Ramona Nicole MĂNESCU
Constituencies
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Romania
Partidul Naţional Liberal
2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31
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Romania
Partidul Naţional Liberal
2007/12/10 - 2009/07/13
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Romania
Partidul Naţional Liberal
2007/12/10 - 2009/07/13
Groups
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ALDE
Member
Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31
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Committees
| Role | Committee | Start | End |
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| Member of | Committee on Regional Development | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Committee on Employment and Social Affairs | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Committee on Culture and Education | 2013/02/20 | 9999/12/31 |
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Delegations
| Role | Delegation | Start | End |
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| Member of | Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Delegation for relations with Japan | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
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| Role | Delegation | Start | End |
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| Member of | Delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen | 2007/12/13 | 2009/07/13 |
| Substitute of | Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia | 2007/12/13 | 2009/07/13 |
| Member of | Delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen | 2007/12/13 | 2009/07/13 |
| Substitute of | Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia | 2007/12/13 | 2009/07/13 |
Contact
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Brussels
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Strasbourg
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- Strasbourg
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Rapporteur
| Shadow | 2012/2100(INI) | Regional strategies for industrial areas in the European Union |
| Shadow | 2012/2099(INI) | Role of EU cohesion policy and their actors in implementing the new European energy policy |
| Shadow | 2012/2075(INI) | European Solidarity Fund, implementation and application |
| Shadow | 2011/2311(INI) | Urban re-development as contribution to economic growth in the framework of the EU cohesion policy |
| Opinion | 2011/2048(INI) | Modernisation of public procurement |
| Opinion | 2011/0439(COD) | Procurement in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors |
| Opinion | 2011/0438(COD) | Public procurement |
| Opinion | 2011/0299(COD) | Trans-European telecommunications networks: guidelines |
| Shadow | 2011/0274(COD) | Cohesion Fund 2014-2020 |
| Shadow | 2010/2156(INI) | Unlocking the potential of cultural and creative industries |
| Shadow | 2010/2013(INI) | Key competences for a changing world: implementation of the education and training 2010 work programme |
| Shadow | 2009/2235(INI) | Contribution of the cohesion policy to the achievement of Lisbon objectives |
| Responsible | 2009/2231(INI) | Good governance with regards to the EU regional policy: procedures of assistance and control by the European Commission |
| Opinion | 2008/2149(INI) | Trade and economic relations with Western Balkans |
| Opinion | 2008/0069(COD) | Vocational education and training, VET: establishing European Quality Assurance Reference Framework |
Born
1972/12/06 Constanţa- Postgraduate studies - Romanian Institute of Diplomatic Studies, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2006). Doctorate in International Relations and European Integration, National School of Political and Administrative Studies, Bucharest (2006). Postgraduate studies - National Intelligence Academy, Higher College of National Security, Dissertation on 'Romanian Defence Industry' (2006). Postgraduate studies - National Defence University - National Defence College - Dissertation on 'Romania and European Security and Defence Policy' (2005). Degree in Law, Law Faculty, University of Bucharest - Dissertation on 'Interpretation of international treaties' (1999).
- Lawyer - Bucharest bar. Own practice: 'Ramona Nicole Mănescu' law office (2000 - 2005).
- Member of National Liberal Party (1990). Chairman of National Liberal Youth (TNL) Organisation sector 6 (1996 - 1997). Member of PNL Department for External Relations (1996 - 2004). TNL international delegate (2001 - 2002). TNL Vice-Chairman (2002-2004); Rapporteur of Foreign Affairs Committee of PNL Delegation of National Representatives; Member of PNL sector 6 Executive Committee (2002 - 2005).Vice-chairman of International Federation of Liberal Youth (IFLRY) (2003 - 2005).
- In the Romanian Parliament: parliamentary expert - adviser to Vice-chairman of the Committee on Defence, Internal Affairs and National Security of the Chamber of Deputies (2002 - 2004).
- Vice-Chairman and Undersecretary - National Youth Authority (2005 - 2007).
- Media Awareness programme consultant - Understanding and Accessing the Media and its Role; Lectures on conflict management - youth education; development of regional partnerships; globalisation, 90 years of Romanian diplomacy (2003). Coordinator of 'Human Rights and International Law' project, Strasbourg, France (2003). Coordinator of the 'Empowerment of Women in Politics' project, Poland (2004). Published articles and reports: report on 'Human Rights and International Law', 'New technologies and Democratic Participation - Vision or Reality', 'Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women', 'Advocating Human rights: Position of Youth in Society', 'The role of young political leaders in promoting tolerance and respect of Human Rights in Romanian society'. Articles published in the 'Cadran Politic' review: 'Antiglobalisation as an alternative', 'European Council', 'Romania to European Union'. Article published in the 'Lumea' journal: 'The NATO paradox'.
Amendments
| Amendments | Dossier |
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2009/2068(DEC) 2008 discharge: EU general budget, section III, Commission
2010/02/03
REGI
4 amendments...
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Welcomes the Court's decision to include in the 2010 Annual Work Programme the audits on the ESF and the ERDF in the field of tourism, vocational training for women and public drinking water supply, which are of particular importance for the development of local communities.
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Invites the Court to undertake more performance audits in order to assess the sound financial management and in particular the efficiency and effectiveness of the Structural and Cohesion Funds programmes; considers, therefore, that the Court should focus in particular on the 12 new Member States and the Member States most affected by the financial crisis.
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 c (new) 10c. Invites the Court to assess how the external evaluations in respect of the Structural and Cohesion Funds are performed by the managing authorities, and to pay particular attention to the independence of the evaluation when it is paid for by the evaluation beneficiary.
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 d (new) 10d. Invites the Court to assess, in terms of human resources, the capacity of Member States' audit authorities to perform audits and their independence when carrying out the compliance assessment of the management control system.
source: PE-439.361
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2009/2221(INI) Promoting youth access to the labour market, strengthening trainee, internship and apprenticeship status
2010/03/29
CULT
4 amendments...
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Underlines the importance of promoting entrepreneurship and helping young people in starting their own business
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Supports the provision of traineeships
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Considers the development of internships with a strong link to study curricula extremely important as they are an opportunity to consolidate their skills and start working with only some previous experience and training; considers that internships are a
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Recalls that the new EU 2020 strategy has a crucial role to play in improving citizens' employability; young people being a key factor in achieving its objectives and one of the most affected groups, considers it essential that they be provided with better education and training and encouraged to pursue it;
source: PE-439.436
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2009/2231(INI) Good governance with regards to the EU regional policy: procedures of assistance and control by the European Commission
2010/07/15
REGI
3 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation X a (new) - having regard on the Commission proposal for the revision of the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Union of 28 May 2010 (COM(2010)260)
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Commission to create a training and mobility scheme for local and regional actors involved in running cohesion policy programmes
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Calls for the Commission to take the necessary measures in order to ensure the continuation of the Erasmus programme for local and regional representatives - technical staff responsible for managing and implementing European programmes -, by allocating adequate funding within the next negotiations on the budget and by reinforcing the networking with regional and local authorities also through the Committee of the Regions;
source: PE-445.635
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2009/2233(INI) Achieving real territorial, social and economic cohesion within the EU - a sine qua non condition for global competitiveness?
2010/01/07
REGI
12 amendments...
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas, as the outcome of the discussions on cohesion policy strategies and programmes for the programming period 2007 – 2013 has shown, programme quality and stakeholder involvement have increased at every level of government, thereby
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas the economic competitiveness of regions that are lagging behind is being bolstered also by the development of infrastructure of all types, among other factors, enabling access to education, research and innovation,
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses the key role played by the public and private sector,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Points out that, through the synergies generated with research and development and innovation policies, cohesion policy
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Stresses that Multi-Level Governance involves devolved responsabilities for programs, allowing better exploitation of the potential of territorial cooperation; therefore, in order for European Union to be able to pursue common objectives using coherent and result oriented measures while establishing specific regional and local priorities, the principles of MLG should be implemented;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Welcomes the results of the URBAN and LEADER initiatives and believes that cohesion policy can create the framework for
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Views partnership as a key principle in the determination of cohesion policy content, with the ‘bottom-up’ approach enhancing administrative capacities and the quality of the programming process; believes that all levels of government need to play a cohesive, complementary and productive role in boosting the economic competitiveness of the EU; calls on the Commission to
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Highlights the need to promote entrepreneurship and support Small and Medium Enterprises in order to facilitate the creation of new businesses and therefore enhancing job creation;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Stresses the need for an integrated approach to the application of Structural Funds as it is an important instrument in helping regions to achieve sustainable growth, employment and prosperity;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Reminds that an efficient implementation of cohesion policy depends strongly on how it is conceived and therefore the involvement of local and regional authorities, at an early stage, as well as their partnership with CoR in shaping and implementing the future cohesion policy, is crucial;
source: PE-443.146
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2010/2001(BUD) 2011 budget: all sections, first version
2010/07/26
CULT
1 amendments...
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on the Commission to allocate more funding for the professional training of youth in order to facilitate their reorientation towards those areas of the economy that are functional and more viable in these times of economic crisis;
source: PE-445.812
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2010/2010(INI) Developing the job potential of a new sustainable economy
2010/12/05
REGI
5 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. considers that EU cohesion policy plays a crucial role in developing the job potential of a sustainable economy, as it helps eliminate regional differences and create a society with full employment; stresses that the European Structural Funds
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. recognises the important role of local and regional authorities in the education and training of young people,
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. encourages the private sector to use the European Social Fund as a means of promoting entrepreneurial attitudes and skills amongst young people, as well as providing career guidance for people facing unemployment;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. stresses the importance of the geographical mobility of workers in accordance with the Treaties; recognises that an improvement in mobility through good local transport increases access to job opportunities; therefore encourages the regions to use resources from the Structural Funds for infrastructure measures while using the European Social Fund to create better educational and employment opportunities for rural young people;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
source: PE-441.220
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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
2 amendments...
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls for an encompassing strategy for key competence acquisition from school curriculum adaptation to support of the professional development of teachers and trainers; incentives should be provided for teachers in order for them to improve their teaching and to focus on professional development;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 source: PE-439.935
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2010/2028(INI) Public service broadcasting in the digital era: the future of the dual system
2010/08/07
CULT
5 amendments...
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Reaffirms its attachment to the dual broadcasting system, where private and public media play their respective roles, and access to information
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Underlines in particular the fundamental role of the European dual system in promoting democracy, social cohesion and integration,
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Highlights against this background the specific mission of public service broadcasting in the digital era to bring media content to as many European citizens as possible and to maintain a public sphere with the aim of overcoming audience fragmentation; reiterates the importance for broadcasters to use available funds in order to ensure promotion of European activities, so that citizens can better understand the decision making process in the European Union;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Recalls the body of Council of Europe recommendations and declarations, which have been agreed upon by all the EU Member States and which lay down European standards with regard to freedom of expression
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Encourages the various stakeholders to cooperate and exchange best practices in order to ensure the sustainability of their respective business models and
source: PE-442.961
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2010/2089(INI) Reducing health inequalities in the EU
2010/12/14
ENVI
6 amendments...
