Silvia COSTA
Constituencies
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Italy
Partito Democratico
2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31
Groups
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S&D
Member
Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament
2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31
Committees
| Role | Committee | Start | End |
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| Member of | Committee on Culture and Education | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
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Delegations
| Role | Delegation | Start | End |
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| Vice-Chair of | Delegation for relations with Iraq | 2009/09/30 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
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| Role | Delegation | Start | End |
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| Member of | Delegation for relations with Iraq | 2009/09/16 | 2009/09/29 |
Contact
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Brussels
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Strasbourg
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Rapporteur
| Responsible | 2012/2102(INI) | Situation of women in North Africa |
| Responsible | 2012/2068(INI) | Protecting children in the digital world |
| Shadow | 2012/0221(APP) | Deposit of the historical archives of the institutions at the European University Institute in Florence |
| Opinion | 2011/2052(INI) | European Platform against poverty and social exclusion |
| Opinion | 2011/2009(INI) | Role of property rights, property ownership and wealth creation in eradicating poverty and fostering sustainable development in developing countries |
| Responsible | 2011/0370(COD) | Creative Europe Programme 2014-2020 |
| Opinion | 2010/2309(INI) | Organised crime in the European Union |
| Shadow | 2010/2156(INI) | Unlocking the potential of cultural and creative industries |
| Shadow | 2010/2115(INI) | Women and business leadership |
Born
1949/06/12 Firenze- Degree in modern literature from La Sapienza University, Rome (1973).
- Contributor to daily newspapers and magazines and producer of television programmes for RAI (1973-1978); editor of the daily newspaper 'Il Popolo' (1978-1985); freelance consultant to NGOs (1995-2005).
- National coordinator of the youth section of the Christian Democracy Women's Movement (1975-1982); national press and communications officer for the Christian Democratic Party (DC) and member of the DC national leadership (1982-1989); national events officer for the Italian Popular Party (PPI) and member of the PPI national executive (1992-1993).
- Member of Rome city council (1976-1985). Member of Lazio regional council (2000-2000). Chair of the Committee for voluntary work service centre funding, Lazio regional council (2002-2005); Lazio regional councillor responsible for education, educational rights and training, and for coordinating the 9th Committee on education, training, innovation and employment within the Conference of regional authorities (2005-2009).
- Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies for three parliamentary terms; member of the Committee on internal affairs, the Committee on culture, science and education and the Committee on general guidance and monitoring of radio and television services (1985-1993).
- State secretary at the Ministry for universities, scientific research and technology (with responsibility for educational rights, health, scientific culture and sport) (1993-1994); member of the national committee for gender equality attached to the Prime Minister's Office (1994-2000); chair of the national commission for equal opportunities (1996-2000).
- Chair of the European advisory committee on equal opportunities during the Italian Presidency of the EU (1996); head of the EU delegation to the annual session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (1996). Member of the Italian section of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (1976-1985).
- Member of the National Council of the Economy and Labour (CNEL); coordinator of the working party on women and member of the national coordinating body for immigration. Co-founder of the 'Telefono Azzurro' NGO for missing children; vice-chair from 1988 to 1991. Member of the Rome women's committee of the Italian Red Cross (1995-2000). Member of the welfare committee of the CARIPLO Foundation (2002-2005). Chair of the scientific committee of the Risorsa Donna Foundation; member of the board of management of the Donne in Musica Foundation (2002-2005). President of the Academy of Fine Arts, Rome (1995-2005).
- Grand Officer of the Republic - award conferred by President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (2003).
Amendments
| Amendments | Dossier |
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2008/0193(COD) Health and safety at work: workers who are pregnant, have recently given birth or are breastfeeding
2009/12/15
FEMM
2 amendments...
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 9 (9) The vulnerability of pregnant workers and of workers who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding makes it necessary for them to be granted the right to maternity leave of at least
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 92/85/EEC Article 8 – paragraph 2 2. The maternity leave stipulated in paragraph 1 shall include
source: PE-431.025
2010/11/02
FEMM
1 amendments...
Amendment 7 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 92/85/EEC Article 8 – paragraph 2 2. The maternity leave stipulated in paragraph 1 shall include compulsory fully paid maternity leave of at least six weeks after childbirth, without prejudice to existing national laws which provide for a period of compulsory maternity leave before childbirth. The Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers within the meaning of Article 2 are entitled to choose freely the time at which the non-
source: PE-439.072
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2009/0072(CNS) European Year of Volunteering 2011
2009/11/13
CULT
5 amendments...
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 12 a (new) (12a) Volunteering is an essential element of active citizenship, nurturing civil society and strengthening solidarity.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 16 (16)
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a decision Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 4 a (new) 4a. Draw up a White Paper on Volunteering – To foster an enabling environment for volunteering in the EU.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 a (new) Article 3a White paper on volunteering 1. The Commission shall draw up a White Paper on Volunteering in order to foster an enabling environment for volunteering in the EU. The White Paper on Volunteering shall analyse the different types of volunteering and its regulation across Europe but also the recognition of volunteer status and volunteering organisations' rights and tax breaks. It shall propose actions to promote, recognise, facilitate and support volunteering in order to realise its full potential. It shall also identify the needs and specific characteristics of volunteering in the European Union. Furthermore, given the horizontal feature of volunteering, it shall identify the conditions for volunteering to be taken into consideration in different EU policies and funds. Lastly, it shall open up future prospects for volunteering at European level, while respecting the principle of subsidiarity and the independence of voluntary organisations. 2. The White Paper on Volunteering shall elaborate an innovative framework of the EU policies in this area.
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a decision Article 8 For the purpose of the European Year, the Commission may cooperate with appropriate international organisations, in particular with the United Nations and the Council of Europe, taking care to ensure the visibility of the EU’s participation. In cooperation with these organisations, the Commission shall promote programmes for international volunteering aiming to encourage the exchange of best practices on volunteering in third countries.
source: PE-430.665
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2009/0096(COD) Employment and Social Inclusion: European Microfinance Facility (Progress Microfinance Facility)
2009/09/10
EMPL
6 amendments...
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 3 (3) The ongoing Community and national efforts need to be strengthened to increase the supply of micro-credits to a sufficient scale and within a reasonable time-frame so as to address the high demand of those who need it most in this period of crisis and those who are excluded from the conventional credit market, i.e. unemployed or vulnerable people, including the young who want to start or develop a micro enterprise including self- employment but do not have access to credit, in which connection equal opportunities for women and men should be actively pursued as regards access to micro-credit facilities.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 4 (4) The Commission Communication "A Shared Commitment for Employment" underlined the need to offer a new chance to the unemployed and open the road to entrepreneurship for some of Europe’s most disadvantaged groups, including the young. In addition to existing instruments, specific action is needed to further strengthen economic and social cohesion by reinforcing activities undertaken by the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund and other international financial institutions without prejudice to the activities of the Member States. The Commission therefore announced a proposal for a new EU microfinance Facility to deepen the outreach of microfinance to particular at- risk groups and to further support the development of entrepreneurship, the social economy and micro-enterprises. In order for the micro-credit Facility to be effective, yield lasting fruit, reach potential beneficiaries and serve as an element in economic policy and local development, it would be desirable for Member States to establish a national liaison unit which can coordinate, evaluate and monitor all the measures implemented in order to ensure that they are put to good use and not squandered.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 7 a (new) (7a) For the Facility to be more effective, it should be coordinated and implemented in parallel with existing European and national financial instruments and national financial institutions, relevant social support measures and regional and local programmes.
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a decision Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. The instrument shall provide the Community resources for access to micro- credit, actively promoting equal opportunities for women and men.
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a decision Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Mentoring and training programmes shall accompany the measures financed by the Facility.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a decision Article 5 – paragraph 5 a(new) 5a. Member States may establish a national liaison unit with the purpose of coordinating the implementation of the micro-credit Facility. The liaison unit shall have the task of disseminating knowledge of the Facility among potential beneficiaries, developing evaluation and monitoring activities, cooperating with local level to ensure consistency with local economic development policies and promoting exchanges of information and of better practices at national and European level.
source: PE-429.667
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2009/2002(BUD) 2010 budget: section III, Commission
2009/09/15
CULT
1 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Regrets in particular the Council’s cuts of funds under heading 3b, as such funds contain many of the EU’s support activities that directly affect citizens, in particular young people, thereby making the EU more visible and bringing it closer to citizens through international mobility and the voluntary sector;
source: PE-428.137
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2009/2099(INI) University Business Dialogue: a new partnership for the modernisation of Europe's universities
2010/02/03
CULT
9 amendments...
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas education and training are
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Recalls that one of the key messages is to raise the level of investment in Europe’s human resources in order to give priority to the EU’s most important asset – its
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Points out the need to match lifelong learning opportunities as closely as possible to the needs of individuals and to the needs of the labour market, and emphasises that the constantly changing nature of those needs makes continuing education an inevitable necessity; recalls that there is no longer any such thing as a ‘job for life’ and that training and retraining
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Bearing in mind the demographic transformation of Europe (into an ageing society)
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Bearing also in mind that education is one of the most important and effective means of social inclusion and the fight against poverty and inequalities, urges universities to widen access to learning and international exchange programs also for people with disabilities;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Emphasises that a stronger learning culture must be established, promoted and reinforced, and that continuing training and retraining at all stages of life
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Invites the Commission to promote a new form of structured partnership between businesses, universities and other educational and training sectors, in particular secondary schools and vocational training agencies, in order, inter alia, to bring teaching staff up to date; such partnerships can also provide for the presence of sectoral bodies;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Proposes that a web
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Hopes, on the basis of existing good practice in various Member States, for the promotion of a European day devoted to young inventors, i.e. to innovations, inventions or patents conceived by young Europeans;
source: PE-439.315
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2009/2159(INI) EU Strategy for Youth – Investing and Empowering
2010/01/03
CULT
14 amendments...
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Stresses the need to develop clear and user-friendly indicators both at European and national level which make it possible to improve, broaden and update our true knowledge of the condition of young people and to measure and compare progress on the implementation of commonly set objectives; underlines the importance of constant monitoring and evaluation;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Considers that
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Strongly stresses that the global economic crisis is having a major impact on young people and that it should therefore profoundly influence priorities within the fields of action; this should be done by identifying a range of measures to back up the social exit strategy; special attention should be paid to the review of social safety nets and social security systems;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Underlines the importance of minimising all kinds of discrimination among young people, in particular between the sexes;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Encourages the Member States to intensify the interaction between the sides of the knowledge triangle (education, research, innovation) as a key element for growth and job creation; strongly recommends fostering stronger recognition of non-formal education and vocational training by speeding up the adoption of the EQF system and by fully using the available range of tools for the recognition of qualifications, transparency and the validation of skills;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Strongly encourages Member States, against a background of increased funding, to promote learning and training mobility for students and youth workers, which is a key factor for gaining learning and working experience;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Underlines the importance of supporting young people with a migrant background in achieving the necessary command of the language and familiarising themselves with the culture of the host Member State as well as preserving their own language of origin;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Is extremely concerned about the increasing numbers of
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Suggests promoting an entrepreneurial culture by supporting the development of European structures and networks to that end; underlines the importance of young people entering into entrepreneurship on an informed basis also by becoming self-employed and by using microcredit and microfinance tools;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Supports the need for synergy between the worlds of education and industry and for advanced forms of integration between universities and businesses;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 b (new) 21b. Calls on the Member States to include in their curricula appropriate forms of education on the prevention of health- and environment-related risks;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Regrets that no specific action is proposed in order to better communicate EU programmes to young people and asks the Commission for a definite commitment in this regard;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Takes the view that youth volunteering should be supported, also by extending the European Voluntary Service programme, without discriminating against disadvantaged young people who cannot afford the luxury of committing themselves to volunteering;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 33. Stresses also the need to develop more outreach programmes for marginalised groups, such as
source: PE-438.492
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2009/2221(INI) Promoting youth access to the labour market, strengthening trainee, internship and apprenticeship status
2010/06/04
EMPL
10 amendments...
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas young people often face discrimination on the grounds of their age when entering the labour market; whereas young women are more likely to face unemployment and poverty, or to be engaged in casual or undeclared employment, than young men,
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Invites Member States to create efficient incentives and suitable forms of technical assistance for public and private employers to hire young people, to invest in job creation for young people and to support entrepreneurship and professional self-employment, including in a cooperative form, among youth;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission to promote and support – taking into account the beneficial national partnerships run between schools, universities, enterprises and the social partners – pilot projects in the new strategic development sectors which provide suitable scientific, technological and employment-oriented training for young people, and especially women, in order to promote innovation and competitiveness within enterprises, using study grants, higher education-level apprenticeships and non-atypical employment contracts for that purpose;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to expand financial capacity for the European Social Fund, to earmark a minimum of 10 % of this fund for projects targeting young people, and specifically young women, and to ease access to the fund; urges the Member States to improve their targeting of youth;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Member States to intensify efforts to reduce early school leaving in order to achieve the Lisbon goal of no more than 10 % of early school leavers by 2012; invites the Member States to make use of a wide range of measures to fight early school leaving, e.g. lowering the number of students in each class, introducing mentors at all schools, establishing an immediate follow up of early school leavers; points to Finland, which has succeeded in reducing the number of early school leavers and to other effective models for the integration of education and vocational training, so that the need for mandatory schooling is fulfilled while, at the same time, a qualification is acquired; invites the Commission to coordinate a project on best practices;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Invites the Member States to strengthen their systems for educational guidance at the primary to secondary school stage, in order to help young people and their families select education and training channels that effectively correspond to actual aptitudes, abilities and aspirations, thereby reducing the risk of drop-out and failure;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Urges the Commission to revise the flexicurity strategy in order to place transition security at the top of the agenda while creating mobility and easier access for young people; underlines that flexibility without social security is not a sustainable way of combating the problems young people face on the labour market, which for young women chiefly relate to their being unable to exercise the right to motherhood and to combine family life and work;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 – point c c. effective active labour-market and workfare policies that focus on skills and inclusion,
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Calls on the Member States to provide for initiatives apt to ensure that young immigrants can learn the language of their host country, that the qualifications they have acquired in their home country are recognised and that they have access to key skills, thereby enabling their social integration and participation in the labour market;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls for new binding youth benchmarks; invites the Commission to evaluate existing youth benchmarks and the Youth Guarantee every year in order to deliver results and progress based on statistical information that is better disaggregated and broken down, especially by gender and age group;
source: PE-440.113
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2009/2222(INI) Future for social services of general interest
2011/03/28
FEMM
4 amendments...
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Member States to ensure availability, within policies geared to achieving a work-life balance, of accessible, affordable, high-
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a . Calls on the Member States to promote agreements between the social partners on work-life balance policies and corporate and territorial welfare initiatives, with due regard for the positive measures taken on a contractual basis in recent years and experiments financed by the European Social Fund;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Calls on the Commission to take an active part in efforts to achieve the objective of framing and adopting a set of rules agreed by the social partners at EU level aimed at upholding fundamental rights as regards equal opportunities and extending gender-related legal guarantees to cover access, pay and working conditions, life-work balancing measures, training, career development and safety;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Member States to encourage, including by means of tax incentives and specific financial aid, forms of home help and support for elderly and vulnerable persons – especially women – and to reduce the negative impact on the employment of relatives, in particular women, who take care of dependent family members.
source: PE-448.649
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2010/0044(COD) European Heritage Label
2010/04/10
CULT
1 amendments...
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 7 (7) The European Heritage Label should seek synergies and complementarities with other initiatives such as the UNESCO World Heritage List, the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, and the Council of Europe’s ‘European Cultural Routes’. The added value of the new European Heritage Label should be based on the contribution made by the selected sites to European history and culture, including the creation of the European Union, on a clear educational dimension reaching out to citizens, including young people, and on networking between the sites to share experiences and best practices. The main focus of the initiative should be on the promotion and the access of the sites, and on the quality of the explanations given and of the activities proposed, rather than on the conservation of the sites, which should be guaranteed by existing protection regimes.
source: PE-448.952
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2010/0064(COD) Combating sexual abuse, sexual exploitation of children and child pornography
2010/07/20
CULT
2 amendments...
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 1 (1) Sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children, including child pornography constitute serious violations of fundamental rights, in particular the rights of the child to protection and care as is necessary for his or her well-being as stipulated by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, as well as the Optional Protocol of 25 May 2000 to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography.
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a directive Article 21 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Member States should provide an annual report on the activities undertaken at European and international level to remove illegal child abuse materials, to identify victims and to support the prosecution of both the producers and the consumers of child abuse material.
source: PE-442.977
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2010/0065(COD) Preventing and combating trafficking in human beings, and protecting victims (repeal. Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA)
2010/07/29
LIBE, FEMM
9 amendments...
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 3 (3) This Directive adopts an integrated and holistic humanitarian approach to the fight against trafficking in human beings and should be implemented in the light of Council Directive 2004/81/EC of 29 April 2004 on the residence permit issued to third-country nationals who are victims of trafficking in human beings or who have been the subject of an action to facilitate illegal immigration, who cooperate with the competent authorities1 and Directive 2009/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 providing for minimum standards on sanctions and measures against employers of illegally staying third- country nationals2. More rigorous prevention, prosecution and protection of victims' rights, are major objectives of this Directive. Children are more vulnerable and therefore at greater risk of falling victim to trafficking in human beings. In the application of the provisions of this Directive the child's best interests must be a primary consideration, in accordance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. In implementing this Directive due attention should be paid to consistency with Directive 2010/.../EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of... [on combating the sexual abuse, sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, repealing Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA]. _________ 1 OJ L 261, 6.8.2004, p. 19. 2 OJ L 168, 30.6.2009, p. 24.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 11 a (new) (11a) Member states shall ensure that victims of trafficking can be granted and maintain the same level of protection while moving inside the European Union, through appropriate and effective measures of judicial cooperation. Victims of trafficking shall be informed accordingly of the protection measures available at EU level.
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 13 a (new) (13a) To avoid victims needing to start multiple proceedings, Member States should ensure that victims have the right to extend in a simple and efficient way the level of protection granted them in one Member State so that this is maintained when they move around the European Union. Victims of trafficking in human beings shall therefore be informed that EU judicial cooperation procedures exist for this purpose.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 15 (15) Member States should establish and/or strengthen policies to prevent trafficking in human beings including measures to discourage the demand that fosters all forms of exploitation, and measures to reduce the risk of people falling victims to trafficking in human beings, by means of research, in
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Member States adopt the necessary measures in order to guarantee the victim's right to an effective compensation of the harm, also if the penal responsible does not have assets amenable to execution.
Amendment 157 #
Proposal for a directive Article 10 – paragraph 4 4. Member States shall take the necessary measures to establish appropriate mechanisms aimed at early identification, assistance and support for victims, in cooperation with relevant support organisations, including recognized and active non-governmental organizations in this field. Such measures shall include the support to the development of general EU protocols for the identification of victims of trafficking, through the exchange of best practices between all the relevant actors, particularly public and private social services.
Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a directive Article 11 – paragraph 4 4. Member States shall ensure that victims of trafficking in human beings receive appropriate protection on the basis of an individual risk assessment, inter alia by having access to witness protection programmes or other similar measures, if appropriate and in accordance with the grounds defined by national legislation or procedures. Member States shall also ensure protection from retaliations, threats, and intimidations to non- governmental organizations committed in the reception and support of victims of trafficking, in accordance with the grounds defined by national legislation or procedures.
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a directive Article 16 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to establish independent National Rapporteurs or equivalent mechanisms. The tasks of such mechanisms shall include the gathering of comparable statistics, the carrying out of assessments on trafficking in human beings trends and of protection and assistance mechanisms, in close cooperation with involved social actors and recognized and active non-governmental organizations in this field, the measuring of results of anti- trafficking actions and reporting at least once a year to the relevant national authorities and to the EU Anti-Trafficking Coordinator.
Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a directive Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Information gathered shall be forwarded to the EU Anti-trafficking Coordinator, Eurojust, Europol and Frontex. On that basis and using any other available information the EU Anti- trafficking Coordinator shall in cooperation with Eurojust, Europol, Frontex and the relevant social actors and the recognized and active non- governmental organizations draft an annual report on the state of play of trafficking in human beings. The report shall be presented to the European Parliament, the national parliaments, the European Commission and the Council.
source: PE-445.701
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2010/0115(NLE) Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States. Part II of the Europe 2020 Integrated Guidelines
2010/06/16
EMPL
10 amendments...
