parliament on 2 February 2011 that the Union’s Neighbourhood Policy had failed; whereas recent events in North Africa have shown that the combination of sharp demographic increases and stagnating economies are liable to create explosive situations, whereas those events illustrate that such demographic increases require successful economies and that policy vehicles are only appropriate when they are effective on the ground and produce positive change; whereas factors which are applicable to North Africa, are equally applicable to the rest of Africa;
2011/03/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines once more, that the Tenth EDF should focus on a limited number of areas, while involving non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that are effective at local level and who are of crucial importance for sustainable developmentproperly audited, in order to avoid the harmful effects arising from the proliferation of objectives; calls on the Commission to make wimerit-based use of local- and European-based NGO's, in particular in cases whenre management of projects and programmes by NGOs is more efficient and cost-effective than management by the Commission and where their activity generates projects that remain sustainable after the financial support has expired;
2011/03/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Is deeply concerned at the Court of Auditors' finding that the monitoring and supervision by Delegations is only partially effective; deplores the lack of capacity of most national authorising officers in beneficiary countries resulting in poorly documented and ineffective checks, as well as the shortcomings in the financial procedures and controls instituted by implementing organisations and supervisors; shares the Court of Auditors' view that Delegations are subject to resource constraints which often limit their capacity to perform certain activitiesan allocation of resources which is imbalanced; calls on the Commission to address this problem without delay;
2011/03/09
Committee: CONT