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas the Commission forecasts that unemployment is likely to reach 10.3% by the end of 2010, and whereas there is widespread concern that the present economic crisis, particularly its effect on unemployment and especially youth unemployment, will adversely affect population health,
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas the combination of poverty with other vulnerabilities, such as childhood or old age, disability or minority background, further increases health risks and vice-versa, ill health can lead to poverty and/or social exclusion,
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Ka. whereas early years have lifelong effects on many aspects of health and well-being – from obesity, heart disease and mental health, to education, professional achievement, economic status and quality of life,
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K b (new) Kb. whereas health inequalities have significant economic implications for the EU and for Member States; Health inequalities related losses have been estimated to cost around 1.4% of GDP,
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that attention must focus on the whole social gradient, with particular attention to be given to the needs of people in poverty, disadvantaged migrant and ethnic minority groups, people with disabilities,
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Underlines that the economic and financial crisis, in particular on the supply side, may lead to a reduction in the level of funding for public health and health promotion, disease prevention and long- term care services as a result of budget cuts and lower tax revenues, while the demand for health and long-term care services may increase as a result of a combination of factors that contribute to the deterioration of the health status among the general population;
source: PE-454.502
2011/10/01
ENVI
10 amendments...
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Council to evaluate measures to mitigate the impact of the economic crisis on the health
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Member States to promote policies aiming at ensuring healthy life conditions for all children and adolescents, including actions to support pregnant women and parents (starting in pregnancy and continuing through the transition of the child); thereby recognizing the importance of investing in early child development as well as life course approaches;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Points to the importance of raising the average level of healthcare and decreasing the inequalities between different social groups, and underlines that these objectives could be achieved through the optimisation of public spending for healthcare, health promotion and disease prevention;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Underlines that, in addition to national governments, regional authorities in many countries have an important role in public health, health promotion, disease prevention and health services and thus need to be actively involved; points out that local governments, workplaces, and other stakeholders also have a vital contribution to make;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the reduction of health inequalities is fully addressed
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Commission to assist Member States in making better use of EU cohesion policy and structural funds in order to support projects t
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Council to promote the tackling of health inequalities as a policy priority in all Member States, taking into account the social determinants of health, by means of actions in policy areas such as the environment, agriculture and food policy, education, living and working conditions;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Calls on the Member States to support and implement a joined up approach to policy making at local, regional and national level, thereby striving towards a Health in All Policies Approach (HiAP);
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 b (new) 18b. Calls on the Commission to pursue a Health in All Policies Approach (HiAP) to EU level policy making and ensure the implementation of effective impact assessments that take health equity outcomes into account;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 e (new) 18e. Calls on the Commission and Member States to work together to develop and implement complementary public health prevention actions at all levels of governance to combat existing and future health threats that can exacerbate existing health inequalities and place additional strains on health systems, particularly the increasing prevalence of non – communicable diseases (e.g. obesity, diabetes, cardio- vascular diseases, cancer);
source: PE-454.655
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2010/2139(INI) Report 2010 on the implementation of the Cohesion Policy programmes for 2007-2013
2011/07/02
REGI
9 amendments...
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Underlines the fact that effective selection and implementation of projects in some areas is hampered by missing relevant preconditions, such as
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Recalls with regret that the substantial delay in policy implementation results mainly from the following factors: late conclusion of the negotiations on the multiannual financial framework and the legislative package of the policy, resulting in belated completion of the national strategies and operational programmes, changes in the rules on financial control and evaluation criteria imposed at national level, overlap with the closure of the period 2000-2006 and scarce public resources available for cofinancing in Member States;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Welcomes the publication of the Commission Staff Working Paper ‘Cohesion Policy: Responding to the economic crisis’, a review of the implementation of cohesion policy measures adopted in support of the European Economic Recovery Plan; highlights that this review draws primarily on the information provided in national strategic reports; calls for the Commission to take the necessary measures in order to ensure that the information provided by the member states are according to the reality at the national level;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Notes that the current framework of cohesion policy has proven to allow a flexible and appropriate response to the rapidly deteriorating socioeconomic environment; underlines that Member States appreciated that the crisis measures could be tailored to their specific needs; Deplore the fact that due to the complexity of the rules imposed at national level, some of the member states most hit by the economic crises did not succeed to use these funds according to their real needs;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16.
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Underlines the need for the Commission to ensure efficient and constant monitoring and control systems in order to improve governance and effectiveness of the delivery system of the Structural Funds; Calls on the Commission to enhance the coherence and quality of monitoring of the progress made by Member States by making obligatory the use of a minimum set of core indicators in national strategic reports in the next programming period to facilitate comparison and by providing more detailed guidance;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Strongly believes that good governance at European, national, regional and local level is fundamental to ensuring the quality of the decision-making process, strategic planning and the successful and efficient implementation of cohesion policy; encourages the Commission and the Member States to strengthen multi-level governance in accordance with the Treaty and the partnership principle; Calls for the Commission and the Member States to involve the sub-national authorities in the conception of policies from an early stage of the decision making process;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23.
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25a. Calls for the Commission to ensure that the future cohesion policy will benefit from adequate financial resources, the same rules applicable to all member states and will be based on multi-level governance in order to improve the absorption capacity of Structural and Cohesion Funds.
source: PE-458.491
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2010/2155(INI) Objective 3: A challenge for territorial cooperation - the future agenda for cross-border, transnational and interregional cooperation
2011/02/22
REGI
8 amendments...
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Reminds that multi-level governance is a precondition for achieving territorial cohesion in Europe and calls for this principle to be made compulsory for Member States in order to ensure balanced territorial development in line with the subsidiarity principle;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Underlines the crucial role of territorial co-operation in delivering the EU2020 objectives; Calls for forward thinking to ascertain the strategic needs of each border region in connection with th
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Reiterates that involving sub- national actors in the achievement of the EU objectives is a precondition to effectively implement territorial cohesion.
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Believes that greater complementarity between the ‘territorial cooperation’ objective, on the one hand, and the ‘convergence’ and ‘competitiveness and employment’ objectives, on the other, is needed; suggests that regional operational programmes should participate in the cross-border and transnational projects that concern them by earmarking funding by territory for priority projects identified in advance and agreed with their partners in the programmes, in accordance with the principles of multi-level governance and the partnership which will allow better exploitation of the potential of territorial cooperation thanks to the relations developed among private and public actors across borders;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Reminds that a White Paper on territorial cohesion as a follow up to the Green Paper would represent a timely instrument to clarify how to implement territorial cohesion through multi-level governance in the future regional policy and feed in the debate on the next legislative package.
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Considers that EGTCs represent a unique, highly valuable territorial governance instrument which meets a need for structured cooperation with reference to financing, the legal status of projects and multi-level governance; Recalls that the instrument of EGTC must be promoted as a tool to set up of systems of cross-border governance, ensuring the ownership of the different policies at regional and local level.
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Calls on the Member States to simplify their national provisions, which very often add up administrative burden not required by the Community rules.
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Deplores the low profile of territorial cooperation, in the eyes of both national and local authorities and the general public; asks the Commission to promote exchange of information between the EGTCs already created and those in the process of being set up and to come up with ways to raise the profile of EGTCs with territorial cooperation stakeholders and the general public;
source: PE-458.829
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2010/2156(INI) Unlocking the potential of cultural and creative industries
2011/07/02
REGI
5 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the fact that culture and creative industries (CCIs) are recognised throughout the Green Paper as a tool for local and regional development, and points out that local and regional authorities in most Member States are responsible for sectors mentioned in the context of CCIs, especially culture, research, education, tourism and employment; Urges the Member States to involve relevant regional and local authorities from the very early stages of negotiations on legislation and on programmes benefiting from the Structural Funds so as to allow a timely dialogue between the different layers of government;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Points out that cultural and creative infrastructures and facilities play an important role in the development of the physical environment of towns and cities and, in particular, the rehabilitation of old industrial districts, and that cultural heritage is at the same time considered significant in the development of rural areas, especially through its contribution to rural tourism; believes therefore that cultural and creative strategies should be included in national, regional and local development strategies, in a partnership between public authorities representing different policy areas, SMEs and relevant civil society representatives;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Considers culture and creative-based projects capable not only of improving the structural conditions of lagging regions, but also of contributing directly to competitiveness and employment creation in all regions; hence calls on the Commission, Member States, regions and local authorities to use, and make the most of, existing EU support programmes such as the Cohesion and Structural Policy, rural development within the Common Agricultural Policy, the Research Framework Programme, CIP, etc. to foster culture and creativity; invites the Commission and Member States to use existing technical assistance mechanisms to promote knowledge at regional and local level on implementation-related problems;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recommends that the Commission evaluate the relevance of the Structural Funds and existing and future programmes in the field of culture, research, tourism, audiovisual media, youth and education, drawing lessons from existing projects and studies in order to design a post-2013 cohesion policy that would help release the full potential of the cultural sphere, and particularly that of the creative industries; underlines the need for a simpler architecture for the Funds, as a general principle of the future cohesion policy, in order to avoid discouraging potential partners from taking part in projects;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls for a more important future role for SMEs and private capital in the implementation of projects and measures in the cultural and creative sector, particularly through PPPs and through maximisation of the use of EIB and EIF financial instruments; calls on the Commission to simplify the functioning rules of these instruments, whose current complexity limits their use; invites Member States to further exploit them as a means to increase the quality of the projects and the participation of private actors, especially SMEs, in European projects;
source: PE-458.503
2011/11/02
CULT
9 amendments...
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 (new) -1. Acknowledges the impact, competitiveness and future potential of cultural and creative industries as an important engine for sustainable growth in Europe that can play a decisive role in the EU's economic recovery;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Encourages the Member States and the Commission to promote artistic and cultural education among all age groups, from primary to higher and/or vocational education, including in the context of lifelong learning;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Underlines the need to pass on techniques and know-how and the value of reinforcing learning and setting up professional training programmes focused on the cultural and creative sector, better harnessing the use of existing programmes and curricula, providing multidisciplinary education and promoting cooperation and partnerships between
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses the need to create optimum conditions for employing university- educated and professional young people from this sector and to train them, together with all other students in this field, in the specific economic, taxation, financial and technological aspects of the cultural and creative world and in communication and marketing;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on local and regional authorities to establish meeting places and set the basis for the creation of local networks in order to raise awareness in cultural and creative industries among people working in the sector, through the sharing of expertise and training in new technologies, and among the general public;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Urges the Member States and the Commission to establish a European digital single market, technical and financial support mechanisms in cultural and creative industries with the aim of digitising cultural heritage and to introduce common European standards;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls on the European Commission to encourage the growth of the cultural and creative industries, especially online, by taking relevant steps to ensure that all stakeholders share the responsibility for equally protecting products and services in the digital environment in order to build greater consumer trust online;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to set up the basis for the creation of a European mechanism to guarantee and ensure the protection of intellectual property rights, online and offline, of all actors involved in the cultural and creative industries sectors;
source: PE-454.693
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2010/2160(INI) State of play and future synergies for increased effectiveness between ERDF and other Structural Funds
2011/03/03
REGI
2 amendments...
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Calls on the Commission to enhance both technical assistance and training towards national, regional and local administrations in order to increase the capacities and knowledge of rules on implementation related problems.
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Calls on the Member States to give priority to the investment on institutional capacity and to simplify their national provisions in order to reduce the administrative burden and increase their absorption capacity;
source: PE-460.648
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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
4 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that education-related travel is becoming increasingly popular, therefore calls on the Member States, local and regional authorities to
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Underlines the importance of enhancing the quality of education in the field of tourism through the use of programmes such as Leonardo da Vinci mobility actions and Erasmus for entrepreneurs;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Underlines the need to boost European and international exchanges of students from vocational schools in the field of tourism so that they can learn
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Points out the merits of a ‘dual’ education system and the importance of combining learning in a business with learning at a vocational school, thereby enhancing both theoretical and practical skills;
source: PE-452.684
2011/11/02
REGI
5 amendments...
