Activities of Indrek TARAND related to 2016/2202(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh European Development Funds for the financial year 2015 PDF (401 KB) DOC (97 KB)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Regrets that the Court’s report estimates that the most likely error rate for expenditure transactions from the eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh EDFs remains identical to that in 2014, which was 3,8 %, and higher than that in 2013, which was 3,4% and that in 2012, which was 3 %; calls on the EIB and the Commission to prepare an action plan to turn around the increasing trend of material error and present it to the discharge authority;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Is concerned that the typology of errors underlying the 2015 error rate of 3,8 % remains the same as 2014 i.e. the absence of supporting documents (the sum affected to this category of error being EUR 3,692 833 million) and non- compliance with procurement rules (the sum affected to this category of error amounting to EUR 1,176 140 million) representing 70 % of the estimated level of error (compared to 63 % in 2014); asks the EIB and the Commission to step up their efforts and effectively improve both ex- ante and ex-post controls of the funding projects in order to bring the sums effected by errors in the categories like "absence of supporting documents" and "non-compliance with the procurement rules" considerably down;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Points out the need to improve the use of terminology regarding long-term results (outputs, outcomes and impacts) and the importance of formulating true and sustainable S.M.A.R.T. objectives before any decision on financing different projects is taken; highlights the need to put extra focus on formulating “attainable and realistic” goals to avoid the cases where the initial objectives were met by partner countries but without significant results in term of development;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Believes that developing partner countries' capacity building, governance frameworks and ownership is also an important way to mitigate systemic risks in order to favour a conducive environment allowing funds to reach their intended purposes and respond the 3 Es’ requirements (economy, efficiency and effectiveness) with a special focus within the effectiveness principle on the ecology, equality and ethics; encourages in this regard the use of local audit firms and local services contract;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 64
Paragraph 64
64. Expresses concern about the multiplicity of trust funds and blending platforms which raises issues regarding governance, effectiveness, transparency and accountability; warns the Commission about the risk of outsourcing and dilution of the objectives of the development policy; calls on the Court to help in assessing the risks, improving the overall transparency and accountability and compare the effectiveness of investments through the trust funds with those of direct or indirect EDF management;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67
Paragraph 67
67. Deplores the insufficiency of specific objectives, indicators and targets to measure the operational performance of the Trust Funds; asks that performance monitoring arrangements (or results matrix or frameworks) relating to planned actions to be further enhanced including a middle and long term goals fully in line with the Union's policy objectives;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 70
Paragraph 70
70. Recognises the added value of the cooperation with international organisations in certain specific contexts; points out, however, recurrent weaknesses such as the level of financial errors affecting the error level rate, the reporting weaknesses, the problem with results' ownership and as a consequence lack of Union’s visibility and the need to harmonize the expectations as regards results orientation and reinforce value for money;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 91
Paragraph 91
91. Believes that climate change, migration and development are closely intertwined; warns of the impact of climate change on the development of ACP countries and OCTs and calls for a better understanding of this reality in the allocation of development aid and in the development policy objectives; calls on the Commission and the EIB to avoid simply increasing the funds spent to tackle migrations related problems on account of the projects aimed to climate change adaptations and other development projects;