40. Recalls its strong call for an appropriate and balanced answer to the current challenges in the area of migration and solidarity, with a view to the management of legal migration and prevention and combating of illegal migration; acknowledging the obligation of Member States to comply with established Union law, emphasises the need for sufficient funding and support tools to handle emergency situations in a spirit of full respect of internal protection rules and human rights and solidarity amongst all Member States; is according ...[+++]ly calling for a balanced increase of budget appropriations over the DB for, on one hand, both Frontex and the European Asylum Support Office, in view of their increasing tasks and, on the other hand, the European Refugee Fund; restores moreover to DB level commitment appropriations for both the European Return Fund and the External Borders Fund; strongly believes that in the view of current developments particularly in the Mediterranean region and challenges posed to the security of the Union's external borders and management of migration flows appropriate endowment of those funds is indispensable;

36. Recalls its strong call for an appropriate and balanced answer to the current challenges in the area of migration and solidarity, with a view to the management of legal migration and prevention and combating of illegal migration; acknowledging the obligation of EU Member States to conform to established EU law, emphasises the need for sufficient funding and support tools to handle emergency situations in a spirit of full respect of internal protection rules and human rights and solidarity amongst all Member States; is accordingl ...[+++]y calling for a balanced increase of budget appropriations over the Draft Budget for, on one hand, both Frontex and the European Asylum office, in view of their increasing tasks and, on the other hand, the European Refugee Fund; restores moreover to DB level commitment appropriations for both the European Return Fund and the External Borders Fund; strongly believes that in the view of current developments particularly in the Mediterranean region and challenges posed to the security of the EU external borders and management of migration flows appropriate endowment of those funds is indispensable;

29. Attaches importance to the in-depth review on security policy announced by the Bureau and, in this regard, recalls its attachment to a prudent use of resources and, particularly, a cost-effective balance between internal staff and external agents; asks the Bureau to carefully examine the operational and financial implications of a new strategy, aiming to strike a good balance in the proposals to be made between security concerns on the one hand and accessibility and openness on the other hand; stresses that Parliament should remain as much as possible an open and accessible institution; for this reason wishes to receive more infor ...[+++]mation from the administration concerning the so-called ‘Wiertz project’ in order to assess its implications relating to the accessibility of Parliament for the public;

Its crew is in the United Kingdom with their submarine. For the fourth of the submarines, HMCS Chicoutimi, some technical specialists from the project management office are resident in the United Kingdom to assist with the overhaul of the submarine prior to Canadian acceptance (1600) [Translation] The Vice-Chair (Mr. David Price): Thank you, Mr. Bachand.

The complexity of the programme's decision-making and management procedures made it difficult for applicants to find their way, while the bad financial follow-up, due to problems between the Technical Assistance Office (TAO) and the Commission, seriously handicapped some of the selected projects.

Mr. Caron: The NEB is simply one of the players at the Major Projects Management Office table, being part of the creation of a culture of project management.