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Reiterates that the development of sustainable forms of tourism would provide local and regional economies with a lasting source of income and a means of promoting stable employment, while at the same time making it possible to safeguard and enhance the landscape and the cultural, historical and social heritage of every region;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the Commission proposal to group actions promoting tourism under four priorities; considers, however, that the development of a new political framework for tourism in Europe requires an integrated approach and efficient coordination of Community, national, regional and local policies with a direct or indirect impact on tourism, in keeping with the principle of subsidiarity; urges the Member States to involve relevant regional and local authorities from the very early stages of negotiations;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the local and regional authorities to encourage and support the development of networks and the creation of partnerships for the exchange of good practice;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Calls for greater emphasis to be placed on quality of employment in the tourism sector, with a focus on training with a high language and technology content, on support for entrepreneurship among women and young people, on labour force mobility thanks to various Community programmes and on combating undeclared work; encourages the Member States, regional and local authorities to make use of the vocational training tools offered by the European Social Fund and by other Community and national instruments;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Calls on the Member States to simplify the rules and reduce administrative burden in order to make optimum use of the European financial instruments available for the current financial programming period
source: PE-458.518
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2010/2234(INI) European cooperation in vocational education and training to support the Europe 2020 strategy
2010/09/12
CULT
2 amendments...
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Considers that an education for entrepreneurship should form an important part of VET in order to increase its attractiveness to all students and insure the enhancement of entrepreneurship in accordance with the provisions of the EU 2020 Strategy;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Considers that the role of regional and local authorities in supporting VET providers and developing a friendly environment for successful cooperation between the labour market and VET students is essential;
source: PE-454.460
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2010/2245(INI) Innovation Union: transforming Europe for a post-crisis world
2011/02/02
CULT
2 amendments...
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Insists on the need to transform Europe into an area of academic excellence with greater mobility, diversity and investment for research purposes, such as that offered by the Marie Curie fellowships, with the goal of achieving a European Research Area and maximising the synergies offered by Europe
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Member States to support the development of stronger partnerships between universities and the business world, while also considering the needs of businesses when developing the curricula;
source: PE-456.908
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2010/2277(INI) Single Market for Enterprises and Growth
2011/07/02
REGI
5 amendments...
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that in a globalised world the single market has to ensure the best possible business environment for enterprises, and to take the specific nature of SMEs into account in order to foster job creation, innovation and entrepreneurship in all EU regions, including rural areas; welcomes, therefore, the planned assessment of the ‘Small Business Act’ and the reinforcement of the ‘Think Small First’ principle; Calls on Commission and Member States to make EU funds more easily accessible, especially to SMEs as they are the most flexible component of Europe's economy;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that single market accessibility for all EU regions is a prerequisite for the free movement of people, goods, capital and services, and thus for a strong and dynamic single market; points out, in this connection, the essential role played by the Union's regional and local policy in terms of developing infrastructure, particularly in the less developed and outermost regions; calls for the development of innovative sources of funding (such as public-private partnerships, project bonds and user charges); calls on the Commission and the Member States jointly to address the complexity of the rules governing revenue- generating projects;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Underlines that regional policy implementation is crucial for the success of the Europe 2020 strategy and the deepening of the single market; points out that EU structural funding should be allocated in a flexible, dynamic, forward- looking manner, i.e. so as to cushion further the possible adverse effects on regions of international trade agreements and to prepare EU regions for socioeconomic change; calls for a more user-friendly regional policy, but also for stricter rules against ‘fund-shopping’, by means of which some enterprises may misuse the Union's financial instruments; Underlines the need for deeper harmonisation and integration of the Structural Funds rules, avoiding the breakdown of a project into different parts to apply to different funds; Recommends that the focus be put not just on the regularity of expenditure but on quality of interventions and that resources be concentrated in potentiating assistance on the management side;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Takes the view that territorial cooperation (including European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation (EGTCs) and macro-regional strategies) makes a decisive contribution to removing visible and invisible internal borders within the single market; calls, in this connection, for the post-2013 budget for territorial cooperation to be increased in order to promote multilevel cooperation across national frontiers and better exploit the potential of territorial cooperation;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 11. Appreciates the Commission's multilevel governance approach, which is necessary in order to ensure genuine participation by regional and local political and economic actors. Stresses that the multi-level approach should be applied not only vertically but also horizontally, among actors of the same level, in all shared-competence Union policies including the cohesion policy;
source: PE-458.519
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2010/2278(INI) Single Market for Europeans
2011/10/02
IMCO
1 amendments...
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Commission to increase and widen participation in mobility programmes and to improve its visibility, notably those targeting Young people, for instance by using a single name to denote all mobility programmes while preserving the specificities of each one of them;
source: PE-458.639
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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
21 amendments...
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Emphasises that the objective of all initiatives must be to e
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Underlines that youth policies must be seen in relation with policies on education, employment, social inclusion and macroeconomics; regrets that Youth on the Move is mostly focused on the labour market; points out that austerity measures with i.e. cut backs in the educational system and job creation will not help young people and have the potential of damaging the society and the economy in the longer term;
Amendment 26 #
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
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Reminds that getting a job does not mean escaping poverty, and that young people are especially susceptible to fall into the category of working poor; therefore underlines that the efforts to offer quality jobs, and the efforts toward youth employment should be intertwined; points to the need of underpinning employment policies with sound social policies that allow for a life in dignity in case of unemployment;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Underlines that Youth on the Move will not alone tackle or solve the alarming youth unemployment all over Europe; calls for all Member States to set up a national strategy to tackle youth unemployment and secure young peoples access to quality employment, education and training, while encouraging and supporting youth entrepreneurship;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Welcomes the Commission's aims to extend learning mobility to all young people in Europe by 2020; regrets however that "Youth on the Move" is too much centred on student mobility; invites the Commission to give specific and ambitious target figures for each mobility program; including vocational training mobility; underlines that mobility has been recognized as an added-value for those in vocational training, as it strengthens their employability; therefore calls for an increase of the budget dedicated to Leonardo Program;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Is convinced that mobility of young people, which contributes to prosperity and to a fair development of our modern societies, should become the rule rather than the exception; stresses that attraction for mobility should be enhanced and that financial support should be wide and sufficient, and be oriented towards the most disadvantaged;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Emphasises that an ambitious funding is necessary to comply with the objective to give everyone the opportunity to undertake part of their education and training abroad; takes the view that education and training have to be a priority for the European Union and that this objective should be reflected in the next financial perspectives;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 d (new) 4d. Recognizes the role of the local and regional authorities in the field of training and mobility; takes the view that their competences and experience should be seen as complementary of the EU action; emphasizes that in order to achieve its goals the EU should develop a partnership approach, in particular with the local and regional authorities;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Emphasises that the transition from school, vocational training or higher education to employment must be better prepared and must follow on directly from education or training,
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Strongly supports the proposal for a Council Recommendation on a European Youth Guarantee and urges the Council to adopt it as soon as possible;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Emphasises that early school leaving, as a known risk for future exclusion from both employment and society, has to be dramatically reduced; stresses that this phenomenon has to be addressed in a multifaceted way, linked with social measures to enhance education and training in the disadvantaged areas;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Takes the view that measures must be taken to
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Takes the view that occupational choices
Amendment 124 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Emphasises that an
Amendment 139 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Emphasises that young people whose chances of getting started in life are poorer must be supported
Amendment 180 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Emphasises the importance of non- formal and informal learning and education for the development of young people as well as the voluntary work; stresses that the gained competencies do not only offer opportunities for their entry into the world of work, but also enable young people to be actively involved in the society and to take responsibility of their lives, while also stimulating their entrepreneurial skills;
Amendment 182 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 b (new) 11b. Emphasises the importance of youth to be included not only in the labour market and the economy, but also in the shaping and governing of the future of Europe; asks the Commission to come up with a Green Paper on Youth Participation;
Amendment 184 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 c (new) 11c. Calls on the Commission to maintain a separate Youth in Action Program for the upcoming Multi-Financial Framework;
Amendment 186 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 d (new) 11d. Calls on the Commission to increase and widen participation in mobility programmes and to improve its visibility, notably those targeting Young people, for instance by using a single name to denote all mobility programmes while preserving the specificities of each of them.
source: PE-458.607
2011/03/17
CULT
23 amendments...
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Recognises that the success of the YoM initiative depends mostly on the implementation of its key actions by the Member States; therefore asks the European Commission to closely monitor and analyse crucial elements during implementation with a view to helping and ensuring a better coordination between Member States in the process;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to report regularly to the European Parliament on the effectiveness of the YoM key actions and the progress registered by Member States;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to continue investing and improving the mobility and youth programmes such as Lifelong Learning (Erasmus, Leonardo da Vinci, Comenius, Grundtvig), Marie Curie, Erasmus Mundus and Youth in Action;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the Commission to maintain a separate Youth in Action Program for the upcoming Multi-Financial Framework;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Recommends that the European institutions strengthen the structured dialogue with youth organisations and other stakeholders to debate priorities and actions for young people, thus giving youth more opportunities to participate in the decision-making on issues that affect them;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Emphasises the importance of youth to be included not only in the labour market and the economy, but also in the shaping and governing of the future of Europe; asks the Commission to come up with a Green Paper on Youth Participation;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Emphasises that early school leaving, as a known risk for future exclusion from both employment and society, has to be dramatically reduced; stresses that this phenomenon has to be addressed in a multifaceted way, linked with social measures to enhance education and training in the disadvantaged areas;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9.
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Strongly supports the proposal for a Council Recommendation on a European Youth Guarantee and urges the Council to adopt it as soon as possible;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Calls on the Commission to collect data at national and regional levels on the practical barriers to mobility, and to take all necessary steps to remove them in order to ensure high-
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Calls on the Commission to increase and widen participation in mobility programmes and to improve its visibility, notably those targeting Young people, for instance by using a single name to denote all mobility programmes while preserving the specificities of each of them;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11.
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Emphasises that an ambitious funding is necessary to comply with the objective to give everyone the opportunity to undertake part of their education and training abroad; takes the view that education and training have to be a priority for the European Union and that this objective should be reflected in the next financial perspectives;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new) 11b. Recognizes the role of the local and regional authorities in the field of training and mobility; takes the view that their competences and experience should be seen as complementary of the EU action; emphasizes that in order to achieve its goals the EU should develop a partnership approach, in particular with the local and regional authorities;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Underlines the importance of informal and non-
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Points out the need to find a balance between higher education systems on one hand and the needs of the economy and society in general on the other and also interlink them through adequate curricula for future skills and jobs;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls on national, regional, and local authorities to remove existing barriers, support and enhance cooperation between universities and business and facilitate partnerships between the two;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Encourages universities to bring their programmes and structures closer to the specific needs of the labour market
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22.
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Stresses the importance of supporting and further enhancing mobility in the field of VET, including apprenticeships, by providing VET students and apprentices with information, counselling, guidance and hosting structures when they are abroad;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Strongly stresses that the smooth entrance of young people into the labour market depends mainly on the modernisation of VET institutions and universities to ensure that their study programmes match the needs of the labour market, as well as on a strong cooperation between these and the business environment;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Invites tertiary education institutions to introduce a period of high-quality traineeship into all study programmes in order to enable young people to meet, in advance, the real and practical demands of the working environment and acquire the necessary skills for the entrance to the labour market;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 a (new) 28a. Calls on the Commission to promote at European level initiatives to recognize the period of internship as a professional period in the branches of Social Security, such as some Members States are already doing;
source: PE-460.798
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2011/0268(COD) European Social Fund (ESF) 2014-2020
2012/05/06
REGI
16 amendments...
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 5 (5) In addition to these priorities, in
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 6 (6) At the same time, it is crucial to support the development and competitiveness of
Amendment 63 #
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, business organisations and non- governmental organisations. It is therefore necessary that Member States encourage the participation of social partners and non- governmental organisations in the implementation of the ESF.
