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Supports public disclosure of relevant budget information relating to budget support programmes in order to enhance domestic and mutual accountability, including to citizens;
Parlamentet anser att dessa variabler bör beaktas av revisionsrätten.
Notes that evaluations of on-going EDF projects in Sub-Saharan countries concluded in 2012 indicate improvements in project design and relevance, impact and sustainability on the one hand but also continued problems relating to efficiency and effectiveness on the other hand, with just over half of the projects receiving good or very good marks [12]; welcomes the launch in 2012 of comprehensive frameworks to build resilience in the Sahel (AGIR – Alliance globale pour l’initiative Résilience – Sahel) and the Horn of Africa (SHARE – Supporting HoA Resilience) to better address persistent food insecurity in these regions;
Europaparlamentet uppmanar kommissionen och revisionsrätten att lämna mer information om det eventuella upprättandet av EU-omfattande enhetskostnadsinformation för ingenjörer som gör uppskattningar inför nya projekt.
Is concerned by the high and increased percentage of evaluated projects in the Pacific region being assessed as having serious deficiencies and only 40,4 % of projects classed as ‘good’ or ‘very good’; calls on the Commission to further investigate the causes of these deficiencies and to enhance in-country capacity in order to improve project design and implementation [13];
Detta för att hjälpa förmånstagare att sänka sina upphandlingskostnader.
Notes positively the overall satisfaction and improved quality of projects in the Caribbean region where 75,47 % of projects were assessed as performing well or very well [14];
Del XX
Calls on the Commission, however, to ensure that the disbursement of funds through budget support is withheld, reduced or cancelled when clear and initial objectives and commitments are not achieved and when the Union’s political and financial interests are at stake;
Revisionsrättens särskilda rapport nr 6/2013 ”Har åtgärderna för att diversifiera ekonomin på landsbygden gett medlemsstaterna och kommissionen valuta för pengarna?”
Recalls that the risk of resources being diverted away remains high and that the risks of corruption and fraud are linked to public financial management and reforms; reiterates that stronger and constant attention should be paid to these risks by EuropeAid’s Headquarters and by the Head of Union Delegation in the framework of the political and policy dialogue, especially to assess the responsiveness of the government concerned and its ability to enforce reforms;
Allmänna kommentarer
Union support for governance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Europaparlamentet är bekymrat över att den goda förvaltningen av EU-finansierade program och initiativ äventyras när nedskärningar i den offentliga sektorn påverkar antalet anställda i de berörda förvaltningarna.
Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to place greater emphasis, in its dialogue with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) government, on the fact that democratic elections are a key component of governance; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to carefully assess all risks to ensure that Union programmes in this area do not support regime entrenchment;
Europaparlamentet påpekar att vikten bör läggas vid de uppenbara behoven eller de särskilda målen och på förmågan att bistå områden som har behov av det.
Asks the Commission and the EEAS to promote improved DRC government accountability through increased support to strengthen the capacity of national oversight institutions, in particular the specialised committees of the National Assembly and the supreme audit institution;
Europaparlamentet påpekar behovet av en grönare, rättvisare och fullständigt legitim gemensam jordbrukspolitik, som står för principen om offentliga utgifter för kollektiva nyttigheter och anser att en ökad sociopolitisk användning av medel för landsbruksutveckling skulle främja tillväxten och arbetstillfällena på landsbygden.
Recalls in all governance areas covered by the Union cooperation strategy, to systematically consider the need to support the fight against fraud and corruption;
Europaparlamentet påpekar att lämpliga diversifieringsprojekt bör syfta till att utveckla lokal infrastruktur och lokala bastjänster på landsbygden för att förhindra tendenser i riktning mot avfolkning.
Insists that EDF funding should support the long-term restructuring of central judicial bodies in DRC in order to ensure the sustainable establishment of the rule of law in the country; notes in this respect REJUSCO and PAG, two programmes which were granted EUR 7,9 million and EUR 9 million from the 9th EDF; regrets that those programmes failed to achieve their anticipated outcomes and takes note that the Commission’s contribution has consequently been reduced for REJUSCO and stopped in the case of PAG; calls on the Commission to assess the specific shortcomings encountered during the preparation and implementation of those two programmes in order to develop more sustainable programmes on the judicial reform with better-tailored objectives under the 11th EDF;
Parlamentet anser att projekten också bör syfta till att göra landsbygdsområdena attraktivare för unga människor och leda till nya tillfredsställande och välbetalda arbetstillfällen.
