Examples of using External aid programmes in English and their translations into Greek
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In 2000, the Commission embarked on a major reform of the management of its external aid programmes(4).
At the same time the workload for managing external aid programmes constantly increases and evolves.
The Commission has addressed this issue in the general context of the reform of its external aid programmes.
Responsibilities related to the implementation of external aid programmes are only one of their main areas of activities.
In 2001 the Court published Special Report No 21/2000 on the management of the CommissionŐs external aid programmes.
These activities will therefore be decided in the framework of external aid programmes and will focus on the countries listed by the Development Aid Committee of OECD.
The budgetary authority will ultimately have to judge the right scale of European Union external aid programmes.
These activities will be organised as part of the external aid programmes and will primarily focus on the countries listed by the Development Aid Committee of the OECD.
The Commissioner for external relations has previously recognised that the Commission's external aid programmes have been an embarrassment.
Whilst country programming has now become a feature of all the CommissionŐs external aid programmes and improvements have been noted both in the way in which the programmes are prepared and in their content, there is still scope for further improvement.
The decision will eventually reduce the number of procedures used for the purposes of different external aid programmes and the EDF from 40 to 8.
The CommissionŐs May 2000 proposals for improving the management of external aid programmes are based on an analysis of the weaknesses of the CommissionŐs programmes which is very similar to that of the Court, as set out in various special and annual reports, notably chapter 5 of the Annual Report for 1997.
(11) See paragraphs 28 to 47 of Special Report No 21/2000 on the management of external aid programmes by the Commission(OJ C 57, 22.2.2001).
However, what emerges most clearly now is the huge problem of the under-utilisation of all categories of spending: in rural development, in the Structural Funds,in the major external aid programmes.
In order toincrease the effectiveness of the systems, the Commission should set up, for the external aid programmes, a database containing the main data on the experts.
C 57/16 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 22.2.2001 THE COMMISSIONŐS REPLIES EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Commission welcomes this report, which identifies weaknesses in the CommissionŐs management of external aid programmes.
See also the CourtŐs Special Report No 21/2000 on the management of the CommissionŐs external aid programmes, paragraphs 28 to 30(OJ C 57, 22.2.2001).
At sector level, the Commission has now announced reform programmes which can be seen as a response to concerns expressed by the Court over a number of years, for example,the proposals for improving the management of external aid programmes.
Whereas sport can contribute to various aspects of the EU's external relations in the context of external aid programmes, contributing to dialogue with partner countries in the framework of EU public diplomacy.
The new practical guide to EC external aid contract procedures, based on the November 1999 manual of instructions for external aid contracts, harmonises andsimplifies the management of EC external aid programmes.
Since the beginning of 1999, Tacis procedures have been aligned with the practices of other external aid programmes where the invitations to tender contain a complete table of the evaluation criteria, including their weighting ratios.
Environmental policy and Climate change Action priorities will be'mainstreamed' into all the major EU funding instruments, including cohesion, agriculture, maritime and fisheries, research and innovation,as well as into external aid programmes.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 57/1 I(Information)COURT OF AUDITORS SPECIAL REPORT No 21/2000 on the management of the CommissionŐs external aid programmes(in particular on country programming, project preparation and the role of Delegations), together with the CommissionŐs replies(pursuant to Article 248(4), second subparagraph, EC)(2001/C 57/01) CONTENTS GLOSSARYOFABBREVIATIONS.
The solution envisaged by the Commission consists of several elements, in particular obtaining additional resources Ń as part of the reorganisation of the external services, including deconcentration, andsetting up a project monitoring system to cover all external aid programmes.
The Commission cites as an achievement in 2003 the improved coherence and impact of EC external assistance,as shown by the record levels of commitments and payments, better coordination of external aid programmes thanks to devolution of decisionmaking to the Delegations, and better quality strategy papers.
The honourable Member's report rightly stresses the need for our Moscow delegation to play a bigger part in the management of our financial assistance, andI am determined to see significant progress in this direction as part of our wider reform of European Union external aid programmes.
The case study and the methodology are provided by EuropeAid- the Commission's office managing EU external aid programmes- and adapted by European Schoolnet.
The Framework Programme is based on three main objectives: providing a stable legal basis for the actions carried out by the Union; strengthening the coordination of all actions under the authority of the Commission's Directorate-General responsible for energy; and setting up a new framework for the coordination of activities in the energy field under other Community policies concerning, among others, the Structural Funds, external aid programmes and research programmes. .
Mr President, in the last couple of days we have heard fine words about the need for greater coherence,coordination and effectiveness in the external aid programmes of the Community and of the Member States.
Sapard is the first EU external aid programme which has been implemented in a decentralised manner.