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii (iii) Self-employment, entrepreneurship and business creation, sustainable development and business transfer in particular for SMEs;
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point v (v) Adaptation of the workers, enterprises and entrepreneurs, particularly SMEs and micro entreprises, to change;
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii (ii) Capacity building for stakeholders including partners delivering employment, education and initial and continuous vocational training, social policies and sectoral and territorial pacts to mobilise for reform at national, regional and local level
Amendment 170 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d (d) Enhancing the competitiveness
Amendment 187 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point a (a) For more developed regions, Member States shall concentrate 80 % of the ESF allocation to each operational programme on
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b (b) For transition regions, Member States shall concentrate 70 % of the ESF allocation to each operational programme on
Amendment 200 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point c (c) For less developed regions, Member States shall concentrate 60 % of the ESF allocation to each operational programme on
Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 3 3. To encourage adequate participation of and access by non-governmental organisations to actions supported by the ESF, notably in the fields of social inclusion, gender equality and equal opportunities, the managing authorities of an operational programme in a region as defined in Article 82(2)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EU) No […] or in Member States eligible for Cohesion Fund support shall ensure that an appropriate amount of ESF resources is allocated to capacity- building for non-governmental organisations.
Amendment 255 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 2 2. By way of derogation from Article 110(3) of Regulation (EU) No […], the maximum co-financing rate for a priority axis shall be increased by ten percentage points, but not exceeding 100%, where the whole of a priority axis is dedicated to social innovation or to transnational cooperation, or a combination of both
Amendment 276 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 3 3. Grants reimbursed on the basis of the eligible cost of operations, determined in the way of flat-rate financing, standard scales of unit costs and lump sums as referred to in Article 57(1) of Regulation (EU) No […] may be calculated on a case- by-case basis by reference to a draft budget agreed ex ante by the Managing Authority, where the
Amendment 277 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 4 4. Grants for which the
Amendment 284 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Delegated Acts are established in cooperation with the European representatives of the partners referred to in Article 5 of the Regulation on the common provision, in consultation with the ESF Committee;
Amendment 303 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex 1 – point 1 a (new) (1 a) Holders of vocational education and training qualifications
source: PE-491.059
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2011/0270(COD) Programme de l’UE pour le changement social et l’innovation sociale 2014-2020
2012/04/26
EMPL
4 amendments...
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Support those social enterprises which provide vocational education for young people in order to get professional qualifications requested on the labour market.
Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. To set up coordinated actions between education, labour market and social protection system both at national and cross-border level.
Amendment 303 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new) 4a. Actions to support the access to specialized professional qualification courses, in order to better help specific groups of workers or unemployed people.
Amendment 308 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new) 5a. Support the micro-enterprises and social enterprises, through the financial instruments, to provide vocational training for young and/or unemployed people.
source: PE-487.817
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2011/0273(COD) European Regional Development Fund (ERDF): support to the European territorial cooperation goal
2012/04/06
REGI
2 amendments...
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 For cross-border cooperation, the regions to be supported shall be the NUTS level 3 regions of the Union along all internal and external land borders other than those covered by programmes under the external financial instruments of the Union, and all NUTS level 3 regions of the Union along maritime borders separated by a maximum of 150 km, without prejudice to potential adjustments needed to ensure the coherence and continuity of cooperation programme areas established for the 2007- 2013 programming period. The above- mentioned maximum limit of 150 km shall not apply to island regions within the limits of their sea basin area, so as to promote cooperation actions based on a common strategy within their functional area.
Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c – point ii (ii) where appropriate, a planned integrated approach to the territorial development of urban, rural, coastal areas and areas with particular territorial features such as those suffering from geographic, demographic or natural handicaps, in particular the implementation arrangements for Articles 28 and 29 of Regulation (EU) No./2012 [CPR];
source: PE-490.976
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2011/0274(COD) Cohesion Fund 2014-2020
2012/06/06
REGI
3 amendments...
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 3 a (new) (3a) Support from the Cohesion Fund under the Connecting Europe Facility shall be implemented in accordance with Article [13] of Regulation (EU) […]/2012 on establishing the Connecting Europe Facility35 respecting the national allocations under the Cohesion Fund and ensuring proper competition between projects;
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 7 (7) A common set of qualitative result oriented indicators to assess progress of programme implementation should be set out before the Member States draft their operational programmes. These indicators should be complemented by programme- specific
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c (c)
source: PE-491.027
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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
73 amendments...
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 The ERDF shall contribute to the financing of support which aims to reinforce economic, social and territorial cohesion by redressing the main regional imbalances through support for the development and structural adjustment of regional economies, including the conversion of declining industrial regions
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 The ERDF shall contribute to the financing of support which aims to reinforce economic, social and territorial cohesion by redressing the main regional imbalances through support for the development and structural adjustment of regional economies, including the conversion of declining industrial regions and regions lagging behind and also addressing the difficulties affecting territories suffering from serious and permanent natural or demographic handicaps.
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part The ERDF shall support
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a (a)
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new) (a a) Productive investment contributing to the investment priorities set out in Article 5.1 and 5.4 irrespectively of the size of the enterprise
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point i (new) (i) SME's promotion but allowing Member States to support also larger entreprises when they create jobs consistent with EU 2020 national and regional development strategies;
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b (b) investments in infrastructure providing basic services to citizens in the areas of energy, environment, sustainable tourism and transport, and information and communication technologies (ICT);
Amendment 157 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c (c) investments in business, accessible social
Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d – introductory part (d)
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d – point i Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d – point ii (ii) support
Amendment 184 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d – point iii Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d – point iv (iv) networking, cooperation
Amendment 211 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 Amendment 231 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b (b) investment to achieve the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
Amendment 311 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 By derogation from point (a) (i), in those regions whose GDP per capita for the 2007-13 period was less than 75% of the average GDP of the EU-25 for the reference period but which are eligible under the category of transition or more developed regions as defined in Article 82(2)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) No [ ]/2012 [CPR] in the 2014-2020 period, at least 60% of the total ERDF resources at national level shall be allocated to
Amendment 320 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part The ERDF shall support the following investment priorities within the thematic objectives set out in Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR] in accordance with regional needs and potentials described in the Partnership Contracts:
Amendment 327 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – introductory part (1) strengthening research, technological development and environment-friendly innovation through:
Amendment 337 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b (b) promoting business
Amendment 360 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c – point i (new) i) Developing appropriate links and synergies with Horizon 2020
Amendment 361 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c a (new) (c a) Mobilising the innovation capacities of SMEs in all areas, detect and support innovation in small and micro enterprises and to the "sleeping innovators", particularly through coaching (mentoring) for small and micro enterprises, support intermediary organisations and their implementation of measures to encourage the innovation culture, cooperation with research centres, support the implementation of innovation and their commercial exploitation;
Amendment 368 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – introductory part (2) enhancing access to and use and quality of ICT through:
Amendment 370 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a (a) extending broadband deployment and the roll-out of high-speed networks and supporting the adoption of the future and emerging technologies and networks for the digital economy;
Amendment 373 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c (c) strengthening ICT applications for e- government, e-learning, e-inclusion e- culture and e-
Amendment 381 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c a (new) (c a) Strengthening ICT applications for energy system management and control;
Amendment 388 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – introductory part (3) enhancing the competitiveness
Amendment 398 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a (a) promoting entrepreneurship, in particular by facilitating the economic exploitation of new ideas and fostering the creation of new firms and recovery of existing enterprises including through business incubators, also in areas confronted with major environmental, climatic or demographic challenges by developing synergies with the ESF;
Amendment 408 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b (b) developing and implementing new business models for SMEs, in particular support for strengthening the competitiveness of companies operating on nearby markets, and actions aimed at the SMEs participation in intra-european and international markets, including for the development of eco-businesses, developing local markets as well as for internationalisation;
Amendment 415 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b – point i (new) i) Supporting the creation and extension of advanced capacities for product and service development;
Amendment 416 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b – point ii (new) ii) supporting the capacity of SMEs to engage in growth and innovation process;
Amendment 417 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b a (new) (b a) promoting provisions for business support services including eco-innovation, resource efficiency and environmental performance management;
Amendment 428 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b b (new) (b b) Support for information activities, training, mentoring and accompanigment by intermediary organisations acting in favour of SMEs, including micro enterprises in the priority areas of the EU 2020 Strategy and the Small Business Act
Amendment 432 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – introductory part (4) supporting the shift towards a climate compatible, energy-saving, low-
Amendment 440 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b (b) promoting energy efficiency
Amendment 453 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c (c) supporting energy efficiency and renewable energy use in public infrastructures
Amendment 463 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point d (d) developing and implementing smart distribution systems at low and medium voltage levels;
Amendment 467 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point e (e) promoting low-carbon strategies for
Amendment 479 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point e – point i (new) i) promotion of high-efficiency co- generation of heat and power also by promoting new and emerging technologies that contributes to a low carbon economy;
Amendment 493 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – introductory part (5) promoting climate change adaptation, risk prevention and management through:
Amendment 501 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – introductory part (6) preserving and protecting the environment, biodiversity, ecosystems and promoting resource efficiency including cultural and natural assets, through:
Amendment 510 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b (b) addressing the significant needs for investment in the water sector to meet the requirements of the environmental acquis, as well as an integrated and territorial water management;
Amendment 515 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point c (c) protecting, promoting and developing cultural and natural heritage;
Amendment 522 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point d (d) protecting and restoring biodiversity, soil protection and restoration and promoting ecosystem services including NATURA 200015 and green infrastructures;
Amendment 525 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point d a (new) (d a) developing and supporting provision of environmental services promoting eco- innovation and improvement of environmental performance and public services;
Amendment 527 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point e (e) action to improve the urban environment, including regeneration of brownfield sites
Amendment 539 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point e – point i (new) i) promoting innovative technologies to improve environmental protection and resource efficency in the waste sector, water sector, soil protection and reduce air pollution;
Amendment 540 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point e – point ii (new) ii) supporting endogenous growth potential of specific areas by enhancing accessability to and use of specific natural and cultural resources and developing sustainable regional and local tourism;
Amendment 545 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – introductory part (7) promoting intermodal sustainable transport and mobility, while focusing on improving existing infrastructure, removing rail bottlenecks in key network infrastructures and filling in missing trans-border links, through:
Amendment 550 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – introductory part (7) promoting sustainable transport and removing bottlenecks in key network infrastructures, especially in peripheral and island regions:
Amendment 561 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b – point i (new) i) investments in national and local roads not included in TEN-T network;
Amendment 565 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c (c) developing and improving environment-friendly and low
Amendment 584 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point d a (new) (d a) Promoting sustainable waterborne transport;
Amendment 589 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point d a (new) (d a) (e) developing sustainable maritime or air transport systems that are likely to help islands optimise their accessibility for passengers and freight alike.
