Instrument for structural policies for preaccession ISPA. Annual report 2001

The European Parliament adopted its own-initiative report drafted by Adriana POLI BORTONE (UEN, Italy) on the 2001 report on ISPA. (Please see the summary of 21/05/03.) Parliament asked the Commission to make every effort to secure the maximum involvement of private money, so that the Community contribution can genuinely constitute value added to the action taken by the individual Member States and act as a catalyst capable of generating development. The Commission must, however, do its utmost to guard against the danger that public- private partnerships may lead to irregularities or to the illegal funding of private companies. Finally, Parliament stated that expenditure must be closely assessed and the inherent value of individual projects considered, this being Parliament's main parameter for judging the effectiveness of the entire programme.