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 8 (8) As part of comprehensive ‘exit strategies’ for the economic crisis and of comprehensive strategies for creating the conditions for growth, Member States should carry out ambitious reforms to ensure macroeconomic stability and the sustainability of public finance, improve competitiveness, reduce macroeconomic imbalances and enhance labour market performance. The withdrawal of the fiscal stimulus should be implemented and coordinated within the framework of the Stability and Growth Pact.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 9 (9) Within the Europe 2020 strategy, Member States should implement reforms aimed at ‘smart growth’, i.e. growth driven by knowledge and innovation. Reforms should aim at improving the quality of education, ensuring access for all, reducing the number of people who fail to complete their schooling or training, affirming the right of every individual to lifelong learning so as to enable skills to be recognised and certified, irrespective of how and where they have been acquired, promoting the widest possible dissemination of tertiary education, including in science and engineering, and strengthening research and business performance in order to promote innovation and knowledge transfer throughout the E
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 10 (10) Member States should also, through their reform programmes, aim at ‘sustainable growth’. Sustainable growth means building a resource-efficient, sustainable and competitive economy, a fair distribution of the cost and benefits and exploiting Europe’s leadership in the race to develop new processes and technologies, including green technologies. Member States should implement the necessary reforms to reduce greenhouse gases emissions and use resources efficiently. They should also improve the business environment, stimulate creation of
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 11 (11) Member States’ reform programmes should also aim at ‘inclusive growth’. Inclusive growth means building a cohesive society in which people are empowered to anticipate and manage change, thus to actively participate in society and economy. Member States’ reforms should therefore ensure access and opportunities for all throughout the lifecycle, thus reducing poverty and social exclusion, through removing barriers to labour market participation especially for women, older workers, young people, disabled and legal migrants. They should also make sure that the benefits of economic growth reach all citizens and all regions. Ensuring effective functioning of the labour markets through investing in successful transitions, appropriate skills development, rising job quality, getting rid of rigidity in working arrangements and working hours and fighting segmentation, structural unemployment and inactivity while ensuring adequate
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 16 (16) These new integrated guidelines reflect the conclusions of the European Council. They give precise guidance to the Member States on defining their national reform programmes and implementing reforms, reflecting interdependence and in line with the Stability and Growth Pact. Pursuant to these guidelines, annual national reports will be drawn up and considered and assessed together with national budget consolidation measures, thus establishing the necessary link between implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy objectives and the requirements of the Stability Pact. These guidelines will form the basis for any country-specific
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a decision Article 2 – paragraph 1 The guidelines in the Annex
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a decision Annex – Guideline 7 – paragraph 1 Member States should integrate the flexicurity principles endorsed by the European Council into their labour market policies and apply them, making full use of European Social Fund support with a view to increasing labour market participation and combating segmentation and inactivity, gender inequality, whilst reducing structural unemployment. Measures to enhance flexibility and security should be both balanced and mutually reinforcing. Member States should therefore introduce a combination of flexible and reliable employment contracts providing for specific forms of mentoring during the transition from one job to the next, new supplementary social insurance arrangements and the delivery of services that are essential for work-life balancing, active labour market policies, effective lifelong learning, policies to promote labour mobility, and adequate social security systems
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a decision Annex – Guideline 8 – paragraph 1 Member States should promote productivity and employability through an adequate supply of knowledge and skills to match current and future demand in the labour market. Quality initial education and attractive vocational training must be complemented with effective incentives for lifelong learning
Amendment 263 #
Proposal for a decision Annex – Guideline 9 – paragraph 1 In order to ensure access to quality education and training for all and to improve educational outcomes, Member States should invest e
Amendment 278 #
Proposal for a decision Annex – Guideline 10 – paragraph 1 Member States’ efforts to reduce poverty and foster social inclusion should be aimed at promoting full participation in society and economy and extending employment opportunities, making full use of the European Social Fund. Efforts should also concentrate on ensuring equal opportunities, including through access to affordable, sustainable and high quality services and public services (including online services, in line with guideline 4) and in particular health care. Member States should put in place effective anti- discrimination measures. Equally, to fight social exclusion, empower people and promote labour market participation, social protection systems, lifelong learning and active inclusion policies should be enhanced to create opportunities at different stages of people’s lives and shield them from the risk of exclusion. Social security and pension systems must be modernised
source: PE-442.935
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2010/0252(COD) Radio spectrum policy: first programme
2011/04/02
CULT
2 amendments...
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 5 (5) The first programme should specify guiding principles and objectives up to 2015 for Member States and Union institutions, and set out specific implementation initiatives.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 8 (8) Spectrum rights trading combined with flexible usage conditions should substantially benefit economic growth. Therefore, bands where flexible use has already been introduced by Union law
source: PE-458.498
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2010/0802(COD) European Protection Order. Initiative Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, Spain, France, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Finland and Sweden
2010/07/19
LIBE, FEMM, LIBE, FEMM
7 amendments...
Amendment 89 #
Draft directive Citation -1 having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 3(2) thereof,
Amendment 97 #
Draft directive Recital 4 a (new) (4a) In order to establish the causes of violence and enhance the protection of victims, it is necessary to have statistics and comparable data on violence at Union level. To this effect Member States should collect data on the number of European protection orders requested, issued and enforced, data on breaches of the protection measures adopted, as well as information on the types of crimes, for example domestic violence, forced marriages, female genital mutilation, honour related violence, stalking and harassment and other forms of gender- based violence. Data on victims of terrorism and of organised crime should also be collected and all data should be differentiated by gender and forwarded to Eurojust and the European Commission. The Commission should then use this data to draw up an annual report and present it to Parliament and the national parliaments.
Amendment 157 #
Draft directive Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Before a European protection order is issued the person causing danger shall be given the right to be heard and the right to challenge the protection measure where he was not given these rights in the procedure leading to the adoption of the protection measure.
Amendment 159 #
Draft directive Article 5 – paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 193 #
Draft directive Article 8 a (new) Amendment 194 #
Draft directive Article 9 – paragraph 1 1. Grounds shall be given for any refusal to recognise a European protection order. The protected person must be heard before recognition is refused.
Amendment 195 #
Draft directive Article 9 – paragraph 2 – a (a) the European protection order is
source: PE-445.751
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2010/2001(BUD) 2011 budget: all sections, first version
2010/07/26
CULT
6 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Deplores the lack of ambition in the Commission's Draft Budget for funding measures to achieve the headline targets of the Europe 2020 strategy adopted by the European Council; regrets in particular that no additional funds, beyond the financial programming, have been allocated to the areas of education
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Emphasises th
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Finds that ICT education and training is vital to ensure that Europe develops new skills for new jobs and takes full advantage of the potentials of an ever more digital society; therefore suggests that EU programmes should contribute more to develop these skills, along with skills associated with the green economy and sustainable development;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Considers it strategically important to make a greater financial commitment to promoting the European Union’s cultural heritage (both tangible and intangible), including in synergy with the Union’s newly acquired competence for tourism;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Asks that funding to promote sport and assist associations active in this area be increased, in view of the Union's newly acquired competence for sport;
source: PE-445.812
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2010/2010(INI) Developing the job potential of a new sustainable economy
2010/05/31
FEMM
3 amendments...
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Underlines that a targeted effort to ensure women’s access to education at all levels and provide life-long-learning is essential in order to break down gender segregation in the labour market; calls for the provision of adequate training in order to prevent the under-representation of female workers in low-carbon sectors of the economy as well as the energy saving and environmental protection sectors;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses that young women, in the transition between school and work, should be guided towards apprenticeships, in which they are under-represented, with this being promoted by means of joint planning between schools, universities, training agencies and/or training firms, so that they acquire specific skills and capabilities – also at advanced and specialist levels – through work experience, by working on a regular, rather than precarious, basis, and with the prospect of fulfilment;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the EU and the Member States to give higher priority to green jobs for women in the context of European Social Fund (ESF) programmes, taking into account
source: PE-441.284
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2010/2013(INI) Key competences for a changing world: implementation of the education and training 2010 work programme
2010/07/04
CULT
17 amendments...
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas education and training policies should enable all citizens, irrespective of their age, gender, health, physical, mental and psychic conditions and socio- economic background, to acquire, update and develop their skills and competences,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the benefits of educational investment are seen only in the long-term perspective and are often set aside in the policy agenda; whereas we should call for EU guidance on the quality of education and training systems, and budgetary restraint should not occur in this area, or at least the resources allocated should increase and not decline,
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the challenges faced by the teaching profession are increasing as educational environments become more complex and heterogeneous: changes in information and communication technologies (ICT), financial restrictions caused by economic crisis, changes to social and family structures, increased immigration and the emergence of multicultural societies,
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Asks the Commission to continue the debate on ‘New Skills for New Jobs’; points out that by 2020, 16 million more jobs will need high qualifications and four million more jobs will need medium qualifications, while 12 million fewer jobs will require low qualifications; calls for this debate to involve all interested parties, including teachers, students, competent professional organizations, relevant NGOs and trade unions, business people and workers from all sectors;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Urges attention not only to the called new ‘green jobs’ but also the ‘white jobs’; points out that by 2030 the proportion of those aged over 65 in relation to those aged 15-64 will increase from 26 % in 2008 to 38 % by 2030; There will therefore be an increasing need for shared policies on active ageing, with particular reference to measures to promote literacy and refresh and update key skills in the field of ICT in order to overcome the digital divide, which is a growing factor in the social exclusion of the elderly;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls for special attention to the need to facilitate the integration of people with disabilities, irrespective of their age, in education and training; with particular reference to the genuine integration of disabled children from an early age into educational establishments;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Draws attention to the importance of high-quality early childhood education for the early acquisition of key competences and in particular for supporting children from disadvantaged backgrounds and with special (learning) needs in order to fight against future poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Underlines the need to continue to develop and confirm language acquisition at primary and secondary school; with particular reference to immigrant children;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Considers that the progress made in adapting school curricula to key competences is a positive step, but it is vital to make further efforts, notably through the recognition and certification of skills acquired in non-formal and informal education, to support the acquisition of key competences for those at risk of educational under-achievement and social exclusion;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Calls for the importance of integrated education in order to prevent social prejudices and discrimination and thus contribute to European social solidarity;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Considers that higher education institutions should become more open to and prepared for non-traditional learners, students with special needs and disadvantaged groups;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the Member States to encourage partnerships (at international, national, regional and local level) between higher education institutions, universities, research centres and the business world;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Insists that high-quality vocational education and training is fundamental to the supply of new professionals and essential for the ‘new skills for new jobs’ action, giving particular attention to expanding work-based learning and apprenticeships, including for young graduates on the basis of agreements between universities and businesses;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Considers that vocational training programmes should improve the transversal key competences, including those relating to the environment and legality;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Stresses the need to adopt, on the basis of existing good practice, a model for the recognition of educational credits relating to citizenship skills for young people taking part in volunteer and community service work promoted by non-profit making associations or in the context of development cooperation;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Stresses the lifelong learning dimension of the Recommendation on Key Competences and insists that to reach its full implementation more progress is needed in the fields of vocational education and training and in adult learning, including through the legal recognition of a universal right to lifelong education;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Notes that one of the main obstacles faced by adults wanting to participate in education and training is the lack of supporting facilities for their families; therefore encourages the Member States to create supporting measures, as a means of ensuring that all students and workers with family responsibilities (e.g. childcare, or other dependants) have the opportunity to update and/or increase their skills and competences, on the basis of good practice developed in this field under European Social Fund programming, involving service and reconciliation vouchers;
source: PE-439.935
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2010/2017(INI) Contribution of EU policies promoting equality between men and women in combating youth crime
2010/08/10
FEMM
10 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation (new) - having regard to the platform for action adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing from 4 to 15 September 1995 and to its resolutions of 18 May 2000 on the follow-up to the Beijing Action Platform, of 10 March 2005 on the follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women – Platform for Action (Beijing + 10) and of 25 February 2010 on Beijing +15 – UN Platform for Action for Gender Equality,
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas political activities should not, therefore, be centralised at the Community decision-making level; whereas, however, the EU could do more to support national initiatives by providing budgets for projects set up by governments, youth associations, NGOs, or networks for the exchange of best practice and information,
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas parental responsibility for building the human and social capacity of future generations should be viewed first and foremost in economic terms as a social cohesion
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L a (new) La. whereas, contrary to the objectives and commitments outlined in the Lisbon Strategy and the Europe 2020 Strategy, several Member States are sharply reducing their resources and investments in education and training,
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Recital R a (new) Ra. having regard to the need for social, legal and economic recognition of caregiving as an 'invisible' activity that is still mainly done by women, also in order to assess its impact on the gender pay gap,
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on national law-makers to widen cooperation with civil society representatives to include organisations representing women/mothers and men/fathers, youth associations, researchers, family or parents’ organisations, youth workers, social workers, churches and religious communities recognised under current national law, charities or humanitarian organisations, the media, and the police;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on the Member States to support professional counselling networks for families, couples having difficulty parenting and adolescents with problems relating to at-risk lifestyles and forms of dependency;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Expresses the need, in particular, to promote family-friendly policies – also through new CSR parameters – in particular for single-parent families, to provide them with the right conditions for a work-life balance;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Calls on the Member States to support school and education policies aiming to prevent young people from dropping out of school and education and to compare best practices in this field;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14b. Encourages the Commission and the Member States, also on the occasion of the European Year of Volunteering, to promote and strengthen the role of volunteer associations, in which young people can experience commitment and personal and social responsibility that are highly educational, also from a civic point of view;
source: PE-450.591
2011/02/09
FEMM
4 amendments...
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls on the Member States to support education policies aimed at preventing young people from dropping out of education, and to compare best practices in this field;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Calls on the Member States – via national telecommunications authorities – to ensure adequate monitoring of, and penalties for, media content and images that incite violence, sadism, racism and sexual discrimination, and to promote educational and instructive audiovisual and multimedia content;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 b (new) 15b. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to promote and strengthen the role of voluntary associations, which enable young people to gain experience of commitment and personal and social responsibility, and notes that such experience is highly educational, including from a civic perspective;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Considers it essential to promote family-friendly policies (inter alia through new corporate social responsibility criteria), in particular for single-parent families, so as to afford them the necessary conditions for work-life balance;
source: PE-470.088
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2010/2018(INI) Precarious women workers
2010/01/07
FEMM
4 amendments...
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas the de-skilling of high-skilled workers is a common problem in the context of precarious jobs, in particular in the case of workers who are dismissed or migrant workers taking low-skilled jobs in order to stay on the labour market, and whereas this situation, which affects women in particular, is jeopardising career development and the attainment of salary levels corresponding to the skills acquired and possessed,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Points out the gendered nature of precarious employment and recalls the shift in the labour market from standard to non- standard, often precarious types of employment; in order to combat these problems, the Member States and social partners must be asked to align to a large extent their legislative and contractual rules on standard work and atypical work, so as to prevent the most convenient and least expensive forms of work from taking precedence, taking into account however the risks of a possible increase in undeclared work;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take legislative measures to bring an end to zero-hour contracts, which are common in jobs typically occupied by women in sectors such as domestic work, care work, and catering, and to introduce extensive control instruments to regulate all types of attendance at firms and work places which are formally agreed for guidance and training purposes but which in practice are becoming a further source of abuse, concealing actual services which are provided without proper payment or protection;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Stresses that
source: PE-445.634
2010/09/17
FEMM
1 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Points out the gendered nature of precarious employment and recalls the shift in the labour market from standard to non- standard
source: PE-448.662
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2010/2027(INI) Demographic challenge and solidarity between generations
2010/06/30
FEMM
14 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas in times of demographic change the role of women is especially significant, as they are needed both as employees and as mothers, and this double burden on mothers needs to be adequately addressed; whereas today there exists a generation of working women who in many cases combine the two roles of mother and daughter, having to care for dependent elderly parents,
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Recital Ca (new) Ca. whereas demographic change has impacted strongly on personal and working life, especially in the case of women, while insufficient services, inadequate welfare payments, the slow and difficult nature of integration into the labour market proper, long periods spent in insecure or temporary employment, and lack of support for young couples are among the reasons for young people postponing forming a family and having children,
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Recital Da (new) Da. whereas in Member States and regions where there is a high level of female employment and there are effective, flexible and integrated welfare systems, birth rates are higher,
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Recital Db (new) Db. whereas all European countries are suffering from a lack of craft specialists in the younger generations, while the experience and skills of older people are undervalued, and the risk therefore exists of crafts disappearing, especially for those traditionally practised more by women,
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Recital Dc (new) Dc. whereas ageing is a process of evolution, not decline, and measures to encourage active ageing on the basis of scientific and medical knowledge should be oriented towards everyone rather than being seen as an individual matter related only to the participation in society and the economy of specific persons,
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1a (new) 1a. Considers it essential to encourage intergenerational solidarity, especially in the context of the gender dimension, by means of targeted tax policies, measures to encourage active ageing, housing policy, and the creation of integrated networks of services for children, old people and the disabled and dependent, with a view to impacting favourably on the work-life balance;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3a (new) 3a. Stresses the need to ensure that families, and therefore especially women, do not bear the brunt of the current challenges and changes, in order to maintain what is the main social safety- net against unemployment, illness and disability;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3b (new) 3b. Recognises the need for action to improve the arrangements governing not only maternity leave but also paternity leave and parental leave for working fathers, recalling that in all Member States the percentage of men who take up those entitlements is still low;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4a (new) 4a. Calls for measures to encourage voluntary work by retired women and older women who would thus make use of their professional skills;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7a (new) 7a. Calls for the recognition of initiatives to help young and old people who wish to create an intergenerational business together;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7b (new) 7b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to re-examine welfare systems where they still entail considerable inequalities between men's and women's pension levels, and to introduce corrective factors taking account of the gaps in contributions arising from temporary employment or maternal responsibilities;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7c (new) 7c. Considers that home services for the elderly could be promoted and organised by encouraging autonomous and cooperative forms of activity, on the basis of agreements with local authorities and the introduction of dedicated vouchers for families;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7d (new) 7d. Considers that one means of tackling the digital divide, a phenomenon that particularly affects women, especially older women, and leads to professional and social exclusion, would be for schools to organise experimental initiatives for IT literacy, on the basis of cultural interchange with the local community and using pupils as instructors;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7e (new) source: PE-445.642
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2010/2028(INI) Public service broadcasting in the digital era: the future of the dual system
2010/08/07
CULT
2 amendments...
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the EU audiovisual landscape is unique, and is characterised by what has been described as ‘the dual system’ based on
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas changes in the audiovisual landscape in recent years, with the development of digital technologies and new media actors online, have impacted on the traditional dual broadcasting system, compelling public-service and private broadcasters to differentiate their operations and think of new distribution platforms,
source: PE-442.961
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2010/2039(INI) Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe
2010/05/19
EMPL
10 amendments...
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J a (new) Ja. whereas the enormous poverty level does not only affects social cohesion within Europe, but also on our economy since excluding large parts of our society on a permanent bases weakens the competitiveness of our economy and increases the pressure on our public households,
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M a (new) Ma. whereas introducing and strengthening minimum income schemes is an important and effective way to overcome poverty by supporting social integration and access to the labour market and allowing people to have a decent living,
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M b (new) Mb. whereas minimum income schemes are an important tool to offer security for people needing to overcome the consequences of social exclusion and unemployment and to support the access to the labour market, whereas such minimum income schemes play a relevant role in redistributing wealth and ensuring solidarity and social justice and, especially in times of crisis, a counter- cyclical role by providing additional resources to strengthen demand and consumption in the internal market,
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Asks the Commission to present a European framework directive on Minimum Income with the aim to introduce minimum income schemes in the EU, such a directive should: - require all EU Member States to introduce minimum income schemes, - define a minimum standard for the level of the economic supply, taking into account the different socio-economic situations of the Member States and leaving up to the Member States to decide whether to provide only financial assistance or also support for housing costs, purchase of food, clothing and other essentials, - establish methods to monitor the implementation of the directive and introduce incentives, - determine that the social partners, people living in poverty and other relevant stakeholders are to be involved when establishing or reforming the national minimum income schemes;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Considers that minimum income schemes should be embedded in a strategic approach towards social integration, involving both general policies and targeted measures - in terms of housing, health care, education and training, social services - helping people to recover from poverty and to activate themselves towards social inclusion and access to the labour market; believes that the real objective of minimum income schemes in not simply to assist but mainly to accompany the beneficiaries to move from situations of social exclusion to active life;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Believes that introducing minimum income schemes in all EU Member States - consisting of specific measures supporting people whose income is insufficient with an economic supply and facilitated access to services - is one of the most effective way to combat poverty, guarantee an adequate standard of living and foster social integration;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Reiterates that, however important, minimum income schemes need to be accompanied by a coordinated strategy at national and EU level focusing on broad actions and specific measures such as active labour market policies for those groups furthest away from the labour market, education and training for the least skilled, minimum salaries, social housing policies and the provision of affordable, accessible and high quality public services;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 d (new) 2d. Is convinced that if no agreement is found within the Council on adopting such a directive, the emergence of a group of countries moving ahead in the framework of an enhanced cooperation should be envisaged;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Notes that the European Commission, in its "Europe 2020" strategy document, announces that removing the risk of poverty for 20 million people is one of the EU's five headline targets; believes that this target should be a
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Believes that the various experiments with minimum incomes, accompanied by social integration measures, show that this is a further essential way of combating poverty and social exclusion; therefore calls on the European Commission: to
source: PE-441.188
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2010/2041(INI) Social integration of women belonging to ethnic minority groups
2010/05/14
FEMM
12 amendments...
