Translation of "Association pour le développement du mécénat " (French → English) :

The Association Agreement has already increased trade between us, has brought increased prosperity for entrepreneurs, has helped to initiate and consolidate a number of reforms in Ukraine, and has brought new opportunities to European Union and Ukrainian citizens alike.

In order to enable the deployment of these industries, it is equally essential to improve access to funding for professionals in this sector: to introduce microfinancing, develop patronage and public/private partnerships, consider introducing new, innovative funding instruments, and train professionals in the banking sector in the specific characteristics of these industries.

17. Notes with great concern that this has resulted in the World Bank being unable to respond to a number of countries which have been rendered particularly vulnerable by the crisis but do not meet the eligibility criteria for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) or the International Development Association (IDA) or comply with allocation models requiring borrower creditworthiness and a record of 'good performance'; considers that this mismatch in funding highlights core problems with the World Bank's gove ...[+++]rnance, which minimises risks to the institution and its non-borrowing members at the expense of its needy developing country members;

220. Calls, in this regard, for the setting up of sub-committees on human rights within the framework of the Association Agreements so as to develop a structured dialogue on human rights and democracy and to identify the key areas of concern to be dealt with in the ENP action plans; emphasises the importance of consulting and involving civil society in the work of these sub-committees in order to better monitor the human rights situation; also stresses the need for Parliament to be closely associated in the work and the follow-up of these sub-committees; in this respect, calls on the Commission once again to draw up a progress report ...[+++]on the human rights situation in the ENP countries;

215. Calls, in this regard, for the setting up of sub-committees on human rights within the framework of the Association Agreements so as to develop a structured dialogue on human rights and democracy and to identify the key areas of concern to be dealt with in the ENP action plans; emphasises the importance of consulting and involving civil society in the work of these sub-committees in order to better monitor the human rights situation; also stresses the need for Parliament to be closely associated in the work and the follow-up of these sub-committees; in this respect, calls on the Commission once again to draw up a progress report ...[+++]on the human rights situation in the ENP countries;

It is disappointing to note that most of the specific problems, such as sources of finance, international cooperation, the modernization of national legislation and even the need to link voluntary organizations/foundations with developments in the information society, would no longer arise or would be much less acute if these bodies were equipped with an instrument of cooperation at Community level: we are of course referring to the Statute for a European Association which Par ...[+++]liament has called for in two reports drawn up by this committee- see the FONTAINE Report on non-profit-making associations (Doc. A2-196/86) and the VAYSSADE Report on a Statute for a European Cooperative Society and other undertakings in the mutual sector in general (Doc. A3-312/90) - and it approved the proposal for a regulation relating to that statute through the VAYSSADE Report which concerned the statutes for a European association, European cooperative society and a European mutual society (Doc. A3-0001/93) OJ C 42 of 15.2.1993, pp. 84 to 122).