Amendment 595 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point d b (new) (d b) Enhancing regional mobility through connecting secondary and tertiary nodes to TEN-T infrastructure;
Amendment 600 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – introductory part (8) promoting quality employment and supporting labour mobility through:
Amendment 602 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point a (a) supporting the development of business incubators and investment support for self- employment, micro-entreprises and business creation;
Amendment 612 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point a – point i (new) i) supporting employment friendly growth trough the development of local potential as part of a territorial strategy for specific areas, by enhancing accessability to the development of specific natural and cultural resources;
Amendment 617 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point c (c) investing in infrastructure for public employment services, including professional learning centers and career counselling services;
Amendment 622 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – introductory part (9) promoting social inclusion and combating poverty through:
Amendment 632 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a (a) investing in health and social infrastructure which contribute to national, regional and local development, reducing inequalities in terms of health status, and transition from institutional to community- based services, in particular for permanent handicap regions;
Amendment 640 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b (b) support for physical
Amendment 650 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b a (new) (b a) Support for the addaptation of housing to meet the requirements of elderly people, and for in-home services delivered to them;
Amendment 654 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b b (new) (b b) promoting an accessible physical environment for disabled persons;
Amendment 660 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 10 (10) investing in affordable quality childcare, education, skills and lifelong learning by developing education
Amendment 668 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 11 (11) enhancing institutional capacity and an efficient public administration by strengthening of institutional capacity
Amendment 676 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 1 1. The ERDF shall support, within operational programmes, sustainable urban development through strategies setting out integrated actions to tackle the economic, environmental, climate and social challenges affecting urban areas
Amendment 690 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 Amendment 697 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a (new) (a) Where appropriate, mechanisms for strengthening existing and promoting new urban-rural linkages should be supported in order to enhance interconnection factors which influence development of each region while assuring the complementarity of the CSF Funds;
Amendment 701 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 At least 5% of the ERDF resources allocated at national level shall be allocated to integrated actions for sustainable urban development
Amendment 733 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point b a (new) (b a) c) the provisions set out in point a) should not prevent the selection of cities situated in peripheral or island regions where the size of their population is significantly lower than those of the Member State's big metropolitan areas.
Amendment 740 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 1 1. At the initiative of the Commission, the ERDF may support innovative actions in the field of sustainable urban development, subject to a ceiling of 0,2% of the total annual ERDF allocation. They shall include studies and pilot projects to identify or test new solutions to issues relating to sustainable urban development which are of relevance at Union level.The Commission shall ensure the close involvement of urban, rural, periurban, local, regional and civil society partners into all stages of the preparation and implementation of the actions;
Amendment 748 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 10 – paragraph 1 Operational programmes co-financed by the ERDF covering areas with severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps referred to in Article 111(4) of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR] shall pay particular attention to addressing the specific difficulties of those areas. The specific additional allocation for areas beset by permanent and severe geographic handicaps shall be used to enable these territories to alleviate such constraints, to improve their attractiveness for people and for industries, and to exploit their assets. It will support actions in the following fields: (a) all thematic objectives set out in Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No [...]/2012[CPR]; (b) start-up aid for transport services; (c) cooperation actions not covered by Regulation (EU) N° [...]/2012 on specific provisions for support from the European Regional Development Fund towards the European territorial cooperation goal.
Amendment 783 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 4 – point c – point 1 (new) 1) All enterprises established in the outermost regions may benefit from the specific additional allocation and, notwithstanding Article 3.(1)(a), also from any productive investments financed under the ERDF;
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Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 1 (1) Article 174 of the Treaty provides that, in order to strengthen its economic, social and territorial cohesion, the Union shall aim at reducing disparities between the levels of development of the various regions and the backwardness of the least favoured regions
Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 2 a (new) (2a) The structural funds must reflect in their design and implementation the priorities and principles of the Small Business Act for Euorpe, in particular the principle "Think small first";
Amendment 186 #
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
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 16 (16) On the basis of the Common Strategic Framework adopted by the Commission, each Member State should prepare, in cooperation with its partners and in dialogue with the Commission, a Partnership Contract based on its National Reform Programme. The Partnership Contract should translate the elements set out in the Common Strategic Framework into the national context and set out firm commitments to the achievement of Union objectives through the programming of the CSF Funds.
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 34 (34) An evaluation plan should be drawn up by the authority responsible for the preparation of the programme taking Project and Programme management concerns into full account. During the programming period managing authorities should carry out evaluations to assess the effectiveness and impact of a programme. The monitoring committee and the Commission should be informed about the results of evaluations to facilitate management decisions.
Amendment 273 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 42 (42) Member States should adopt adequate measures to guarantee the proper set up and functioning of their management and control systems to give assurance on the legal and regular use of the CSF Funds
Amendment 279 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 45 (45) The powers and responsibilities of the Commission to verify the effective functioning of the management and control systems, including the evaluation of their Project and programme management capabilities and to require Member State action, should be laid down. The Commission should also have the power to carry out audits focused on issues relating to sound financial management in order to draw conclusions on the performance of Funds.
Amendment 296 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 55 (55) Objective criteria should be fixed for designating eligible regions and areas for support from the Funds. To this end, the identification of the regions and areas at Union level should be based on the common system of classification of the regions established by Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and the Council of 26 May 2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) Special attention should be paid to regions which suffer from serious and permanent natural or demographic handicaps, such as regions with very low population density and island, cross- border and mountain regions, taking into account the fact that these territorial characteristics do not necessarily correspond to the breakdown currently proposed by the NUTS classification.
Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 58 Amendment 315 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 61 (61) It is necessary to lay down additional provisions concerning the programming, management, monitoring, reporting methodology, Project and Programme Management practices and control of operational programmes supported by the Funds. Operational programmes should set out priority axes corresponding to thematic objectives, elaborate a consistent intervention logic to tackle the development needs identified, and set out the framework for performance assessment. They should also contain other elements necessary to underpin the effective and efficient implementation of these Funds.
Amendment 318 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 64 (64) In order to give Member States the option of implementing part of an operational programme using a result- based approach, it is useful to provide for a joint action plan comprising a set of actions to be carried out by a beneficiary to contribute to the objectives of the operational programme. In order to simplify and reinforce the result orientation of the Funds the management of the joint action plan should be exclusively based on jointly agreed Project management milestones, outputs and results as defined in the Commission decision adopting the joint action plan. Control and audit of a joint action plan should also be limited to the achievement of these milestones, outputs and results. Consequently, it is necessary to lay down rules on its preparation, content, adoption, financial management and control of joint action plans.
Amendment 327 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 74 (74) It is necessary for Member States to designate a managing authority, a certifying authority and a functionally independent auditing authority for each operational programme. To provide flexibility for Member States in the set up of control systems, it is appropriate to provide the option for the functions of the certifying authority to be carried out by the managing authority. The Member State should also be allowed to designate intermediate bodies to carry out certain tasks of the managing authority or the certifying authority
Amendment 329 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 75 (75) The managing authority bears the main responsibility for the effective and efficient implementation of the Funds and thus fulfils a substantial number of functions related to project and programme management and monitoring, financial management and controls as well as project selection. Its responsibilities and functions should be set out in the Articles f the Regulation.
Amendment 357 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 1 – article 1 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new) The rules in this regulation should reflect the priorities and principles of the SBA for Europe and allow his implementation applied at European, national and territorial level.
Amendment 366 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 16 (16) ‘local development strategy’ means a coherent set of operations to meet local objectives and needs, which contributes to meeting the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and which is implemented by a local authority in partnership at the appropriate level;
Amendment 383 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 4 – paragraph 4 4 Member States and the bodies designated by them for that purpose shall be responsible for implementing programmes in partnership with economic and social partners and carrying out their tasks under this Regulation and the Fund-specific rules at the appropriate territorial level, in accordance with the institutional, legal and financial framework of the Member State and subject to compliance with this Regulation and the Fund-specific rules.
Amendment 390 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 4 – paragraph 6 6. In accordance with their respective responsibilities, the Commission and the Member States shall ensure coordination among the CSF Funds, and with other Union policies and instruments, including those in the framework of the Union's external action. Special attention shall be given and, where relevant, resources be allocated for areas in which other Union funds explicitly provide for an integrated approach, such as joint funding for integrated projects in the field of environment and climate.
Amendment 395 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 4 – paragraph 10 a (new) (1) The rules set out in the Regulation should reflect the priorities and principles of the SBA for Europe and it can be applied both at European, national and regional level;
Amendment 406 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) competent regional, local, urban and other public authorities which shall also organise a partnership with partners mentioned at point (b) and (c);
Amendment 423 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 2 2. In accordance with the multi-level governance approach and with the Partnership Agreement, as referred to in paragraph 1, the partners shall be involved by Member States in the preparation of Partnership Contracts and progress reports and in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programmes. The partners shall participate in the monitoring committees for programmes.
Amendment 432 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 3 3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 142 to provide for a European code of conduct that lays down specific objectives and criteria, making explicit reference to Programme and Project Management capabilities in order to support the implementation of partnership and to facilitate the sharing of information, experience, results and good practices among Member States.
Amendment 441 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 4 4. At least once a year, for each CSF Fund, the Commission shall consult the organisations which represent the partners at Union level on the implementation of support from the CSF Funds.To this end, the Commission undertakes beforehand an analysis of this implementation and the participation of stakeholders, particularly the economic and social partners;
Amendment 442 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new) (1) Member States shall ensure that the partners are provided capacity building to participate in partnership and public consultation processes effectively;
Amendment 448 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 7 – paragraph 1 The Member States and the Commission shall ensure that equality between men and women and the integration of gender perspective is promoted in the preparation
Amendment 467 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part Each CSF Fund shall support the
Amendment 474 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 3 (3) enhancing the competitiveness of medium, small and m
Amendment 493 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 8 (8) promoting employment, supporting the SMEs for creating new sustainable and decent jobs and supporting labour mobility;
Amendment 503 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 10 (10) investing in education,
Amendment 507 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 11 (11) enhancing institutional capacity and an efficient public administration for a balanced territorial development in accordance with the recommendations of the Territorial Agenda of the European Union 2020.
Amendment 514 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point i (new) i) Promotion of the social economy
Amendment 536 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point f (f) mechanisms for ensuring the coherence and consistency of the programming of the CSF Funds with the country-specific recommendations under Article 121(2) of the Treaty and the relevant Council recommendations adopted under 148(4) of the Treaty including, from henceforth, the making of Project and Programme Management competency a mandatory condition of employment in the managing authorities and intermediate bodies.
Amendment 562 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 13 – paragraph 3 a (new) The Partnership Contract shall undergo public consultation prior to its submission to the Commission
Amendment 576 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii (ii) a summary analysis of the ex ante evaluations of the programmes justifying the selection of the thematic objectives and the indicative allocations of the CSF Funds; thematic objectives may vary from one region to another, therefore, when they are established, the identified needs of each individual region should be taken into account;
Amendment 585 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv a (new) (iv a) the potential amount of support foreseen for complementary activities with non CSF-funds that specifically provide for such cooperation, such as joint funding for integrated projects in the field of environment and climate; for Partnership Contracts that identify environment or climate as thematic objectives, the Member State shall ensure that priority is given to funding activities that complement integrated projects in those fields;
Amendment 595 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i (i) the mechanisms at national and regional level that ensure coordination between the CSF Funds and other Union and national funding instruments, especially where those provide for a structured cooperation such as the LIFE programme, and with the EIB;
Amendment 607 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii (ii) the arrangements to ensure an integrated approach at the pertinent territorial scale to the use of the CSF Funds for the territorial development of urban, rural, coastal and fisheries areas and areas with particular territorial features
Amendment 631 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iv – point a (new) a) the territorial analyse of the most efficient scale of functionnal area (mountain range, bassin, valey, intermunicipality, etc) to reach the aimed objectives even throw multiregional programmes;
Amendment 633 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iv a (new) (iv a) The introduction of mandatory Project and Programme Management training for staff in both the managing authorities and intermediate bodies if an ex ante evaluation of their Project and Programme Management capabilities identifies shortcomings;
Amendment 642 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point e – point iii a (new) (iii a) An ex-ante evaluation of the project and programme management capabilities of those staffing departments in national, regional and local government that will be co-signatories of the Partnership Contracts in order to ascertain whether or not they are fit for purpose in terms of administrative capacity.
Amendment 676 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 4 4. Member States shall set out the detailed actions relating to the fulfilment of ex ante conditionalities, including the timetable for their implementation, in the relevant programmes. With regards to the implementation of plans or strategies under the thematic objectives 4, 5 and 6, Member States shall consider integrated projects in the field of climate and environment as a potential model for an efficient, coherent and well coordinated implementation.