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas there is no definition for historically settled and newly established
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas a targeted approach to integrating women belonging to ethnic minorities is needed to avoid multiple discrimination, stereotyping, stigmatisation and ethnic segregation,
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas there is a wide range of instruments and policies available which are suitable for the integration of women belonging to ethnic minority groups, but there is an implementation gap at the national level and a lack of coordination at the European level,
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt measures that aim to avoid the de-skilling of women belonging to ethnic minorities by ensuring equal job opportunities according to their skills and qualifications; encourages in this regard to implement policies for migrant women ensuring prompt and clear procedures for recognition of diplomas, access to further education and diverse vocational course and free language courses;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Notes the importance of role models in integration and supports the exchange of good practice;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to consider widening EU funding opportunities from the European Social Fund and the European Integration Fund and giving them a more strategic focus in order to play a role in the integration and reintegration of women from ethnic minority groups in the labour market, in particular in times of economic crises urges the Commission to develop measures to make EU funding more available to migrant and ethnic minority women’s organizations;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the EU and its Member States in collaboration with NGOs to carry out awareness-raising campaigns to combat discriminatory cultural norms and tackle the prevalent sexist stereotypes and social stigmatisation which legitimise and perpetuate violence against women, and to ensure that there is no justification of violence on the grounds of customs, traditions or religious considerations;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Stresses that more intersectional research and indicators on the impact of discrimination and social exclusion on women belonging to ethnic minority communities on the territory of the EU is needed in order to inform targeted integration policies; encourages in this regard the Commission, especially DG Research, to fund such research projects;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Stresses that women from ethnic minority groups and immigrants, need access to health care information, access to legal information, access to justice, in different languages; stresses the importance of intercultural training for health care providers and legal aid services in partnership with ethnic minority women’s groups;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Emphasize that women from ethnic minority groups are more vulnerable -due to religious or other social pressure- to male violence against women, including sexual exploitation and trafficking in women; calls on the Member States to enforce anti-trafficking legislation with a participation of the EU anti-trafficking coordinator and to ensure that the protection of the victim and the respect of women’s human rights are at the core of such policies; stresses that such legislation should also address the fight against the prostitution system in Europe through measures of protection and support of women victims, prosecution of procurers, sanctions of prostitute-users and awareness raising of the whole society;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Insists on the active involvement of the European Institute for Gender Equality
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Points out to the crucial role of national equality bodies in providing support and assistance to victims of discrimination
source: PE-441.285
2010/07/15
FEMM
6 amendments...
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 g (new) 5g. Stresses the need for specific measures to encourage structured training initiatives regarding gender outlook within the principal advertising agencies, thereby mainstreaming gender into media education in such a way as to promote advertising campaigns which respect the dignity and plurality of female roles and the female identity;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 h (new) 5h. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote awareness of gender outlook among organisations and authorities responsible for evaluating the social impact of advertising and, where such bodies do not exist, to encourage the creation thereof;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 i (new) 5i. Urges the Commission and Member States to consolidate the role and encourage the consultation of user and/or consumer organisations responsible for evaluating the impact of advertising on gender outlook and elsewhere;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 j (new) 5j. Stresses the need to promote gender- related media education and media literacy in schools, so as to raise awareness among young people regarding sexist stereotypes;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 k (new) 5k. Urges the Commission to promote comparative research and documentation among the Member States concerning the image of women being projected by advertising and marketing content;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 l (new) 5l. Urges the Commission to introduce an annual quality award for advertisements which most effectively promote respect for the dignity, role and image of women in the portrayal thereof;
source: PE-445.763
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2010/2043(INI) Transposition and application of Council Directive 2004/113/EC implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services
2013/01/21
FEMM
2 amendments...
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to take practical steps to address the problem by proposing a new legislative text that is fully in line with the guidelines, including provisions stipulating, on the subject of supplementary pension provision, that, in the application of the directive to pension funds, there must not be any disparities of treatment – in comparison with other forms of regulation of collective supplementary funds – attributable to the directive with regard to work and employment;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission to create
source: PE-504.024
2013/01/29
FEMM
2 amendments...
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to take practical steps to address the problem by proposing a new legislative text that is fully in line with the guidelines, including provisions stipulating, on the subject of supplementary pension provision, that, in the application of the directive to pension funds, there must not be any disparities of treatment – in comparison with other forms of regulation of collective supplementary funds – attributable to the directive with regard to work and employment;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission to create
source: PE-504.024
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2010/2089(INI) Reducing health inequalities in the EU
2010/11/11
FEMM
5 amendments...
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Member States to pay particular attention to the testing of new pharmaceutical products with respect to their effects on women's anatomy and physiology, ensuring a sufficient representation of experts on the relevant monitoring, control and evaluation bodies;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Calls on the Member States to promote and reinforce instruments for the prevention of women's illnesses, by means of specific, wide-ranging and regular information campaigns on their nature and causes and the associated risks, thus pointing up the need for systematic health checks and the benefits of early intervention;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Calls on the Member States to encourage and support medical and pharmaceutical research into illnesses that primarily affect women, with reference to all phases of their lives and not only reproductive age;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Member States to take account of the specific health protection needs of immigrant women, with particular reference to the guaranteed provision by health systems of appropriate language mediation services. Those systems should develop training initiatives enabling doctors and other professionals to acquire an intercultural approach based on recognition of and respect for diversity and the sensitivities of people from different geographical regions. Priority must also be given to actions and information campaigns to combat female genital mutilation, including severe penalties for those who practise it;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on the Member States to create a network of specific social, health and counselling services, with dedicated telephone helplines, for women, couples and families, with the aim of preventing domestic violence and providing qualified professional help and support for those needing it, in cooperation with the other bodies in the field;
source: PE-452.646
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2010/2115(INI) Women and business leadership
2011/03/28
FEMM
26 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 – having regard to the European Pact for Gender Equality adopted by the European Council in March 20061, and the new European Pact for Gender Equality adopted by the European Council on 7 March 2011,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas one of the Union's primary objectives should be to afford competent and qualified women access to jobs that are currently difficult for them to obtain by removing the persistent barriers and gender inequalities that prevent women from advancing on their careers,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas one of the Union’s primary objectives should be to ensure the equal opportunity of participation of women and men in decision making at all levels and areas, including in economic decision- making as women represent more than half of the European population and should be equally present when decisions that have an impact of the well-being of all are made,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas it is therefore essential to proceed with the introduction of methods such as
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas the gender pay gap in Europe is still as high as 17.5% for the EU as a whole, and also applies to leadership positions,
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas the proactive initiatives and measures taken by the private sector to increase female representation – such as in- company human-resources development with a view to improved career support for women, or the creation of networks, beyond the bounds of the company, to encourage women’s participation and advancement as well as regular exchanges of good practice – have proved
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes the clear progress on women’s representation in Norway since the adoption in 2003 of legislation imposing a 40% threshold for
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Considers that a policy of setting a minimum level of representation for men and women on corporate management bodies will not be fully effective without genuine and proportionate penalties for non-compliance;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Insists that positions on corporate management bodies must not be given to women or men on an honorary basis, in order to achieve set thresholds, but must instead go to women or men who have proved themselves within the companies in question or in other fields;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Stresses that the success of the measures taken is helped by the existence of a local context where national governments and local bodies are involved in efforts to ensure work-life balance, with a view in particular to creating care facilities of sufficient quality and number, regulating new urban working patterns and making efficient use of community resources;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point a a (new) aa. funding specific programmes to encourage women to participate in economic decision-making, including training and mentoring,
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point b b. supporting initiatives to assess male- female equality on recruitment committees and in other areas, e.g. with regard to wage differentials and career patterns, and to eliminate all discriminatory practices and contract clauses,
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point b a (new) ba. promoting corporate social responsibility for European companies, with a commitment to ensuring managerial responsibility for women and family-friendly services,
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point b b (new) bb. cultural measures to orient young women more towards scientific and technological studies, as called for by the United Nations Economic and Social Council,
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point d d. developing women’s individual capabilities in-house, by means of specific further-training courses and other forms of professional support, in order to prepare them effectively for management duties; in particular by offering management skills development training;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point d a (new) da. calling on the social partners, when negotiating at company and regional level, to call on firms to provide new welfare instruments and to restructure working hours and timetables to allow for the possibility of individual working arrangements, while ensuring career development;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point d a (new) da. identifying ways to increase the representation of women from particularly under-represented groups such as those from immigrant or ethnic minority background;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 – point a a. present comprehensive current data on female representation within companies in different economic sectors in the EU and on the measures taken by the business sector as well as those recently adopted by the various Member States with a view to increasing such representation,
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 – point b Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Invites the Commission to draw up a road map
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls on the Commission to set up a website dedicated to good practice in this area, for the dissemination and exchange of best practice;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Calls on the Member States to promote measures designed to increase the presence of women managers in the communications and media sectors;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 c (new) 8c. Recommends that encouragement be given to ensuring a balanced female presence in sectors of the social economy;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 d (new) 8d. Calls on the Member States to examine possible tax incentives for companies which adopt measures to promote gender equality;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) source: PE-460.987
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2010/2138(INI) Equality between women and men in the European Union — 2010
2010/12/17
FEMM
3 amendments...
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 6 a (new) - having regard to Directive 89/552/EEC on Television without Frontiers,
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 14 a (new) - having regard to its resolution of 15 December 2010 on the impact of advertising on consumer behaviour,
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25a. Calls on the European Commission to encourage the Member States to promote, in the media in general and in advertising and promotional material in particular, a representation of the female image that is respectful of the dignity, role diversity and identity of women;
source: PE-454.717
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2010/2156(INI) Unlocking the potential of cultural and creative industries
2010/11/15
EMPL
12 amendments...
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Considers it essential to focus attention on the special employment status of workers in the knowledge, creative and cultural sectors, whose importance to innovation in the EU economy has been emphasised as it should, but without sufficient account being taken of specific features and circumstances stemming from the mobility and discontinuity of employment in such occupations; calls on the Commission, therefore, to give further consideration to such aspects and put forward relevant proposals;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Stresses that culture is a fundamental public good which is essential to the development of all facets of Europe and to overcoming nationalism and barriers of all kinds; considers that the EU should support the cultural and creative industries with specific programmes and guarantee funds;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Acknowledges the strategic importance of cultural and creative industries to the Europe 2020 strategy, both as a means of promoting cultural identities and in view of their considerable potential for innovation for the benefit of the production sector as a whole, including non-profit organisations, particularly in terms of employment, advanced skills, international competitiveness, the promotion of regions and geographical and cultural resources, and technological innovation;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Considers that fashion and cultural and sustainable tourism should be added to the sectors identified in the Green Paper as forming part of the CCIs; points out that the two sectors are characterised by a high degree of creativity and an entrepreneurial spirit which has a significant impact on the economy and international competitiveness of the EU;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to grant artists, authors and creative workers a special employment status and to lay down relevant criteria in appropriate legislative instruments relating to social protection, employment support and access to formal and informal training courses; points out that artists, authors and creative workers are fundamental to CCIs and should be given assistance in fully realising their potential;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Calls for appropriate measures to be taken to close the substantial negative gap which characterises women’s work and pay in the CCIs;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses the vital nature of specific training policies for CCIs, and considers that such policies should take account of both formal and informal types of training, and involve ongoing, lifelong training programmes and support for training establishments in the sector;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Requests that the Commission call on Member States to expand the framework for recognition of professional qualifications and training courses, not least with a view to including the new skills required in the CCI sector;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Requests that the Commission call on Member States to support art education and creativity; calls on the Commission, in particular, to include in existing programmes, especially Erasmus, Comenius and MEDIA, specific measures for artists, art school students and teachers and young creative worker, providing for various forms of exchanges, tutoring, mobility and residencies;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Calls on the Commission to support investment in EU programmes for CCIs, including non-profit organisations, both by providing budgetary resources and by establishing specific programmes, along similar lines to the MEDIA programme; calls for consideration to be given to specific procedures for access to existing resources, in particular the European Social Fund;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that a high level of social protection, and in particular unemployment insurance, is necessary to provide a guaranteed income for those periods without employment natural to the cultural and creative sector, and enable personal and collective emancipation; considers also that a minimum income can be an appropriate means of guaranteeing such a level of social protection and that this can also be usefully combined with training courses.
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Commission to urge Member States to introduce support measures, such as guarantee funds and tax incentives, for the benefit of cultural and creative businesses, with special reference to the production, distribution and performance of European co- productions.
source: PE-452.703
2011/11/02
CULT
48 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 6 a (new) – Having regard to the Commission’s Communication on a European agenda for culture in a globalizing world (COM(207)0242),
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 6 b (new) – having regard to the UNCTAD ‘Creative Economy Report 2008: The challenge of assessing the creative economy towards informed policy- making’,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 8 – having regard to its resolution of 10 April 2008 on a European agenda for culture in a globalising world
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 9 a (new) Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 10 a (new) – having regard to its resolution of 19 February 2009 on Social Economy (2008/2250(INI)),
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 10 b (new) – having regard to the statistics produced by ESSnet-culture, set up in 2009 under the auspices of Eurostat,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 10 c (new) – having regard to the Commission Communication on ‘Copyright in the Knowledge Economy’ (COM(2009)0532),
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 12 a (new) – having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on ‘Europe, the world's No 1 tourist destination – a new political framework for tourism in Europe’ (COM(2010)0352),
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas Member States should be willing to support culture and creativity as fundamental factors in the preservation and enhancement of cultural and landscape heritage, to be protected and conserved in order to assist in the creation of a sense of identity and heighten the public’s cultural awareness,
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas cultural and creative industries are a strategic sector for better economic development and jobs,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) provides by way of an exception for the right to implement policies to protect cultural diversity, which is systematically applied by the EU and its Member States,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A d (new) Ad. whereas various Member States have successfully set up national interdisciplinary boards on cultural and creative industries, publishing documents such as the Creative Economy Green Paper for the Nordic Region (Nordic Council, 2007), Creative Britain – New Talents for the New Economy (United Kingdom, 2008), Creative Value (Culture and Economy Policy paper, 2009) (Netherlands), Potential of Creative Industries in Estonia (2009) and the Libro Bianco sulla Creatività [White Paper on Creativity] (Italy, 2010),
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the digital age opens new possibilities for these industries by introducing new economic models enabling consumers to have access to a range of high-quality products, and whereas, for this new product range to be attractive and endure, a legal framework should be established for the new economic models in order particularly to boost consumer confidence in Internet sites,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas the creative and cultural industries have a role to play in preserving distinctive, invaluable and unique skills and abilities through the fusion of contemporary creativity and long-standing experience and whereas, especially in certain sectors such as, for example, fashion, watchmaking and jewellery, the reputation and worldwide success of European industries in the sector are founded upon the manual skills and expertise of artisans and creatives,
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas they play a role in European competitiveness in the global economy,
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G b (new) Gb. whereas culture and creativity are very important to the European Union’s external relations, being the subject of a report by the Committee on Culture and Education which is awaiting approval (2010/2161(INI)),
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G c (new) Gc. whereas the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI) and its regional action plan (RIP) have been approved and funded for 2011-2013,
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G d (new) Gd. whereas the cultural and creative industries have an influence on almost every other economic sector, furnishing them with innovations that are decisive for competitiveness, especially where JTIs are concerned,
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G e (new) Ge. whereas the role of the European Creative Industries Alliance should be enhanced,
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G f (new) Gf. whereas the cultural and creative industries sector is enhanced and its visibility ensured through various initiatives by the European Parliament and the Council of Europe, such as the Europe Prize, the LUX Prize, and the Cultural Routes,
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on the Member States to be strongly committed to protecting and supporting their own cultural heritage, recognising that for cultural and creative industries to develop requires a dual economy where public and private investment coexist;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls on the Commission, in light of the launch in December 2011 of the eighth Research Framework Programme, to provide for funding to implement entrepreneurial projects and start-ups proposed by young people under the age of 35 in the cultural and creative industries sector;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Reiterates that the Commission and the Member States need to take account of the special nature of the curricula vitae of creatives and artists when defining vocational and training paths, recognising as training credits skills acquired in formal, non formal and informal environments;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Reminds the Commission and the Member States of the urgent need to recognise vocational qualifications in the cultural and creative industries, to promote student and lecturer mobility and further develop training-work experience internships for artists and creatives;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Invites the Commission and those Member States that have not yet done so to act on the UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of the Artist;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Emphasises the danger of a shortage of manpower in some highly skilled or very specific trades which contribute to the existence of cultural and creative industries in the European Union and asks the Commission and the Member States to take necessary measures, in conjunction with the enterprises, to ensure these unique skills are preserved and to facilitate the training of a new generation of artisans and workers specialising in these trades;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to determine the requirements for the status of artist and creative with suitable regulatory instruments covering social protection, employment support and access to training courses, so that the artists, authors and creatives without whom the cultural and creative industries would not exist are helped to achieve their full potential;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Calls on the Commission to promote joint research and partnership programmes between the cultural and creative industries and the education and training sector (including in-service training), to facilitate the use of new techniques and new creative tools in the education sector, to step up lifelong education and training – specifically through use of the European Social Fund – in view of the pace of technological change in this field, and conversely, by means of research and education, to encourage innovation in the cultural and creative industries; stresses that intercultural learning and skills help people understand other cultures, thereby contributing to social inclusion;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 c (new) 7c. Calls on the Member States to promote the availability of managerial, business and entrepreneurial training specifically tailored for professionals in the cultural and creative industries, thus equipping them with communication and entrepreneurial skills required in an ever evolving socio-economic environment; notes the positive training and management experience developed in the audiovisual field by the MEDIA programme and hopes to see the Culture programme equipped with similar instruments;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 d (new) 7d. Establishes an annual prize for cultural and creative industries noted for their innovation in content, impact on social cohesion, local development and economic sustainability;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 3 Improving the distribution of works in the digital age within and beyond the European Union’s borders
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Asks the Commission to ensure that actions under the 2014-2020 MEDIA Programme are mostly for the benefit of the whole audiovisual sector, including radio, television and the Internet and assist in the changeover to digital in all the audiovisual sectors;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Urges the Member States and the Commission to establish technical and financial support mechanisms in cultural and creative industries with the aim of digitising cultural heritage and to introduce common European standards and calls on the Commission to consider establishing a specific budget line under the ‘Digital Agenda’ flagship initiative to support the changeover to digital in European cinemas, in order to ensure that all EU citizens have access to content reflecting Europe’s different identities and make the whole of the European film sector more competitive;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls on the Commission to consider, with reference to the ‘Digital Agenda’ flagship initiative, the need to support the adjustment of European electronic publishing to the challenges posed by competition, by creating conditions favouring the interoperability of systems, transferability from one device to another and fair competition;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Requests that priority funding be granted under the ENPI RIP 2011-2013 programme to cultural and creative industries, with particular reference to the audiovisual sector and the production and distribution of audiovisual works in the Euro-Mediterranean region;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to take the necessary steps to establish a European internal market for on-line cultural and creative content and guarantee access to this content to European citizens whilst ensuring that those entitled are protected and properly compensated and that all funding channels for the creati
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Stresses the need for effective protection of intellectual property rights both online and offline and recalls that Article 118 TFEU authorises the establishment of consolidated EU legislation on copyright;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Commission to consider new economic models
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Advocates that existing funds and programmes (such as the Microfinance Facility) be directed towards the development of small and micro- enterprises in the cultural and creative sector, with a view to optimising support for enterprises by facilitating access to information on funding options, and that the application procedures for these funds be simplified;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 5 Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls on the Commission to grant the cultural and creative industries SME status in their own right in regard to all arrangements for access to credit, start-up support and employment protection, which should be suitably adapted to the specificities of the sector, with particular reference to low capitalisation, the brand as an asset, the high risk in the early stage, strong IT impact, irregular employment, the need for centralised services;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Calls in particular on the Commission and the Member States to account of the fact that women are at a particular disadvantage in a sector that is characterised by precariousness and irregular work;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 c (new) 12c. Calls on the Commission to include the fashion and sustainable tourism sectors in the cultural and creative industries;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on all the actors concerned to consider introducing new, innovative financial instruments which are adapted to the specific needs of these industries, such as bank guarantee measures, repayable advances
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to once again include under the heading of cultural and creative industries non-profit organisations and social economy operators - as defined in the Commission Resolution of 19 February 2009 - as they are active in sectors relevant to the cultural and creative industries, thereby permitting the adoption of tax benefits, easy access to loans and employment protection;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14b. Suggests that the Commission set up an open method of coordination among the Member States, the regions and the stakeholders that draws upon the experience of the European Creative Industries Alliance and the Our Policy Development platform for the exchange of best practice in regard to ways of promoting and protecting the cultural and creative industries, looking at aspects of competitiveness, innovation, upgrading the local area, employment involving high level of professional and technological content, European collaboration;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 c (new) 14c. Calls on the Commission to draw up a white paper, in view of the cultural and creative industries’ ever increasing importance as well as the objective of strengthening this sector, which is of strategic importance for the achievement of the Europe 2020 goals;
source: PE-454.693
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2010/2157(INI) Demographic change and its consequences for the future Cohesion Policy of the EU
2011/03/28
FEMM
11 amendments...
