Europese Rekenkamer: integratieprogramma's in derdewereldlanden bemoeilijkt door slechte onderlinge financiële coördinatie (en)

Met dank overgenomen van Europese Rekenkamer i, gepubliceerd op dinsdag 11 december 2012.

The EU’s SOLID programme supports actions to foster integration of third country nationals in EU Member States and strengthen solidarity by sharing the financial burden resulting from the management of common external borders and the implementation of common policies on asylum and immigration.

The audit concluded that it has not been possible to measure success of the annual programmes due to the lack of a proper monitoring and valuation system. Nevertheless, most of the individual projects audited achieved positive results[see box 4 and paragraph 37 of the Report]. However, some projects have failed [see box 5 paragraph 38]. Member States generally consider the Funds to have added value.

To improve the systems for integrating third-country nationals, the ECA recommends that:

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    The European Parliament and Council should simplify the programming arrangements with single national programmes to cover the whole period.
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    In establishing management and control systems, the Commission and Member States should give due consideration to proportionality with the amount of funds involved and the impact on resources, as well as drawing on previous experience in similar funds.
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    The Commission should carry out a comprehensive assessment of needs for integration regardless of whether migrants have EU or third-country nationality. Based on this assessment, an appropriate fund(s) structure should be designed which ends the separation of the target population on the basis of nationality and which is oriented towards the needs of the final beneficiaries. Setting an obligatory priority to fund third-country nationals would ensure that they receive the necessary specific attention.
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    The Commission should place greater importance on obtaining concrete details on the assurance of coherence and complementarity in EU funds from Member States.
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    The Commission and Member States should set-up an obligatory system of common indicators, and Member States should set target values for national programmes.
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    For the start of the new programme, the Commission should ensure that its key guidelines are ready in advance and that Member States have set up adequate Management and Control Systems.

Contact:

Aidas Palubinskas

Press Officer European Court of Auditors

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