Amendment 685 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 5 5. The Commission shall assess the information provided on the fulfilment of ex ante conditionalities in the framework of its assessment of the Partnership Contract and programmes. It may decide, when adopting a programme, to suspend all or part of interim payments to the programme pending the satisfactory completion of actions to fulfil an ex ante conditionality. In its decision making the Commission should pay close attention to the economic and social consequences of the suspending decision. The failure to complete actions to fulfil an ex ante conditionality by the deadline set out in the programme
Amendment 698 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 18 – paragraph 1 Amendment 714 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 20 – paragraph 1 Amendment 734 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 21 – paragraph 7 7. When deciding to suspend part or all of the payments or commitments in accordance with paragraphs 5 and 6 respectively, the Commission shall ensure that the suspension is proportionate and effective, taking into account the economic and social circumstances of the Member State concerned, and respects equality of treatment between Member States, in particular with regard to the impact of the suspension on the economy of the Member State concerned.The suspension should in no way prejudice the economic and financial interest of beneficiaries and proper implementation of projects in the Member States concerned;
Amendment 742 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 23 – paragraph 2 2. Programmes shall be drawn up by Member States or any authority designated by them, in cooperation with the partners.Member States shall ensure that the partners are represented in the drafting teams of programmes, as well as project selection teams. Partners shall be delegated to each of these teams through transparent processes respected by and independent from any governance entity of the Member States. The rules of operation, the list of members, including names of individuals, and the adopted minutes of team meetings shall be made public. The programmes shall undergo public consultation prior to their submission to the Commission;
Amendment 744 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 23 – paragraph 2 2. Programmes shall be drawn up by Member States or any authority designated by them, in cooperation with the partners as referred to in Article 5.
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Amendment 796 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 28 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) focused on specific sub-regional territories defined by the Member States in accordance with their specific territorial units, after consultation with all the partners referred to Article 5;
Amendment 797 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 28 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) community-led, by local authorities in partnership with local actors, as local action groups composed of representatives of public and private local socio-economic interests, where at the decision-making level neither the public sector nor any single interest group shall represent more than 49 % of the voting rights;
Amendment 810 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) the definition of the area and population covered by the strategy depending of the functionality of local territories and urban - rural links;
Amendment 821 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 29 – paragraph 3 3. Local development strategies shall be selected by a committee set up for this purpose by the relevant managing authorities of the programmes
Amendment 831 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 30 – paragraph 2 2. The managing authority shall ensure that the local action groups either select one
Amendment 834 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 30 – paragraph 3 – point a (a) building the capacity of local actors to develop and implement operations and actively foster the uptake of Project and Programme Management capabilities and skills among them;
Amendment 835 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 30 – paragraph 3 – point b (b) drawing up a non-discriminatory and transparent selection procedure and criteria for the selection of operations, which avoid conflicts of interest, that shall ensure that at least 50% of the votes in selection decisions are from the non-public sector partners (private and association), providing for the possibility of appeal against selection decisions and allowing selection by written procedure;
Amendment 923 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 40 – paragraph 1 1. The managing authority shall send to the Commission a specific report covering the operations comprising financial instruments as an annex to the annual implementation report in order to prevent duplication and additional administrative burden.
Amendment 933 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 41 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new) The rules of operation, the list of members, including names of individuals, the agenda of monitoring committee meetings and the adopted minutes of meetings shall be made public;
Amendment 936 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 42 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 The monitoring committee shall be composed of representatives of the managing authority and intermediate bodies and of representatives of the partners. Partners shall be delegated to each of these committees through transparent processes respected by and independent from any governance entity of the Member States. Each member of the monitoring committee shall have a voting right.
Amendment 950 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 43 – paragraph 4 4. The monitoring committee may issue recommendations to the managing authority regarding implementation of the programme and
Amendment 952 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 43 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new) The monitoring committee shall approve the annual report on the implementation of the programmes.
Amendment 957 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 44 – paragraph 2 2. Annual implementation reports shall set out information on implementation of the programme and its priorities by reference to the financial data, common and programme-specific indicators and quantified target values, including changes in result indicators, and the milestones defined in the performance framework. The data transmitted shall relate to values for indicators for fully implemented operations and also for selected operations. They shall also set out actions taken to fulfil the ex-ante conditionalities, the simplification of the administrative procedures and any issues which affect the performance of the programme, and the corrective measures taken.
Amendment 968 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 44 – paragraph 7 7. The Commission may issue recommendations to address any issues which affect the implementation of the programme including its Programme and Project Management. Where such recommendations are made, the managing authority shall inform the Commission within three months of the corrective measures taken.
Amendment 972 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 44 – paragraph 8 8. A citizen's summary of the contents of the annual and the final implementation reports and the full reports themselves shall be made public.
Amendment 985 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 46 – paragraph 2 – point f (f) actions taken to reinforce the capacity of the Member State authorities and, where appropriate, beneficiaries to administer and use the CSF Funds, including the recommendation for the uptake of Programme and project Management training to international standards in order to improve administrative capacity;
Amendment 991 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 46 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new) The Project and Programme Management performance of the partners referred to in Article 5 in the implementation of the Partnership Contract;
Amendment 1004 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 47 – paragraph 3 3. Evaluations shall be carried out by experts that are functionally independent of the authorities responsible for programme implementation. Expert team carrying out the evaluations shall involve partners delegated through transparent processes respected by and independent from any governance entity of the member State. The Commission shall provide guidance on how to carry out evaluations.
Amendment 1018 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 48 – paragraph 3 – point i (i) the adequacy of human resources and administrative capacity for management of the programme with an evaluation of their Project and programme Management competency;
Amendment 1026 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 48 – paragraph 3 – point m – point i (new) i) Measures taken to involve partners referred to article 5, including economic and social partners, as well as measures aimed to simplify the administrative procedures;
Amendment 1028 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 48 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new) whether the programme is fit for purpose according to international standards of project and Programme Management assessment criteria;
Amendment 1040 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 51 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point i a (new) (i a) setting up national and regional amicable dispute resolution system arising from different interpretations of texts, conflicts related to audits, checks and payment terms, in general, all measures arising from differences between the beneficiaries;
Amendment 1041 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 51 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point j – point i (new) (i) Information as well as initial and continuous training of the partners and beneficiaries/project managers and administrators of projects mentioned in article 5;
Amendment 1042 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 51 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point j a (new) (j a) The recommendation for and, provision thereof, of Project and Programme Management training to strengthen administrative capacity building;
Amendment 1046 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 52 – paragraph 1 1. At the initiative of a Member State, the CSF Funds may support actions for preparation, management, monitoring, evaluation, information and communication, networking, complaint resolution, and control and audit. The CSF Funds may be used by the Member State to support actions for the reduction of administrative burden for beneficiaries, including electronic data exchange systems, and actions to reinforce the capacity of Member State authorities, partners according to article 5 notably economic and social partners and beneficiaries to administer and use the CSF Funds. These actions may concern preceding and subsequent programming periods.
Amendment 1050 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 52 – paragraph 1 1. At the initiative of a Member State, the CSF Funds may support actions for preparation, management, monitoring, evaluation, information and communication, networking, complaint resolution, and control and audit. The CSF Funds may be used by the Member State to support actions for the reduction of administrative burden for beneficiaries, including electronic data exchange systems, and actions to reinforce the capacity of Member State authorities, partners and beneficiaries to administer and use the CSF Funds. These actions may concern preceding and subsequent programming periods.
Amendment 1056 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 54 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a Amendment 1059 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 54 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 Amendment 1065 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 55 – paragraph 1 1. The eligibility of expenditure shall be determined on the basis of national rules, except where specific rules are laid down in or on the basis of this Regulation or the Fund-specific rules. Rules on eligibility of expenditure guarantee an equality of treatment between PPP projects and projects under a public management contract.
Amendment 1072 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 55 – paragraph 8 – point 1 (new) (1) The support given through a region must be fully repaid in case of relocation of the beneficiary in another region, Member State or outside the EU;
Amendment 1074 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 57 – paragraph 1 – point c (c) lump sums not exceeding EUR
Amendment 1107 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 61 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b (b) a change in ownership of an item of infrastructure which gives to a firm or a public body an undue advantage, except when the exploitation or the ownership of infrastructures co-financed with Structural Funds is transferred to an operator in the framework of a competitive bid complying with EU law; or
Amendment 1116 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 63 – paragraph 3 3. Member States shall establish and implement a procedure
Amendment 1135 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 65 – paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Audits and controls are conducted in accordance with the principle of "Only one" of SBA and must be proportionate to the amount of state aid allocated to an operation and its degree of risk. It is up to the Coordinating Committee of the funds of article 143 to define the application rules;
Amendment 1141 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 66 – paragraph 4 a (new) The provisions of Chapter I and II shall not, in any way, impede the full payment of the amounts of date aid due to the beneficiary or adversely affect its economic and financial interests of the successful completition of the project;
Amendment 1144 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 67 – paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. The beneficiaries cannot be required to advance a part of public funds: Member States must provide the financing of the operation as well as interim payments before the launch of the initial phase and follow-up phases on time to avoid unwarranted interruption of the operation;
Amendment 1145 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 67 – paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Late payments to beneficiaries due to non compliance with deadlines in the texts or delay in processing cases will be subject to payment of default interest under EU law relating to payment terms;
Amendment 1146 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 67 – paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Recognised beneficiaries, the representative intermediary organisations that can provide non bank guarantees, those who have already taken action through public funding, are not required to provide bank guarantee.In any event, managing authorities should reduce the use of bank guarantees and preferre other forms of guarantee. The structures of dispite resolution under article 63.3 are empowered to handle complaints in this area.
Amendment 1152 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 72 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. The beneficiaries can choose to only commit the operation connected to the implementation of the program after reception of the pre-financing or any commitment of the managing authority setting an imperative deadline for the payment;
Amendment 1154 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 74 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. The payment deadline for an interim payment claim may be interrupted by the authorising officer by delegation within the meaning of the Financial Regulation for a maximum period of
Amendment 1208 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 82 – paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. 6 In 2015, the Commission shall review the eligibility of Regions under the various categories referred to in point 2. Those regions where, due to the recession, the GDP per capita has fallen by at least 5% between the above reference period and the period 2010 to 2012 will benefit from supplementary funding corresponding to their new situation.
Amendment 1227 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e (e)
Amendment 1231 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new) (e a) f) XXX€ as additional funding for the NUTS level 2 regions fulfillingthe criteria laid down in Article 2 of Protocol No 6 to the Treaty of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden.
Amendment 1233 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e b (new) (e b) XXX€ as additional funding , to be allocated to areas beset bypermanent and severe geographic handicaps in the framework of Operational Programmes undertaken under article 10 of the ERDF Regulation; such areas being those defined by Article 111§4, excluding those already mentioned above under e) and f).
Amendment 1247 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 2 – point a (a) eligible population, regional prosperity, national prosperity, territorial criteria ( slope, altitude, climate) and unemployment rate for less developed regions and transition regions;
Amendment 1257 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 2 – point b (b) eligible population, regional prosperity, unemployment rate, employment rate, educational level, territorial criteria ( slope, altitude, climate) and population density for more developed regions;
Amendment 1267 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 2 – point c (c) population, national prosperity, territorail criteria (slope, altitude, climate) and surface area for the Cohesion Fund.
