{"change_dates":[],"dossier":{"amendments":[{"authors":"Danuta Jaz\u0142owiecka","changes":{},"committee":["EMPL"],"date":"2010-12-14T00:00:00","id":"PE454.559-1","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 1"]],"meps":[96781],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:24:49"},"new":["1. Draws attention to the fact that","economic, social and territorial cohesion","are fundamental principles in determining","all EU policies and activities, as laid down","in Article 4 of the Treaty on the","Functioning of the European Union","(TFEU), and that their implementation","should take due account of the provisions","of Article 9 of the TFEU;"],"old":["1. Draws attention to the fact that social","cohesion and territorial cohesion are","fundamental principles in determining all","EU policies and activities, as laid down in","Article 7 of the Treaty on the Functioning","of the European Union (TFEU), and that","their implementation should take due","account of the provisions of Article 9 of","the TFEU;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE454.559v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"1","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-454.559+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Tam\u00e1s Deutsch","changes":{},"committee":["EMPL"],"date":"2010-12-14T00:00:00","id":"PE454.559-2","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 1"]],"meps":[96826],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:24:49"},"new":["1. Draws attention to the fact that social","and economic cohesion and territorial","cohesion are fundamental principles in","determining all EU policies and activities,","as laid down in Article 7 of the Treaty on","the Functioning of the European Union","(TFEU), and that their implementation","should take due account of the provisions","of Article 9 of the TFEU;"],"old":["1. Draws attention to the fact that social","cohesion and territorial cohesion are","fundamental principles in determining all","EU policies and activities, as laid down in","Article 7 of the Treaty on the Functioning","of the European Union (TFEU), and that","their implementation should take due","account of the provisions of Article 9 of","the TFEU;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE454.559v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"2","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-454.559+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Sergio Gaetano Cofferati","changes":{},"committee":["EMPL"],"date":"2010-12-14T00:00:00","id":"PE454.559-3","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 1 a (new)"]],"meps":[96915],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:24:49"},"new":["1a. Considers the Structural Funds to be","the principal instrument for the overall","achievement of Community policies. The","independent regulation, management and","implementation of each fund, even within","the context of policy coordination where it","exists, is vital for the achievement of","specific objectives and for preventing any","misuse of funds;"],"orig_lang":"it","peid":"PE454.559v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"3","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-454.559+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Elisabeth Schroedter","changes":{},"committee":["EMPL"],"date":"2010-12-14T00:00:00","id":"PE454.559-4","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 2"]],"meps":[1933],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:24:49"},"new":["2. Affirms that the goal of cohesion","policies should be sustainable economic","growth evenly spread both territorially and","socially, job creation and worker training","for new jobs in the field of environmental","transformation; notes that this will not","automatically restore cohesion between","different social groups and that ESF","measures are necessary in order to","dovetail social and territorial cohesion","and guarantee social inclusion; notes that","only in this way can the European social","model be realised;"],"old":["2. Affirms that the goal of cohesion","policies should be sustainable economic","growth evenly spread both territorially and","socially, job creation and the","implementation of the European social","model, which constitutes a factor of","cohesion and competitiveness for the","European economy;"],"orig_lang":"de","peid":"PE454.559v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"4","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-454.559+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Danuta Jaz\u0142owiecka","changes":{},"committee":["EMPL"],"date":"2010-12-14T00:00:00","id":"PE454.559-5","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 2"]],"meps":[96781],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:24:49"},"new":["2. Affirms that the goal of cohesion policy","should be sustainable, smart and inclusive","economic growth evenly spread both","territorially and socially, reduction of","development disparities between regions,","job creation and the implementation of the","European social model, which constitutes a","factor of cohesion and competitiveness for","the European economy;"],"old":["2. Affirms that the goal of cohesion","policies should be sustainable economic","growth evenly spread both territorially and","socially, job creation and the","implementation of the European social","model, which constitutes a factor of","cohesion and competitiveness for the","European economy;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE454.559v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"5","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-454.559+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Franz Obermayr","changes":{},"committee":["EMPL"],"date":"2010-12-14T00:00:00","id":"PE454.559-6","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 2"]],"meps":[96981],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:24:49"},"new":["2. Points out that the goal of cohesion","policies should be sustainable economic","growth evenly spread both territorially and","socially, job creation and the","implementation of the European social","model, which constitutes a factor of","cohesion and competitiveness for the","European economy;"],"old":["2. Affirms that the goal of cohesion","policies should be sustainable economic","growth evenly spread both territorially and","socially, job creation and the","implementation of the European social","model, which constitutes a factor of","cohesion and competitiveness for the","European economy;"],"orig_lang":"de","peid":"PE454.559v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"6","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-454.559+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Andreas M\u00f6lzer, Franz Obermayr","changes":{},"committee":["EMPL"],"date":"2010-12-14T00:00:00","id":"PE454.559-7","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 2"]],"meps":[28255,96981],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:24:50"},"new":["2. Affirms that the goal of cohesion","policies should be sustainable economic","growth evenly spread both territorially and","socially, job creation, improved quality of","life and the implementation of the","European social model, which constitutes a","factor of cohesion and competitiveness for","the European economy;"],"old":["2. Affirms that the goal of cohesion","policies should be sustainable economic","growth evenly spread both territorially and","socially, job creation and the","","implementation of the European social","model, which constitutes a factor of","cohesion and competitiveness for the","European economy;"],"orig_lang":"de","peid":"PE454.559v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"7","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-454.559+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Traian Ungureanu","changes":{},"committee":["EMPL"],"date":"2010-12-14T00:00:00","id":"PE454.559-8","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 2"]],"meps":[96835],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:24:50"},"new":["2. Affirms that the goal of cohesion","policies should be sustainable economic","growth evenly spread both territorially and","socially, job creation and the","implementation of the European social","models, which constitutes a factor of","cohesion and competitiveness for the","European economy;"],"old":["2. Affirms that the goal of cohesion","policies should be sustainable economic","growth evenly spread both territorially and","socially, job creation and the","implementation of the European social","model, which constitutes a factor of","cohesion and competitiveness for the","European economy;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE454.559v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"8","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-454.559+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Traian