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the competent regional authorities to put more effort into analysing the effectiveness of the introduction of equal opportunities policies for women and men, in particular within the context of demographic change, paying attention to women suffering from social exclusion;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Urges the regional authorities to consider that in the new cohesion policy programming period they will have to deal with a greater incidence of elderly people, predominantly women, with an increase in family and women's poverty and with the need to broaden the employment base, targeting women and young people, above all;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the competent regional authorities to put in place measures to enable people to reconcile work and family life, by giving them the opportunity to choose freely between genuine, equivalent alternatives, with a view to increasing the birth rate; calls on the regional authorities, to that end, to make provision for financial support measures for maternity and childcare by issuing vouchers, bonuses and cheques and to promote the supply of childcare and family services and benefits in order to develop or supplement, at the local level, concrete and effective work-life balance policies;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on Eurostat to include in the regional human development index (HDI) factors relating to unpaid invisible work performed by women in the absence of established regional social infrastructure, taking into account the triple role often played by women as mothers, daughters and grandmothers;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Asks Eurostat to develop indicators to measure and value women’s involvement in voluntary activities in order to show what women contribute to social cohesion, by region, and to improving the quality of life, especially of those living in poverty;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Commission, during this phase of economic recession and employment crisis, to give priority in its own initiatives to the more serious situations of poverty and social exclusion involving women, in particular single women with children;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Calls on the Member States and the regional authorities to encourage forms of support for families which take charge of dependent elderly people;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 c (new) 7c. Calls on the Member States and local authorities to provide for specific forms of physical activity for elderly people and improved access to such activity, in particular for women;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 quinquies (new) 7d. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote forms of inter- generational training and education, by involving, for instance, young people, schools and associations in ICT training projects for elderly people, or by developing the skills of elderly people in extracurricular projects;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 sexies (new) 7e. Calls on the Member States and the regional authorities to develop and support forms of involvement of elderly people in formal and informal training activities, voluntary work and active participation in the life of the community;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) source: PE-462.557
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2010/2159(INI) Early Years Learning in the European Union
2011/02/17
CULT
4 amendments...
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas ECEC targets
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Encourages Member States to integrate ECEC services, with better coordination between the different
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls on the Member States, in synergy with local authorities and private- sector social services, to promote and finance measures and projects to provide ECEC services to children from disadvantaged social groups, monitoring and assessing them;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Recognises that having qualified and well-trained staff working with young children has the most notable impact on the quality of ECEC services, and as such calls on Member States to raise professional standards by introducing recognised qualifications for those working in the ECEC field and to provide continuous training in order to increase and update specific skills;
source: PE-458.741
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2010/2161(INI) Cultural dimensions of the EU's external actions
2011/01/25
CULT
20 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 – having regard to the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement of 23 June 2000 and subsequent revisions thereof (latest version 2010),
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 12 a (new) – having regard to the Conclusions of the Council and of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on the Work Plan for Culture 2011 – 2014 (2010/C 325/01),
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 13 a (new) – having regard to the United Nations resolution ‘Keeping the promise: united to achieve the Millennium Development Goals’ of September 2010,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 13 b (new) – having regard to the United Nations resolution ‘Culture and Development’ of December 2010,
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I (I) whereas cultural diplomacy is an instrument for global peace and stability, especially when converted into genuine cultural cooperation,
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that democratic and fundamental freedoms such as freedom of expression, press freedom, access to information and communication (including via the internet and other digital sources), freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear, and freedom
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) (after subheading "New media") 10a. Stresses the importance of the EU acting throughout the world to promote respect for freedom of expression, freedom of press circulation and freedom of access to audiovisual media and new information technologies in a manner recognising and respecting copyright rules;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 4 Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Underlines the importance of
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Underlines the need to adopt a comprehensive approach in cultural
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Encourages the setting of priorities directly linked to the cultural dimension within the EIDHR, including strengthening the rule of law, conflict management and prevention, civil society cooperation and the role of new technologies regarding freedom of expression, democratic participation and human rights;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the EEAS to
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls for the appropriate training of EEAS staff and EU delegation staff with regard to cultural and digital aspects;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Encourages the
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Urges the Commission to propose and adopt a Green Paper on a strategy on cultural cooperation in the EU's external actions in 2011, followed by a communication;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 b (new) 24b. Calls for an integrated and coherent strategy for cooperation and cultural action in the EU’s external relations, without neglecting the protection and promotion of the cultural and natural heritage, both tangible and intangible, and cooperation in conflict areas, such as through Blue Shield;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 c (new) 24c. Calls for the training of personnel being sent to conflict and post-conflict areas regarding cultural aspects of action to preserve the heritage and promote reconciliation, democracy and human rights;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 6 Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27a. Encourages the Member States and the Commission to intensify their cooperation efforts in order to further improve the national legal frameworks and the policies for protection and preservation of the cultural heritage and cultural assets, in accordance with national legislation and international legal frameworks, including measures to combat illegal trafficking in cultural assets and intellectual property; encourages them to prevent the unlawful appropriation of cultural heritage and products of cultural activity, whilst at the same time recognising the importance of copyright and intellectual property in maintaining the livelihood of those involved in cultural creation;
source: PE-456.661
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2010/2162(INI) Face of female poverty in the European Union
2010/12/16
FEMM
6 amendments...
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Member States to take into account the gender dimension in their plans for recovery from the recession by promoting and boosting the employment of women and adopting specific measures for initial and ongoing training, targeted inclusion in the labour market, flexible hours, wage equality and the review of tax and pension systems;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission to propose a framework directive establishing the principle of an adequate minimum income and wage in the European Union as a way to combat and reduce poverty, taking into account national laws and practices and with due regard to the gender dimension;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Member States to take action to ensure fair access for women to social security and pension systems, and to ensure that the principle of equal treatment between women and men, not only in connection with age, is applied consistently in pension insurance schemes by reviewing the duration of notional contributions for periods spent as carers;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Emphasises the importance of the structural funds, in particular the European Social Fund, as a key tool for assisting Member States to combat poverty and social exclusion; calls on the Member States for more co-funded actions to support services such as care facilities for children and for elderly and dependent persons, also by testing new forms of public-private organisational and financial cooperation and new arrangements for such cooperation;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Welcomes the establishment of a European microfinance facility for employment and social inclusion; calls in this framework for specifically tailored actions, in particular technical assistance and back-up measures, oriented towards ensuring increased access and availability of microfinance for women who face difficulties entering the labour market or want to establish themselves as self- employed workers or launch their own micro-enterprises;
source: PE-454.545
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2010/2206(INI) Europe, the world's No 1 tourist destination – a new political framework for tourism in Europe
2010/09/11
CULT
11 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Points out that cultural tourism is the largest segment of the European tourist industry and that over recent years it has undergone significant change and now focuses not just on major historic cities and tourist resorts or major events and exhibitions but also on smaller towns and historic, cultural and nature routes, which attract people in search of knowledge, intercultural dialogue, nature and culture;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Calls accordingly on the Commission, in line with the new competences resulting from the Lisbon Treaty, to highlight the cultural dimension of European tourism, with a view to ensuring economic, social, territorial, landscape and environmental sustainability;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Considers such initiatives as the ‘European Capital of Culture’, the ‘European Heritage Label’, the Council of Europe’s ‘Cultural Routes’ and the ‘Iron Curtain Trail’ to be necessary in promoting European heritage, contemporary creativity and sustainability in cultural tourism; welcomes programmes such as EDEN and NECSTouR due to their potential for boosting economic development;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Calls on the Commission to assess the impact that the EU’s European Capitals of Culture programme is having on tourism and to report to Parliament on whether governance approaches, funding arrangements and procedures for involving cultural bodies and associations should be reviewed, with a view to investing in durable and sustainable processes and partnerships;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Draws attention to the role played by European routes, such as the Council of Europe’s ‘Cultural Routes’, which focus on specific themes or historic trails, offer both maintream and non-mainstream cultural content and promote debate and a creative and personalised approach; takes the view that such routes may, of themselves, be deemed cultural goods which play an effective role in establishing networks of operators and associations from more than one Member State who work together on promotional and management schemes seeking to promote Europe’s cultures, mutual understanding and peaceful coexistence, tourism, mobility of operators, walkers and artists, familiarity with local traditions and potential, and intercultural and interfaith dialogue;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Points out that cultural tourism can make a significant contribution towards overcoming the current economic and jobs crisis because it makes good use of skills and territorial potential and boosts rural and small-town development by spreading demand for tourist accommodation over the year and over the various segments, as well as promoting the cultural and landscape heritage and mobility, giving a boost to traditional local foods and wines and creating high-quality routes;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Calls for intercultural dialogue to be seen as a means of fostering socio- cultural development in both urban and non-urban areas and emphasises the creative potential of cultural diversity and the programmes focusing on it (for example, the joint Commission and Council of Europe ‘Intercultural Cities’ programme) as a driving force for enterprise and innovation, not least in the tourist industry;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on the Commission to ask the Member States to ensure that traditional and new skills in the tourism, accommodation and territorial promotion sectors are recognised within the European Qualifications Framework (EQF);
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Calls for more explicit reference to be made in connection with the use of EU Structural Funds in the period 2010-2017 to promoting cultural and tourist routes and linking up the routes in the various Member States as a means of boosting high-quality territorial development;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 c (new) 7c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote sports-related tourism and step up investment in routes such as European mountain trails and cycle paths stretching across several European regions or other means of promoting mobility, physical activity and a healthy lifestyle;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 d (new) 7d. Calls on the Commission to promote more vigorous and more focused action in the Member States aimed at setting up an extensive and accessible network of European youth hostels and accommodation facilities that will enable young people and families with children, as well as elderly people, to travel and find accommodation in other regions and countries;
source: PE-452.684
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2010/2209(INI) Priorities and outline of a new EU policy framework to fight violence against women
2010/12/16
FEMM
3 amendments...
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – indent 2 –
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Deplores the fact that several Member States still do not regard gender-based violence as a public offence and still require a victim complaint or private prosecution, even in cases of violence outside the family unit, which constitutes a failure of these states to exercise due diligence;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Highlights the serious problem of prostitution
source: PE-454.542
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2010/2211(INI) Investing in the future: a new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for a competitive, sustainable and inclusive Europe
2011/03/30
FEMM
2 amendments...
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 (new) 2. Stresses that priority should be given to comprehensive action which links the topic of equal opportunities with country growth indicators, highlighting the links between women, work, the economy, fertility and an ageing population, to break the vicious circle between women's participation in the workplace, a low birth rate, insufficient growth and the unsustainability of welfare systems;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 14 (new) 14. Takes the view that specific measures to develop the technical and scientific skills of young women need to be included in the European investment plan for employment, the environment and innovation, in order to improve their qualifications and employability, in particular in strategic growth sectors in which they are under-represented;
source: PE-462.597
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2010/2234(INI) European cooperation in vocational education and training to support the Europe 2020 strategy
2010/09/12
CULT
6 amendments...
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Recalls that investing in education and training is essential for Europe’s better future; considers that key competences and new skills, in particular those required by jobs in strategic growth sectors, provide people with new opportunities and, moreover, that they lay the basis for long- term sustainable economic and social development;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Points out that the link between education and training, particularly the pathway from vocational to higher education, demands changes from learning institutions to cope with the difficulties linked to the differences in teaching and learning styles which stem from the adoption of curricula based on the development of skills, rather than the mere processing of course material, and that more suitable teacher training is therefore necessary;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Emphasises the importance, at territorial level, of fostering effective synergies and reliable forms of cooperation between schools, training agencies, research centres and firms in order to overcome the inward-looking nature of education systems and the mismatch between knowledge and skills and the needs of the labour market and make young people and women in particular more employable, with specific reference to vocational further education qualifications;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Recommends boosting creativity at all levels of education, including vocational
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Considers that the role of regional and local authorities and the social partners in developing a friendly environment for successful cooperation between the labour market and VET students is essential;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Considers that the challenges posed by the 2020 strategy create a need to provide adequate financial resources, also through the Structural Funds, in particular the ESF, as well as increasing VET prestige; considers, in this respect, that giving visibility to student success stories in the labour market would be of great value.
source: PE-454.460
2011/01/18
FEMM
3 amendments...
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Member States, as envisaged for the Europe 2020 objectives, to improve links between vocational training and labour market needs, for example by improving academic and careers guidance services and encouraging traineeships and apprenticeship contracts for women, and to create new opportunities for training, including in scientific, mathematical and technological fields, in order to increase women's employability in technical and scientific areas and in non-traditional jobs and in the low-carbon sectors of the economy;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure an optimal use of the Structural Funds, such as the European Social Fund, for specific programmes that promote lifelong learning and aim at increasing the rate of female participation in the VET system, not least by means of suitably funded measures specifically designed to achieve this; calls for the development of specific actions in the framework of the Pilot Project Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs in order to encourage entrepreneurship among women;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Member States to develop incentives for employers to facilitate the provision of cost-effective and flexible training in micro and small enterprises, adapted to the needs of women and including for home-based workers; calls for consideration to be given to the types of tax exemption which could be accorded in respect of work done by women, particularly in small and medium-sized undertakings.
source: PE-456.775
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2010/2239(INI) Towards adequate, sustainable and safe European pension systems
2010/11/11
FEMM
2 amendments...
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on Member States to review individual welfare entitlements: (a) dissociating minimum pension integration and the income of couples, which penalises women’s earnings; (b) favouring, under supplementary schemes, a single rate of return for men and women, to be established independently of the actuarial life- expectancy-based calculations, avoiding discrimination in respect of supplementary pensions, on the basis of Directive 2006/54/EC; (c) recognising notional contributions over lengthy periods of non-payment for reasons other than maternity, relating to childcare and care for elderly relations, also with a view to offsetting the progressive increase in retirement age; (d) seeking effective corrective mechanisms to offset the impact of work interruptions and irregular pension contributions on the level of pension entitlements for women; (e) providing for the right to receive the necessary periodical information concerning contributions paid to facilitate pension planning;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Calls on the Commission to verify, in the context of gender equality regarding pensionable age, the existence of formal and de facto conditions facilitating under various conditions the reconciliation of professional and family commitments;
source: PE-452.645
2011/10/01
EMPL
5 amendments...
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Considers that the widespread adoption of the contributory system entails the individualisation of corrective systems and forms of accompaniment for breaks in employment and for periods spent as a carer, which serve to meet the needs of the increasingly numerous categories of people who face the risk of poverty;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Regrets that the Green Paper does not devote any attention to the gender issue, particularly bearing in mind that, because of disparities in careers, wage differentials, breaks in employment and periods spent as carers, women have smaller pensions on average;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Stresses that, within the diversity of pension systems, the general systems (first pillar) combined with work-related systems (second pillar) afford the best guarantee of adequate pension provision, even though the imbalance among these systems is growing;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Notes that there are major disparities in the statutory retirement age and in the actual age at which older people cease to be employed; calls on Member States and the two sides of industry, therefore, to exchange information about good experiences and to conclude agreements leading to a prolongation of working life, for example by rewarding people who work for longer and, in the case of women, providing them with insurance cover for periods spent as carers;
Amendment 451 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 a (new) 34a. Considers it desirable, therefore, to agree on a common programme of education concerning social security and a common information programme to recognise and act upon the right of everybody to know pension scenarios and their own insurance status; considers in particular that, by means of suitable applications such as ‘electronic files’, social security bodies should be able to follow individuals from their entry into the labour market until their departure from it, documenting the situation at every given moment and during transition phases and providing the solutions which can be adopted for a well-informed choice among opportunities and advantages;
source: PE-454.538
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2010/2245(INI) Innovation Union: transforming Europe for a post-crisis world
2011/02/16
EMPL
9 amendments...
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Considers that innovation can play an important role in enhancing social cohesion by improving the quality of the services provided and that specific professional training programmes should therefore be set up;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Draws attention to the fact that innovation is essential to economic development and that the European Union needs to recruit around one million additional researchers in order to meet the goal of spending 3% of GDP on R&D, as laid down in the Europe 2020 Strategy; Believes that this goal can be more easily achieved by substantially increasing the number of women researchers, who account for only 39% of researchers employed in the public sector and higher education and 19% of researchers working in the private sector [1]; [1] She Figures 2009 - major findings and trends, European Commission, 2009.
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses that R&D investment tends to drop in periods of economic crisis even though it has been proved that the companies and Member States which invest the most during such periods are the ones that gain the greatest comparative market advantage;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Stresses the importance of supporting the establishment and development of innovative undertakings, combining public and private funding, supplemented by risk capital mechanisms and technical assistance in implementing projects;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Stresses that most of the initiatives that will make innovation possible come from the business sector and that closer cooperation is therefore essential with universities and research centres;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Notes that, despite the increased involvement of women in the fields of research and technology, the latest figures provided by the Commission indicate that only 19% of senior academic posts are held by women, even though women account for more than half of university students; [1] She Figures 2009 - major findings and trends, European Commission, 2009.
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Considers it particularly important that there should be specific guidelines that take account of gender equality issues in the creation and development of innovative products and services, and that this calls for appropriate training of human resources;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses the importance of raising the level of training, particularly lifelong learning
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Points out that, given the shortage of higher education students in science and technology, steps must be taken to ensure that no students abandon their studies or are limited in their choice of educational establishment for financial reasons, and that it is therefore necessary to continue to promote access to bank loans which can be partially financed by the Member States;
source: PE-458.657
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2010/2272(INI) Mobility and inclusion of people with disabilities and the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020
2011/05/05
FEMM
3 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that the economic crisis has caused some EU Member States to make cuts in their disability assistance funding, which will adversely affect the educational, social and economic needs of women with family responsibilities;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Underlines the need for early diagnosis and solutions allowing as many disabled people as possible to live independently, with access to education and work and able to exercise their social rights, starting with admission to integrated education;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes that disabled children are often cared for by their mothers, who have to cope with medical, educational and administrative procedures, which has an adverse impact on their careers; calls on Member States to make working hours more flexible so that these women are no longer excluded from the job market, and to make provision for special leave, early retirement and various forms of home care;
source: PE-464.810
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2010/2273(INI) Promoting workers' mobility within the European Union
2011/05/05
FEMM
3 amendments...
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Urges Member States, in those instances where workers move with a spouse or partner and children, to provide adequate – and multilingual – services for the family unit, for example, childcare facilities, pre- schools, schools and medical services;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Urges the Member States to make every effort to ensure reciprocal recognition of diplomas and professional qualifications and to enable social insurance contribution records to be combined for the purpose of establishing entitlement to social security and welfare benefits;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Urges Member States to provide comprehensive information and the possibility to participate in social networks for workers and their families so that they can be informed, in a language they understand, of their rights and potential benefits available to them in the host Member State, in particular about rights and benefits linked to social security, childcare, care for people who are not able to live independently, healthcare, training opportunities and local community activities;
source: PE-464.769
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2010/2275(INI) Women entrepreneurship in small and medium sized enterprises
2011/03/30
FEMM
6 amendments...
