Mr President, the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism considered, amongst other things, the report on LEADER+ and, as a result, agreed to support the process of decentralisation in the management of actions, believing that that process could be effective on two conditions: that local action groups represent the general interests of the local community, and that Commission control mechanisms are utilised to prevent local and regional political authorities from using LEADER+ resources to support civil groups and organisations which are related to those authorities.
Hr. formand, Udvalget om Regionalpolitik, Transport og Turisme diskuterede bl.a. betænkningen om Leader+, og i den forbindelse var der enighed om at støtte decentraliseringen af forvaltningen af aktionerne, idet udvalget finder, at en sådan proces vil være effektiv, hvis to forudsætninger opfyldes: dels at de lokale aktionsgrupper repræsenterer lokalsamfundets generelle interesser, og dels at Kommissionen bruger sine kontrolmekanismer for at undgå, at de territoriale og lokale politiske kræfter anvender Leader+-ressourcerne til at opretholde magtfulde organisationer og civile grupper.