Ungureanu","changes":{},"committee":["EMPL"],"date":"2010-12-14T00:00:00","id":"PE454.559-9","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 2 \u2013 subparagraph 1 (new)"]],"meps":[96835],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:24:50"},"new":["Affirms that cohesion policies should be","used for the achievement of sustainable","growth across EU, a fair and even","distribution of welfare by fostering","competition and aiming at decreasing the","disparities in terms of socio-economic","aspects among the EU regions;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE454.559v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"9","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-454.559+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Elisabeth Schroedter","changes":{},"committee":["EMPL"],"date":"2010-12-14T00:00:00","id":"PE454.559-10","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 3"]],"meps":[1933],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:24:50"},"new":["3. Considers cohesion policy to be a","guarantee of support for less favoured","regions and groups, leading to balanced","and harmonious development for the","European Union; notes that the European","added value resides in the fact that all are","able to benefit from the EU's economic","successes; advocates accordingly that","cohesion policy be maintained on an","independent basis with substantial","funding;"],"old":["3. Considers cohesion policy to be a pillar","of the EU\u2019s economic policy and long-","term investment strategy;"],"orig_lang":"de","peid":"PE454.559v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"10","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-454.559+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Pervenche Ber\u00e8s","changes":{},"committee":["EMPL"],"date":"2010-12-14T00:00:00","id":"PE454.559-11","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 3"]],"meps":[1985],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:24:50"},"new":["3. Considers cohesion policy to be one of","the pillars of an EU economic policy","favouring long-term investment strategy","and social inclusion;"],"old":["3. Considers cohesion policy to be a pillar","of the EU\u2019s economic policy and long-","term investment strategy;"],"orig_lang":"fr","peid":"PE454.559v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"11","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-454.559+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Tam\u00e1s Deutsch","changes":{},"committee":["EMPL"],"date":"2010-12-14T00:00:00","id":"PE454.559-12","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 3 a (new)"]],"meps":[96826],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:24:50"},"new":["3a. Acknowledges that cohesion policy's","integrated approach, that harmonises","different sectoral aims with the needs and","potentials of regions, is a precious feature","that contributes to its effectiveness;","therefore it needs to be maintained and","further strengthened;"],"old":[""],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE454.559v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"12","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-454.559+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Tam\u00e1s Deutsch","changes":{},"committee":["EMPL"],"date":"2010-12-14T00:00:00","id":"PE454.559-13","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 4"]],"meps":[96826],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:24:50"},"new":["4. Believes that the difficulties created by","the economic crisis should prompt the","Commission to submit without delay a","proposal for the revision of the Structural","Funds that is ambitious and consistent with","the objectives laid down by the Europe","2020 strategy and takes due account,","among other things, of the needs and","possibilities of Member States and","regions, as well as of those positions","expressed in Parliament's resolution A7-","0267/2010;"],"old":["4. Believes that the difficulties created by","the economic crisis should prompt the","Commission to submit without delay a","proposal for the reform of the Structural","Funds that is ambitious and consistent with","the objectives laid down by the Europe","2020 strategy and takes due account,","among other things, of the positions","expressed in Parliament's resolution A7-","0267/2010;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE454.559v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"13","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-454.559+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Pervenche Ber\u00e8s","changes":{},"committee":["EMPL"],"date":"2010-12-14T00:00:00","id":"PE454.559-14","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 4"]],"meps":[1985],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:24:50"},"new":["4. Believes that the difficulties created by","the economic crisis should prompt the","Commission to submit without delay a","proposal for the reform of the Structural","Funds that is ambitious and consistent with","the objectives laid down by the Europe","2020 strategy, takes due account, among","other things, of the positions expressed in","Parliament\u2019s resolution A7-0267/2010 and","explores fresh solutions for the co-","funding of social innovation policies;"],"old":["4. Believes that the difficulties created by","the economic crisis should prompt the","Commission to submit without delay a","proposal for the reform of the Structural","Funds that is ambitious and consistent with","the objectives laid down by the Europe","","2020 strategy and takes due account,","among other things, of the positions","expressed in Parliament\u2019s resolution A7-","0267/2010;"],"orig_lang":"fr","peid":"PE454.559v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"14","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-454.559+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Traian Ungureanu","changes":{},"committee":["EMPL"],"date":"2010-12-14T00:00:00","id":"PE454.559-15","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 4 \u2013 subparagraph 1 (new)"]],"meps":[96835],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:24:50"},"new":["Believes that cohesion policies should","make more use of their economic","component in order to become better","complements to other existing European","policies in order to consolidate economic","growth through job creation, increased","employment and emphasis on more","competitive behaviour;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE454.559v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"15","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-454.559+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Elisabeth Schroedter","changes":{},"committee":["EMPL"],"date":"2010-12-14T00:00:00","id":"PE454.559-16","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 5"]],"meps":[1933],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:24:50"},"new":["5. Considers that, to ensure the success of","the Europe 2020 strategy, EU social and","territorial cohesion instruments should be","closely interconnected within a new joint","framework establishing strong synergies","between EU policies and all the structural","funds; stresses that each instrument","requires specific rules and objectives in","order to secure properly tailored support;","stresses that the European Social Fund is","the only instrument specifically aimed at","the labour market and social inclusion and","that social inclusion as such needs to be","strengthened in order to achieve the","Europe 2020 objectives; considers the","existing overlap rule between the ERDF","and ESF to be eminently suitable for the","purpose of simplifying fund deployment,","in particular for local integrated projects,","and for strengthening synergies;"],"old":["5. 