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on Member States to consider the creation of mentoring schemes and support programmes making particular use of active ageing schemes that harness the advice and experience of retired male and female entrepreneurial professionals;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Asks Member States to take account of, and promote, the European entrepreneur exchange programme ‘Erasmus for young entrepreneurs’, the specific objective of which is to contribute to enhancing entrepreneurship, internationalisation and competitiveness of potential start-up entrepreneurs in the EU and newly established micro and small enterprises, and which offers new entrepreneurs the possibility to work for up to 6 months with an experienced entrepreneur in his/her SME in another EU country; recommends specific scholarships to be provided for female students with outstanding potential, culminating in ‘best practice’ award ceremonies for successful graduates;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Calls on the Member States to promote the setting up, within local chambers of commerce, of special services and representative groups for female entrepreneurs to assist their empowerment and the development of an enterprise culture;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls on the Member States to adopt measures to make it easier to reconcile the competing demands of family and professional life, to facilitate women’s employment and to help improve career prospects for the self-employed;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16b. Calls on the Member States to support programmes designed to enable migrant women to work on a self- employed basis or set up a business by such means as training and mentoring policies and credit access support measures;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 c (new) 16c. Calls on the Member States to promote Corporate Social Responsibility among women-run businesses to help ensure women’s work and working hours are organised on a more flexible basis and to encourage the provision of family- friendly services;
source: PE-462.558
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2010/2305(INI) Absorption of Structural and Cohesion Funds: lessons learnt for the future cohesion policy of the EU
2011/03/05
EMPL
5 amendments...
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that there is a need to concentrate efforts on a limited number of priorities, with special reference to jobs for young people and women, in order to maximise the impact of the ESF in supporting the Europe 2020 Strategy;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Member States to involve the social partners at national and local levels in order to better identify the needs of the labour market and help implement policies geared to the development of new skills, jobs and new welfare arrangements;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to ensure that while supporting the implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy, cohesion policy reduces disparities and promotes a harmonious development in the EU, including by bringing further targeted instruments and measures to bear in areas which still fall far short of European standards;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Stresses the need for strong and dedicated focus on the actual outcomes and results of the ESF support by the improvement of evaluation, monitoring and indicator systems, which should cover not only spending levels but also the quality of the policies conducted.
source: PE-464.702
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2010/2306(INI) European cinema in the digital era
2011/12/09
CULT
18 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 19 a (new) having regard to its resolution of 19 February 2009 on Social Economy (2008/2250(INI)),
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the complete digitisation of both the European film industry and its cinemas
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas cinemas are an important means of preserving the quality of life and social interaction in old urban centres and in the suburbs, and of regenerating urban areas,
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G b (new) Gb. whereas European cinematographic works need to meet with success in Europe if they are to be distributed internationally, thus enabling them to meet their financial objectives and constitute a form of cultural cooperation and diplomacy through which not only the works, but also the different cultures of European countries, are disseminated in third countries,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) Ha. whereas European cinema and other audiovisual formats are of specific interest for the Mediterranean Basin, can easily be harnessed through satellite coverage and continue to spur intercultural dialogue in that area at this time of democratic development,
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Points out that film screening is in the process of changing, with growing numbers of multiplexes and a marked reduction in the number of screens in small towns and cities and old urban centres;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Notes that independent distributors are having problems coping with the dual costs they must meet in the transition period, which is having a ripple effect throughout the cinema industry;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Highlights that digital cinema improves the quality of picture and sound, allowing more diversified and flexible programming of live events, and also of recorded broadcasts and of educational, cultural and sporting events, while enabling the use of innovative technologies, such as 3D, that could attract a new and wider public;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Acknowledges that the high costs of digitisation create a significant burden for many small and independent cinemas and which, in the face of closure, or to prevent this, require special and priority support;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Considers the first phase of the digitisation of European cinema to have been of uneven benefit, and understands the concerns expressed by art-house cinema organisations, agreeing with their suggestions for special and priority measures to promote the production and distribution of independent European films;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Stresses that in order to ease the digitisation process, flexible and diversified financing, both public and private, should be made available at local, regional, national and European level within a framework that sets out the priorities and complementarities at the various levels and establishes quantifiable objectives;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Calls on the Commission to resolve this issue in the light, also, of the prolongation of the application of the cinema Communication of 26 September 2001 concerning state aids to the cinema sector in the EU;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Underlines the need to implement training programmes targeted at professionals in the audiovisual sector allowing them to adapt to digital technologies and to new business models, and acknowledges the success of the initiatives already under way in that field;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Underlines that film education, including cinema culture and language, as an integral part of education, allows citizens to have a critical understanding of media;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Acknowledges that the MEDIA Programme has supported the European audiovisual industry for more than two decades and has contributed to the development, distribution and promotion of European films, and to the training of cinema operators in digital techniques;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Stresses the importance of the MEDIA Programme in the digitisation of cinemas and calls for increased funds in the next generation of the programme to tackle the challenges brought by digital technologies, and to the training of cinema operators in digital techniques;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27a. Points out that one weak point in the digitisation process is the inability of distributors, and especially independent distributors, who receive insufficient support for digital distribution, to keep up with that process;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 a (new) 29a. Proposes better cooperation and interaction with third countries aimed at raising the profile of European productions on the world market, and particularly in the Mediterranean area, promoting cultural exchanges and launching new initiatives in support of the Euro-Mediterranean dialogue and the democratic development of the whole region, not least in view of the commitments arising from the Euro-Mediterranean Conference on Cinema;
source: PE-470.048
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2010/2307(INI) Youth on the move: a framework for improving Europe's education and training systems
2011/02/14
EMPL
5 amendments...
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Emphasises that youth unemployment – the causes of which the ILO does not consider to lie in income and non-wage labour cost levels, participatory rights and social protection standards – is a problem that must be overcome and that all employment contracts must provide for unrestricted social rights from the first day on; rejects any proposal to deviate from this principle; considers, to this end, that there is a need for a set of EU rules laying down rights and protection arrangements for atypical and insecure jobs, starting with minimum wages and welfare cover no less favourable than those provided for under standard contracts;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Emphasises that the transition from school, vocational training or higher education to employment must be better prepared through the development of effective educational and careers guidance services and must follow on directly from education or training, and welcomes the ‘European Youth Guarantee’ initiative; believes that social partners and youth organisations should be involved in the development of a sustainable strategy to reduce youth unemployment, in which there must be
Amendment 119 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Takes the view that occupational choices must be less strongly influenced by gender, that measures must be taken to present a comprehensive overview of possible career choices and that the attempt must be made from an early age to interest and support girls, in particular, in mathematical and technical professions, in particular in areas of strategic importance in development terms, such as environment and energy saving;
Amendment 131 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Emphasises that an active labour market policy, including publicly funded work programmes for young people, and the creation of new, sustainable and good jobs and new businesses, as well as the promotion of a business culture in schools, incentives for new initiatives, technical assistance for start-ups, administrative simplification to speed up formalities, local service networks to facilitate management, and links with universities and research centres to promote product and process innovation are essential preconditions for successfully tackling youth unemployment, and that the existing funds, such as the European Social Fund, must be targeted more specifically at these objectives;
Amendment 171 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 11. Emphasises that young people must be given access to vocational training during working time and that continuous training and lifelong learning must be supported from the very first job.
source: PE-458.607
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2010/2309(INI) Organised crime in the European Union
2011/04/05
FEMM
14 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas women and girls represent a large proportion of the direct and indirect victims of organised crime, in particular as regards crimes against persons,
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas growing numbers of women are becoming involved in action to combat organised crime, as judicial, law- enforcement and forensics professionals and members of civil-society organisations,
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Recital C b (new) Cb. whereas cybercriminals target and exploit women and children in particular,
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 – indent 1 – promoting multidisciplinary training for the professionals in this field, and developing educative programmes designed for vulnerable groups, including the p
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls for the development at EU level of a comprehensive legislative framework for the protection of victims, witnesses and their relatives and of effective measures for their protection, such as the European Protection Order, and measures to guard against intimidation and reprisals that guarantee total anonymity, giving especial attention to the situation of women who want to dissociate from organised crime, in particular if family members are involved;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to take due account of the fact that women often directly or indirectly bear the financial and legal repercussions of loan sharking;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Calls for the proposal for a directive on attacks against information systems and repealing Council Framework Decision 2005/222/JHA, which is currently under discussion, to be gender- mainstreamed;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to look at possible ways of providing adequate compensation for relatives of victims, in particular for children, bearing in mind that many crimes are cross-border in nature;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Calls on the Member States to pool good practice on prevention and victim protection;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5c. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote the role of associations of victims’ families, dialogue between such associations and the institutions and the establishment of an EU forum of associations of victims’ families;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on Eurojust and Europol to promote appropriate representation of women in decision-making posts within their organisations;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 e (new) 5e. Calls on Eurojust and Europol to compile gender-mainstreamed statistics on organised crime;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 f (new) 5a. Emphasises the need of research on the transnational criminal trends, including from a gender perspective, by analysing also the factors that lead to involvement of girls and women in organised crime activities, such as irregular situation as regards residence rights, lack of access to the labour market, migration, escaping exploitation, family organisation pressure;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 d (new) 5d. Calls on the Member States to cooperate with media operators and lay down rules governing conduct and respect for the dignity and privacy of victims and their families, so as to prevent them from being exposed to further victimisation and risks;
source: PE-464.799
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2011/0000(INI)
2011/09/20
FEMM
5 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas sexual violence in the form of mass rapes, human trafficking and other forms of sexual abuse is still used as a war tactic in conflict regions around the world, and most recently allegations of sexual violence were reported in Libya
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. recognising the fact that women
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 - indent 3 – the promotion of role models
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Strongly condemns the continued use of sexual violence against women and of human trafficking as a tactic of war;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to empower women in their rights and access to land, inheritance, access to credit and savings in post-conflict situations, especially in countries where women’s property rights are not legally enforceable and socially recognised;
source: PE-472.060
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2011/0129(COD) Rights, support and protection of victims of crime: minimum standards
2012/02/29
LIBE, FEMM
1 amendments...
Amendment 484 #
Proposal for a directive Article 22 – introductory part In the application of this Directive the child's best interests shall be a primary consideration and in addition to the measures provided for in Article 21, Member States shall ensure that where the victim is a child:
source: PE-483.724
2012/06/03
FEMM
1 amendments...
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 17 (17) Some victims are particularly vulnerable during criminal proceedings to secondary and repeat victimisation and to intimidation by the offender or his associates. Such vulnerability can broadly be identified from the personal characteristics of the victim and the type or nature of the crime. On this basis some victims such as children, persons with disabilities, victims of sexual violence and victims of human trafficking are in most cases vulnerable to further victimisation and in need of special protection measures. Only in exceptional circumstances, such as balancing the fundamental rights of the accused or suspected person, or where the victim so wishes, should access to such protection measures be limited. In addition to measures available to all victims, Member States should ensure that specific assistance, support and protection measures are available to child victims. Those measures should be provided in the best interests of the child and in accordance with the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. In the case of victims of human trafficking and victims of child sexual abuse, sexual exploitation and child pornography, where specific and more detailed provisions are already included in separate instruments adopted or in course of negotiation this Directive does not deal with those same matters.
source: PE-483.693
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2011/0130(COD) Mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters
2012/04/13
JURI, FEMM
1 amendments...
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 13 a (new) (13a) In giving effect to this Regulation, Member States should take into account the rights enshrined in the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
source: PE-487.696
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2011/0136(COD) Orphan works: permitted uses
2011/10/14
CULT
3 amendments...
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 18 (18) Contractual arrangements may play a role in fostering the digitisation of European cultural heritage, it being understood that libraries, educational establishments, museums or archives and film heritage institutions may, with a view to undertake the uses permitted under this Directive, conclude agreements with commercial partners for the digitisation and making available of orphan works. These agreements may include financial contributions by such partners, provided the works are not used for secondary commercial purposes.
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 20 (20) This Directive should
Amendment 197 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. This Directive is without prejudice to existing arrangements in the Member States concerning the management of rights, such as extended collective licences.
source: PE-472.126
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2011/0172(COD) Energy efficiency
2011/11/29
FEMM
1 amendments...
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 16 a (new) (16a) Most of energy savings in housing is made by women, it is important to promote women's responsibility and training and to create technical and environmental energy experts that can control and follow the energy efficiency of the private building management.
source: PE-476.135
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2011/0177(APP) Multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020
2012/07/19
CULT
5 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Citation 3 a (new) – having regard to its resolution of 8 June 2011 entitled ‘Investing in the future: a new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for a competitive, sustainable and inclusive Europe (2010/2211(INI))1 ____________________________ 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2011)0266
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas businesses in the cultural and creative sector play a vital role in innovation in relation to scientific, technological and territorial development and thereby help Europe attain its growth objectives;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Recommendation xiii a (new) (xiiia) Stresses that the current lack, or marginal nature, of investment in the cultural sector under many European Union programmes and budget headings makes it necessary to concentrate cultural policies on the Creative Europe programme so as to avoid squandering the cultural sector’s potential to drive innovation and thereby missing an opportunity to promote smart, sustainable and inclusive growth;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Recommendation xiii b (new) (xiiib) Asserts that the actions launched by the Creative Europe programme should pursue objectives and results which take account not only of economic factors but also of social and cultural considerations, in keeping with the dual nature of this sector;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Recommendation xiii c (new) (xiiic) Welcomes the idea of a financial instrument to tackle the problem of the difficulties operators in the cultural and creative sector have in obtaining credit, and recommends that the guarantees offered to financial intermediaries via that instrument are provided on the basis of pre-arranged, balanced portfolios and ensure equal access for all Member States and all kinds of operators, whether for- profit or not-for-profit, as well as transparent and supervised management;
source: PE-494.514
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2011/0268(COD) European Social Fund (ESF) 2014-2020
2012/05/14
CULT
10 amendments...
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 9 (9) Efficient and effective implementation of actions supported by the ESF depends on good governance and partnership between all relevant territorial and socio- economic actors, in particular the social partners, local authorities, and non- governmental organisations. It is therefore necessary that Member States encourage the participation of social partners, local authorities, and non-governmental organisations in the implementation of the ESF.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 17 (17) The Member States and regions should be encouraged to leverage the ESF through financial instruments in order to support for example students, job creation, mobility of workers and local administrators, social inclusion and social entrepreneurship.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii a (new) (iii)a Supporting the promotion of cultural opportunities and activities, for instance through training in the cultural, artistic, and creative sphere;
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point v (v) Promoting the social economy and social and cultural enterprises;
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point vi a (new) (vi)a Promoting cultural offerings and wider access to cultural and creative opportunities;
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point f (f) Enhancing the accessibility, use and quality of information and communication technologies, through the development of digital literacy, investment in e-inclusion, e-skills and related entrepreneurial skills, including in applications intended to promote, and to make better use of, tangible and intangible cultural heritage and cultural tourism;
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 1. The involvement of the social partners and other stakeholders, in particular non- governmental organisations and the social economy, in the implementation of operational programmes, as referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No […], may take the form of global grants as defined in Article 113(7) of Regulation (EU) No […]. In such a case, the operational programme shall identify the part of the programme concerned by the global grant, including an indicative financial allocation from each priority axis to it.
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 The Member States and the Commission shall promote equality between men and women through mainstreaming as referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No […] and specific targeted actions as referred to in Article 3(1)(a)(iv), in particular with the aim of increasing the sustainable participation and progress of women in employment and entrepreneurship, reducing gender-based segregation in the labour market, combating gender stereotypes in education and training and promoting reconciliation of work and personal life for men and women.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 3 3. The Commission shall facilitate capacity building for social and cultural innovation, in particular through supporting mutual learning, establishing networks, and disseminating good practices and methodologies.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 10 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall support transnational cooperation with the aim of promoting intercultural dialogue and mutual learning and thereby increasing the effectiveness of policies supported by the ESF. Transnational cooperation shall involve partners from at least two Member States.
source: PE-487.800
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2011/0275(COD) European Regional Development Fund (ERDF): support to the Investment for growth and jobs goal
2012/07/06
REGI
4 amendments...
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 5 bis (new) (5a) In its resolution of 8 June 2011, the European Parliament pointed out that youth and culture policies are essential and among the priorities recognised for the added value they bring and their ability to reach out to citizens. It also called on the EU and the Member States to acknowledge the increasing importance of cultural and creative industries to the European economy, and their spill-over effects on other economic sectors. It also strongly emphasised that the full potential of these policies can only be realised if they are provided with adequate levels of funding in the context of cohesion policy.
Amendment 367 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 1 bis (new) Amendment 419 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b a (new) (b a) development of SMEs in emerging areas linked to European and regional challenges such as creative and cultural industries, new forms of tourism including cultural tourism, and innovative services reflecting new societal demands or products and services linked to ageing population, care and health, eco- innovations, the low carbon economy and resource efficiency, including coordination with public procurement to speed up the market take-up of innovative solutions to address these challenges.
Amendment 521 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point c – point i (new) i) promoting sustainable tourism through efficient use of natural and cultural resources;
source: PE-491.053
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2011/0276(COD) Structural instruments: common provisions for ERDF, ESF, Cohesion Fund, EAFRD and EMFF; general provisions applicable to ERDF, ESF and Cohesion Fund
2012/04/06
REGI
1 amendments...
Amendment 472 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new) 1a) preserving and promoting the cultural and creative heritage of the Union;
source: PE-491.052
2012/05/06
FEMM
2 amendments...
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 9 (9) For the Partnership Contract and each programme respectively, a Member State should organise a partnership with the representatives of competent regional, local, urban and other public authorities, economic and social partners, and bodies representing civil society, including environmental partners, non-governmental organisations, and bodies responsible for promoting equality and non-discrimination, in addition to trade associations. The purpose of such a partnership is to respect the principle of multi-level governance, ensure the ownership of planned interventions by stakeholders and build on the experience and know-how of relevant actors. The Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts providing for a code of conduct in order to ensure that partners are involved in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Partnership Contracts and programmes in a consistent manner.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 10 (10) investing in education, skills and lifelong learning, in particular with measures targeted at women;
source: PE-491.108
2012/05/14
CULT
1 amendments...
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a (new) (11a) promoting cultural heritage and safeguarding cultural diversity.
source: PE-487.799
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2011/0344(COD) Rights and Citizenship Programme 2014-2020
2012/07/18
FEMM
16 amendments...
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 6 a (new) (6a) In its resolution of 2 February 2012 on the Daphne Programme: achievements and future prospects(1), the European Parliament regretted that combating violence against children, young persons and women was not expressly referred to as a specific objective in the Commission's proposal for this Regulation, considered it essential for the objectives Daphne III, in particular that of combating violence against women, to be retained among the objectives of the Programme, and maintained that the funding of the Programme should be maintained at the same or at a higher level than that of Daphne III and that the profile of Daphne III should remain high, bearing in mind their success, effectiveness and popularity.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 7 (7) Violence against women, children, young persons and other groups at risk in all its forms constitutes a genuine violation of fundamental rights and a serious
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 7 a (new) (7a) Some types of violence against women, children, young people and other groups at risk, such as, in particular: trafficking in human beings, domestic violence, exploitation of prostitution and at work, begging, racism and ethnic and religious discrimination, require specific, targeted action.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new) (ba) to protect and promote equal dignity;
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new) (ba) to prevent and combat violence against children, young people, women and other groups at risk, to offer assistance and protection to victims of such violence and to other groups at risk and to designate actions taken in relation to the specific objectives referred to in this point as 'Daphne';
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new) (bb) to prevent and combat violence and hatred based in particular on gender, race or ethnic origin, religion or personal beliefs, disability, age and gender identity, and to promote tolerance and respect for human dignity;
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b c (new) (bc) to promote equality between women and men in the employment market and combat discrimination in this area;
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new) (ba) assisting and supporting associations and non-governmental organisations that work in particular to prevent human trafficking and to identify, protect and assist the victims of such trafficking;
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new) (bb) supporting the associations and networks of associations, including transnational ones, that operate in the area of cooperation; promoting the exchange of information, best practices and action models in the field of psychological and legal assistance and/or financial and social support; and supporting the social reintegration of the victims of violence;
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b c (new) (bc) supporting associations and non-governmental organisations in the exchange of information, best practices and action models with regard to the rehabilitation and social reintegration of violent individuals, in synergy with the Justice Programme;
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b d (new) (bd) supporting associations that offer assistance to women who are victims of work and social discrimination;
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b (b) Training activities, such as staff exchanges, workshops, seminars, train-the- trainers events, development of online/other training modules; where relevant, these activities shall include the gender and anti-discrimination perspective;
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new) (ba) Training activities aimed at preventing, combating and acknowledging gender-based violence;
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b b (new) (bb) Campaigns designed to combat gender stereotypes and the commodification of the image of women in the media;
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d (d) Support for main actors, such as support for Member States when implementing Union law and policies; support for key European level networks whose activities are linked to the implementation of the objectives of the Programme; support with action and operating grants for NGOs or other organisations pursuing the objectives of the Programme; networking among specialised bodies and organisations, national, regional and local authorities at European level; funding of experts' networks; funding of European level observatories.
