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dcterms:Date	"2001-10-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:2002 budget2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011023.7.2-156"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-10-23-Speech-2-1572
lpv:speaker	lp:Ulpu Iivari2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 substitute; BUDG (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3,3 unknown; Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue/Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 treasurer; PES (2001-05-14--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Delegation to the EU-Latvia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the budget of the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport contains three important new features: Firstly, a separate appropriation of EUR 12.6 million is being proposed for the implementation of the learning initiative. It is justified because IT studies have a key place in the EU’s strategy. A considerable increase in the appropriation for IT teaching would also be wise, as if it is to be financed merely from the Socrates, YOUTH and Culture 2000 programmes this might put the implementation of the fundamental aims of these programmes in jeopardy. We have to remember that information technology is a tool, not an absolute value. The second new feature is connected with sport, which still does not have a legal basis in the Union. Sport is mentioned, however, in the Treaty of Amsterdam, and the conclusions of the Nice Summit stressed its social importance. The Committee on Budgets has approved a proposal for a EUR 5 million appropriation for sports club work to prevent exclusion amongst youth. The third new matter in our Committee’s budget is the EUR 1 million appropriation for establishing a centre for monitoring cultural co-operation. In my opinion, the co-ordination of cultural co-operation could be practised in association with the Council of Europe, which has much experience in the field. Chapter A-30 again caused problems. I am very disappointed with the work of the Committee on Budgets in item A-3042, which concerns the funding of European cultural organisations. We in the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport had done a lot of work in connection with this point. We took the Commission’s report on the funding of organisations into account as well as the recommendations of the Committee on Budgets’ working party. We, above all, tried to assess how money might be used in the best possible way from the point of view of European culture. I cannot accept that the Committee on Budgets has interfered with a proposal that required the expertise of a special committee the way it has. I warmly support the proposal contained in the report drafted by Mr Costa Neves for a legal basis and proper rules to apply to A-30. Parliament cannot act as if it were in a ‘grab as grab can’ type of wrestling contest, in which the most unscrupulous party of all is the victor."@en1
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