WRITTEN QUESTION E-2130/03 by Markus Ferber (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Commission support for NGOs.
Date: 2003-06-26
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU aid, European Commission, budget, non-governmental organisation, obstacle to development, public awareness campaign, support policy, use of aid

8.4.2004

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 88 E/69

(2004/C 88 E/0075)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2116/03

by Claude Moraes (PSE) to the Commission

(25 June 2003)

Subject: The situation in Sudan

Is the Commission aware of reports that jihad has been declared on Christian communities in Sudan and
that the Sudanese Government is arbitrarily detaining (and in some cases torturing) journalists, students
and others who speak out against the Government?

What are the Commission’s plans to deal with this unacceptable situation in Sudan?

Answer given by Mr Nielson on behalf of the Commission

(15 July 2003)

The Commission is not aware that jihad has been declared recently on the Christian communities in
Sudan.

The Commission notes the progress achieved in the context of the ongoing Intergovernmental Authority
on Development (IGAD) Peace Talks. In particular, the signature of the Machakos Protocol (July 2002) in
which the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) agreed upon the
respect of all religions and the freedom of practice.

The Union continues to monitor the situation of human rights, rule of law and democratisation in Sudan.
In the recent prosecutions of journalists and students, the Commission was aware of one case of a
journalist being put into prison. A Union démarche to the Government of Sudan was made during the
April 2003 meeting of the Union/Sudan Political Dialogue. Subsequently, the journalist was released and
the newspaper re-opened.

(2004/C 88 E/0076)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2130/03

by Markus Ferber (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(26 June 2003)

Subject: Commission support for NGOs

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Do Attac Deutschland e.V., Share e.V. and/or Weed e.V. receive European Union funding?

If so, what amount and for what period?

On the basis of which budget line or which programme is funding provided?

If funds have already been paid out, are checks made on their proper use?

Answer given by Mr Nielson on behalf of the Commission

(14 July 2003)

Two contracts have been awarded to WEED e.V. under budget line B7-6000 in the context of cofinancing
for non-governmental organisation (NGO) projects to raise European public awareness of development
issues:

(cid:1) 1997/014-332: title ‘Weltmarktregulation und Nord-Sud Beziehungen’:

(cid:1) Duration 36 months, closed in 2001;

(cid:1) Community contribution EUR 319 739, 62 % of total;

(cid:1) Total cost EUR 514 206.

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(cid:1) 2001/010-327:

title ‘Making the financial markets work for development’

(in consortium with

Informationsstelle Lateinamerika e.V.)

(cid:1) Duration 36 months, ending on 31 December 2003;

(cid:1) Community contribution EUR 594 998, 75 % of total;

(cid:1) Total cost EUR 793 331.

No contracts have been awarded to SHARE e.V. or to ATTAC e.V. by any budget line managed by
EuropeAid.

All contracts are subject to EuropeAid’s control and monitoring procedures for grants, established in
accordance with the provisions of successive Commission Regulations on the implementing rules of the
framework Financial Regulation.

(2004/C 88 E/0077)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2162/03

by Herbert Bösch (PSE) to the Commission

(30 June 2003)

Subject: Budget line B7-7010: no call for proposals in 2003 and its consequences for addressing the

human rights of disabled people

to poverty
In the Millennium Development Goals,
reduction. This goal cannot be met without considering the needs of disabled people, and yet disabled
people are still not sufficiently included in the development cooperation funded by the Union.

the European Union expressed its commitment

In the budget for 2003, budget line B7-7010 was amended so that actions undertaken in the field of
disability, as a follow-up to the Commission guidance note on disability and development cooperation,
could be funded under this budget line. However no Call for Proposals for budget line B7-7010 will be
issued in 2003. Rather the Commission will select and allocate funds from previously submitted projects.

Is there a possibility that the Commission therefore will pay particular attention to disability in its selection
of these previously submitted projects?

As no new projects can be submitted, how is the Commission intending to fund actions that need to be
taken as a follow-up to the guidance note on disability and development?

Is the Commission planning to adapt the priority actions of the programming document of the European
Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights so that it will be in line with the recent amendments on
disability to the B7-7010 budget line?

Answer given by Mr Patten on behalf of the Commission

(16 September 2003)

The Commission Communication of May 2001 (1) underscored the need to focus limited funds available
under the European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) more effectively. To that end,
it was decided that future funding should cover four thematic priorities: support for democratisation, good
governance and the rule of law; the fight against torture, impunity and promotion of international justice;
the fight against
the death penalty and combating racism, xenophobia and discrimination against
minorities and indigenous peoples. Those priorities were reflected in the EIDHR programming document
adopted for 2002-2004 and in the subsequent Calls for Proposals. Five Calls for Proposals were launched
in 2002, all of them covering two Budget years- 2002 and 2003. At the time these were published there
was no provision for the proposals to address disabilities issues, since such issues had not been referred to
in the EIDHR Programming document. Community rules do not permit the modification of proposals once
the texts have been published. The Commission is not in a position to select and allocate funds from
previously selected projects.