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. A comparable or higher level of financial support shall be ensured for each of the objectives of this Regulation, taking into account the level of financing provided for in the framework of the programmes referred to in Article 13 for the period 2007 to 2013. Through the allocation of funds to those areas in annual working programmes, the Commission shall take into consideration the Union's priorities and the need to maintain appropriate and fair levels of funding for all the areas targeted in Article 4(1).
source: PE-494.499
2012/10/07
LIBE
1 amendments...
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new) da) supporting associations, in particular youth associations, which, also through transnational networks, foster among children and young people knowledge and awareness of rights, fundamental values and the opportunities offered by the EU;
source: PE-492.614
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2011/0370(COD) Creative Europe Programme 2014-2020
2012/10/26
CULT
14 amendments...
Amendment 255 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 19 (19) Cooperation between the Programme and international organisations in the
Amendment 366 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory wording 1. The Commission shall establish
Amendment 379 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) facilitate access to finance for
Amendment 389 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b (b)
Amendment 394 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. In accordance with Article 130(3) of the Financial Regulation, the Commission shall implement the Guarantee Facility in an indirect management mode by entrusting tasks to the European Investment Fund (EIF) referred to in point (iv) of Article 55(1) of the Financial Regulation, subject to the terms of an agreement to be concluded between the Commission and the EIF.
Amendment 407 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – point c a (new) (ca) a feasibility study, to be carried out by 30 June 2014, exploring the possibility of collecting and analysing data in the cultural and creative sectors, other than the audiovisual sector, the results of which shall be presented to the European Parliament and the Council;
Amendment 462 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) supporting actions providing cultural and creative operators with skills, competences and know-how that contribute to strengthening the cultural and creative sectors, including encouraging
Amendment 547 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – point a a (new) (aa) the subtitling, surtitling, dubbing and audio-description of audiovisual works;
Amendment 576 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – point h (h)
Amendment 655 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 17 a (new) Article 17a Annual work programmes 1. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 17b laying down annual work programmes. 2. The annual work programmes shall specify, in particular, the objectives pursued, the expected results, the method of implementation and the total amount of the financing plan. 3. The annual work programmes shall also contain a description of the actions to be financed, an indication of the amount allocated to each section and an indicative implementation timetable. For grants, they shall include the priorities, the essential evaluation criteria and the maximum rate of co-financing. 4. For the Guarantee Facility, the annual work programme shall include the eligibility and selection criteria for financial intermediaries, the exclusion criteria related to the content of projects submitted to the participating financial intermediaries, the annual allocation to the EIF and the eligibility, selection and award criteria for capacity-building providers.
Amendment 663 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. The budgetary allocation between the MEDIA and Culture programmes and the Cross-sectoral Strand referred to in Article 6 shall be as follows: – at least 55% for the MEDIA programme; – at least 30% for the Culture programme; –a maximum of 15% for the Cross- sectoral Strand, with at least 4% being allocated for the transnational cooperation measures listed in Article 8 and guaranteeing, for the Creative Europe Desks, at least the level of funding under the previous Culture and MEDIA Programmes (2007-2013).
Amendment 672 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – point 3 – paragraph 2 a (new) The guarantee may be called in after 90 days of failure to pay or when the financial intermediary considers that the SME has defaulted on the loan. Demands for payment may be made quarterly, together with the quarterly reporting to the EIF. The EIF will pay the guarantee within 60 days of receipt of the demand for payment.
Amendment 674 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – point 4 – paragraph 1 a (new) The resources allocated to capacity- building shall be limited to [10%]1 of the budget for the Guarantee Facility. The EIF shall select the capacity-building providers on behalf of the Guarantee Facility and under the supervision of the Commission through a public and open procurement procedure, on the basis of criteria such as experience in financing the cultural and creative sectors, expertise, geographical reach, delivery capacity and market knowledge. ________________ 1 Depending on the final budget for the Creative Europe Programme, as agreed in the context of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020.
Amendment 675 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – point 6 – paragraph 2 a (new) Types of loans covered by the Guarantee Facility shall include in particular: – investment in tangible or intangible assets; – business transfers; – working capital (such as interim finance, gap finance, tax incentives, cash flow, credit lines, etc.)
source: PE-498.014
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2011/0371(COD) 'Erasmus for all' - Programme for Education, Training, Youth and Sport 2014-2020
2012/11/10
CULT
10 amendments...
Amendment 298 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 24 (24) It is necessary to ensure the European added value of all actions carried out within
Amendment 373 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 - point a (new) (a) achievement of the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy and, as provided for in the Youth on the Move strategy, the headline education target of reducing early school-leaving and increasing the number of students in the 30-34 age bracket;
Amendment 389 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – point a – introductory part (a) To improve the level of key competences and hard and soft skills regarding in particular their relevance for the labour market and society, as well as the participation of young people in democratic life in Europe, notably through increased learning mobility opportunities for young people, learners, staff and youth workers, and through strengthened cooperation between education youth and the world of labour market;
Amendment 790 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 14 a (new) - title (new) Article 14a The European Student Loan Guarantee Facility
Amendment 791 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 14 a (new) - paragraph 1 (new) 1. A European Student Loan Guarantee Facility ('the Facility') shall be established with the aim of providing students with an additional tool enabling them to enhance their mobility in the context of studies at the level of a master's degree. This experimental tool shall be complementary to, and shall not replace, the grant systems supporting student mobility which are already in place at local, national and Union level.
Amendment 792 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 14 a (new) - paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. The Facility shall be open to all students resident in a participating country as defined in Article 18(1), who wish to study for a full master's degree in another participating country for one or two years.
Amendment 793 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 14 a (new) - paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Before the Facility can be launched, a detailed study shall be undertaken by the Commission to identify the challenges which students may potentially face when taking out a loan for a course of study abroad. In addition, the Commission shall undertake a study and a risk analysis within the framework of the Facility to study the impact that taking out a loan may have on a student's choice of study subject, country of destination and career perspectives, on levels of debt amongst students, on the possibility of a brain drain between the countries where student mobility could take place and on the possible consequences which the Facility may have on the financing of higher education.
Amendment 794 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 14 a (new) - paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. The Commission shall administer the funding of the Facility which shall be delivered through a trustee with a mandate to implement it pursuant to fiduciary agreements setting out the detailed rules and requirements governing the implementation of the financial instrument relating thereto and the respective obligations of the parties in line with the provisions laid down in this Regulation. The financial instrument shall comply with the provisions regarding financial instruments laid down in the Financial Regulation and in the delegated act replacing the Implementing Rules. In accordance with Article 18(2) of the Financial Regulation, revenues and repayments generated by the guarantees shall be assigned to the financial instrument. That financial instrument, which shall take into account students´ and market needs as well as take-up, the excessive debt risk, the Facility's social and economic impacts on beneficiaries and their social background, education and training, shall be subject to the monitoring and evaluation provided for in Article 15(2) of this Regulation. Member States and stakeholders shall be consulted at all stages throughout the establishment, implementation and evaluation of the financial instrument.
Amendment 795 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 14 a (new) - paragraph 1 d (new) 1d. The provisions of the Financial Regulation governing the implementation of the Facility shall lay down special rules regarding full income contingent repayment condition, permitting the students concerned to defer repayment of the loan until such time as they reach a level of income that exceeds the average salary in their country of residence.
Amendment 796 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 14 a (new) - paragraph 1 e (new) 1e. A maximum rate of interest for student loans granted pursuant to the Facility, not exceeding the average rate of inflation in the Member States during the previous calendar year, shall be set. If the financial intermediaries concerned exceed the rate of interest thus set, the Commission shall back up any interest payable in excess of that rate.
source: PE-496.579
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2011/0373(COD) Alternative consumer dispute resolution
2012/04/06
IMCO
2 amendments...
Amendment 241 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Member States shall ensure that the decision taken by the ADR entity is binding on the parties only if they were informed of its binding nature in advance and specifically accepted this. Member States shall ensure that agreements between consumers and traders to submit complaints to an ADR entity do not deprive consumers of their right to go to court to settle the dispute. This Directive establishes a harmonised minimum standard of alternative dispute resolution procedure in order to ensure that consumers have access to high-quality, transparent, effective and fair redress mechanisms, in every economic and trading sector for every kind of internal market goods and services, no matter where the consumers and traders reside in the Union. Member States may adopt or maintain in force more stringent provisions, compatible with the TFEU, in the field covered by this Directive to ensure a higher level of consumer protection.
Amendment 357 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 a (new) Article 9a Member States shall ensure that agreements between consumers and traders to submit complaints to an ADR entity do not deprive consumers of their right to go to court to settle the dispute.
source: PE-489.695
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2011/0401(COD) Horizon 2020 - Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020
2012/02/07
ITRE
1 amendments...
Amendment 1094 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.3 – point 1.3.3 – point e – introductory part (e)
source: PE-492.765
2012/03/07
ITRE
2 amendments...
Amendment 1656 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 5 – point 5.3 – point e a (new) (ea) Cultural heritage The aim is to research into the strategies, methodologies and tools needed to enable a dynamic and sustainable cultural heritage in Europe in response to climate change. Cultural heritage in its diverse physical forms provides the living context for resilient communities responding to multivariate changes. Research in cultural heritage requires a multidisciplinary approach to improve the understanding of historical material. Activities shall focus on identifying resilience levels via observations, monitoring and modelling as well as provide for a better understanding on how communities perceive and respond to climate change and seismic and volcanic hazards.
Amendment 1732 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 6.3 – point 6.3.3 6.3.3. S
source: PE-492.790
2012/06/27
FEMM
2 amendments...
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 1 (1) The Union has the objective of strengthening its scientific and technological bases by achieving a European Research Area ("ERA") in which female and male researchers, scientific knowledge and technology circulate freely, on the basis of equal treatment under the law and as a professional, and encouraging the Union to become more competitive, including in its industry. To pursue those objectives the Union should carry out activities to implement research, technological development and demonstration, promote international cooperation, disseminate and optimise results and stimulate the training and mobility essential to the development of the profession of European researcher.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 23 (23) The activities developed under Horizon 2020 should aim at promoting equality between men and women in research and innovation, by
source: PE-487.946
2012/08/06
CULT
3 amendments...
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex 1 – part III – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 2 Successful efforts to prevent, manage, treat and cure disease, disability and reduced functionality are underpinned by the fundamental understanding of their determinants and causes, processes and impacts, as well as factors underlying good health and wellbeing, including the impact of social and cultural factors and creative activities on individuals’ daily lives. Effective sharing of data and the linkage of these data with large scale cohort studies is also essential, as is the translation of research findings into the clinic, in particular through the conduct of clinical trials.
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex 1 – part III – point 6.3 – point 6.3.1 – paragraph 1 The aim is to enhance solidarity as well as social, economic and political inclusion and positive inter-cultural dynamics in Europe and with international partners, through cutting-edge science and interdisciplinarity, technological advances and organisational innovations. Humanities research
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex 1 – part III – point 6.3 – point 6.3.1 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new) (ba) develop mutual knowledge and understanding through intercultural dialogue;
source: PE-488.038
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2011/0402(CNS) Horizon 2020 - Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020: specific programme implementing Horizon 2020
2012/08/06
CULT
4 amendments...
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 1 – point 3 – paragraph 5 Particular attention will also be paid to the coordination of activities funded through Horizon 2020 with those supported under other Union funding programmes, such as the Common Agricultural Policy, cultural policy (including conservation and development of the tangible and intangible cultural heritage), the Common Fisheries Policy or the Erasmus For All: the Union's programme for Education, Training, Youth and Sport or the Health for Growth Programme. This includes an appropriate articulation with the Cohesion policy funds, where support to capacity building for research and innovation at regional level may act as a 'stairway to excellence', the establishment of regional centres of excellence may help close the innovation divide in Europe or support to large-scale demonstration and pilot line projects may aid in achieving the objective of generating industrial leadership in Europe.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 1 – part III – point 1 – point 1.12 Multidisciplinary advanced and applied research and innovation with behavioural, gerontological, digital, social, human and other sciences is needed for cost effective user-friendly solutions for active, independent and assisted daily living (in the home, the workplace, etc.) for the ageing population and people with disabilities. This applies in a variety of settings and for technologies and systems and services enhancing quality of life and human functionality including mobility, smart personalised assistive technologies, service and social robotics, and ambient assistive environments. Research and innovation pilots to assess implementation and wide uptake of solutions will be supported.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 1 – part III – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.2 – paragraph 1 Social innovation generates new goods, services, processes and models that meet societal needs and create new social relationships. It is important to understand how social innovation and creativity may lead to change in existing structures and policies and how they can be encouraged and scaled-up. Grassroots on-line and distributed platforms networking citizens and allowing them to collaborate and co- create solutions based on an extended awareness of the social, cultural, political and environmental context can be a powerful tool to support the objectives of Europe 2020. Support will also be given to networking and experimentation of the use of ICT for improving learning processes, as well as to networks of social innovators and social and cultural entrepreneurs.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 1 – part III – point 6 – point 6.3 – point 6.3.2 Technologies and capabilities are also required to enhance systems, equipments, tools, processes, and methods for rapid identification to improve border security, including both control and surveillance issues, while exploiting the full potential of EUROSUR. These will be developed and tested considering their effectiveness, compliance with legal and ethical principles, proportionality, social acceptability and the respect of fundamental rights. Research will also support the improvement of the integrated European border management, including through increased cooperation and the development of an appropriate intercultural dialogue policy with candidate, potential candidate and European Neighbourhood Policy countries.
source: PE-488.040
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2011/2009(INI) Role of property rights, property ownership and wealth creation in eradicating poverty and fostering sustainable development in developing countries
2011/06/23
FEMM
11 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph A A. whereas women in developing countries face a serious gender gap in terms of property rights and ownership especially in access to productive resources such as land and livestock; whereas women control less land than men and the land they control is often of poorer quality; whereas closing the gender gap in access to productive resources could reduce the number of hungry people in the world by 12-17%1 ,
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph B B. whereas, in many developing countries, women's property rights are not legally enforceable or socially recognised, and women are often excluded from property inheritance laws,
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph B a (new) Ba. whereas under Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights everyone has the right to take possession of the resources or means needed to produce or obtain food in sufficient quantities for existence,
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph C C. whereas women’s rights to property in developing countries are being violated through the increasing incidence of large- scale land acquisition by the developed countries in developing countries for commercial or strategic purposes such as agricultural productivity, food security, and energy and bio-fuel production,
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph C a (new) Ca. whereas the UN’s 2010 report ‘Access to land and right to food’ cited 389 large- scale acquisitions or long-term leases of farmland in 80 countries and pointed out that only 37% of investment projects aim to produce food while 35% are intended for agrofuels, and whereas FAO figures show that every year 19.5 million hectares of farmland are turned over to industry and real estate,
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to allocate sufficient financial resources and provide specific clauses, in their development assistance, for closing the gender gap in property rights and ownership, including through the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women under the law;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Reaffirms European Union's commitments to reduce poverty worldwide in the context of sustainable development and that the EU shall include a strong gender component in all its policies and practices in its relations with developing countries1; __________________ 1 OJ C 46 of 24.2.2006
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Emphasises that the strengthening of policies to increase women’s access to property in developing countries needs to be accompanied by the requisite financial support mechanisms (such as savings, credit and insurance) and by the empowerment of women and NGOs, which includes improving women’s legal and financial literacy, increasing the dissemination and accessibility of information, and establishing
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Asks the Commission and the Member States, in their development assistance policies, to take account of large-scale land acquisition processes by developed countries in developing countries, and on the African continent in particular, with a view to protecting women and children from impoverishment
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to examine, via the UN, the impact such acquisitions have on the desertification of farmland, on the loss of women’s right of residence and right to property, with particular reference to women who are single or the head of the family, on food security and on their livelihood and that of their children and dependent persons;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to give particular consideration to women's property rights in post-conflict situations, especially in countries where women's property rights are not legally enforceable and socially recognisable.
source: PE-467.232
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2011/2019(BUD) 2012 budget: mandate for the trilogue
2011/04/05
FEMM
2 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to make financial resources available
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
source: PE-464.778
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2011/2035(INI) EC 5th Cohesion Report and Strategy for the post-2013 Cohesion Policy
2011/03/28
FEMM
6 amendments...
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses the need to devise innovative measures to combat poverty aimed at women whose position is vulnerable, in particular immigrant women, women on their own and women with large families;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Believes that European Social Fund support should continue to focus primarily on raising employment levels, including by cofunding individual economic initiatives by people outside the labour market,
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to make provision for specific measures involving existing resources and procedures - for example guarantee funds - to launch micro-financing and micro- credit initiatives geared mainly to women;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Supports the Commission in its reform of the cohesion policy, including by concentrating funding on a smaller number of priorities, with targeted measures and strategic objectives, on condition that gender equality in the labour market remains an ongoing priority;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Commission to urge the Member States to set specific objectives for European mobility, education, training and the development of professional opportunities for women, in the sector devoted to transnational projects under the European Social Fund;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to lay down guidelines for using the European Social Fund in a way which will ensure that young women's specialist skills and abilities are improved in those sectors in which they have less of a presence, in keeping with the strategy for regional development of innovation and quality employment;
source: PE-462.554
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2011/2049(INI) Situation of single mothers
2011/07/06
FEMM
4 amendments...
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to take into account the specific circumstances faced by single mothers in different European countries and to set priorities for integrating the most vulnerable categories, such as teenage mothers, unmarried mothers, widowed mothers, and separated mothers with dependent children;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Member States to introduce measures to facilitate access to educational facilities for children from one-parent families;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Urges the Member States to provide reception and accommodation facilities for unmarried mothers whose situation is particularly vulnerable;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to compile comparative data on this subject at EU level and on the various prevailing trends, with a view also to comparing welfare provisions and systems;
source: PE-467.009
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2011/2052(INI) European Platform against poverty and social exclusion
2011/06/14
CULT
5 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on the Member States to maintain among the priorities in the forthcoming structural fund financial programming period investment in broadening the range of education and training opportunities on offer and the training-to-work support strategy;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the Member States to make the enjoyment of the cultural heritage accessible to all sections of society and to avoid cutting resources in this sector, which guarantees social inclusion and provides quality jobs;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Supports the promotion of second- chance education and training projects, also in cooperation with NGOs, through the use of the Structural Funds and through forms of extra-curricular help and support for those experiencing the greatest difficulties;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Calls on the Member States to provide opportunities for training and skills upgrading for women following periods out of employment to ensure that they can fully reintegrate into the work environment and to reduce the risk of them losing their jobs;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up their cooperation with third countries in the field of education and culture, with a view to reducing poverty and social exclusion in such countries, supporting development and also prevent immigration driven solely by economic factors;
source: PE-464.995
2011/07/20
FEMM
2 amendments...
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls for special attention to be paid to the relationships between parents and children in order to prevent children being placed in social care as a result of serious poverty and accordingly advocates the adoption of programmes of aid for families with insufficient resources, so as to guarantee the health, education and social integration of children of pre- school and school age;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission to envisage a set of framework guidelines and principles with a view to ensuring adequate and sustainable pension arrangements, so as to combat effectively the risk of poverty faced by women as a result of precarious and sporadic employment and low remuneration; notes that it is necessary to ensure that welfare provisions can be brought more closely into line with individual and family circumstances while enhancing the value attached to maternity and the provision of care;
source: PE-469.890
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2011/2066(INI) 2020 perspective for women in Turkey
2011/10/20
FEMM
1 amendments...
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Points to the importance of fostering respect for women members of religious minorities and promoting interfaith dialogue;
source: PE-474.015
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2011/2067(INI) Agenda for new skills and jobs
2011/06/15
CULT
5 amendments...
