De Europese Commissie wil tegen 2010 de financiële regels voor Europese programma's herzien. Europa zoekt hierbij naar uw inbreng als ervaringsdeskundige, omdat u Europese financiering heeft ontvangen of manager bent van Europese projecten. De nadruk van de publieke consultatie ligt op mogelijke vereenvoudiging en het inbouwen van meer flexibiliteit.
Naar aanleiding hiervan organiseren Enterprise Europe Vlaanderen en het Vlaams-Europees Verbindingsagentschap (vleva) een rondetafelgesprek over deze publieke bevraging, waar u uw stem naar Europa toe kan laten horen. Dit rondetafelgesprek zal plaatsvinden op donderdag 10 december van 10.00 u. tot 13.00 u. in het Vlaams-Europees verbindingsagentschap, Kortenberglaan 71, 1000 Brussel. Op de middag worden broodjes voorzien.
Ter voorbereiding van deze rondetafel vindt u alvast het consultatiedocument in bijlage. De vragen van de consultatie worden onderaan nog eens weergegeven. Meer informatie over de rondvraag vindt u hier:
http://ec.europa.eu/budget/consultations/FRconsult2009_en.htm
Meer info en inschrijven:
Els Compernolle
Tel: 03 260 87 32
E-mail: els.compernolle@agentschapondernemen.be
Vragen publieke consultatie rond “Financial Regulation”:
· Question 1: Are you sufficiently informed about upcoming calls for proposals in a timely manner? What improvements would you suggest?
· Question 2: should the rules be more flexible on co-financing requirements taking into account the type of actions and project managers? How could in-kind contributions best be dealt with, while adhering to the non-profit principle?
· Question 3: Should the use of lump sums, flat rates become the norm rather than the exception? Should the rules allow for costs to be covered on the basis of expected outputs? If yes, can you provide concrete examples?
· Question 4: Should the rules strictly adhere to the non-profit principle or should there be room for some flexibility in this matter? Do you have examples of good practices from other public authorities?
· Question 5: What, in your view, would be the appropriate amount for low and very low value grants?
· Question 6: How could the rules on operating grants be more flexible? In which way? What are your views on the duration of framework partnership agreements?
· Question 7: Can you give concrete examples and types of actions where the strict limitation on cascading grants became an obstacle for achieving the goal of your action?
· Question 8: From your experience, what alternative solutions could be proposed for prefinancing payments while safeguarding tax payers' money?
· Question 9: What mechanism, other than pre-financing guarantee, could be explored while ensuring adequate protection of community funds?
· Question 10: Based on your experience, do you think current thresholds are still adequate or should they be increased, and why?
· Question 11: How could the application procedure for both grants and contracts be further improved?