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Calls for a single strategic framework to","be proposed, in time for the next","financing period after 2013, to ensure a","common approach and to capitalise on","synergies between all actions which serve","on the ground to further cohesion policy","objectives as defined by the Treaties and","are funded by the ERDF, the Cohesion","Fund, the ESF, the EAFRD and the EFF;"],"old":["1. Calls for a single strategic framework to","be proposed to ensure a common approach","and to capitalise on synergies between all","actions which serve on the ground to","further cohesion policy objectives as","defined by the Treaties and are funded by","the ERDF, the Cohesion Fund, the ESF,","the EAFRD and the EFF;"],"orig_lang":"pt","peid":"PE460.648v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"5","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-460.648+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Elie Hoarau","changes":{},"committee":["REGI"],"date":"2011-03-03T00:00:00","id":"PE460.648-6","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 1"]],"meps":[96881],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:42:42"},"new":["1. Calls for a single strategic framework to","be proposed to ensure a common approach","and to capitalise on synergies between all","actions which serve on the ground to","further cohesion policy objectives as","defined by the Treaties and are funded by","the ERDF, the Cohesion Fund, the ESF,","the EAFRD, the EFF and the EDF;"],"old":["1. Calls for a single strategic framework to","be proposed to ensure a common approach","and to capitalise on synergies between all","actions which serve on the ground to","further cohesion policy objectives as","defined by the Treaties and are funded by","the ERDF, the Cohesion Fund, the ESF,","the EAFRD and the EFF;"],"orig_lang":"fr","peid":"PE460.648v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"6","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-460.648+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Nuno Teixeira","changes":{},"committee":["REGI"],"date":"2011-03-03T00:00:00","id":"PE460.648-7","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 2"]],"meps":[96974],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:42:42"},"new":["2. Welcomes the proposal set out in the","communication on the Budget Review for","the adoption by the Commission of a","Common Strategic Framework in order to","strengthen the integration of EU policies","for the delivery of the Europe 2020","strategy; calls in this context for action to","foster synergies between funding methods","for the EU 2020 strategy's flagship","initiatives; points out, however, that","increased synergies between actions","funded by the above-mentioned five funds","within a Common Strategic Framework are","pivotal not only for the achievement of","Europe 2020 objectives but also and","primarily for the achievement of cohesion","policy objectives as set by the Treaty;"],"old":["2. 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Welcomes the Commission\u2019s proposal","on partnership contracts for development","and investment aimed at improving","coordination between community funds","and national financing for objectives and","programmes; underlines the need to","involve local and regional authorities in","drawing up and implementing these","contracts; calls for these contracts to be","coordinated with national reforms of","sectoral policies with territorial impact","(e.g. transport and R&D infrastructure);"],"orig_lang":"fr","peid":"PE460.648v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"8","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-460.648+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Karima Delli, Elisabeth Schroedter","changes":{},"committee":["REGI"],"date":"2011-03-03T00:00:00","id":"PE460.648-9","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 3 a (new)"]],"meps":[96868,1933],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:42:42"},"new":["3a. Considers that the Cohesion Fund","should be gradually phased out and","eventually integrated in the ERDF for","convergence regions whilst maintaining","the investment priorities in areas linked to","sustainable development;"],"orig_lang":"fr","peid":"PE460.648v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"9","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-460.648+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Karima Delli","changes":{},"committee":["REGI"],"date":"2011-03-03T00:00:00","id":"PE460.648-10","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 4"]],"meps":[96868],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:42:42"},"new":["4. Believes that expenditure in the field of","cohesion policy must be rationalised by","reducing fragmentation of funding","instruments and channels, and welcomes","the Commission proposal for better","prioritisation and a thematic concentration","of EU and national resources, without","adversely affecting the achievement of","Europe 2020 strategy objectives, in order","to achieve reinforced coordination between","the funds, with scope for enhancing the","strategic nature of this policy; emphasises,","however, that Member States, regional and","local authorities still need sufficient","flexibility to adapt priorities to their","specific development needs;"],"old":["4. 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Believes that expenditure in the field of","cohesion policy must be rationalised by","reducing fragmentation of funding","instruments and channels and fostering","greater complementarity between the","various funding instruments; welcomes","the Commission proposal for better","prioritisation and a thematic concentration","of EU and national resources on a number","of priorities in order to achieve reinforced","coordination between the funds, with scope","for enhancing the strategic nature of this","policy; emphasises, however, that Member","States, regional and local authorities still","need sufficient flexibility to adapt priorities","to their specific development needs;"],"old":["4. Believes that expenditure in the field of","cohesion policy must be rationalised by","reducing fragmentation of funding","instruments and channels, and welcomes","the Commission proposal for better","prioritisation and a thematic concentration","of EU and national resources on a number","of priorities in order to achieve reinforced","coordination between the funds, with scope","for enhancing the strategic nature of this","policy; emphasises, however, that Member","States, regional and local authorities still","need sufficient flexibility to adapt priorities","to their specific development needs;"],"orig_lang":"pt","peid":"PE460.648v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"11","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-460.648+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Old\u0159ich Vlas\u00e1k","changes":{},"committee":["REGI"],"date":"2011-03-03T00:00:00","id":"PE460.648-12","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 4 a (new)"]],"meps":[28323],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:42:42"},"new":["4a. Recalls that one of the main reasons","why the ERDF and the other Structural","Funds have struggled to effectively","channel money towards projects with a","greater possibility of generating economic","development and employment creation,","has been an excessive emphasis on","absorption capacity, rather than on","results;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE460.648v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"12","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-460.648+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Alain Cadec","changes":{},"committee":["REGI"],"date":"2011-03-03T00:00:00","id":"PE460.648-13","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 5 a (new)"]],"meps":[96849],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:42:42"},"new":["5a. Insists that the European Social Fund","should remain in the framework of the","regulation on general provisions on the","cohesion policy funds, but needs its own","rules;"],"orig_lang":"fr","peid":"PE460.648v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"13","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-460.648+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Old\u0159ich Vlas\u00e1k","changes":{},"committee":["REGI"],"date":"2011-03-03T00:00:00","id":"PE460.648-14","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 5 a (new)"]],"meps":[28323],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:42:42"},"new":["5a. Notes that an unfocused and","uncoordinated policy design may end up","financing a very wide and disparate","collection of projects, without necessarily","prioritising those investments with the","greatest impact on competitiveness and","economic development in the regions;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE460.648v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"14","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-460.648+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Karima Delli","changes":{},"committee":["REGI"],"date":"2011-03-03T00:00:00","id":"PE460.648-15","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 5 a (new)"]],"meps":[96868],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:42:42"},"new":["5a. Considers that cooperation at each","territorial level of the administrative","bodies in charge of the various funds","(ERDF, ESF, the Cohesion Fund,","EAFRD, EFF) must take place by means","of multi-fund committees set up to select","and monitor projects, thereby","rationalising project funding, optimising","the absorption of funds and reduce the","administrative burden;"],"orig_lang":"fr","peid":"PE460.648v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"15","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-460.648+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Patrice Tirolien","changes":{},"committee":["REGI"],"date":"2011-03-03T00:00:00","id":"PE460.648-16","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 