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Emphasises the importance, in order to achieve these objectives, of integrated pathways between education, training and work with a view to the gaining of professional and educational qualifications, and the need for initiatives in the area of adult education and the refreshing of basic skills; calls on the Member States, with a view to involving those groups that are in the weakest position because they are the least well educated and qualified, to develop nationwide careers advice services that can provide relevant information about training and educational opportunities, along with individual skills assessments;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Considers that the measures proposed in the Commission communication will require strong policy coordination; therefore urges Member States, and particularly their relevant ministries, to become more closely involved in the process of early identification of skills needs; strongly believes that when education and training programmes are being designed effective communication between employers and education institutions, using specific mechanisms, is essential; notes that instruments such as surveys of the job profiles and occupations required in different sectors – conducted on the basis of social partnership – must therefore receive adequate support;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Emphasises the need to maintain the craft tradition and its associated skills and to establish strategies for craft retail entrepreneurs, in order to maintain the cultural identity of the craft sector; notes that the promotion of traineeships as a means of integrating young people into this sector, with effective links between work and education or training in order to prevent abuses, may be an active policy measure worth encouraging;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Points out that the ability to communicate in foreign languages is considered important for all EU citizens and regarded as a useful skill by employers assessing applicants; therefore encourages this literacy requirement and supports the development of language teaching, particularly in the context of in-service training;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Takes the view that non-academic, technical higher education is a key sector when it comes to linking skills acquisition with the needs of businesses and economic growth and productivity targets;
source: PE-467.090
2011/06/23
FEMM
4 amendments...
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that, in order to have highly qualified and skilled women workers on the labour market, it is necessary to provide women who face structural unemployment and difficulties with returning to work after maternity or parental leave with retraining opportunities and access to vocational training, regardless of the type of work contract, with the aim of improving their qualifications; stresses, furthermore, that it is necessary to provide women with access to active participation in life-long learning at every stage of their careers
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Points out that effective educational and vocational guidance systems are necessary in order to guide young women towards choosing technical higher education, be it academic or non-academic, and thus increase their presence in strategic sectors for future development, such as the environment and energy;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Member States to review their social security systems and on the social partners to adjust their contractual arrangements by extending rights and safeguards to non-standard, atypical employment relationships;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage the private sector to take all possible action to eliminate the gender pay gap and the major inequalities in terms of access, pay, career development, participation and governance, with the aim of improving women’s participation in the labour market.
source: PE-467.254
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2011/2071(INI) European semester for economic policy coordination
2011/06/16
CULT
2 amendments...
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises the importance of
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Points out that the links between learning systems, including the production system and territorial public service networks, guidance agencies and institutes, and skills assessment/certification agencies and institutes should become a focus of greater attention and more intensive effort;
source: PE-467.140
2011/06/23
FEMM
4 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas women are being hit particularly hard by the economic and financial crisis, which has worsened their position in the labour market, giving rise to higher unemployment, greater financial insecurity, lower wages and salaries and cuts in social services and welfare benefits,
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas greater and more effective utilisation of women’s skills would make it possible to exploit the growth potential afforded by the interplay between female labour market participation, birth rates and economic development,
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas more balanced integration of women into the labour market, with more widespread recognition of their skills, would be consistent both with principles of fairness and with criteria such as economic efficiency and maximising employment and productivity;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to use a common set of benchmarks to assess the NRPs, including the availability of affordable childcare, elderly care and care for people with disabilities who are not autonomous, care leave arrangements and
source: PE-467.253
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2011/2087(INI) European dimension in sport
2011/09/09
CULT
15 amendments...
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas sport contributes to achieving the EU’s strategic objectives, as it highlights fundamental educational and cultural values and is a vector of integration, since it is open to all members of the public, regardless of their sex, ethnic origin, religion, age, nationality
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas the specific nature of sport arises from the sum of sport's individual and essential aspects which make it different from all other sectors of economic activity, and
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Underlines the importance of encouraging participation in sports activities in schools and universities, including primary schools, where physical play activities promote the development of children’s psychomotor skills;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Encourages Member States to permanently include sport in programmes and services for persons in social difficulties, particularly in relation to the integration of immigrants, and calls on sports organisations to adopt appropriate training programmes for professionals and volunteers;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Stresses the need to support the fight against doping, while respecting athletes’ individual freedom, inter alia by means of prevention and information campaigns aimed at children and young people who are starting to engage in sports; urges the Member States to treat trafficking in illegal performance-enhancing substances in the same way as trafficking in illegal drugs and to adopt national legislation to this end;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to support European organisations for the promotion and implementation of the recommendations of the European Charter of Women’s Rights in Sports;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to support and encourage European research into the specific character of female sporting activities, the reasons why women and girls give up sport and the persistence of inequalities in women’s access to sport;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Calls on the Commission to encourage the exchange of principles and good practices with regard to equal opportunities for people of both genders in the various educational contexts of the Member States and to allocate funding to the creation of multiple-use facilities providing opportunities to practise various sports;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 d (new) 6d. Calls on the Commission and Member States to support the training of women to perform technical, organisational and management roles in sports science and to develop, implement and monitor objectives and activities to improve gender policies in sports science;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 e (new) 6e. Calls on Member States to support the development and dissemination through the mass media of a correct approach to female sporting activity predicated on the assumption that differences are an asset, not a limitation, and promoting the pursuit of various sports;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Reaffirms its attachment to the European model of sport, within which federations and other types of association play a central role and which has clubs and volunteers at its base;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Recalls that good governance in sport is a condition for the autonomy and self- regulation of sport
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Expresses its concern about the disturbing proliferation of cases of maladministration of clubs;
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 – indent 4 – to set up a mobility programme
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Proposes that the European flag should be flown at major sports events held on EU territory and elsewhere and suggests that it should be displayed on the clothing of athletes from Member States;
source: PE-470.057
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2011/2091(INI) Situation of women approaching retirement age
2011/07/06
FEMM
4 amendments...
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to implement the gender equality approach in the preparation and implementation of pension reform, to promote use of the same actuarial calculation of pensions for men and women, to raise the notional contribution corresponding to maternity leave and to extend its scope to cover breaks to care for older persons or for dependants with disabilities, to promote decreasing the risk of poverty and to end the practice of compulsory retirement;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote initiatives to foster understanding of the language and culture of new technologies so as to enable the older female population to bridge the digital divide and increase their interpersonal and communication skills and their ability to manage their independence and their interests;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to make provision in welfare systems for aggregation arrangements enabling contributions from periods of salaried employment and self-employment, or accounted for by different jobs, to be added together;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote supplementary pensions as a means of support and a safeguard against poverty, taking into account career breaks, especially where women are concerned;
source: PE-467.034
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2011/2179(INI) Evolution of EU macro-regional strategies: present practice and future prospects, especially in the Mediterranean
2012/01/31
CULT
5 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recognises that the macro-regions, as catchment areas bound by a common history, geography and culture, are an appropriate reference framework for the setting of priorities for programmes and European financing and, in this context, recognises that the Mediterranean’s south bank is undergoing unprecedented development, which the European Union must sustain through new initiatives;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Recalls the fundamental role that education plays in democracy and social and economic development, as well as the importance of professional training in fighting youth unemployment;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Recommends, in the interests of more harmonious cohabitation, closer cooperation between universities in the future Mediterranean macro-region and the removal of obstacles to the movement of students and teachers; stresses the need to strengthen euro-Mediterranean university networks
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Recalls that the Mediterranean basin is particularly interested in European cinema and audiovisual productions, and that this continues to exert significant influence on the dialogue between cultures in the area as part of the current stage of democratic development of those societies;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) source: PE-480.652
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2011/2180(INI) Contribution of the European institutions to the consolidation and progress of the Bologna process
2011/09/12
CULT
14 amendments...
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the three-degree structure is applied – in
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Calls for a strengthening at EU level of support for the Bologna Process, in particular as regards the recognition of academic qualifications, and the promotion of mobility and employability and the analysis of the state of implementation of the Bologna principles;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Highlights that the Bologna Process and EHEA play a key role within Europe 2020 strategy;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Highlights the fact that the priorities set up within the Bologna
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls for the development of an effective, bottom-up approach, fully involving all key actors such as universities, trade unions, the business sector and, first and foremost, teachers, students, and student organisations;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls for the development of the universities' ‘third mission’ to society to be also considered when rewarding excellence and developing multidimensional ranking criteria;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Asks the EU, in order to guarantee mutual trust, to consolidate a system of quality assurance at
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls for a strong financial support for agreements on common core curricula, which guarantee well
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on national governments and the Commission to develop a system of structured cooperation in order to deliver joint degrees, within clusters of disciplines, with recognition across the EU by improving the performance of, and financial support for, Erasmus Mundus and the future education and training programme and by promoting the creation of a European accreditation scheme of joint programmes;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls for an effective strategy to be set up to support lifelong learning programmes; requires from higher education institutions and universities more flexibility in programs based on learning outcomes, recognition of non formal and informal learning and services to support their learning pathways by promoting partnerships among universities, enterprises, high vocational trainings in order to enhance scientific and humanistic and technical skills and fill the gap;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Proposes that the recognition of study credits should be a compulsory element in all student exchanges supported by EU funding in order to strengthen the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Requests that cooperation between universities should be strengthened and structured, reinforcing the impact on institutions and higher education systems and for the benefit of students and staff;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Underlines the need to improve information on the Bologna Process and EHEA by an effective and EU wide communication policy to enhance attractiveness of universities in and outside Europe;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 b (new) 22b. Asks the European Commission and the Member States to guarantee the transferability of loans and grants, in particular the merit and needs based scholarships, among all European countries, in order to ensure equal access to mobility opportunities;
source: PE-472.248
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2011/2182(INI) EU Citizenship Report 2010: dismantling the obstacles to EU citizens’ rights
2011/11/30
CULT
7 amendments...
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Points out that volunteering is an important means of enhancing the opportunities for every EU citizen to participate in developing and pursuing active citizenship, creating social capital and fostering a stronger sense of European belonging; calls on the Commission and Member States to dismantle the obstacles to volunteering, to develop strategies to promote it and to acknowledge the contribution it makes to promoting EU citizenship;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the European Union and its Member States to ensure, not least via public broadcasting organisations, that the appropriate information is provided on the history and culture of Europe and on its institutions, and to illustrate Community programmes in the academic, social and economic fields, in order to open up access to the opportunities which the EU offers;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Calls on the Directorates-General for Communication of Parliament and of the Commission to enhance and broaden ways and means of involving school children and students, as well as their teachers, in interactive communication campaigns, including on the internet and through innovative approaches, in order to increase awareness of, and active participation in, matters relating to EU citizenship;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the Commission and the Council to support and broaden all cultural and educational programmes promoting European and cross-border mobility, as well as multilingualism, in order to nurture and enhance shared values and interculturalism in the field of EU citizenship;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal to make 2013 the European Year of Citizens and highlights the importance of granting a status to EU citizenship and recognising the rights associated with this; stresses the need to promote awareness and information on those rights in the everyday lives of the members of the public, with special reference to new generations.
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Emphasises the need to promote, at an EU level, on the basis of the rights and duties set out in the Treaty of Lisbon, a clear common framework for the rights of children born in Member States to parents who are immigrants from outside the EU and are residing regularly and continually in a Member State, including by extending to them the rights arising from EU citizenship.
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Calls on the EU and Member States to promote an information campaign targeting new EU citizens, or in other words people who have acquired citizenship of a Member State, to inform them on the rights and duties that come with EU citizenship.
source: PE-476.119
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2011/2185(INI) Annual report on human rights in the world and the European Union's policy on the matter including implications for the EU's strategic human rights policy
2012/02/17
FEMM
2 amendments...
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas, unacceptably, sexual violence in the form of mass and ethnic rapes, human trafficking and other forms of sexual abuse of women and children is still used as a war tactic in conflict regions around the world;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Calls on the European Commission to promote the active participation of the NGOs engaged in the promotion of women rights and conditions in all the cooperation and development programmes;
source: PE-480.809
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2011/2244(INI) Equality between women and men in the European Union - 2011
2012/09/01
FEMM
18 amendments...
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 12 a (new) - having regard to Directive 2004/113/EC on implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services and the related Judgment of 1 March 2011 of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Test-Achats case (C-236/09)1, __________________ 1 OJ C 130, 30.4.2011, p. 4
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas on average 3 in 10 households in the European Union are single person households
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas the ECJ judgement in the Test Achats case demonstrates the need for precise, clear and unambiguous provisions in gender equality legislation;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Member States to ensure that their marriage and divorce laws
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to assess the impact of the new pension systems on various categories of women, paying special attention to part-time and atypical contracts, and to adjust social welfare systems with particular reference to the younger generations;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Calls on the Member States to pay special attention, when framing policies, to new measures and policies concerning the work-life balance, focusing particularly on measures to safeguard motherhood;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Is concerned about the legislation in some Member States which does not expressly prohibit the handing of pre-signed resignation letters to employers when women are recruited, which has the effect of enabling maternity laws to be circumvented;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to recognise and strengthen policies and measures that protect the dignity and psychological and physical integrity of women from any form of exploitation, abuse and violence;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Points out that domestic violence claims many deadly victims across the EU each year, so it should be treated as a public
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Notes in this context the EU Victims Package and Directive 2011/99/EU on the European protection order; calls on Member States to act specifically against honour killings, Female Genital Mutilation and other forms of violence and violation of individual rights under the pretext of culture or religion;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Points out that economic, social and
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Reiterate
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls for human rights for women to be given the highest priority in the EU’s external policies; calls also for the implementation of Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Calls on the Commission to take into account the implications of the Test Achats case in future legislation in order to improve legal certainty, notably and urgently in relation to the AGE directive;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Regrets the lack of progress by Member States on plans to modernise existing legislation on maternity leave and calls for a balanced compromise with the future Danish Presidency of the EU with a view to adoption in the first half of 2012 to respond to the needs of European families and of the European economy; calls on the Commission to put forward proposals for leave arrangements for care for elderly or sick relatives and for paternity leave;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Calls on the Commission to put forward a comprehensive Communication on the s
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25a. Calls on Member States to promote in the media in general, and in advertising and promotional materials in particular, representation of the female image in a way that is respectful of women’s dignity, their diverse roles and their identity;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to give attention to the adoption of measures for migrant women that aim to ensure prompt and clear procedures for recognition of diplomas, access to further education and diverse vocational course and free language courses to avoid de-skilling and to ensure equal job opportunities, encourages the consultation of NGOs and migrant women’s organizations on policies and measures geared towards their social integration;
source: PE-478.674
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2011/2273(INI) Daphne programme: achievements and future prospects
2011/11/30
FEMM
3 amendments...
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Wishes to see the programme’s objectives retained in the 2013-2020 period
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 – indent 3 a (new) – enhancing the effectiveness of operating grants to European organisations capable of consolidating multidisciplinary Europe-wide partnerships established for subsidisation purposes; strengthening the ability of NGOs to define and influence national and European policy, with particular reference to smaller NGOs in central and eastern European countries,
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 – indent 3 b (new) – wider dissemination of the results of the Daphne programme and EU policies at local level;
source: PE-478.328
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2011/2285(INI) Application of the principle of equal pay for male and female workers for equal work or work of equal value
2012/03/13
FEMM
2 amendments...
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Points out that it is important to raise the level of imputed contributions and to extend their duration in the event of mandatory or voluntary maternity leave or leave to care for elderly and dependent family members;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Calls for free or low cost systems to be adopted to identify contribution periods, in view of the fact that there are often breaks in the working lives of women;
source: PE-483.791
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2011/2293(INI) Recognising and promoting cross-border voluntary activities in the EU
2012/03/14
CULT
2 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas ‘volunteering’ means activities
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Highlights the
source: PE-480.847
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2011/2294(INI) Modernising Europe's higher education systems
2012/02/02
CULT
2 amendments...
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Urges all EU countries to implement the national qualification frameworks linked to the Qualifications Framework of the EHEA and to develop and financially support mutual recognition;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Stresses that greater coordination among Member States in the field of higher education - also through a strong financial and political support for agreements on common core curricula and well defined learning outcomes - is a precondition for the achievement of the goals of employability and growth in Europe;
source: PE-480.629
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2011/2295(INI) Women in political decision making - quality and equality
2012/05/01
FEMM
5 amendments...
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission and Member States to launch a pledge whereby political parties at European and national level will take measures to achieve parity in their internal decision making, in their nominations for elected office and in party electoral lists, paying attention
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 bis (new) 7a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure, including by raising the awareness of the media, and of public broadcasters in particular, that there is a balanced presence of men and women in national and European electoral broadcasts;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 bis (new) 12a. Calls on the Member States to make the selection procedures for nominating men and women to decision-making bodies transparent, including by publicly requesting curricula vitae and basing selection on merit, competence and representativeness;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to assess the impact of the various electoral systems at national, local and European levels, and also of the measures and good practice implemented at the various levels, on the balance of women’s representation;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that adequate financial and technical assistance is provided for programmes focusing on enhancing women’s participation in electoral processes through training, civic education
source: PE-478.535
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2012/0022(APP) Statute for a European Foundation (FE)
2013/03/28
CULT
4 amendments...
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Recommendation ii a (new) (iia) Emphasises that FE should contribute to the development of a truly European culture and identity;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Recommendation iv (iv) Welcomes the fact that the Statute lays down
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Recommendation v – indent 3 – rules on employee participation should not be extended to volunteers; FE should, however, encourage volunteering as a guiding principle;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Recommendation v a (new) (va) Notes, however, that the internal organisation of the FE should be consistent with the principle of social diversity;
source: PE-507.992
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2012/0295(COD) Fund for European aid to the most deprived (2014-2020)
2013/03/01
AGRI
31 amendments...
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 2 a (new) (2 a) Article 2 of the Treaty of the European Union underlines that the Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 2 b (new) (2 b) Article 6 of the Treaty of the European Union underlines that the Union recognises the rights, freedoms and principles set out in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 (4) The Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (hereinafter the ‘Fund’) should strengthen social cohesion by contributing to the reduction of poverty in the Union by supporting, primarily through the provision of food supplies, national schemes that provide non-financial assistance to the most deprived persons to alleviate food deprivation, homelessness and material deprivation of children.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 a (new) (4 a) The Fund cannot replace public policies undertaken by Member State governments to limit the need for emergency food aid and to develop sustainable targets and policies for the full eradication of hunger, poverty and social exclusion.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 2 (2) The number of persons suffering from material or even severe material deprivation in the Union is increasing and those persons are often too excluded to benefit from the activation measures of Regulation (EU) No […CPR], and, in particular of Regulation (EU) No […ESF], thus entailing the risk that one of the key Europe 2020 objectives – that of reducing the number of poor people in the EU by 20 million, starting from the most deprived persons, most of whom are women and children – might not be met.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 3 a (new) (3a) The Member States and the Commission should ensure that equality between men and women and consistent gender mainstreaming are promoted at all stages of the development, programming and implementation of the national operational Fund management programmes under Article 1, using evaluation methods based on gender budgeting.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 15 (15)
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 a (new) (4a) The strategies and ways out of poverty and destitution should take account of the fact that the main problem for the poorest people is that of the loss of their dignity and independence as persons and citizens, which makes them and their families even more fragile and discriminated against and has serious repercussions on women and children;
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 16 a (new) (16 a) All citizens in the European Union should be treated equally and yet levels of deprivation differ across Member States. The Commission should produce a report showing what percentage the European funds make up of national budgets for aid programmes for most deprived persons.
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 16 b (new) (16 b) Much of the work undertaken by associations working with the provision of food to Europe's most deprived is undertaken by volunteers. Therefore, the process for applying to be a beneficiary of the Fund must not be prohibitively complicated.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 6 a (new) (6a). The provisions should also ensure that the Fund complies with EU social and environmental policies such as combating all forms of discrimination in programming, management and access to aid and combating food waste, including through awareness-raising campaigns in which women can play a strategic role;
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 18 a (new) (18 a) Member States and partner organisations should work actively with large and small scale companies throughout the food supply chain, in line with their corporate and social responsibility programmes, as well as economical incentives, to reduce food waste and to ensure this produce is made available to associations working with Europe's most deprived.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 7 (7) In order to set out an appropriate financial framework, the Commission should establish, by means of implementing acts, an annual breakdown of global resources by Member State using an objective and transparent method reflecting disparities in terms of poverty and material deprivation, such as absolute and relative poverty thresholds.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 9 (9) In order to maximise effectiveness of the Fund, in particular as regards the national circumstances, it is appropriate to set out a procedure for potential amendment of the operational programme; the procedure should involve social organisations that are active in helping the most severely deprived people nationally or that directly represent the most deprived, ensuring that there is an adequate presence of women.
