CELEX: 51983DC0243
Language: en
Date: 1983-04-25
Title: GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1983 SECTION III - COMMISSION - PART B TRANSFER OF APROPRIATIONS No 9/83 (Non-compulsory expenditure)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE E U R O P E A N COMMUNITIES
   GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1983                                                     COM(85) 243 f i n a l
   SECTION I I I - COMMISSION - PART B                                         B r u s s e l s , 25 A p r i l 1983
                                  TRANSFER OF APROPRIATIONS No 9/83
                                       (Non-compulsory            expenditure)
   FROM CHAPTER 100 - PROVISIONAL APPROPRIATIONS
  TO CHAPTER 94                   - SPECIFIC MEASURES FOR COOPERATION WITH
                                      DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
  A r t i c l e 942               - A d v i s o r y Committee on Development                     Policies
                                                                                  500 000 ECU
  The F i n a n c i a l C o n t r o l l e r approved t h i s proposal on 8 A p r i l 1983
  i n accordance w i t h A r t i c l e 21(4) o f the F i n a n c i a l R e g u l a t i o n and
  c e r t i f i e d t h a t a p p r o p r i a t i o n s are a v a i l a b l e .
 COM(83) 243 f i n a l
 ---pagebreak---                                                  GROUNDS
1.      In the 1983 budget the budgetary a u t h o r i t y entered 500 000 ECU
f o r A r t i c l e 942 ( A d v i s o r y committee on Development P o l i c i e s ) but
f r o z e t h i s amount i n Chapter 100.
The A d v i s o r y Committee i s concerned w i t h the a n a l y s i s and examination
of the long-term g u i d e l i n e s of Community development p o l i c y and the
e v a l u a t i o n of i t s r e s u l t s . I t was set up i n the 1982 budget p r o c e d u r e ,
by the Commission e x e r c i s i n g i t s power under the T r e a t i e s t o set up groups
of e x p e r t s and committees t o undertake work i n v o l v i n g examination of p o l i c i e s ,
p l a n n i n g and s t u d i e s .
2. T h i s i s a p u r e l y a d v i s o r y committee, not a management committee
of r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s of the Member S t a t e s . I t c o n s i s t s of h i g h - l e v e l
e x p e r t s who are i n v i t e d p e r s o n a l l y by the Commission on grounds of
t h e i r competence and e x p e r i e n c e of development problems or i n t e r n a t i o n a l
relations.
The A d v i s o r y Committee operates at t h r e e             levels:
- a s t a n d i n g group of European e x p e r t s ;
- European and non-European e x p e r t s who are a u t h o r i t i e s i n t h e i r
     fields;
- c o n s u l t a n t s who are asked t o prepare i n - d e p t h s t u d i e s by the A d v i s o r y
     Committee.
 3. The A d v i s o r y Committee's c u r r e n t work programme i s o r g a n i z e d on the
 b a s i s of the t o p i c s i n the a t t a c h e d l i s t , which accompanied T r a n s f e r
 No 11/82, a u t h o r i z e d by the budgetary a u t h o r i t y on 23 June 1982^.
 The Committee has r e c e n t l y begun i n - d e p t h work on the long-term demographic
 problems of A f r i c a , where the p e r i o d between now and the end of the
 c e n t u r y w i l l see c o n t i n u i n g r a p i d growth i n both the t o t a l p o p u l a t i o n
 and the urban p o p u l a t i o n , w i t h consequent l a r g e - s c a l e m i g r a t i o n . The study
 i s designed t o p r o v i d e an o v e r a l l p i c t u r e of the problems of the f l i g h t
 from the l a n d , the r e l a t i o n s h i p between urban growth and food s u p p l y , and
 the problems of m i g r a t i o n as they a f f e c t s o c i a l s t r u c t u r e s and the economy
 i n A f r i c a ; the aim i s t o f a c i l i t a t e a b e t t e r understanding of the
 p r o s p e c t s f o r s o c i a l and economic development i n A f r i c a .
 I t i s intended t o produce:
 - a d e s c r i p t i o n of the present demographic s i t u a t i o n and the u t i l i z a t i o n
     of space;
 - a s k e t c h of the urban and r u r a l p o p u l a t i o n i n the year 2010.
  1
    C0MC82) 281 f i n a l , 12 May             1982.
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The A d v i s o r y Committee has a l s o decided t o make use of the e x p e r i e n c e
a c q u i r e d by the European development i n s t i t u t e s , some of which have
been i n v o l v e d i n i t s i n v e s t i g a t i o n of the impact of Community p o l i c i e s ,
e s p e c i a l l y those which r e f l e c t the economic i n t e r e s t s of Europe, on
the d e v e l o p i n g c o u n t r i e s and ways of making t h i s impact more p o s i t i v e .