Considers at the outset of programmes and regularly during their implementation, the need to assess the likelihood and potential impact of the main risks to the achievement of programme objectives by appraising the relevance and credibility of the country’s policies and action plans for improving governance in relation to the available institutional and financial resources and by monitoring progress against commitments made by the DRC authorities; calls for the establishment of measures to prevent or mitigate risks and to clearly define the course of action to be followed if risks become a reality;
Om revisionsrättens metod
Believes that the Commission should focus its objectives on a limited number of priorities, set out a time frame with regular evaluation assessments which is better adapted to the programme environment and provide for flexibility during programme implementation so that objectives can be adapted promptly where appropriate;
Europaparlamentet noterar att denna särskilda rapport är inriktad på diversifieringsmålet inom axel 3 och anser att det skulle vara fördelaktigt att även undersöka målet att förbättra livskvaliteten i landsbygdsområden och främja en diversifiering av landsbygdsekonomin.
Considers that the Commission should strengthen their structured political and policy dialogue with the DRC; notes that this will involve, in full respect of the provisions of the Cotonou Agreement (in particular Article 96 thereof), (i) setting clear, relevant, realistic and time-bound targets which are mutually agreed upon with the national authorities, (ii) periodically assessing compliance with the agreed targets as part of the regular political dialogue with the government, and (iii) considering, after careful deliberation, the adaptation or, in exceptional cases, the suspension or termination of the programme if the DRC government shows insufficient commitment to compliance;
Europaparlamentet noterar att de granskade åtgärderna är utformade för att påverka mer än sysselsättning och inkomst och är avsedda att bidra till hållbarheten på landsbygden.
Urges the DRC government to adopt the necessary measures for improving the functioning of the thematic working groups and to monitor the implementation of those measures;
Framtida utveckling
Invites the Commission to take a more active leadership role towards Member States by encouraging a coordinated policy dialogue and by increasing Union leverage over the DRC government;
Europaparlamentet välkomnar att kommissionen för nästa programplaneringsperiod har föreslagit ett antal förbättringar som bör utgöra ett svar på några av de farhågor som revisionsrätten gett uttryck för, särskilt
Union aid to Haiti
en starkare rättslig ram med en fullständig strategibeskrivning och förhandsbedömning,
Takes note of the fact that the Commission, notwithstanding the Parliament’s resolutions in the context of the 2010 and 2011 discharge procedures, has not yet made public exhaustive performance indicators on which the budget support to the Republic of Haiti was based, neither the detailed assessments of the Government of the Republic of Haiti’s performance on which the decision to give budget support was based;
en enda åtgärd i stället för tre med bättre fokusering, tydligare stödvillkor (med riktlinjer) och betalningsregler samt användning av förenklade kostnader,
Observes that the Commission and the Government of the Republic of Haiti are about to sign a State Building Contract, which should be in conformity with the new criteria for budget support as outlined in the Commission’s Communication of 13 October 2011 entitled ‘The Future Approach to EU Budget Support to Third Countries’;
bättre definition av urvalskriterier, och obligatorisk användning av dessa,
Asks the Commission to send the State Building Contract to Parliament as soon as possible, along with all the assessments upon which this contract is based; calls on the Commission to clarify in which way this contract is in line with the abovementioned Communication of the Commission;
utbyte av bästa praxis med avseende på dödviktseffekter och undanträngning,
Requests, particularly in light of recent concerns about the deterioration of the rule of law in Haiti and persistent low scores on international corruption indices, that the Commission explains to Parliament what performance targets have been set for the Haitian government in return for budget support and the modalities for the assessment of these targets;
resultatindikatorer som bör ingå i utvärderingen av landsbygdsutvecklingsprogrammet,
Urges the Commission to ensure that, as announced, the impact evaluation is completed by April 2014, as provided for in paragraphs 62 and 63 of Parliament’s resolution relating to the 2011 discharge procedure and is transmitted to Parliament;
gemensamma övervaknings- och utvärderingsramen ska använda gemensamt fastställda målindikatorer för bedömning.
