Translation of "Surréglementation au niveau communautaire " (French → English) :

over-regulating at Community level

dialogue between management and labour at Community level | dialogue between management and labour at Union level

grass-roots participation

11. Points out that 32 % of administrative burdens of EU origin are the result of the decision of some Member States to go beyond what is required by EU legislation and of inefficiency in their administrative procedures notes that it is therefore vital to avoid ‘gold-plating’, i.e. introducing, when transposing EU directives, additional requirements and burdens over and above those laid down by EU law; ‘gold-plating’ increases complexity and the costs which have to be borne by local and regional authorities and public and private companies; takes the view that an EU-wide definition of ‘gold-plating’ is required so as to guarantee certa ...[+++]inty in the application of EU law and allow those countries which deny ‘gold-plating’ to be judged;

The test is reversed: it must start by seeking effectiveness at the national level, then move to the Community level, not the reverse. It must not prove the Community's ability, but rather the nations' inability.

You need a champion; you need to be specific about it; and you need to effect change at the macro level and at the community level to address how communities are funded and remunerated and how their grants are working.

In that framework we would like to recommend that the government look at three ways of investing and allocating resources to strengthen the field of community and economic development and community capacity-building: the first one would be to increase and secure funding for community capacity-building initiatives or strategies; the second is to strengthen and support community-building capital; and the third is building people's confidence.