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"Madam President, first I would like to thank Mr Theurer for his report and for putting this very important topic on the agenda. I think that we really need to discuss these issues in great detail because they are very important and they will be even more important in the framework of the forthcoming discussions on the details and the future of the MFF. We would also like to welcome this report because we see it as a very important contribution from Parliament to the debate on absorption capacity as a very important part of the Commission’s policies.
We are also very pleased that the report refers to absorption capacity using the broader approach to, and broader concept of, absorption which goes beyond a purely financial notion and also includes effectiveness and good management of funds. Implementation of projects without jeopardising the effectiveness of resources is a very important issue which is challenging for some Member States, as we could hear in this discussion.
The Commission believes that there exists an important common ground in the analyses of the absorption problems between Parliament and the Commission. The Commission has shown in the current discussion its willingness to provide available absorption data, although some of these data depend on the information provided by the Member States.
We share the concerns in the report on the delays in absorption in some Member States in particular and reasons for this, notably difficulties in adoption of compliance assessments and the parallel implementation of the programming periods of 2000, 2006, 2007 and 2013. We can say, however, that absorption has accelerated, particularly in the last year, and our latest figures show that the absorption rate stands at 29.2%. These show that the absorption of structural funds has accelerated and is currently in a good place.
But judging from all the speakers we have heard this evening, I think it is quite clear that we need to learn a lesson from the current period and we need to improve the way in which the rules are set out for future spending in this area. Therefore, whilst we are currently preparing the proposals for the regulation for the period 2014-2020 we are going to take all these lessons into account.
These proposals, therefore, will incorporate the results of the analyses which we have just been discussing and a very important part of this will be the push and pressure for simplification of the procedures and a reduction in gold-plating, both at EU and national level. Here, we very much need your support because gold-plating always occurs at the final stages of the legislative process, be it at EU level or very often at national level as well.
We will also encourage the Member States to boost administrative capacity and to increase the efficiency of their public administrations because, from what we can see in some of the Member States, it is clear that the levels of administrative capability and capacity have direct consequences on the ability to absorb the funds efficiently and on time. We have therefore come up with the idea of improvement to the partnership and multi-level governance which, we believe, would set out the conditions for closer cooperation between the Commission and the Member States and will provide an essential improvement and contribute to better management of funds in the future.
In reply to Monika Flašíková-Beňová, concerning the absorption funds for Roma inclusion, I would say that here, we in the Commission are waiting anxiously for the national programmes and national strategies which should be sent to the Commission before the end of the year and I believe that once this is done we can evaluate them and have a wide discussion on how EU funds are used in the very important issue of Roma inclusion."@en1
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