7"]],"meps":[97026],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:42:42"},"new":["7. Stresses that coordination should be","further enhanced not only between","cohesion policy instruments as such (the","ERDF, ESF and Cohesion Fund) but also","between actions financed by these","instruments and activities carried out under","TENs, the Seventh Framework Programme","and the CIP, and that it should be able to","create synergies with instruments of the","external aspects of EU policies such as","the EDF, the European Neighbourhood","and Partnership Instrument (ENPI) or","the Financing Instrument for","Development Cooperation (IDC);"],"old":["7. Stresses that coordination should be","further enhanced not only between","cohesion policy instruments as such (the","ERDF, ESF and Cohesion Fund) but also","between actions financed by these","instruments and activities carried out under","TENs, the Seventh Framework Programme","and the CIP;"],"orig_lang":"fr","peid":"PE460.648v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"16","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-460.648+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Karima Delli","changes":{},"committee":["REGI"],"date":"2011-03-03T00:00:00","id":"PE460.648-17","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 7"]],"meps":[96868],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:42:42"},"new":["7. Stresses that coordination should be","further enhanced not only between","cohesion policy instruments as such (the","ERDF, ESF and Cohesion Fund) \u2013","particularly by the establishment of multi-","fund programmes \u2013 but also between","actions financed by these instruments and","activities carried out under TENs, the","Seventh Framework Programme and the","CIP;"],"old":["7. Stresses that coordination should be","further enhanced not only between","cohesion policy instruments as such (the","ERDF, ESF and Cohesion Fund) but also","between actions financed by these","instruments and activities carried out under","TENs, the Seventh Framework Programme","and the CIP;"],"orig_lang":"fr","peid":"PE460.648v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"17","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-460.648+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Karima Delli, Elisabeth Schroedter","changes":{},"committee":["REGI"],"date":"2011-03-03T00:00:00","id":"PE460.648-18","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 7 a (new)"]],"meps":[96868,1933],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:42:42"},"new":["7a. Considers that synergies might be","relevant for the objective of territorial","cooperation between the ERDF and pre-","accession and neighbourhood instruments","in the context of cross-border projects;"],"orig_lang":"fr","peid":"PE460.648v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"18","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-460.648+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Nuno Teixeira","changes":{},"committee":["REGI"],"date":"2011-03-03T00:00:00","id":"PE460.648-19","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 8"]],"meps":[96974],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:42:42"},"new":["8. Believes that this mutual reinforcement","and coordination of EU policies can","undoubtedly ensure the best possible","results from the EU budget; calls for the","development of financial engineering","initiatives such as the instruments","financed by the EIB, and for greater","recourse to these instruments;"],"old":["8. Believes that this mutual reinforcement","and coordination of EU policies can","undoubtedly ensure the best possible","results from the EU budget;"],"orig_lang":"pt","peid":"PE460.648v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"19","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-460.648+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Nuno Teixeira","changes":{},"committee":["REGI"],"date":"2011-03-03T00:00:00","id":"PE460.648-20","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 9"]],"meps":[96974],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:42:42"},"new":["9. Highlights the fact, however, that many","Member States face difficulties in","coordinating the various funds and have","apparently expressed anxiety about the lack","of synergy, and even in some cases about","overlap, between funds; emphasises, in this","respect, that the funds\u2019 complex","management rules require a high level of","institutional capacity in order to overcome","barriers and satisfactorily coordinate their","implementation; highlights the importance","of co-financing and the need to simplify","the rules to make it possible to strengthen","synergies between the structural funds;"],"old":["9. Highlights the fact, however, that many","Member States face difficulties in","coordinating the various funds and have","apparently expressed anxiety about the lack","of synergy, and even in some cases about","overlap, between funds; emphasises, in this","respect, that the funds\u2019 complex","management rules require a high level of","institutional capacity in order to overcome","barriers and satisfactorily coordinate their","implementation;"],"orig_lang":"pt","peid":"PE460.648v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"20","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-460.648+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Patrice Tirolien","changes":{},"committee":["REGI"],"date":"2011-03-03T00:00:00","id":"PE460.648-21","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 9"]],"meps":[97026],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:42:43"},"new":["9. Highlights the fact, however, that many","Member States face difficulties in","coordinating the various funds and have","apparently expressed anxiety about the lack","of synergy, and even in some cases about","overlap, between funds; emphasises, in this","respect, that the funds\u2019 complex","management rules require too high a level","of institutional capacity in order to","overcome barriers and satisfactorily","coordinate their implementation;"],"old":["9. Highlights the fact, however, that many","Member States face difficulties in","coordinating the various funds and have","apparently expressed anxiety about the lack","of synergy, and even in some cases about","overlap, between funds; emphasises, in this","respect, that the funds\u2019 complex","management rules require a high level of","institutional capacity in order to overcome","barriers and satisfactorily coordinate their","implementation;"],"orig_lang":"fr","peid":"PE460.648v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"21","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-460.648+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Karima Delli","changes":{},"committee":["REGI"],"date":"2011-03-03T00:00:00","id":"PE460.648-22","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 9 a (new)"]],"meps":[96868],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:42:43"},"new":["9a. Calls for clarification of the territorial","scope and harmonisation of the eligibility","rules between the ERDF and the EAFRD","in rural and suburban areas with the aim","of avoiding pointless overlapping between","them; insists on the need for close","cooperation in the selection and","monitoring of projects financed by these","two funds in any one particular area;"],"orig_lang":"fr","peid":"PE460.648v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"22","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-460.648+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Markus Pieper","changes":{},"committee":["REGI"],"date":"2011-03-03T00:00:00","id":"PE460.648-23","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 9 a (new)"]],"meps":[28224],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:42:43"},"new":["9a. Believes in this context that merging","the ESF and the Globalisation Fund will","simplify the management of the funds and","in particular will benefit the synergy","effects;"],"orig_lang":"de","peid":"PE460.648v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"23","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-460.648+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Karima Delli, Elisabeth Schroedter","changes":{},"committee":["REGI"],"date":"2011-03-03T00:00:00","id":"PE460.648-24","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 10"]],"meps":[96868,1933],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:42:43"},"new":["10. Considers that common rules on the","management, eligibility, auditing and","reporting of projects financed by the","ERDF, the ESF, the Cohesion Fund, the","EAFRD and the EFF (especially","concerning measures to support the","economic diversification of rural and","fisheries areas) would not only play a key","role in enhancing and facilitating more","effective implementation of cohesion","policy programmes but would also","crucially assist simplification efforts;","considers, moreover, that