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"Mr President, let me start by expressing my gratitude and the gratitude of the Commission particularly to the humanitarian staff, here in Brussels and in more than 40 countries, striving to deal with the humanitarian consequences of natural disasters and conflicts, often working in difficult and risky environments. We recognise that they do a good job in managing our taxpayers’ money and this is something that we very much appreciate.
We live in a time when disasters are on the increase, conflicts are getting more complex and, while humanitarian needs are growing, resources are not. That puts additional pressure on how we use our taxpayers’ money, on the effectiveness and efficiency of our work, and, in this context, I am very grateful to the rapporteur and to Parliament for the advice you are giving us. Let me stress four points.
First, the report comes at a very good time for us because we are working on the revision of our framework partnership agreements. In these revisions, we will continue to strive for strong control and monitoring systems for the effectiveness and speed of our operations, because for us, speed is not a luxury but translates into more lives saved at a lower cost for our taxpayers. Of course, in this context, we pay particular attention to the UN. It is right to say that we have to continue to work for the reform of the UN system and to negotiate for the internal audit reports of our UN partners to be made available to us. Let me emphasise that we have taken a very prudent approach to checking the performance of our partners and their projects. Every year, we review one third of our partners and one third of our projects to see whether they meet the high standards we have set for their performance.
Secondly, we strongly emphasise a results-oriented approach in our partnership agreements and we will continue to so. Yes, last year, we spent EUR 1.1 billion to help the victims of conflict and disasters around the world. With this money, we reached 146 million victims, providing them with food and water, medical care and shelter, and by doing so have reduced the risk of conflicts spreading further and creating more instability around the world. We want our partners to pay close attention to results and to value for money for our taxpayers.
Third, I could not embrace more warmly the recommendation made to emphasise disaster risk reduction and link relief to rehabilitation and development. This is the only way we can cut the humanitarian cost in the future. Already, we have spent 8% to 10% of humanitarian aid on disaster risk reduction. We have made linking relief to rehabilitation and development a priority for our cooperation with Commissioner Piebalgs because the best way to build resilience is through development.
Finally, we are committed to integrating into our work a systematic cost-benefit analysis so we can put forward projects and programmes that meet the requirement of achieving the highest possible result for European taxpayers’ money, so you can be sure that you have a partner on our side who is very mindful of what Europeans are doing in this time of austerity to help others in need around the world."@en1
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