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Mr President, despite the improvements cited, the 2001 report is still by no means a perfect one. We are learning year by year. We started with a very difficult background.
I have stated a number of times – some thought it was a bad joke – that the main reason why we are so bad as regards informing the public about what we do in development cooperation is that we do not know what we are doing. The truth is that statistically speaking, we are very far behind in our reporting and the whole mechanics of the system. We did not have an annual report that presented, across the board, a picture of what the Commission was doing in this area. This was a very big problem a few years ago. So, getting started was very important.
I am pleased to inform you that the 2002 report is just about to be published. In fact we sent it today to Parliament and the Council. Even though preparations for it had to be launched at the end of last year, it takes into account many of the recommendations made by your rapporteur, such as more analysis on the effectiveness of aid follow-up to Monterrey and Johannesburg, more statistical information permitting a comparison among the regions, and an executive summary. So, as you will see from the new report, we really are trying to improve it.
I should like to stress that production of this kind of report is a complex process. First of all, it addresses many different audiences. On the one hand, it is an important management tool for our own institutions. On the other, it is a public information instrument. Following this dual purpose, there are conflicting demands. We have to fulfil our obligations on a number of regulations, resolutions and so on concerning reporting. For that reason we had to include a lot of detail. At the same time, it should be easy to read, without too much technical jargon.
All in all we are happy that we have done it although we are not yet totally happy with the quality of it. The great help we get from Parliament and the feedback from this good report by Mr Martínez Martínez is, from our point of view, one way of continuing to improve the standard."@en1
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