this would","simplify both the use of funds by","beneficiaries and the management of funds","by national authorities, reducing the risk of","error while providing differentiation, as","needed, to reflect the specificities of","policies, instruments and beneficiaries, and","also facilitating participation in cohesion","policy programmes by smaller","stakeholders, as well as easier absorption","of available funding, provided this","simplification is backed up by sufficient","funding for technical assistance;"],"old":["10. Considers that common rules on the","management, eligibility, auditing and","reporting of projects financed by the","ERDF, the ESF, the Cohesion Fund, the","EAFRD and the EFF (especially","concerning measures to support the","economic diversification of rural and","fisheries areas) would not only play a key","role in enhancing and facilitating more","effective implementation of cohesion","policy programmes but would also","crucially assist simplification efforts;","considers, moreover, that this would","simplify both the use of funds by","beneficiaries and the management of funds","by national authorities, reducing the risk of","error while providing differentiation, as","needed, to reflect the specificities of","policies, instruments and beneficiaries, and","also facilitating participation in cohesion","policy programmes by smaller","stakeholders, as well as easier absorption","of available funding;"],"orig_lang":"fr","peid":"PE460.648v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"24","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-460.648+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Ramona Nicole M\u0103nescu","changes":{},"committee":["REGI"],"date":"2011-03-03T00:00:00","id":"PE460.648-25","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 10 a (new)"]],"meps":[39717],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:42:43"},"new":["10a. Calls on the Commission to enhance","both technical assistance and training","towards national, regional and local","administrations in order to increase the","capacities and knowledge of rules on","implementation related problems."],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE460.648v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"25","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-460.648+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Karima Delli, Elisabeth Schroedter","changes":{},"committee":["REGI"],"date":"2011-03-03T00:00:00","id":"PE460.648-26","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 12"]],"meps":[96868,1933],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:42:43"},"new":["12. Stresses, at the same time, the","importance of increasing administrative","capacity in the Member States, at regional","and local level as well as among","stakeholders, by means of easy access to","technical assistance, in order to overcome","barriers to effective synergies between","structural funds and other funds and to","support effective policy design and","implementation; insists on the essential","role the Commission has to play in this","regard;"],"old":["12. Stresses, at the same time, the","importance of increasing administrative","capacity in the Member States, at regional","and local level as well as among","stakeholders, in order to overcome barriers","to effective synergies between structural","funds and other funds and to support","effective policy design and","implementation; insists on the essential","role the Commission has to play in this","regard;"],"orig_lang":"fr","peid":"PE460.648v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"26","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-460.648+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Nuno Teixeira","changes":{},"committee":["REGI"],"date":"2011-03-03T00:00:00","id":"PE460.648-27","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 12 a (new)"]],"meps":[96974],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:42:43"},"new":["12a. Stresses that European added value","can and must be achieved through greater","synergy among cohesion policy funding","instruments and better coordination","between these and other funding","instruments;"],"orig_lang":"pt","peid":"PE460.648v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"27","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-460.648+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Nuno Teixeira","changes":{},"committee":["REGI"],"date":"2011-03-03T00:00:00","id":"PE460.648-28","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 12 b (new)"]],"meps":[96974],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:42:43"},"new":["12b. Recalls the important contribution","that respect for the subsidiarity principle","and multilevel governance principle","makes to fostering coordination between","the various decision-making bodies and","strengthening synergies between the","various funding instruments;"],"orig_lang":"pt","peid":"PE460.648v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"28","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-460.648+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Nuno Teixeira","changes":{},"committee":["REGI"],"date":"2011-03-03T00:00:00","id":"PE460.648-29","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 12 c (new)"]],"meps":[96974],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:42:43"},"new":["12c. Believes that the architecture of the","future cohesion policy should be simpler,","more flexible and capable of facilitating","the greatest possible take-up and","effectiveness of funds;"],"old":[""],"orig_lang":"pt","peid":"PE460.648v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"29","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-460.648+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Lu\u00eds Paulo Alves","changes":{},"committee":["REGI"],"date":"2011-03-03T00:00:00","id":"PE460.648-30","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 13"]],"meps":[96976],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:42:43"},"new":["13. Calls on the Commission to examine","the most effective ways of increasing","synergies on the ground; suggests, in this","respect, that consideration be given to the","possibility of allowing the Member States","to choose to have a single operational","programme per region, encompassing","different funds (ERDF, ESF, Cohesion","Fund, EAFRD and EFF) with a single","managing authority, paying particular","attention to the regions' contributions to a","decentralised approach and to giving the","regions more autonomy and flexibility","with regard to participation in their own","strategies and upgrading regional and","local levels of administration;"],"old":["13. Calls on the Commission to examine","the most effective ways of increasing","synergies on the ground; suggests, in this","respect, that consideration be given to the","possibility of allowing the Member States","to choose to have a single operational","programme per region, encompassing","different funds (ERDF, ESF, Cohesion","Fund, EAFRD and EFF) with a single","managing authority;"],"orig_lang":"pt","peid":"PE460.648v01-00","reference":"2010/2160(INI)","seq":"30","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-460.648+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Iosif Matula, Petru Constantin Luhan, Iuliu Winkler","changes":{},"committee":["REGI"],"date":"2011-03-03T00:00:00","id":"PE460.648-31","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 13"]],"meps":[95017,96823,39725],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:42:43"},"new":["13. 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The Committee on\n Regional Development adopted the own-initiative report by Georgios\n STAVRAKAKIS (S&D, EL) on the state of play and future synergies for\n increased effectiveness between the ERDF and other structural funds.
The report notes that\n the Commission, in the Europe 2020 strategy, pledged to mobilise the EU financial instruments (namely\n the rural development and the structural funds, R&D programmes,\n Trans-European Networks (TENs), the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework\n Programme (CIP) and the EIB, among others) as part of a consistent funding strategy,\n pulling together EU and national public and private funding, in the context\n of the flagship initiative entitled ‘Resource efficient Europe’, thus reflecting the need for coherence\n between policies and instruments.
Members point out\n that the goal of cohesion policy should be sustainable, smart and inclusive economic\n growth evenly spread both territorially and socially, reduction of\n development disparities between regions, job creation, improved quality of\n life, worker training for new jobs, including in the field of sustainable\n economy, social and territorial cohesion and the implementation of the\n European social model, which constitutes a factor of cohesion and competitiveness\n of the European economy.