The areas c o n s i d e r e d i n c l u d e a g r i c u l t u r e and food s u p p l y , Community
enlargement, raw m a t e r i a l s and f i n a n c e .
4.       In 1982 the a p p r o p r i a t i o n s (500 000 ECU) t o f i n a n c e t h i s a c t i o n
were l i k e w i s e entered i n Chapter 100 and r e l e a s e d o n l y a f t e r a p p r o v a l
of T r a n s f e r No 11/82.
A l l these a p p r o p r i a t i o n s were used d u r i n g 1982                and   a s i m i l a r amount
was entered i n the 1983 budget.
T h i s amount i s t o be used as f o l l o w s :
   Fees and expenses of the 15 European e x p e r t s                            permanently
     p a r t i c i p a t i n g i n the Committee's work                                               169 800  ECU
   Fees of 21 European and non-European e x p e r t s t a k i n g p a r t
     i n the Committee's work on an o c c a s i o n a l b a s i s                                     150 000  ECU
   C o n s u l t a n t s , p r e p a r a t i o n of r e p o r t s on v a r i o u s t o p i c s
     and p o l i c i e s , l o g i s t i c a l support                                                180 200  ECU
                                                                                 Total                500 000  ECU
 5. The Commission hopes t h a t c o n s i d e r a t i o n of the t o p i c s o u t l i n e d
 i n the annex w i l l c o n t i n u e .             The A d v i s o r y Committee must c o n t i n u e
 i t s work q u i c k l y because of the important d e a d l i n e s which the Community
must meet from autumn 1983 ( p a r t i c u l a r l y the s t a r t of n e g o t i a t i o n s
t o renew the Lomé C o n v e n t i o n ) .
The budgetary a u t h o r i t y i s t h e r e f o r e requested to r e l e a s e a l l the
a p p r o p r i a t i o n s f o r A r t i c l e 942 f r o z e n i n Chapter 100.
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                                                STUDY TOPICS
1.     Long-term development p r o j e c t s
- Development and p r o t e c t i o n of t h e main n a t u r a l b a l a n c e s :
   t e c h n i q u e s f o r combating d e s e r t encroachment and s o i l e r o s i o n
   and ways of p r o v i d i n g Community a s s i s t a n c e .
- S c i e n t i f i c and t e c h n i c a l c o o p e r a t i o n :
   . ways of i n c r e a s i n g the r e s e a r c h p o t e n t i a l of d e v e l o p i n g c o u n t r i e s ;
   . p r i o r i t i e s f o r a c t i o n , e s p e c i a l l y i n food p r o d u c t i o n and h e a l t h .
- Development o f human r e s o u r c e s :
   . study of demographic problems, m i g r a t i o n , u r b a n i z a t i o n ;
   . study of t r a i n i n g systems;
   . communication t e c h n i q u e s and d i s s e m i n a t i o n of i n f o r m a t i o n .
2.     D i r e c t i o n o f development          policy
- Ways of programming a i d
- F o r m u l a t i o n of an i n t e g r a t e d approach t o a i d f o r s o c i a l and
   economic development ( s m a l l and medium-sized u n d e r t a k i n g s , commercial
   and f i n a n c i a l s e r v i c e s , r e l a t i o n s between i n d u s t r y and a g r i c u l t u r e ,
   etc.)
- Ways of improving c o o r d i n a t i o n between Community and b i l a t e r a l
   policies .
3.      H a r m o n i z a t i o n of development p o l i c y w i t h the Community's other
        i n t e r n a l and e x t e r n a l p o l i c i e s
- I n d u s t r y and commerce: p r e f e r e n c e s , access t o markets and s t r u c t u r a l
   adjustments
- M i n i n g and energy: s e c u r i t y o f s u p p l y , market s t a b i l i t y and
    e x p l o i t a t i o n of developing c o u n t r i e s ' p o t e n t i a l
- Monetary and f i n a n c i a l              affairs
 4.     Development p o l i c y i n the i n t e r n a t i o n a l        context
 - P r o s p e c t s f o r North-South and Euro-South r e l a t i o n s
 - Development of m u l t i l a t e r a l           cooperation
 - P r o s p e c t s f o r c o o p e r a t i o n between d e v e l o p i n g c o u n t r i e s ( r e g i o n a l
    agreements and South-South r e l a t i o n s ) .
 ---pagebreak---                     APPROPRIATIONS IN CHAPTER 100 - PART B
                                    AT 30 MARCH 1983
                                                 Appropriations   App u p r i a t i o n s
                                                 f o r commitment  f o r payment
1. I n i t i a l p r o v i s i o n            116 316 000          117 316 000
2. A p p r o p r i a t i o n s being
     transferred                                15 000 000
3. T r a n s f e r s made                        3 500 000             1 500 000
4. A p p r o p r i a t i o n s  remaining       97 816 000         115 816 000