WRITTEN QUESTION E-3456/03 by Adriana Poli Bortone (UEN) to the Commission. Cofinancing of NGOs.
Date: 2003-11-20
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU financing, non-governmental organisation, poverty, project evaluation

27.3.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 78 E/553

As the Community is already implementing this Community Regulation, new legislation to protect seabirds
from longline fishing before 2004 is not currently foreseen.

Furthermore, based on a Community initiative, the International Commission for the Conservation of
Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) has adopted the recommendation 02-14 related to seabirds protection. This is
indeed the first measure in the ICCAT area to tackle this matter.

(1) Council Directive 79/409/EEC of 2 April 1979 on the conservation of wild birds, OJ L 103, 25.4.1979.
(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 2479/98 of 12 November 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 66/98 laying down

certain conservation and control measures applicable to fishing activities in the Antarctic, OJ L 309, 19.11.1998.

(2004/C 78 E/0588)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3456/03

by Adriana Poli Bortone (UEN) to the Commission

(20 November 2003)

Subject: Cofinancing of NGOs

The Commission has made provision to reduce the allocation of resources for cooperation on poverty
from EUR 199,9 million in 2003 to 193,8 million in 2004. In 2002 the Commission selected as ‘good
projects’ only 20 % out of a maximum of 50 % which it could have financed. Can the Commission say
which NGOs obtained funding, under what budget lines, what projects were completed and what short- or
long-term term results were achieved?

Answer given by Mr Nielson on behalf of the Commission

(22 December 2003)

The results of calls for proposals are published on EuropeAid’s website at: http://europa.eu.int/comm/
europeaid/projects/ong_cd/index_en.htm

The list gives the beneficiary’s name, the project title and the beneficiary country. A list of operations
cofinanced in the developing countries in 2002 under line B7-6000 is being sent direct to the Honourable
the
Member and to Parliament’s Secretariat.
EUR 199,9 million available under line B7-6000.

In 2002, EUR 199,2 million was committed out of

Each budget line is governed by a regulation specifying the eligible beneficiaries which can only be non-
governmental organisations (NGOs) (e.g. B7-6000) or non-profit organisations which are not necessarily
NGOs (e.g. B7-6002).

Operations cofinanced with NGOs under B7-6000 are monitored. The last monitoring report of about a
hundred operations highlighted their quality in terms of results and sustainability. The final payment of the
Community contribution is subject to approval of a final report consisting of a technical part, which
usually contains the evaluation results, and a financial part, including an external audit report.

the Commission carried out an overall evaluation of

line B7-6000. While pointing to
In 2000,
impact of the line owing to the diversity of operations, NGOs and its
shortcomings in the overall
geographical coverage,
the majority of operations
cofinanced. It can be read on the Internet at the following address: (http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/
evaluation/program/otherrep.htm).

the evaluation recognised the positive results of