The committee\n considers that the rationalisation of spending calls for greater\n effectiveness and efficiency of policies at EU level as well as at national,\n regional and local levels, and whereas closer coordination and\n complementarity are essential elements in the modernisation of cohesion policy\n in the future. In this context, it sets out the following recommendations:
(1) Greater\n coordination and synergies:\n the report calls for a single strategic framework to be proposed, in time for\n the next financing period after 2013, to ensure a common approach and to\n capitalise on synergies between all actions which serve on the ground to\n further cohesion policy objectives as defined by the Treaties and are funded\n by the ERDF, the Cohesion Fund, the ESF, the EAFRD and the EFF.
Members believe that expenditure\n in the field of cohesion policy must be rationalised by reducing\n fragmentation of funding instruments and channels and fostering greater\n complementarity between the various funding instruments. They stress that\n coordination should be further enhanced not only between cohesion policy instruments\n as such (the ERDF, the ESF and the Cohesion Fund) but also between actions financed\n by these instruments and activities carried out under TENs, the Seventh Framework\n Programme and the CIP.
Members welcome the\n proposal set out in the Commission Communication on the Budget Review for the\n adoption by the Commission of a Common Strategic Framework in order to strengthen\n the integration of EU policies for the delivery of the Europe 2020 strategy.\n They call in this context for action to foster synergies between funding\n methods for the EU 2020 strategy’s flagship initiatives.
The report draws\n attention to the role that the ERDF plays in the effective use of the ESF,\n given that the ERDF is responsible for the creation of conditions such as\n proper infrastructure and adequate accessibility, without which\n employment-related investments cannot be efficient. Members are of the\n opinion that the rural development actions under the EAFRD and the\n sustainable development actions for fisheries areas under the EFF should be\n integrated in a single framework with the other structural funds, namely the\n ERDF, the Cohesion Fund and the ESF.
Stressing that mutual\n reinforcement and coordination of EU policies can undoubtedly ensure the best\n possible results from the EU budget, Members call for the development of financial\n engineering initiatives such as the instruments financed by the EIB, and\n for greater recourse to these instruments.
The report highlights\n the fact, however, that many Member States face difficulties in coordinating the\n various funds and have apparently expressed anxiety about the lack of\n synergy, and even in some cases about overlap, between funds. Members highlight,\n in this respect, the importance of co-financing and the need to simplify\n the rules to make it possible to strengthen synergies between the\n structural funds.
(2) Instruments to\n achieve cohesion: the report\n calls on the Commission to examine the most effective ways of increasing\n synergies on the ground. Members suggest, in this respect, that\n consideration be given to the possibility of allowing the Member States to\n choose to have a single operational programme per region or a\n multi-regional operational programme in the framework of macro-regional\n strategies encompassing different funds (ERDF, ESF, Cohesion Fund, EAFRD and\n EFF) with a single managing authority, paying particular attention to the\n regions’ contributions to a decentralised approach and to giving the regions\n more autonomy and flexibility with regard to participation in their own\n strategies and upgrading regional and local levels of administration. They suggest\n that the national management authorities in the Member States draw up future\n operational programmes geared as closely as possible to local and regional objectives.
The Commission is\n invited to:
Members believe that\n the new strategy for the use of funds will be more effective if it\n involves regional and local levels of governance, which are capable of\n applying the strategic objectives to local conditions, inter alia through a\n structured dialogue with all stakeholders, organisations which promote gender\n rights, social partners and non-governmental organisations but also financial\n and banking institutions. They stress the need to leave sufficient margin for\n regional and local requirements in formulating political objectives.
Lastly, the\n Commission is called upon, when establishing the new Common Strategic\n Framework and bringing forward proposals for regulations, to include\n provisions enabling local and regional partnerships (cities, towns,\n functional regions, groups of local authorities) to incorporate the various\n EU funding streams into a consistent and integrated framework in their\n respective territories.
\nThe European\n Parliament adopted by 613 votes to 47, with 10 abstentions, a resolution on\n the state of play and future synergies for increased effectiveness between\n the ERDF and other structural funds.
The resolution notes\n that the Commission, in the Europe 2020 strategy, pledged to mobilise the EU financial instruments\n (namely the rural development and the structural funds, R&D programmes,\n Trans-European Networks (TENs), the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework\n Programme (CIP) and the EIB, among others) as part of a consistent funding\n strategy, pulling together EU and national public and private funding, in the\n context of the flagship initiative entitled ‘Resource efficient Europe’, thus reflecting the need for coherence\n between policies and instruments.
Members point out\n that the goal of cohesion policy should be sustainable, smart and\n inclusive economic growth evenly spread both territorially and socially,\n reduction of development disparities between regions, job creation, improved\n quality of life, worker training for new jobs, including in the field of\n sustainable economy, social and territorial cohesion and the implementation\n of the European social model, which constitutes a factor of cohesion and\n competitiveness of the European economy.
The mid-term review\n acknowledges that budgetary flexibility is limited and that obstacles\n exist to reprioritisation even within programmes, Parliament considers that,\n in the current post-crisis situation, it is more important than before to\n understand the processes in the Member States' economies and the results\n achieved through the use of EU resources.
Members consider that\n the rationalisation of spending calls for greater effectiveness and\n efficiency of policies at EU level as well as at national, regional and local\n levels, and whereas closer coordination and complementarity are essential\n elements in the modernisation of cohesion policy in the future.
In this context, it\n sets out the following recommendations:
(1) Greater\n coordination and synergies:\n the resolution calls for a single strategic framework to be proposed, in time\n for the next financing period after 2013, to ensure a common approach and to\n capitalise on synergies between all actions which serve on the ground to\n further cohesion policy objectives as defined by the Treaties and are funded\n by the ERDF, the Cohesion Fund, the ESF, the EAFRD and the EFF.
Members believe that\n expenditure in the field of cohesion policy must be rationalised by reducing\n fragmentation of funding instruments and channels and fostering greater\n complementarity between the various funding instruments. They stress that\n coordination should be further enhanced not only between cohesion policy\n instruments as such (the ERDF, the ESF and the Cohesion Fund) but also\n between actions financed by these instruments and activities carried out\n under TENs, the Seventh Framework Programme and the CIP.
Members welcome the\n proposal set out in the Commission Communication on the Budget Review for the adoption by the Commission of a\n Common Strategic Framework in order to strengthen the integration of EU\n policies for the delivery of the Europe 2020 strategy. They call in this\n context for action to foster synergies between funding methods for the EU\n 2020 strategy’s flagship initiatives.