Amendment 1299 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4 Support from the Cohesion Fund under the Connecting Europe Facility shall be implemented in accordance with Article [13] of Regulation (EU) […]/2012 on establishing the Connecting Europe Facility35
Amendment 1308 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 6 Amendment 1322 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 85 – paragraph 1 1. The total appropriations allocated to each Member State in respect of less developed regions, transition regions and more developed regions shall not be transferable between each of those categories of regions
Amendment 1365 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – point i (i) the mechanisms that ensure coordination between the Funds, the EAFRD, the EMFF and other Union and national funding instruments, especially where those provide for a structured cooperation such as the LIFE programme, and with the EIB;
Amendment 1368 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – point i a (new) (i a) the arrangement of cooperation on environmental and climate priorities between different sectoral administrations on national and regional level, leading to, first, the identification of areas in which activities that complement integrated projects in the environment and climate field could be envisaged and, second, the determination of funding areas where the use of solutions, methods and approaches validated under the LIFE programme can be beneficial;
Amendment 1388 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point d (d) the contribution to the integrated approach set out in the Partnership Contract to address the regional demographic challenges and the specific needs of geographical areas most affected by poverty or target groups at highest risk of discrimination or exclusion, with special regard to marginalised communities, and the indicative financial allocation;
Amendment 1396 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point f – point i (i) the planned use of technical assistance including actions to reinforce the administrative capacity of authorities, the partners and beneficiaries with the relevant information referred to in paragraph 2 (b) for the priority axis concerned;
source: PE-491.054
2012/05/30
EMPL
18 amendments...
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 11 (11) In the context of its effort to increase economic, territorial and social cohesion, the Union should, at all stages of implementation of the CSF Funds, aim at eliminating inequalities and promoting equality between men and women, as well as combating discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation as set out in Article 2 of the Treaty on the European Union, Article 10 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Article. 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights.
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 17 (17) Member States should concentrate support to ensure a significant contribution to the achievement of Union objectives in line with their specific national and regional development needs. Ex ante conditionalities should be defined to ensure that the necessary framework conditions for the effective use of Union support are in place. The fulfilment of those ex ante conditionalities should be assessed by the Commission in the framework of its assessment of the Partnership Contract and programmes. In cases where there is a failure to fulfil an ex ante conditionality, the Commission should have the power to suspend payments to the programme, in accordance with the Fund-specific rules.
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 58 Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 2 2. In accordance with the multi-level governance approach and with the Partnership Contract, as referred to in paragraph 1, the partners shall be involved by Member States in the preparation of Partnership Contracts and progress reports and in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programmes.
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 7 – paragraph 1 The Member States and the Commission shall ensure that equality between men and women and the integration of gender perspective is promoted in the preparation
Amendment 181 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 8 (8) promoting employment, supporting the SMEs in creating new sustainable and decent jobs and supporting labour mobility;
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 10 (10) investing in education, vocational training, skills and lifelong learning;
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 5 5. The Commission shall assess the information provided on the fulfilment of ex ante conditionalities in the framework of its assessment of the Partnership Contract and programmes. It may decide, when adopting a programme, to suspend all or part of interim payments to the programme pending the satisfactory completion of actions to fulfil an ex ante conditionality. The failure to complete actions to fulfil an ex ante conditionality by the deadline set out in the programme
Amendment 241 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 18 – paragraph 1 Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 20 – paragraph 1 Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part On the request of a Member State, interim payments and payments of the final balance may be increased by 1
Amendment 265 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 23 – paragraph 2 2. Programmes shall be drawn up by Member States or any authority designated by them, in cooperation with the partners, as referred to in Article 5.
Amendment 280 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 2 – article 28 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) focused on specific sub-regional territories defined by Member States in accordance with their specific territorial units after consultation with all the partners referred to in Article 5;
Amendment 378 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 6 Amendment 406 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point d (d) the contribution to the integrated approach set out in the Partnership Contract to address the regional demographic challenges and specific needs of geographical areas most affected by poverty or target groups at highest risk of discrimination or exclusion, with special regard to marginalised communities, and the indicative financial allocation;
Amendment 448 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 101 – paragraph 3 – point i (i) progress in the implementation of measures to address the regional demographic challenges and the specific needs of geographical areas most affected by poverty or of target groups at highest risk of discrimination or exclusion, with special regard to marginalised communities including, where appropriate, the financial resources used;
Amendment 506 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.2 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 1 – sub-indent 2 - increase higher education participation among low income groups and other under-represented groups, specially the groups that are most vulnerable.
Amendment 530 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex IV – General ex-ante conditionalities – point 2 – column 2 The existence of a strategy for the promotion of gender equality and a mechanism which ensures its effective implementation through gender mainstreaming specific actions.
source: PE-489.560
2012/06/06
REGI
20 amendments...
Amendment 1443 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 91 – paragraph 1 – – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new) (a a) the description of the way, extent and result of the involvement of partners in the preparation of the major projects;
Amendment 1444 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 91 – paragraph 1 – – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new) (b a) a description of the public consultation process proposed for the development and implementation of the major project;
Amendment 1445 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 91 – paragraph 1 – – subparagraph 1 – point i a (new) (i a) a description of the way, extend and result of the involvement of partners in the decision on the major project
Amendment 1448 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 91 – paragraph 1 – – subparagraph 1 – point i b (new) (i b) a description of the public consultation process proposed for the development and implementation of the major projects
Amendment 1480 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 95 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point c a (new) (c a) A state of play of measures taken to associate the partners in the setting up of the common action plan and their role in the implementation, follow-up and evaluation;
Amendment 1525 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 101 – paragraph 3 – point a (a) progress in implementation of the integrated approach to territorial development, including development of territories facing permanent or severe demographic and natural handicaps, sustainable urban development, and community-led local development under the operational programme;
Amendment 1535 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 101 – paragraph 3 – point i (i) progress in the implementation of measures to address the regional demographic challenges and the specific needs of geographical areas most affected by permanent or severe demographic and natural handicaps, poverty or of target groups at highest risk of discrimination or exclusion, with special regard to marginalised communities including, where appropriate, the financial resources used;
Amendment 1542 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 101 – paragraph 3 – point j a (new) (j a) Of the implementation of the priorities and the principles of the Small Business Act for Europe;
Amendment 1572 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 105 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. informing the public about the timeline of programming and the expected timing and form of related public consultation processes from the start of the drafting of national reform strategies forming the basis of Partnership Contracts and for updating this timeline at least every two months.
Amendment 1575 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 105 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – indent 1 (new) - Member States shall, on the same website, publish programming documents for public consultation, as well as the observations and comments received from the public, including partners, and the feedback on the observations and comments, including a justification in the case of rejection.
Amendment 1584 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 107 – paragraph 1 1. Each Member State shall designate an information and communication officer to coordinate together with the partners at the relevant level information and communication actions in relation to one or several Funds and shall inform the Commission accordingly.
Amendment 1632 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 111 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a (a) Small island Member States
Amendment 1633 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 111 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c – indent 1 (new) - In such areas, the ceiling of co- financing rates set in Article 110.3 may be increased by 10% up to a maximum ceiling of 80%.
Amendment 1652 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 112 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 a (new) As a general rule, by virtue of the principle "Only once" od the SBA, the beneficiary can be asked to supply only once the necessary information, whatever is the technical support, the authorities of management at the regional, national and European level, whatever is the Fund of the concerned CSC. It is the task of the various management authorities to exchange information beetween them;
Amendment 1653 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 112 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 b (new) The Commission shall adopt, by means of implementing acts and after consultation of member states and European representatives of the partners art 5, the precise and not exhaustive list of the due technical, administrative and accounting parts for all the funds, as well as the specific parts for every fund.
Amendment 1654 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 112 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 c (new) A Member State or regional authority may, for reasons of national specificities, request additional pieces with authorisation of the Monitoring Committee. For the information of the recipient, the list of additional parts must be attached to the Agreement of National Partnership Contract and in some cases to the operational programmes concerned. This list is subject to an assessment by the Commission as part of the approval process of the Partnership Agreement and, where applicable, of the operational programmes.
Amendment 1658 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 113 – paragraph 1 1. The Member State shall designate, for each operational programme, a national, multi-regional, regional or local public authority or body as managing authority. The same public authority or body may be designated as a managing authority for more than one operational programme.
Amendment 1672 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 114 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new) (e a) Take active measures to ensure that its own staff as well as those working inside the intermediate bodies are fully competent in Programme and Project Management terms and provide the necessary training according to international standards to correct and deficiency identified by the managing authority;
Amendment 1722 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 126 – paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. The initial pre-financing and the intermediate payments have to reach the beneficiaries before the commitment of the program or the following phase, securing that the deadlines of payment cause no delay in the realization of the program and that the beneficiary does not have to make the advance of the public financing;
Amendment 1747 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 133 – paragraph 2 – point 1 (new) (1) The beneficiary has to receive the entire final payment of the balance within the deadlines and on the conditions fixed by the European late payment Directive;
source: PE-491.057
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2011/0437(COD) Award of concession contracts
2012/07/19
EMPL
7 amendments...
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 28 (28) The technical specifications drawn up by contracting authorities and contracting entities need to allow concession award to be opened up to competition. To that end, it must be possible to submit tenders that reflect the diversity of technical solutions so as to obtain a sufficient level of competition. Consequently, technical specifications should be drafted and applied in conformity with the principles of transparency and non-discrimination and in such a way to avoid artificially narrowing down competition through requirements that favour a specific economic operator by mirroring key characteristics of the supplies, services or works habitually offered by that economic operator. Drawing up the technical specifications in terms of functional and performance requirements generally allows this objective to be achieved in the best way possible and favours innovation. Where reference is made to a European standard or, in the absence thereof, to a national standard, tenders based on equivalent arrangements should be considered by contracting authorities or contracting entities. To demonstrate equivalence, tenderers can be required to provide third-
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a directive Article 20 – paragraph 1 Member States may reserve the right to participate in concession award procedures
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a directive Article 20 – paragraph 1 a (new) (a) sheltered workshops, or provide for such contracts to be performed in the context of sheltered employment programmes, provided that the majority of the employees concerned are disabled persons who, by reason of the nature or the seriousness of their disabilities, cannot carry on occupations under normal conditions or easily find employment on the ordinary market;
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a directive Article 20 – paragraph 1 b (new) (b) the enterprises and programmes whose main aim is social and professional integration of disadvantaged workers, provided that more than 30% of the employees of those economic operators or programmes are disabled or disadvantaged workers.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a directive Article 22 – paragraph 2 2. However, legal persons may be required to indicate in the tender or the application, the
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a directive Article 22 – paragraph 3 3. Groups of economic operators may submit tenders or put themselves forward as candidates. Groups of economic operators, particularly small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs), may take the form of a consortium of enterprises.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a directive Article 40 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part Where contracting authorities assess the costs using a life-cycle costing approach, they shall indicate in the concession award documents the methodology used for the calculation of the life-cycle costs. The methodology used must be simplified in order to be accessible for SMEs and it must fulfil all of the following conditions:
source: PE-492.772
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2011/0438(COD) Public procurement
2012/06/20
EMPL
32 amendments...
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 2 (2) Public procurement plays a key role in the Europe 2020 strategy as one of the market-based instruments to be used to achieve a smart, sustainable and inclusive growth while ensuring the most efficient use of public funds. For that purpose, the current public procurement rules adopted pursuant to Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors and Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts have to be revised and modernised in order to increase the efficiency of public spending, facilitating in particular the participation of small and medium-sized enterprises in public procurement and to enable procurers to make better use of public procurement in support of common societal goals, leading to creation of new sustainable jobs. There is also a need to clarify basic notions and concepts to ensure better legal certainty and to incorporate certain aspects of related well-established case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 11 (11) Other categories of services continue by their very nature to have a limited cross- border dimension, namely what are known as services to the person, such as certain social, health and educational services. These services are provided within a particular context that varies widely amongst Member States, due to different cultural traditions.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 19 (19) Electronic means of information and communication can greatly simplify the publication of contracts and increase the efficiency and transparency of procurement processes.