Refers to the report of Parliament’s CONT delegation that visited Haiti in 2012, which points out the need to greatly improve the public accessibility of information about the results achieved by Union-funded projects and programmes in Haiti;
Europaparlamentet uppmanar medlemsstaterna att i sina landsbygdsutvecklingsprogram klart och tydligt ange när offentlig intervention för investeringar i annan verksamhet än jordbruk kommer att hjälpa till att råda bot på till exempel marknadsmisslyckanden som rör hinder för sysselsättning och tillväxt.
Observes that since the publication of the CONT report and Union participation in the International Aid Transparency Initiative, some improvements have taken place;
Parlamentet anser att medlemsstaterna därefter bör fastställa specifika och mätbara mål i förhållande till dessa behov, och att kommissionen endast bör godkänna de landsbygdsutvecklingsprogram som innehåller underbyggda och samlade strategier med en tydlig logisk grund som visar hur politisk intervention bidrar till strategiska mål för att skapa tillväxtförutsättningar och arbetstillfällen samt motverka avfolkning av landsbygden.
Requests that the Commission reports on how Haitian Government reports on and accounts for Union funds received has developed since the CONT delegation found control systems inadequate and accounting for Union spending on an unacceptable level;
Europaparlamentet uppmanar medlemsstaterna att fastställa och konsekvent tillämpa kriterier som garanterar att de mest ändamålsenliga och hållbara projekten väljs ut med hänsyn till medlemsstaternas specifika mål.
Urges the Commission to substantially speed-up the process of improving the monitoring and evaluation of Union funded projects and programmes and of making the resulting information publicly accessible in a user-friendly way, according to the letter and spirit of the International Aid Transparency Initiative;
Parlamentet anser att kommissionen bör se till att kriterierna tillämpas korrekt och fortlöpande och inte bara i de fall då budgetmedlen är knappa.
Cooperation with international organisations and non-governmental organisations
Europaparlamentet begär att kommissionen och medlemsstaterna utbyter och främjar bästa praxis när det gäller att minska riskerna för dödvikts- och undanträngningseffekter.
Is concerned by the Court of Auditors’ finding wherein errors were more frequently identified in operations relating to programme estimates, grants and contribution agreements between the Commission and international organisations than in other forms of support, representing 31 transactions out of the 71 tested (i.e. 44 %);
Europaparlamentet begär att kommissionen uppmuntrar medlemsstaterna att införa en praxis som innebär att utgifter för investeringar endast är stödberättigande från och med den dag då stödet godkänns.
Reiterates the need for the reinforcement of the cooperation and contacts with international organisations on the errors found for transactions implemented by them and discussion on actions to be taken jointly in the future to prevent them;
Europaparlamentet uppmanar kommissionen att se till att medlemsstaterna har ändamålsenliga system som gör att de kan kontrollera om kostnaderna är rimliga.
Strongly believes that it is of utmost interest to exchange good practices in order to define similar and sustainable core principles of assurance in compliance with the Union Financial regulations;
Europaparlamentet uppmanar kommissionen och medlemsstaterna att öka sina ansträngningar för att minska den administrativa bördan och se till att utbetalningar görs inom en rimlig tidsperiod.
Encourages all actions, furthermore, leading not only to a better mutual understanding of Union and World Bank methodologies but also reinforcing the overall quality and reliability of the control management with regard to the use of Trust funds; takes the view, to that purpose, that the European Commission’s 7 Pillars Assessment constitutes a real benchmark for providing adequate level of assurance;
Europaparlamentet uppmanar kommissionen och medlemsstaterna att inför den kommande programperioden 2014-2020 se till att inhämta relevant och tillförlitlig information som underlättar förvaltningen och övervakningen av åtgärden och visa i vilken utsträckning det stöd som ges bidrar till att EU:s övergripande prioriteringar uppnås.
