Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-02-14-Speech-3-410"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-02-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Budget aid for developing countries (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070214.25.3-410"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-02-14-Speech-3-4112
lpv:speaker	lp:Pierre Schapira2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Parti socialiste (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; DEVE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with Israel (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I am pleased that our committee has taken the initiative to speak about the effectiveness of budget aid. The report – which is fairly critical – contains many reservations. I share each of those reservations, and I should like to illustrate them a little more. In the strategic documents by country that we are currently monitoring, we see that the budget aid provided by the Commission is often like a black box – it is impossible to evaluate. For example, in the case of Cambodia and Laos, the Commission is proposing to allocate 40% to 60% of the entire budget to the national anti-poverty programme, without giving the slightest indication of which sectors will actually be funded. Even more worrying is the fact that, when the Commission reveals to us the sectors that it once funded in its programmes, we see that they were not directly contributing to the fight against poverty. Under the guise of funding for national development programmes, the Commission is actually funding measures designed to improve the business, investment and trade climate. Consequently, it is not enough to make budget aid more sectoral and conditional in nature; the Commission must genuinely aim to fulfil the objectives of reducing poverty and of achieving the Millennium Development Goals. That is why, if such excesses are to be avoided – and I propose this whenever I can because this is my firm belief – a significant percentage of budget aid must be decentralised, for the benefit of NGOs and local authorities. This would mean preventing central governments from managing and monopolising all of the European budget aid. Decentralising aid would enable us to give the populations access to European funding and thus to make sure that our financial support is really benefiting the populations on the ground."@en1

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