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". – Mr President, firstly I would like to thank the rapporteur, Mr Zimmerling, for his work on this regulation and especially for the efforts he made to conclude the legislative process at first reading.
The objective of our proposal is primarily to extend the legal basis for the decentralised cooperation budget line for an additional period of three years. This will ensure the continuity of the budget line until the end of 2006 when the new financial perspectives will be established. It will also give time for a more thorough discussion with all concerned partners on the role of the budget line and its financial allocation. The outcome of this discussion should provide the basis for a revision of the strategic guidelines for the decentralised cooperation instrument in a longer-term perspective.
The latest evaluation of the implementation of this budget line which was sent to Parliament in July insisted on the strong added value of the concept of decentralised cooperation as a complementary tool for the actions implemented under the national indicative programmes in favour of the local civil society.
The proposed amendments by the Committee on Development are mainly intended to clarify the eligibility of some decentralised cooperation agents to ensure better coherence with the comitology used and to guarantee better reporting on the implementation of actions financed under this budget line.
The Commission is happy to agree with all these amendments. They reflect well the fruitful discussions between the rapporteur, the Council working group and the Commission services. The sole exception would be Amendment No 5 concerning the increase of the financial allocation from EUR 18 million to 36 million. I understand Parliament's concerns that greater emphasis should be given to strengthening the role of local actors, and in particular southern civil society, in development cooperation.
We are making a considerable effort in this direction. However, as I explained in the letter I sent to Parliament two weeks ago, it is not necessary to seek additional funds specifically for decentralised cooperation on this budget line, as it is clear from our proposal that the financing proposed is to be used primarily in situations of difficult partnership. In other areas the geographical instruments may be used.
I need to confirm here that the Commission, fully supported on this by the Council, cannot accept the proposed increase in the budget."@en1
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