Parliament draws attention\n to the role that the ERDF plays in the effective use of the ESF, given that\n the ERDF is responsible for the creation of conditions such as proper\n infrastructure and adequate accessibility, without which employment-related\n investments cannot be efficient. Members are of the opinion that the rural\n development actions under the EAFRD and the sustainable development actions\n for fisheries areas under the EFF should be integrated in a single framework\n with the other structural funds, namely the ERDF, the Cohesion Fund and the\n ESF.
Stressing that mutual\n reinforcement and coordination of EU policies can undoubtedly ensure the best\n possible results from the EU budget, Members call for the development of financial\n engineering initiatives such as the instruments financed by the EIB, and\n for greater recourse to these instruments.
The resolution\n highlights the fact, however, that many Member States face difficulties in\n coordinating the various funds and have apparently expressed anxiety about\n the lack of synergy, and even in some cases about overlap, between funds.\n Members highlight, in this respect, the importance of co-financing and the\n need to simplify the rules to make it possible to strengthen synergies\n between the structural funds.
(2) Instruments to\n achieve cohesion: Parliament calls\n on the Commission to examine the most effective ways of increasing\n synergies on the ground. Members suggest, in this respect, that\n consideration be given to the possibility of allowing the Member States to\n choose to have a single operational programme per region or a\n multi-regional operational programme in the framework of macro-regional\n strategies encompassing different funds (ERDF, ESF, Cohesion Fund, EAFRD and\n EFF) with a single managing authority, paying particular attention to the\n regions’ contributions to a decentralised approach and to giving the regions\n more autonomy and flexibility with regard to participation in their own\n strategies and upgrading regional and local levels of administration. They\n suggest that the national management authorities in the Member States draw up\n future operational programmes geared as closely as possible to local and\n regional objectives.
The Commission is\n invited to:
(3) Improved\n governance: Members believe\n that the new strategy for the use of funds will be more effective if it\n involves regional and local levels of governance, which are capable of\n applying the strategic objectives to local conditions, inter alia through a\n structured dialogue with all stakeholders, organisations which promote gender\n rights, social partners and non-governmental organisations but also financial\n and banking institutions. They stress the need to leave sufficient margin for\n regional and local requirements in formulating political objectives.
Lastly, the\n Commission is called upon, when establishing the new Common Strategic\n Framework and bringing forward proposals for regulations, to include\n provisions enabling local and regional partnerships (cities, towns,\n functional regions, groups of local authorities) to incorporate the various\n EU funding streams into a consistent and integrated framework in their\n respective territories.
\nThe Committee on\n Regional Development adopted the own-initiative report by Georgios\n STAVRAKAKIS (S&D, EL) on the state of play and future synergies for\n increased effectiveness between the ERDF and other structural funds.
The report notes that\n the Commission, in the Europe 2020 strategy, pledged to mobilise the EU financial instruments (namely\n the rural development and the structural funds, R&D programmes,\n Trans-European Networks (TENs), the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework\n Programme (CIP) and the EIB, among others) as part of a consistent funding strategy,\n pulling together EU and national public and private funding, in the context\n of the flagship initiative entitled ‘Resource efficient Europe’, thus reflecting the need for coherence\n between policies and instruments.
Members point out\n that the goal of cohesion policy should be sustainable, smart and inclusive economic\n growth evenly spread both territorially and socially, reduction of\n development disparities between regions, job creation, improved quality of\n life, worker training for new jobs, including in the field of sustainable\n economy, social and territorial cohesion and the implementation of the\n European social model, which constitutes a factor of cohesion and competitiveness\n of the European economy.
The committee\n considers that the rationalisation of spending calls for greater\n effectiveness and efficiency of policies at EU level as well as at national,\n regional and local levels, and whereas closer coordination and\n complementarity are essential elements in the modernisation of cohesion policy\n in the future. In this context, it sets out the following recommendations:
(1) Greater\n coordination and synergies:\n the report calls for a single strategic framework to be proposed, in time for\n the next financing period after 2013, to ensure a common approach and to\n capitalise on synergies between all actions which serve on the ground to\n further cohesion policy objectives as defined by the Treaties and are funded\n by the ERDF, the Cohesion Fund, the ESF, the EAFRD and the EFF.
Members believe that expenditure\n in the field of cohesion policy must be rationalised by reducing\n fragmentation of funding instruments and channels and fostering greater\n complementarity between the various funding instruments. They stress that\n coordination should be further enhanced not only between cohesion policy instruments\n as such (the ERDF, the ESF and the Cohesion Fund) but also between actions financed\n by these instruments and activities carried out under TENs, the Seventh Framework\n Programme and the CIP.
Members welcome the\n proposal set out in the Commission Communication on the Budget Review for the\n adoption by the Commission of a Common Strategic Framework in order to strengthen\n the integration of EU policies for the delivery of the Europe 2020 strategy.\n They call in this context for action to foster synergies between funding\n methods for the EU 2020 strategy’s flagship initiatives.
The report draws\n attention to the role that the ERDF plays in the effective use of the ESF,\n given that the ERDF is responsible for the creation of conditions such as\n proper infrastructure and adequate accessibility, without which\n employment-related investments cannot be efficient. Members are of the\n opinion that the rural development actions under the EAFRD and the\n sustainable development actions for fisheries areas under the EFF should be\n integrated in a single framework with the other structural funds, namely the\n ERDF, the Cohesion Fund and the ESF.
Stressing that mutual\n reinforcement and coordination of EU policies can undoubtedly ensure the best\n possible results from the EU budget, Members call for the development of financial\n engineering initiatives such as the instruments financed by the EIB, and\n for greater recourse to these instruments.
The report highlights\n the fact, however, that many Member States face difficulties in coordinating the\n various funds and have apparently expressed anxiety about the lack of\n synergy, and even in some cases about overlap, between funds. Members highlight,\n in this respect, the importance of co-financing and the need to simplify\n the rules to make it possible to strengthen synergies between the\n structural funds.
