Activities of Pino ARLACCHI related to 2011/2014(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on budgetary control of EU financial assistance to Afghanistan
Amendments (4)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates the urgent need to increase efficiency of aid, as many development indicators still show no significant improvement, and corruption and the long distribution chain of international aid remains a major obstacles to the provision of essential services to the people;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out the need to make donor coordination work better and to provideNotes that the majority of resources for socio-economic development in Afghanistan are channelled through international mechanisms but a significant proportion of this aid does not reach the intended beneficiaries, the people of Afghanistan; points out that the EU and in particular the Commission/EEAS should have a leading role in improving donor coordination in close cooperation with other key donors such as the US and Japan, and calls for detailed evaluations of aid efficiency in order to improve theransparency and donor accountability of the aid;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Requires that, when using international organisations as an aid delivery channel, the EEAS and the Commission should pay close attention to eliminating waste, excessive intermediary costs, inefficiency, overbilling and corruption, and should insist on timely and adequate information on results and use of funds;