Traduction de «Transit-supportive development » (Anglais → Français) :

11. Urges the Commission to propose a comprehensive system of transitional assistance for the period post 2013 for regions that will exceed the 75% GDP threshold; considers it of utmost importance to deal separately with these "transition regions" as they will still be in a transitional phase of their development and should, therefore, have the benefit of a more clearly defined status, transparent rules and greater certainty as regards receiving transitional support from the Structural Funds during the next programming period; considers that transitional arrangements should also be made for Member States leaving the Cohesion Fund, in o ...[+++]rder to consolidate the convergence levels achieved;

Mr. Speaker, the following question will be answered today: No. 5. Question No. 5 Mrs. Irene Mathyssen: With regard to the Homelessness Partnership Strategy (HPS): (a) what changes have been made from the Supporting Communities Partnership Initiative (SCPI); (b) will the communities designated to receive funding under the Homelessness Partnership Initiative differ from the communities that received funding under SCPI; (c) will the community plans developed under SCPI remain intact; (d) if not, what is the procedure for developing new strategies; (e) will a public consultation process within the communities still take place; (f) will there be any differences in the number or allocation of staff and program facilitators under the new in ...[+++]itiative; (g) will there be any lag in funding while the transition from SCPI to HPS occurs; (h) how will HPS funding be administered; (i) will funding be transferred to the provinces and territories or will it be allocated directly to community based groups; (j) will there be any restrictions put in place on how funding recipients can spend money received through the Homelessness Partnership Initiative; (k) will preference be given to groups that provide transitional supportive housing; (l) which stakeholders were consulted before the decision was made to begin the new HPS program; (m) how was the need for a new program identified; (n) were (i) funding recipients, (ii) community groups, (iii) municipal and provincial governments involved in the development of HPS; (o) what are the criteria for receipt of funding from HPS; (p) how many funding recipients of SCPI funding will still qualify for HPS funding; (q) what is the estimated number of new funding recipients; and (r) what reporting and auditing requirements will funding recipients be responsible for?

However, this tragic issue deserves a common European policy that urgently addresses fundamental ‘issues’, including: the adoption of ‘burden-sharing’ policies between all the Member States, the revision of Dublin II as proposed in paragraph 18 of the Sánchez report, adequate financial support or support of another kind, including capital provision for infrastructure projects, as well as an assessment of the viability, or otherwise, of developing centres such as job centres in countries of origin and transit, the development of a realistic return policy, the implementation of timely integration policy and the fight against organised crim ...[+++]e involving trafficking in people, as well as xenophobia and racism.

We still desperately need a comprehensive, fully funded housing program for co-op, non-profit, aboriginal, supportive, alternative, and transitional housing developers and providers with adequate capital subsidies, adequate rent supplements, funding for rehabilitation of abandoned or substandard housing, support service funding, and development assistance.

As regards the social consequences of transition, support will focus on the development of support mechanisms for poor families and children and on health management.

The Commission has adopted decisions approving the regional operational programmes for Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Apulia, Sardinia and Sicily as part of the multi-regional operational programmes for local development and research under the Community support framework for Italian Objective 1 regions (where development is lagging behind) for the forthcoming seven years and the regional operational programme for Molise, a region qualifying for transitional support.