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2013/2178(INI) Optimise the potential of outermost regions by creating synergies between the EU structural funds and other EU programmes
RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead REGI OMARJEE Younous (GUE/NGL) TEIXEIRA Nuno (PPE), ALVES Luís Paulo (S&D), GODMANIS Ivars (ALDE), BICEP Jean-Jacob (Verts/ALE), VLASÁK Oldřich (ECR)
Lead committee dossier: REGI/7/13726
Legal Basis RoP 052

Activites

  • 2014/02/26 Results of vote in Parliament
    • Results of vote in Parliament
    • T7-0133/2014 summary
  • 2014/02/17 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
    • A7-0121/2014 summary
  • 2014/02/11 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • 2013/09/12 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading

Documents

AmendmentsDossier
158 2013/2178(INI)
2014/01/08 REGI 158 amendments...
source: PE-526.234

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  • The Committee on Regional Development adopted the own-initiative report by Younous OMARJEE (GUE/NGL, FR) on optimising the potential of outermost regions (ORs) by creating synergies between the Structural Funds and other European Union programmes.

    Members are convinced that the assets, resources and potential of the ORs highlighted by the European Commission, which lie in areas of key importance to EU research, innovation and growth, attract too little support and financing under EU funds and programmes. They considered that the volume of structural and investment funding being provided to the ORs must be adjusted or supplemented in order to enable them to address the major challenges facing the EU.

    It is for this reason that the report foresees the creation of the closest possible synergies between all EU instruments, funds and programmes in the following areas:

    Research and innovation: the Commission should make the necessary adjustments and guarantee OR access to the Horizon 2020 programme by setting up dedicated programmes that can help to foster greater OR inclusion in European and international research and innovation networks.

    Internal market: the Commission is called upon to look into the issue of the additional costs and high cost of living in the ORs and to take this issue into account when shaping European policies.

    Environment and energy: Members believed that the ORs’ potential in the areas of biodiversity management, conservation and rehabilitation, adaptation to climate change and renewable energy development can be maximised through the establishment of synergies and cross-funding arrangements between cohesion policy, the LIFE+ programme and the Energy 2020 strategy.

    Youth: Members highlighted the need for greater synergies to be achieved between the Erasmus programme and the ESF in the ORs, in order to maximise local human capital and expertise. They called for further action on the employment front in the form of an urgent pilot plan to combat unemployment in the ORs.

    Trans-European network (transport, telecommunications, energy): Members recalled that accessibility plays a key role where the development of the ORs is concerned and that the digital divide between the ORs and mainland Europe is hampering the ORs’ development and competitiveness.

    Members stressed therefore the need for synergies to be created in the ORs between the trans-European networks, the Connecting Europe Facility, the Civitas and Horizon 2020 programmes and ERDF and Cohesion Fund funding for transport, telecommunications and energy projects.

    EU Maritime policy: Members stated that the lack of synergies between cohesion policy and the Common Fisheries Policy, which still takes too little account of conditions in the ORs. The report stressed the importance of maintaining a POSEI scheme for fisheries, and proposed that research and innovation should be stepped up in the maritime economy, as they are a potential source of growth.

    Agriculture: Members pointed to the need to ensure that POSEI has the necessary resources to help OR producers to cope with the impact of the liberalisation of a number of sectors resulting from EU policies and international agreements concluded in the milk, sugar, rum, meat and banana sectors in particular. They believed that synergies should be created between cohesion policy and the EAFRD.

    Combat against poverty and social exclusion: Members drew attention to the fact that a number of fundamental problems exist in the ORs, one of them being social exclusion. They advocated the establishment of a social housing investment scheme.

    External policy: the Commission is called upon to take greater account of the impact that trade agreements concluded with non-EU countries have on OR economies, with impact studies being conducted in advance of each agreement in order to ensure that any 'sensitive' products are protected and fair compensation is provided for any losses incurred in specific sectors. The report also called for a procedure for consulting OR regional authorities to be introduced.

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Optimise the potential of outermost regions by creating synergies between the EU structural funds and other EU programmes
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