Welcomes the decision from the World Bank to endeavour to lift the restriction based on confidentiality and the working arrangement between the World Bank and the Commission whereby one contact person for each institution has been appointed to deal jointly with specific cases where access to documents still encounters some obstacles, both for the Court of Auditors’ audit and for the Commission’s Residual Error Rate study;
Parlamentet anser att målen för jobbskapande bör vara realistiska, antalet skapade jobb bör övervakas noga och åtgärderna bör förvaltas bättre under programperioden, särskilt om det blir uppenbart att de fastställda målen inte kommer att uppnås.
Welcomes the creation by the World Bank of a single point of entry for all Trust fund-related audits and verifications and the current process of setting up a streamlined framework for dealing with Trust Fund audit review questions; recalls the utmost interest of Parliament in the increased sharing of any relevant information relating to audits of EU-funded trust funds;
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Is concerned by the on-going divergence of views between the Commission and the OECD Development Assistance Committee’s secretariat about the Official Development Assistance (ODA) eligibility of European Investment Bank (EIB) loans; in the light of the upcoming revisions of ODA-criteria in 2015; encourages the Commission to resolve its disagreements in an orderly manner as this is important to ensure sound statistical data and comparable benchmarks of financial contributions that are considered to contribute towards development goals;
Revisionsrättens särskilda rapport nr 7/2013 ”Har Europeiska fonden för justering för globaliseringseffekter gett ett europeiskt mervärde i återintegreringen av uppsagda arbetstagare på arbetsmarknaden?”
Encourages the EIB to foster its dialogue with non-governmental organisations (NGOs) while also ensuring, in the context of certain projects, that the legal status of NGOs associated with the implementation of projects is checked;
Europaparlamentet understryker att parlamentet fäster stor vikt vid att effektivitetsrevisioner utförs utöver kontrollerna av lagligheten och korrektheten, och välkomnar därför revisionsrättens särskilda rapport som omfattar både positiva och negativa resultataspekter och därmed ger en balanserad översyn.
Asks the Commission to verify, when financing an NGO project, which part of the financing comes from the organisation’s own private funding and which part of the financing from government funding, be it national or European; asks the Commission to publish a report each year about its findings;
Europaparlamentet inser dock att effektiviteten endast kan mätas om mål och indikatorer har fastställts i förordningen.
The investment facility
Parlamentet uppmanar därför kommissionen att ta hänsyn till parlamentets ståndpunkt när det gäller effektivitetsrevisioner i samband med utarbetandet av nya lagstiftningsförslag.
Recalls that the funds allocated to the Investment Facility from the ninth and 10th EDF amounted to EUR 3137 million;
Europaparlamentet gläder sig över att de flesta arbetstagare som drabbades av kollektiva uppsägningar till följd av globaliseringen och krisen och som fick stöd genom Europeiska fonden för globaliseringseffekter erbjöds individanpassade tjänster och väl samordnade åtgärder.
Deplores, as in previous years, the fact that the investment facility is not covered by the Court of Auditors’ Statement of Assurance or Parliament’s discharge procedure, even though the projects are carried out by the EIB on behalf of and at the risk of the Union, using EDFs’ resources; calls, therefore, for an end to be brought to the Tripartite Agreement during the October 2015 revision and include the investment facility in the normal discharge procedure;
Europaparlamentet noterar med tillfredsställelse att fondåtgärderna i regel var väl samordnade med nationella åtgärder och åtgärder genom Europeiska socialfonden (ESF).
Asks the Court of Auditors to draw up a Special Report on the performance and alignment with Union development policies and objectives of EIB external lending activities before the mid-term review of the EIB’s external mandate and the mid-term review of the Investment Facility, as well as compare the added value with regards the own resources used by the EIB; asks the Court of Auditors, furthermore, to differentiate its analysis between the guarantees granted by the general budget of the Union and by the Member States, the investment facility endowed by the EDF and the usage of reflows for these investments, and the EIB’s use of the various forms of blending used in the EU-Africa infrastructural trust fund and the Caribbean investment facility;
Europaparlamentet noterar de argument som fördes fram av de medlemsstater som inte ville utnyttja fonden.
