Traduction de «Chute due à un manque d'appui » (Français → Anglais) :

With a total of EUR 15 million, this programme follows on from the first Programme of Support to the Association Agreement and the Transition Process (P3AT) of EUR 10 million adopted on March 2012 which made it possible to finance eight priority actions in the following areas: the constitutional process, the fight against torture, support for Tunisian radio, the prevention of violence against women, the protection of migrants/asylum seekers, and the process of recovering currency assets held by clan associates of the former President Ben Ali that have been frozen in foreign banks following the fall of the regime in January 2011.

5. Given that budget support constitutes 34 % of 2010 EDF payments, is concerned that the Court of Auditors found that budget support payments in the first half of 2010 were affected by a high frequency of non-quantifiable errors due to the lack of a structured assessment of the progress of public finance management (PFM) reforms by the recipient governments; in this respect, welcomes the introduction in June 2010 of a new format for Delegations’ annual reporting on PFM reforms in recipient countries and urges Delegations to apply this new ...[+++]framework consistently; urges the Commission to address the remaining weaknesses in the methodology and management of its general budget support programmes, in particular the lack of a sound risk management framework and an evaluation methodology to estimate the impact on poverty reduction, as well as insufficient coordination with the Member States on budget support contracts and payments; considers the Green Paper launched in 2010 a positive contribution to the reflection on how to turn budget support into a more efficient and effective instrument for poverty reduction;

15. Finds unacceptable the way in which the Commission recourses to budget support within ENPI, treating it as the preferred aid modality in the three countries, without a detailed evaluation of the effectiveness of the available tools; stresses in this context that sector budget support is often related to a low visibility and occasional motivation by the governments, and is deeply concerned by the Court of Auditors' conclusion that the suitability of an area for sector budget support became an important factor for determining assistance in the 2007 annual action programmes; urges the Commission to follow the Court of Auditors' recommendation to choose sector bu ...[+++]dget support more selectively by considering all available options in ENPI and to develop a more balanced deployment of the different tools; stresses the need to increase the access of NGOs and the private sector in the beneficiary countries to the assistance provided;

Among the weaknesses identified are, lack of scientific support for the system of scientific advice, inadequacies in monitoring and surveillance on food safety issues, gaps in the rapid alert system and lack of coordination of scientific cooperation and analytical support.

Apart from these psychological barriers, heads of SMEs wishing or obliged to extend their activities beyond frontiers may come up against obstacles such as: the small size and inadequate structure of the firm, lack of financial resources, inadequate knowledge of support instruments, hesitation between a plethora of initiatives, administrative formalities and regulatory constraints.

The US Department of Agriculture, however, blames the recent drop in US agricultural exports on the high dollar in the early 1980s, US price support levels and the fact that the developing countries have either not had the money to buy these products or have improved their self-sufficiency in the agricultural sector.