Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-05-02-Speech-3-050"
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". – First to Mr Howitt, we can realistically expect better results on the ground if we look at the ability of being able to fund, for example, UNHCR actions in a more programme-based manner. If we look at Kosovo, they were given the mandate of coordinating all humanitarian support, but the Commission was not allowed, and would still not be allowed, to do core funding, so they had very great difficulty in defining specific projects that we can legally fund. But if we can have a broader definition defined by goals of what we can fund, we can make it possible for them to do their essential work of coordinating on the ground better. We need that also to give security to all the NGOs working in these humanitarian theatres, therefore predictability and better planning is what we can expect from the changes.
As to the larger goals, certainly our influence on policy-making in UN bodies is increased when we have a more normal ongoing discussion instead of the hit-and-run operation of funding a project here and a project there.
To Mr Deva, we will not just give the money. We are not contemplating core funding. This is something the owners of the UN organisation, its Member States, should do, but where we are now is inadequate, it is too much split up on individual projects without predictability for the World Food Programme or for UNICEF, as was mentioned. They need a quality partnership with a major donor like the Commission and, by doing what we are putting forward here, we can bring ourselves into that role.
Finally, for the special meeting in September, the Commission is planning to have a strong presence and make a strong contribution."@en1
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