Welcomes the first report relating to the implementation of the EIB’s new results measurement framework (REM) for better estimating the project’s expected results and asks for the full methodology to be disclosed, in particular with regards the indicators used for alignment with Union development goals; invites the EIB to regularly issue the REM report and inform Parliament;
Parlamentet notera att det handlade om följande argument:
Encourages the EIB to fine-tune as necessary the REM framework by integrating the first feedbacks from all stakeholders involved, by keeping regular alignment with Union development policies and by indicating the REM’s score per operation in APC or OCTs countries in the annual report;
Den högre medfinansieringssatsen inom ESF (i vissa fall upp till 85 procent) jämfört med fonden (upp till 65 %) är ett negativt incitament att använda fonden.
Believes that improvements relating to interinstitutional collaboration have to be pursued, namely the increased work at programming level carried out by the Commission and the EEAS;
Parlamentet välkomnar därför kommissionens omprövning av medfinansieringssatserna för den kommande fondperioden.
Believes that the EIB should continue to research a convergence of results reporting among the other co-financing international institutions along with the using of common indicators and definitions;
ESF-stöd kan genomföras snabbare än fondstöd, eller så är nationella förvaltningar mer förtrogna med ESF.
Takes the view that it is imperative to ensure a more visible Union by projecting Union values in various domains of intervention such as promoting human rights and rule of law, raising environmental and social standards and overall support for sustainable development and inclusive economic growth;
Fonden tillhandahåller ingen förfinansiering.
Supports, in the context of the Union’s external policies, the progressive development of new financial products with the Commission and the Member States; backs the Investment Facility, in respect of the additionally principle, to continue offering these alternative financial conditions which are not usually available or accessible in local financial markets and that can be mobilised through the development of products blending Union grants, loans and risk sharing instruments or the use of guarantees; demands that best practices and well-defined eligibility criteria be defined for the use of those instruments, accompanied by structured reporting, monitoring and control conditions;
De mer restriktiva fondvillkoren, särskilt handelskriteriet som det främsta interventionskriteriet för ansökningar som baseras på globaliseringen.
Asks the Commission to consider the development impact of the Investment Facility in its annual report to Parliament and Council on the Union’s development and external assistance policies and their implementation and the annual activity report;
Förfarandet för att godkänna ansökningar om stöd från fonden tar lång tid.
Calls on the Commission to provide a fully-fledged report on the impact and results of the implementation of financial facilities in the context of the platform for cooperation on blending and development policies;
Europaparlamentet påpekar emellertid på nytt att fonden och ESF kan ses som kompletterande instrument.
Looks forward for the inclusion of the Investment Facility in the next evaluation report on Union support to private sector development;
Parlamentet uppmanar dock kommissionen att klargöra skälen till att hålla isär fonden från ESF, eftersom ESF i vissa fall kan uppnå snabbare resultat och ibland erbjuder bättre med- och förfinansieringssatser.
Budgetisation of the EDF
Parlamentet konstaterar dessutom att den europeiska allmänheten i vissa medlemsstater har större kännedom om ESF än om fonden [27].
Regrets that the EDF have not been included in the general budget in the new financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union (Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012);
Europaparlamentet betonar att det är av betydelse för en sund ekonomisk förvaltning att arbetslösas återintegrering på arbetsmarknaden efter deras deltagande i fondåtgärderna kan fastställas på ett tillförlitligt sätt.
Recalls that Parliament, the Council and the Commission agreed that those financial rules would be revised in order to include amendments made necessary by the outcome of the negotiations on the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014 to 2020, including on the issue of the possible inclusion of the EDF in the general budget; repeats its call on the Council and Member States to agree to the full incorporation of the EDF into the general budget;
Parlamentet anser att fondförordningen (Europaparlamentets och rådets förordning (EG) nr 1927/2006 [28]) därför bör uppmuntra medlemsstaterna att mäta återintegreringen efter utgången av genomförandeperioden och att dessa uppgifter dessutom bör vara jämförbara och helst kopplade till kvantitativa mål.