Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-04-01-Speech-3-154"

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lpv:speaker	lp:Marian Harkin2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I too welcome this proposal because it is a direct and tangible response from the EU to the current economic crisis. We are responding using the instruments at our disposal, but I strongly agree with my colleague Mr Beaupuy when he says that we need to get our act together and do something quickly for families and communities. Secondly, I welcome the simplification and flexibility introduced in this proposal. This is badly needed anyway. Time and time again I hear from groups who access funding who are complaining about the red tape and the bureaucracy. While this package will not solve all their problems, it will help. Thirdly, I am particularly pleased that the in-kind contributions are now recognised as eligible expenditure. In my report on the contribution of volunteering to economic and social cohesion, which was endorsed by this Parliament, I called for this very measure to be put in place. This means that the contributions of volunteers and others will now be taken as contributing to the various projects and, while it has taken the current economic crisis to move us fully in this direction, nonetheless, it is most welcome. This measure will recognise in a practical way the contribution of volunteers and voluntary time and how it, too, can be part of our response to the current crisis. In this way we are working together with our citizens as partners. We know from the satellite accounts published by various Member States that the non-profit sector accounts for between five and seven per cent of GDP. We are now recognising and valuing this and saying to our citizens: your efforts, your time, your commitment are important, and we are working with you."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Marian Harkin (ALDE )."1
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