(2) Instruments to\n achieve cohesion: the report\n calls on the Commission to examine the most effective ways of increasing\n synergies on the ground. Members suggest, in this respect, that\n consideration be given to the possibility of allowing the Member States to\n choose to have a single operational programme per region or a\n multi-regional operational programme in the framework of macro-regional\n strategies encompassing different funds (ERDF, ESF, Cohesion Fund, EAFRD and\n EFF) with a single managing authority, paying particular attention to the\n regions’ contributions to a decentralised approach and to giving the regions\n more autonomy and flexibility with regard to participation in their own\n strategies and upgrading regional and local levels of administration. They suggest\n that the national management authorities in the Member States draw up future\n operational programmes geared as closely as possible to local and regional objectives.
The Commission is\n invited to:
Members believe that\n the new strategy for the use of funds will be more effective if it\n involves regional and local levels of governance, which are capable of\n applying the strategic objectives to local conditions, inter alia through a\n structured dialogue with all stakeholders, organisations which promote gender\n rights, social partners and non-governmental organisations but also financial\n and banking institutions. They stress the need to leave sufficient margin for\n regional and local requirements in formulating political objectives.
Lastly, the\n Commission is called upon, when establishing the new Common Strategic\n Framework and bringing forward proposals for regulations, to include\n provisions enabling local and regional partnerships (cities, towns,\n functional regions, groups of local authorities) to incorporate the various\n EU funding streams into a consistent and integrated framework in their\n respective territories.
\nThe European\n Parliament adopted by 613 votes to 47, with 10 abstentions, a resolution on\n the state of play and future synergies for increased effectiveness between\n the ERDF and other structural funds.
The resolution notes\n that the Commission, in the Europe 2020 strategy, pledged to mobilise the EU financial instruments\n (namely the rural development and the structural funds, R&D programmes,\n Trans-European Networks (TENs), the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework\n Programme (CIP) and the EIB, among others) as part of a consistent funding\n strategy, pulling together EU and national public and private funding, in the\n context of the flagship initiative entitled ‘Resource efficient Europe’, thus reflecting the need for coherence\n between policies and instruments.
Members point out\n that the goal of cohesion policy should be sustainable, smart and\n inclusive economic growth evenly spread both territorially and socially,\n reduction of development disparities between regions, job creation, improved\n quality of life, worker training for new jobs, including in the field of\n sustainable economy, social and territorial cohesion and the implementation\n of the European social model, which constitutes a factor of cohesion and\n competitiveness of the European economy.
The mid-term review\n acknowledges that budgetary flexibility is limited and that obstacles\n exist to reprioritisation even within programmes, Parliament considers that,\n in the current post-crisis situation, it is more important than before to\n understand the processes in the Member States' economies and the results\n achieved through the use of EU resources.
Members consider that\n the rationalisation of spending calls for greater effectiveness and\n efficiency of policies at EU level as well as at national, regional and local\n levels, and whereas closer coordination and complementarity are essential\n elements in the modernisation of cohesion policy in the future.
In this context, it\n sets out the following recommendations:
(1) Greater\n coordination and synergies:\n the resolution calls for a single strategic framework to be proposed, in time\n for the next financing period after 2013, to ensure a common approach and to\n capitalise on synergies between all actions which serve on the ground to\n further cohesion policy objectives as defined by the Treaties and are funded\n by the ERDF, the Cohesion Fund, the ESF, the EAFRD and the EFF.
Members believe that\n expenditure in the field of cohesion policy must be rationalised by reducing\n fragmentation of funding instruments and channels and fostering greater\n complementarity between the various funding instruments. They stress that\n coordination should be further enhanced not only between cohesion policy\n instruments as such (the ERDF, the ESF and the Cohesion Fund) but also\n between actions financed by these instruments and activities carried out\n under TENs, the Seventh Framework Programme and the CIP.
Members welcome the\n proposal set out in the Commission Communication on the Budget Review for the adoption by the Commission of a\n Common Strategic Framework in order to strengthen the integration of EU\n policies for the delivery of the Europe 2020 strategy. They call in this\n context for action to foster synergies between funding methods for the EU\n 2020 strategy’s flagship initiatives.
Parliament draws attention\n to the role that the ERDF plays in the effective use of the ESF, given that\n the ERDF is responsible for the creation of conditions such as proper\n infrastructure and adequate accessibility, without which employment-related\n investments cannot be efficient. Members are of the opinion that the rural\n development actions under the EAFRD and the sustainable development actions\n for fisheries areas under the EFF should be integrated in a single framework\n with the other structural funds, namely the ERDF, the Cohesion Fund and the\n ESF.
Stressing that mutual\n reinforcement and coordination of EU policies can undoubtedly ensure the best\n possible results from the EU budget, Members call for the development of financial\n engineering initiatives such as the instruments financed by the EIB, and\n for greater recourse to these instruments.
The resolution\n highlights the fact, however, that many Member States face difficulties in\n coordinating the various funds and have apparently expressed anxiety about\n the lack of synergy, and even in some cases about overlap, between funds.\n Members highlight, in this respect, the importance of co-financing and the\n need to simplify the rules to make it possible to strengthen synergies\n between the structural funds.
(2) Instruments to\n achieve cohesion: Parliament calls\n on the Commission to examine the most effective ways of increasing\n synergies on the ground. Members suggest, in this respect, that\n consideration be given to the possibility of allowing the Member States to\n choose to have a single operational programme per region or a\n multi-regional operational programme in the framework of macro-regional\n strategies encompassing different funds (ERDF, ESF, Cohesion Fund, EAFRD and\n EFF) with a single managing authority, paying particular attention to the\n regions’ contributions to a decentralised approach and to giving the regions\n more autonomy and flexibility with regard to participation in their own\n strategies and upgrading regional and local levels of administration. They\n suggest that the national management authorities in the Member States draw up\n future operational programmes geared as closely as possible to local and\n regional objectives.
The Commission is\n invited to:
(3) Improved\n governance: Members believe\n that the new strategy for the use of funds will be more effective if it\n involves regional and local levels of governance, which are capable of\n applying the strategic objectives to local conditions, inter alia through a\n structured dialogue with all stakeholders, organisations which promote gender\n rights, social partners and non-governmental organisations but also financial\n and banking institutions. They stress the need to leave sufficient margin for\n regional and local requirements in formulating political objectives.
Lastly, the\n Commission is called upon, when establishing the new Common Strategic\n Framework and bringing forward proposals for regulations, to include\n provisions enabling local and regional partnerships (cities, towns,\n functional regions, groups of local authorities) to incorporate the various\n EU funding streams into a consistent and integrated framework in their\n respective territories.
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