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"Mr President, Commissioner, we are debating the own-initiative report on the management of regional policy and the Structural Funds presented by Mr Pohjamo, whom I would like to thank for his good work.
The Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance has tabled five amendments because we want to highlight some of the aspects relating to the issue we are dealing with.
Firstly, while we agree that cooperation with other agents – other than State and regional governments, that is to say, with local communities, NGOs, private bodies, etc. – is beneficial in terms of achieving the economic, social and territorial cohesion of the Union, we do not believe that that cooperation has been satisfactorily respected in all the Member States, but that it has been applied in an unequal fashion.
We therefore affectionately urge the Commission to try to ensure that socio-economic and environmental cooperation be applied equally in all regions receiving Community Funds and to ensure that the programming of projects is subject to consultation with the parliaments and governments of the constitutional regions which have legislative powers.
We also demand the creation of clear indicators intended to assess the application of this cooperation principle.
Furthermore, within the framework of the guidelines for the intermediate evaluation of September 2002, we want the Commission to define indicators for the efficient allocation of the reserve which, as well as financial management, take account of other aspects of management, such as cooperation, additionality and the quality of expenditure.
At the same time, we ask that, in the event that unspent resources are reallocated, the appropriations which are not used be directed towards the least-favoured regions which are most active and innovative, as well as measures in favour of sustainable development.
Finally, in support of the rapporteur’s idea – with regard to including the quality aspect in the annual monitoring of programmes subsidised by the Commission – we propose an assessment of their contribution to the implementation of the Union’s strategies relating to sustainable development and employment.
We hope that our amendments will receive the majority support of Parliament, since they will serve to improve our Community economic and social objectives."@en1
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