Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-03-12-Speech-3-276"

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dcterms:Date	"2003-03-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Equality of opportunities between women and men in the use of the Structural Funds2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030312.8.3-276"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-03-12-Speech-3-2772
lpv:speaker	lp:Jill Evans2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I should like to congratulate the rapporteur. I very much welcome this report and I am pleased that the committee has taken the initiative to prepare before the mid-term review, so that amendments can be made at that stage. As we all know, when operated effectively Structural Funds play a key role in helping the regions and the people in most need, reviving deprived communities and helping to combat social exclusion. It stands to reason that women and gender equality are central elements of this. My constituency in Wales includes some of Europe's poorest communities. Wales is a beneficiary of Objective I funding and has probably had a very similar experience to other areas of Europe. Good work has been done. The European Equality Partnership in Wales has developed systems to try to integrate mainstreaming and fully consider gender and other equality issues in the programming. But people working on the ground still report frustrations. There is a lack of understanding by those running programmes of the economic importance of equal opportunities and the positive effects for the whole community. Good practice is sometimes undermined by the pressure to comply with spending deadlines. Technical assistance is lacking for people trying to implement equality measures. For us in Wales, in particular, there is a worrying under-spend in the gender-specific measures. That is something we need to investigate. All this shows the importance of monitoring systems which will enable us to compare what is really on the ground in different countries. We now have the mid-term review, which is an opportunity to deal with the issues raised in Mrs Avilés Perea's report, a chance to move the equality agenda forward. For that to happen, the training and support mechanisms need to be in place to ensure implementation as well as efficient monitoring and sanctions for non-compliance. Involving women and equality organisations in the evaluation is extremely important. Much depends on their commitment, hard work and vigilance, which the Member States would do well to try to match."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-03-07--2004-04-30)3 vice-chair; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-21--2004-07-19)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Plaid Cymru - Parti of Wales (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Evans, Jillian (Verts/ALE )."1

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