3 Amendments of Ingeborg GRÄSSLE related to 2015/2104(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recalls that the European Union and its Member States are collectively the largest financial donor to the UN budget; insists, therefore, in the spirit of the "Delivering as One" initiative (one leader, one budget, one programme, one office), on the need to ensure a higher degree of visibility of EU funding channelled through the UN, as well as an efficient use of these funds; demands that the UN and the Commission keep the European Parliament fully informed about the UN's implementation of Union contributions;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Appreciates the fact that channelling Union aid through the UN enables the EU to reach regions of the world which it might not be able to reach on its own; is aware of the high inherent risk involved when delivering aid in conflict-affected regions; regrets, however, that the reporting to the Commission by its partner organisations entrusted with implementing the Union budget under indirect management is often delayed, incomplete or insufficiently result- oriented, thus preventing the Commission from properly exercising its monitoring function;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Welcomes, in this context, the recent agreement of the co-legislators on an amendment to the Financial Regulation, which obliges the UN and other such partner organisations to notify the Commission of any detected case of irregularity or fraud affecting the Union budget; considers, however, that the Commission's possibilities to directly assess the correctness, efficiency and sustainability of Union funding channelled via the UN should be strengthened;