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 12 (12) In order to improve the quality and design of each operational programme and evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the Fund, ex ante and ex post evaluations should be conducted
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 The Fund shall promote social cohesion in the Union by contributing to achieving the poverty reduction target of at least 20 million of the number of persons at risk of poverty and social exclusion in accordance with the Europe 2020 strategy. The Fund shall contribute to achieving the specific objective of alleviating the worst forms of poverty in the Union by providing non- financial assistance to the most deprived persons as a way to supplement, rather than substitute, national poverty reduction policies and through the commitment to reduce their dependency and help them to enjoy their fundamental rights. This objective shall be measured by the number of persons receiving assistance from the Fund and by the gradual reduction in their numbers due to an improvement in their condition.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new) (1a) The Member States may allow such distribution to take place through vouchers, payment cards or other prepaid cards for the purchase of products, also in order to simplify access for the end recipients and promote their autonomy.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 2. The Fund may support accompanying measures, complementing the provision of food and goods, contributing to the social inclusion of the most deprived persons while taking account of the specific requirements of women and men, as noted through their active involvement.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new) (2a). The Fund may support actions and measures to expand and improve access of the end recipients to local supply chains – also through vouchers or other mechanisms – to reduce food waste and to launch information and education campaigns that involve primarily women as strategic stakeholders, also in cooperation with local schools and media.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new) The Fund shall be used to complement national strategies, not to replace or reduce national, long-term, sustainable poverty eradication and social inclusion programmes, which remain the responsibility of Member States.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. The Commission shall take into account the extent of dependency of the most deprived persons on Union food programmes for the distribution of food to the most deprived persons as a result of the participation of Member States in programmes under Council Regulations (EC) No 129/2005, (EC) No 1234/2007 or Regulation (EU) No 121/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new) (ia) a description of the priority individuals at whom the programme is to be targeted, taking into account specific local and/or social needs, also in the light of the different age and gender distribution of severe deprivation.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 2. The Fund may support accompanying measures, primarily complementing the provision of food
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 2 2. Operational programmes shall be drawn up by Member States or any authority designated by them in cooperation with the competent regional, local and other public authorities as well as bodies representing civil society and bodies responsible for promoting equality and non-discrimination, in order to clarify the procedures, objectives and results expected in relation to poverty reduction, taking into account territorial, social, generational and gender imbalances.
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 The food and the goods for
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 12 a (new) (12 a) The Fund shall be used to complement national strategies, not to replace Member States' authorities' responsibilities, for eradicating poverty and social exclusion, notably through the provision of long-term, sustainable programmes aiming at social reintegration rather than alleviating immediate food deprivation and material needs.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 12 b (new) (12 b) Member States, and the bodies designated by them, shall build partnerships with companies throughout the food chain to create programmes allowing food companies to reduce waste and fulfil corporate and social responsability programmes, and for associations working with Europe's most deprived to gain access to food resources.
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) the costs of purchasing food and basic consumer goods for personal use of
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 1. The global resources available for budgetary commitment from the Fund for the period 2014-2020 shall be EUR
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point d Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new) This platform shall include encouraging an exchange between those working on immediate material deprivation alleviation and organisations working for longer- term, sustainable social reintegration, and looking at how links could be developed between these different objectives.
source: PE-506.108
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2012/2030(INI) Completing the Digital Single Market
2012/06/06
CULT
3 amendments...
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to encourage agreements with network operators which guarantee equality of access conditions, transparency and the protection of the fundamental rights of children in the European digital arena;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Calls on the European Commission and Member States to support literacy and familiarisation projects with digital technologies aimed at adults responsible for educating, training and supporting the growth of new generations so as to make them aware of the opportunities and risks that ITC represents for babies and children, but also to enable a reduction in the technological divide between the generations;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 c (new) 8c. Asks the Commission, Member States and ITC companies to support new online educational and high-quality products;
source: PE-488.055
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2012/2035(INI) Role of women in the green economy
2012/08/06
FEMM
1 amendments...
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Notes the need to support and encourage women’s access to microcredit for small businesses, this also in order to reduce the distance between producer and consumer, and consequently the price of organic agricultural products;
source: PE-491.104
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2012/2046(INI) Women's working conditions in the service sector
2012/07/06
FEMM
2 amendments...
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Notes the need for a greater role for educational and professional counselling, to steer young women towards qualifications and professions in which they are under-represented;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Notes the need to promote initial and ongoing training options for women which are targeted and in line with the objective of developing the scientific and technical competencies required to find work and a career;
source: PE-491.103
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2012/2047(INI) Sexualisation of girls
2012/07/20
FEMM
4 amendments...
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. welcoming the Commission proposal for a directive on the protection of internet data, which includes a specific article on the protection of children's privacy, such as the right to be forgotten;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the Commission to continue its work by taking full advantage of the options which facilitate parental control ('privacy by design' and 'by default');
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Reiterates the importance of promoting digital skills among minors and adults, which should be regarded as a priority in EU social policies;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Points out that even though minors are often more digitally literate than their parents, they are often not very aware of behavioural norms and the risks inherent in the digital environment; families therefore need to be informed and trained about these risks;
source: PE-494.518
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2012/2068(INI) Protecting children in the digital world
2012/10/05
CULT
16 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 12 a (new) - having regard to the communication of the Commission of 2 may 2012 "European Strategy for a better internet for children" (COM (2012) 196),
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the rapid development of technologies makes prompt answers necessary through
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the level of diffusion of media such as computers, TV on different platforms, mobile phones, videogames, tablets, apps, that converge in a single digital system implies risks in terms of easy access to content that is illegal, unsuitable, and harmful for the development of minors;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas,
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the measures to prevent illegal online content lead to differing approaches to the prevention of
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas the various regulatory methods adopted by suppliers of digital content and services do not always satisfy requirements in respect of transparency, independence, confidentiality, the processing of personal data
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Welcomes the Commission's announcement of a future European Cybercrime Centre and the support provided in protecting children;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Identifies in
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8.
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph -10 a (new) -10 a. Welcomes the intention of the European Commission to consider possible legislative measures if industry self-regulation fails to deliver;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Asks the Commission and the Member States to improve information regarding hotlines for minors and their families, thereby making it easier to report illegal content;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Encourages the Commission, and Member States and the internet industry to develop strategies and standards to protect minors from online and offline exposure to content that is unsuitable for their age, including violence, advertising which encourages overspending and the purchase of virtual goods or credits with their mobile phones;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Welcomes the Commission's proposal on laws to protect the privacy of minors such as ‘the right to be forgotten’ which bans the preservation online of information on the personal data of minors, which may risk their personal and professional life; Welcomes also the intention to establish an electronic system for age certification;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Encourages the promotion in every digital sector of technological options which, if selected, can limit the websurfing of minors within traceable limits and with conditional access; thereby providing an effective tool for parental control;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Invites the Member States to consider digital platforms as training grounds for democratic participation for every child with special regard to the most vulnerable;
source: PE-489.363
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2012/2102(INI) Situation of women in North Africa
2013/01/16
FEMM
35 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 9 a (new) - having regard to the United Nations Female Genital Mutilation resolution of 20 December 2012,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas several common gender issues, such as girls and women's rights as integral part of human rights, equal rights and compliance with international conventions are at the heart of the constitutional debates;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas at the moment the EU specific support to gender issues for the region accounts to 92 million Euros; out of which 77 million are implemented at bilateral level and 15 million at regional level;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G b (new) Gb. whereas among the EU bilateral programmes the most relevant is to be implemented in Morocco, with a budget of 45 millions of euros on "Promotion of equality between men and women", and that in Egypt a project of 4 million Euros is to be implemented by UN Women, while in Tunisia and Libya UN Women is implementing bilateral programmes to women in preparation of elections;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the socio-economic situation, especially the high level of youth and female unemployment, was one of the leading causes of the upheavals in the region, together with the aspiration for rights and democracy;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas many acts of sexual violence were committed on women and girls during and after the uprisings across the region, including rape and virginity tests used as a means of political pressure against women, inter alia by security forces; whereas gender-based intimidation is increasingly being used by extremist movements;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas the situation of migrant women and children is even more critical due to the insecurity in some parts of the region and economic crisis;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas one fundamental issue in the constitutional debates is whether Islam should be defined in the constitution as the religion of the people or of the state, as for instance in Tunisia and in Egypt;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L a (new) La. whereas the December 2012 Egyptian constitutional referendum failed to secure the necessary degree of popular participation or a consensus across the board, with the result that questions have remained unanswered and there is still some latitude of interpretation regarding major constitutional issues, including women’s rights;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the authorities of the countries concerned to enshrine in their constitution the principle of equality between men and women and the prohibition of all forms of discrimination against women, the possibility of affirmative actions, and the entrenchment of women's political, economic and social rights, and to reform all existing laws that discriminate against women, including in the area of marriage, divorce, child custody, parental rights, nationality, inheritance, legal capacity, salary payment, etc., in line with international and regional instruments; and to entrench the existence of domestic mechanisms for the protection of women's rights;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on the national authorities to guarantee equality between women and men in the penal codes and social security system;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Recalls the importance to guarantee freedom of expression and of religion and pluralism also through the promotion of mutual respect and of inter-religious dialogue, in particular among women;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the North African countries to adopt laws and concrete measures prohibiting all forms of violence against women, including domestic and sexual violence and sexual harassment; stresses the importance of the protection of victims and of the provision of specific services; welcome the recent campaign against domestic violence launched by the Tunisian Minister for Women and Family Affairs;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses the importance of fighting impunity with respect to all violence against women, by ensuring that such crimes are effectively investigated, prosecuted and punished and that all women have full access to justice with no religion and/or ethnic based discriminations; recalls also that all those forming part of the judicial system should receive adequate training in existing legislation and the treatment of victims of such crimes;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Condemns the use of sexual violence before, during and after the uprisings and its continuous use as a form of political pressure, calls on national justice systems to persecute these crimes with adequate measures, and stresses that the International Criminal Court could intervene if no judicial action is possible at national level;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Underline the importance of a gender sensitive transitional justice system and of specific gender based trainings for justice operators and security forces;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Condemns the practice of Female Genital Mutilation that, in particular in some areas of Egypt, is still in use and calls on the national authorities to reinforce the implementation of the ban and to the Commission to provide programmes aiming to the rooting out also through the involvement of NGOs and through health education;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Commends those states where the legal age of marriage for girls has been raised over the past decades (16 in Egypt, 18 in Morocco and 20 in Tunisia and Libya) and condemns any attempt to lower it again as early marriages are not only detrimental to girls' rights, health and education but also perpetuate poverty, negatively affecting economic growth;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Underlines the need to strengthen access to health and social protection and services for women and girls, particularly with regard to maternal and reproductive health;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Emphasises that women's active participation in public life, as protesters, voters, candidates and elected representatives, shows their willingness to
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Stresses the importance of bringing more women into peace negotiation, mediation, internal reconciliation and peace building processes;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Commends those countries, like Tunisia, where efforts in favour of girls' education have been stepped up; reaffirms, nevertheless, that better access to education, and especially to higher education and remedial-catch up education, should be provided for women and girls; points out that some efforts remain to be done to eradicate women's illiteracy, in Morocco for example, and that emphasis should be placed on vocational training including courses to promote women's digital literacy; recommends the inclusion of gender equality in the education curricula;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Highlights that much more should be done to ensure women's economic independence and encourage their participation in economic affairs, including in the agricultural and service sector; considers that exchanges of best practice should be fostered at regional level between entrepreneurs, trade unions and civil society, in particular to support those women who are most vulnerable in rural and poor urban areas;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Recommends that steps be taken to monitor the process of women's empowerment, including with regard to respect for their rights as workers, in particular in industrial and service sectors, in rural and industrial urban areas, and to promote female entrepreneurship and equal pay;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Believes that micro-finance is a very useful tool to empower women and young women, and recalls that investing in women often means investing in families and in communities and helps to eradicate poverty; recalls that micro-finance goes beyond credit and also implies management, financial and commercial advise and saving schemes;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Underlines the importance to address the programmes and the actions for women empowerment in this region along three levels of interventions: the first one at institutional level pushing for gender equality through reforms in the legal framework and new pieces of legislation, providing also technical support, the second one supporting civil society organisations that can advocate in favour of women's rights and increase their participation in the decision making process and the third one working directly at local communities level, especially in rural areas, aiming at changing social behaviours and traditions and opening spaces for women in the social, economic and political life in their communities;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls on the Commission to continue and to strengthen the mainstreaming of gender issues in the various EU interventions regardless their core topic and encourage the Commission to continue the cooperation with international organisations as implementers, such as with UN Women;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16b. Calls on the HR/VP to deepen the dialogue with Arab regional institutions to ensure they play a leading role in mainstreaming women's rights and related policies across the region;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 c (new) 16c. Calls on the HR/VP and the Commission to implement the joint work programme on cooperation signed with the League of Arab Sates, in particular regarding women empowerment and human rights;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 d (new) 16d. Calls on the Commission to reinforce the financial envelope dedicated to provide support to women in the region. This support should continue to take into account both the specificities of each country and the common problems affecting them at regional level, as political and economic ones, looking for complementarities of regional programmes with bilateral ones;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Considers that women's rights and gender equality should be assessed in the commitments made by partners in accordance with the ‘more for more’ principle of the renewed Neighbourhood Policy, and clear criteria should be developed to guarantee and monitor the progresses;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the EU Special Representative for Human Rights to pay special attention to women's rights in North Africa, in line with the reviewed EU Human Rights Strategy;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Calls on the HR/VP and the Commission to address discrimination of women workers' rights in the labour law when holding political and policy dialogue with North African countries;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Calls on the HR/VP and the Commission to guarantee an enabling environment for civil society to freely operate and participate in democratic changes when holding political and policy dialogue with North African countries;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Calls on the Commission to ensure full transparency in trade negotiations, including on all background information, based on which trade agreements are proposed; stresses that women's groups and civil society organisations should be actively engaged all along the process;
source: PE-504.009
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2012/2129(INI) Prevention of age-related diseases of women
2012/09/20
FEMM
7 amendments...
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Recital R a (new) Ra. whereas many European countries have lowered their guard and slackened awareness-raising campaigns regarding the adverse effects of smoking and alcohol;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Stresses the importance of cultural and educational facilities for the elderly;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to launch information campaigns targeted at pre-menopausal or menopausal women;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Member States to support the initiatives needed to help older women to gain access to medical and health services, regardless of their personal economic circumstances, laying emphasis on individualised assistance, including home care, on telemedicine and on specific forms of support and assistance for caregivers;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. It is important to support and facilitate access to medical, healthcare and other forms of assistance for women who, notwithstanding their own health problems, are required to care for dependants;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. It is important to adopt an approach to medical research which takes account of problems specifically relating to men and women respectively;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 b (new) 18b. It is important to ensure the presence of female experts on national consultative technology and science committees for the assessment of pharmaceuticals;
source: PE-496.309
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2012/2132(INI) Implementation of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive
2013/01/18
CULT
7 amendments...
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Regrets that the necessary updated version of the interpretative communication on certain aspects of the provisions on televised advertising has still not been issued, a failure which makes it impossible to use standard means of identification for commercial communications as regards sponsorship, self-production, and product placement, and which enables some Member States to adopt questionable positions and practices without incurring penalties;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Points out that the declining proportion of European independent audiovisual works in the programming of Member States’ national television channels has adverse effects in terms both of the promotion and development of European culture and of the vitality and competitiveness of the European audiovisual industry;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Notes that the ‘protection of the physical, mental and moral development of minors and human dignity’ in audiovisual media services is not properly guaranteed, especially in view of the fact that minors may be exposed to messages of violence and racism and their sensitivity, inexperience, or credulity is vulnerable to exploitation not just in advertising, but also in programmes, in particular during protected programming times;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new) 11b. Notes that the implementation review of the directive fails to consider what kinds of measures, and how many measures, have been adopted by broadcasters to promote media literacy, continuing vocational training for teachers and trainers, and the establishment of specifically Internet- related education for children, to teach them how to use the Internet responsibly, with sessions open to parents and the organisation of national campaigns;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls on the Member States to enforce the directive correctly and in full so as to ensure that the depiction of women in audiovisual media services does not offend their dignity, or in any way constitute discrimination or stereotyping, or convey messages conducive to violence or demeaning forms of representation;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Calls on the Commission to take steps as soon as possible with a view to adopting the interpretative communication on the application of the directive, including the definition of advertising;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 b (new) 21b. Calls on the Commission to closely monitor the development of hybrid services in the EU, in particular connected TV, and to spell out the issues raised in its Green Paper on connected TV; calls on the Commission to promote common European standards and, until such time as the directive has been amended, to make hybrid TV services subject to European rules on privacy, advertising, and the protection of minors, proceeding from the principle that the legislation applicable should be that in force in the home country of the end user as opposed to the home country of the service provider;
source: PE-504.031
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2012/2300(INI) Connected TV
2013/03/21
CULT
5 amendments...
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission, by means of the prompt further development of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive and other EU legislation, to create a level playing field for all content providers, taking account of the following minimum requirements, so as to ensure fair competition among content providers and guarantee users the chance to choose, in a fully transparent manner, from among a wide range of high-quality services on a footing of equal opportunity and without discrimination, with a particular focus on maintaining free and public services;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to ensure that these platforms are operated on the basis of an open, non-proprietary standard, in a way which accords with market conditions and the general interest, entailing fair competition and accords with consumer demand;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Calls on the Commission to safeguard by law the integrity of linear and non-linear services on hybrid platforms and in particular to prohibit the overlay or scaling of these services with third-party content,
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Commission to ensure that
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that future hybrid TV services also comply with existing legislation on child protection, on the ban on certain kinds of advertising for health reasons, on the ban on incitement to racial hatred, on the separation between news and advertising messages, on ownership transparency, privacy, etc., since these are rules which have become part of the acquis communautaire and which cannot be circumvented on the pretext of technological developments; in particular, calls for service providers and providers of hybrid TV equipment from outside the EU to be informed that the applicable law is that of the country where the service is provided and not the one where the providers have their registered office;
source: PE-504.076
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2012/2301(INI) Impact of the economic crisis on gender equality and women's rights
2013/09/01
FEMM
3 amendments...
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls on the Member States to promote and encourage women’s employment in strategic development sectors by adopting specific measures relating to lifelong learning, targeted integration into the labour market, flexible working hours, equal pay, and reform of taxation and pension schemes;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to gauge the impact of the new pension systems on the different categories of women, focusing in particular on part-time and atypical contracts, and to adjust social welfare systems, especially where the younger generations are concerned;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Member States to promote female entrepreneurship, by encouraging and supporting women, especially young women and immigrants, who set up companies, by facilitating women’s access to finance, in particular via microcredits and technical assistance and back-up measures, and by promoting the development of female entrepreneurship and sponsorship networks;
source: PE-502.223
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2012/2322(INI) Online gambling in the internal market
2013/03/27
CULT
6 amendments...
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that protecting minors from exposure to online gambling should remain a major policy objective; underlines the need to implement EU-wide standards for age and identity verifications, and to ensure proper monitoring, to prevent underage gamblers from accessing remote gambling products;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Takes the view that there is a dangerous correlation between periods in which the economic crisis is at its most acute and an increase in gambling; considers it necessary, therefore, to monitor the phenomenon of gambling addiction and gambling-related diseases in a continuous and ongoing manner;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Believes that the advertising of gambling is often biased and misleading and can lead to unhealthy and harmful behaviour; considers, therefore, that it should become more responsible and should be regulated in order to limit its more invasive effects, which affect first and foremost the most vulnerable people;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Urges the Member States, therefore, to ensure that part of the proceeds from gambling are earmarked for the support of grassroots sport;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for more cooperation at European level, under the coordination of the Commission, to identify and prohibit online gambling operators engaged in illegal activities such as match-fixing or betting on competitions involving minors and unauthorised operators who illegally provide gambling services;
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Is of the view that online gambling is a dangerous opportunity for money laundering and therefore considers it necessary to extend the scope of the directive on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering to all forms of gambling, including online.
source: PE-507.969
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2013/2045(INI) Tackling youth unemployment: possible ways out
2013/04/30
FEMM
1 amendments...
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on Member States to promote and provide incentives for the employment of women in strategic development sectors by adopting specific measures concerned with initial and continuous training and targeted entry into the labour market;
source: PE-510.608
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