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 27 (27) The technical specifications drawn up by public purchasers need to allow public procurement to be opened up to competition. To that end, it must be possible to submit tenders that reflect the diversity of technical solutions so as to obtain a sufficient level of competition. Consequently, technical specifications should be drafted
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 28 (28) Contracting authorities that wish to purchase works, supplies or services with specific environmental, social or other characteristics should be able to refer to particular labels, such as the European Eco-label, (multi-)national eco-labels or any other label provided that the requirements for the label are linked to the subject-matter of the contract, such as the description of the product and its presentation, including packaging requirements. It is furthermore essential that these requirements are drawn up and adopted on the basis of objectively verifiable criteria, using a procedure in which stakeholders, such as government bodies, consumers, manufacturers, distributors, social organisations and environmental organisations, can participate, and that the label is accessible and available to all interested parties.
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 34 (34) Public contracts should not be awarded to economic operators that have participated in a criminal organisation or have been found guilty of corruption, fraud to the detriment of the Union's financial interests or money laundering. Non- payment of taxes or social security contributions should also be sanctioned by mandatory exclusion at the level of the Union. Furthermore, contracting authorities should be given the possibility to exclude candidates or tenderers for violations of environmental or social obligations, including rules on accessibility for disabled persons, health and safety at work rules or other forms of grave professional misconduct, such as violations of competition rules or of intellectual property rights.
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 38 (38) Where contracting authorities choose to award a contract to the most economically advantageous tender, they must determine the award criteria on the basis of which they will assess tenders in order to identify which one offers the best value for money, economic and social sustainability. The determination of these criteria depends on the subject-matter of the contract since they must allow the level of performance offered by each tender to be assessed in the light of the subject- matter of the contract, as defined in the technical specifications, and the value for money of each tender to be measured. Furthermore, the chosen award criteria should not confer an unrestricted freedom of choice on the contracting authority and they should ensure the possibility of effective competition and be accompanied by requirements that allow the information provided by the tenderers to be effectively verified.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 43 (43) Contract performance conditions are compatible with this Directive provided that they are not directly or indirectly discriminatory, are linked to the subject- matter of the contract and are indicated in the contract notice, the prior information notice used as a means of calling for competition or the procurement documents. They may, in particular, be intended to favour on-site vocational training, the employment of people experiencing particular difficulty in achieving integration, the fight against unemployment, protection of the environment or animal welfare. For instance, mention may be made, amongst other things, of the requirements - applicable during performance of the contract - to recruit long-term job-seekers, unemployed young persons, persons with disabilities, women or to implement training measures for the unemployed or young persons, to comply in substance with fundamental International Labour Organisation (ILO) Conventions, even where such Conventions have not been implemented in national law, and to recruit more disadvantaged persons than are required under national legislation.
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 47 (47) In line with the principles of equal treatment, objectivity and transparency, the successful tenderer should not be replaced by another economic operator without reopening the contract to competition. However, the successful tenderer performing the contract may undergo certain structural changes during the performance of the contract, such as purely internal reorganisations, mergers and acquisitions or insolvency. Such structural changes should not automatically require new procurement procedures for all public contracts performed by that undertaking.
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 51 (51) Not all contracting authorities may have the internal expertise to deal with economically or technically complex contracts. Against this background, appropriate professional support would be an effective complement to monitoring and control activities. On the one hand, this objective can be achieved by knowledge sharing tools (knowledge centres) offering technical assistance to contracting authorities; on the other hand, business,
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 22 (22) ‘life cycle’ means all consecutive and/or interlinked stages, including production, transport, installation, use and maintenance, throughout the existence of a product or a works or the provision of a service, from raw material acquisition or generation of resources to disposal, clearance and finalisation;
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a directive Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 However, in the case of public service and public works contracts as well as public supply contracts covering in addition services or siting and installation operations, legal persons may be required to indicate, in the tender or the request to participate
Amendment 208 #
Proposal for a directive Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 Groups of economic operators may submit tenders or put themselves forward as candidates. Groups of economic operators, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises, may take the form of a consortium of enterprises. Contracting authorities shall not establish specific conditions for participation of such groups in procurement procedures which are not imposed on individual candidates. In order to submit a tender or a request to participate, those groups shall not be required by the contracting authorities to assume a specific legal form.
Amendment 209 #
Proposal for a directive Article 17 – paragraph 1 Member States may reserve the right to participate in public procurement procedures
Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a directive Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a (new) (a) sheltered workshops, or provide for such contracts to be performed in the context of sheltered employment programmes, provided that the majority of the employees concerned are disabled persons who, by reason of the nature or the seriousness of their disabilities, cannot carry on occupations under normal conditions or easily find employment on the ordinary market;
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a directive Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b (new) (b) social enterprises programmes whose main aim is the social and professional integration of disadvantaged workers, provided that more than 30% of the employees of those economic operators or programmes are disabled or disadvantaged workers.
Amendment 214 #
Proposal for a directive Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. The protection of the intellectual property of the tenderers should be ensured.
Amendment 216 #
Proposal for a directive Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. The contracting entity shall not use in other competitive procedures the information forwarded to it by economic operators during a precedent competitive procedure.
Amendment 238 #
Proposal for a directive Article 29 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 Only those economic operators invited by the contracting authority following its assessment of the requested information may submit research and innovation projects aimed at meeting the needs identified by the contracting authority that cannot be met by existing solutions. The contract shall be awarded on the sole basis of the award criterion of the most economically advantageous tender in accordance with Article 66(1)(a) and Article 66(2).
Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a directive Article 40 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 For all procurement the subject of which is intended for use by persons, whether general public or staff of the contracting authority, those technical specifications shall
Amendment 258 #
Proposal for a directive Article 41 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c (c) the labels are established in an open and transparent procedure in which all stakeholders, including government bodies, consumers, manufacturers, distributors, social organisations and environmental organisations, may participate
Amendment 263 #
Proposal for a directive Article 43 – paragraph 1 1. Contracting authorities
Amendment 265 #
Proposal for a directive Article 43 – paragraph 2 2. Contracting authorities
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a directive Article 43 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 In procedures for awarding public supply or service contracts, contracting authorities
Amendment 311 #
Proposal for a directive Article 67 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part Where contracting authorities assess the costs using a life-cycle costing approach, they shall indicate in the procurement documents the methodology used for the calculation of the life-cycle costs. The methodology used must be simplified in order to be accessible for SMEs and it must fulfil all of the following conditions:
Amendment 328 #
Proposal for a directive Article 69 – paragraph 3 – point d (d) compliance, at least in an equivalent manner, with obligations established by Union and national legislation in the field of social and labour law or environmental law or of the international social and environmental law provisions listed in Annex XI or, where not applicable, with other provisions ensuring an equivalent level of protection;
Amendment 331 #
Proposal for a directive Article 69 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 The contracting authority shall verify the information provided by consulting the tenderer. It may only reject the tender where the evidence does not justify the low level of price or costs charged, taking into account the elements referred to in paragraph 3, or when the received justification is not sufficient.
Amendment 333 #
Proposal for a directive Article 69 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 Contracting authorities shall reject the tender, where they have established that the tender is abnormally low because it does not comply with obligations established by Union and national legislation in the field of social and labour law or environmental law or by the international social and environmental law provisions listed in Annex XI.
Amendment 354 #
Proposal for a directive Article 76 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall put in place appropriate procedures for the award of contracts subject to this Chapter, ensuring full compliance with the principles of transparency, non-discrimination and equal treatment of economic operators and allowing contracting authorities to take into account the specificities of the services in question.
Amendment 355 #
Proposal for a directive Article 76 – paragraph 2 2. Member States shall ensure that contracting authorities may take into account the need to ensure a high level of quality, continuity, accessibility, availability and comprehensiveness of the services, the specific needs of different categories of users, including disadvantages and vulnerable groups, the necessity to promote the participation of SMEs, the involvement and empowerment of users and innovation. Member States may also provide that the choice of the service provider shall not be made solely on the basis of the price for the provision of the service.
Amendment 362 #
Proposal for a directive Article 84 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point f (f) examining complaints from citizens and businesses and from professional associations or similar bodies on the application of public procurement rules in specific cases and transmitting the analysis to the competent contracting authorities, which shall have the obligation to take it into account in their decisions or, where the analysis is not followed, to explain the reasons for disregarding it;
Amendment 363 #
Proposal for a directive Article 84 – paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. The annual report should also include an annual comparison between the prices submitted and the actual cost of contracts that have already been performed and the potential influence over the number of staff employed by suppliers.
source: PE-491.021
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2011/0439(COD) Procurement in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors
2012/05/07
EMPL
1 amendments...
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a directive Article 54 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 For all procurement, the subject of which is intended for use by persons, whether general public or staff of the contracting entity, those technical specifications shall
source: PE-492.841
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2011/2035(INI) EC 5th Cohesion Report and Strategy for the post-2013 Cohesion Policy
2011/04/20
REGI
8 amendments...
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Sees the achievement of European objectives in accordance with the principle of multi-level governance as one of the major advantages of cohesion policy and thus as a form of added value in itself; calls for this partnership principle to be further strengthened; the new regulation should allow local and regional authorities to take part at the decision-making implementation, monitoring and evaluation process;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Recognises the special needs of regions particularly disadvantaged by virtue of their geographical situation or natural environment; reiterates its call to Member States for special forms of preference to continue to apply in respect of those types of region, mentioned in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which are particularly disadvantaged (outermost regions, northernmost regions with very low population density and island, mountain and cross-border regions);
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9.
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11.
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Calls, in the interests of efficiency, for the elimination or merger of funds relevant to both regional development and cohesion; recommends that the Globalisation Fund be abandoned as a stand-alone instrument and that appropriate provision for its functions be included in the Social Fund without overall impact in the cohesion heading within the EU budget; calls for consideration of whether a merger of the Cohesion Fund and the Regional Development Fund would be compatible with the European Treaties; points out that, as a rule, monies from the Regional Development Fund and the Cohesion Fund are spent on the same types of project;
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 33. Calls for the mandatory involvement of federal Länder, the local and region
Amendment 540 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 56 Amendment 548 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 56 a (new) 56a. Considers that the automatic decommitment rule should be adapted to the additional administrative burden required by the new provisions related to strategic programming, results based orientation and ex ante conditionality;
source: PE-462.896
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2011/2048(INI) Modernisation of public procurement
2011/05/31
REGI
3 amendments...
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Considers that in order to harmonise the legal framework on public procurement, the Commission needs to propose to the Member States a single standardised model;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the Member States to give priority to electronic forms of public procurement, in order to ensure transparent procedures;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Believes that price should not be, as it has been until now, a criterion influencing the quality of the services procured.
source: PE-466.987
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2011/2051(INI) CAP towards 2020: meeting the food, natural resources and territorial challenges of the future
2011/03/25
REGI
4 amendments...
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Takes the view that Europe and its regions need a new, strong CAP that will boost development and improve competitiveness on the international market, will be more market-oriented and will take account of public goods including food security, biodiversity conservation, sound water and forest management and sustainable development based on education and knowledge, as well as driving cohesion; Stresses the need to establish a balance between the environment and rural development provisions;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that the direct payments scheme should be retained in order to continue to ensure competitiveness, economic stability, decent farm incomes and the sustainable development of the EU farm sector, as well as EU food and environmental security, thus ensuring that other policies and strategies, including the Europe 2020 strategy, may be properly implemented; considers, in this connection, that objective and transparent criteria need to be drawn up to ensure the provision of an appropriate level of direct support throughout the EU and to move away from the criteria used to date for allocating funding under the direct payments scheme; Underlines the importance of adapting the system of funds allocations and criteria used for direct payments to the farmer’s needs;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to improve the assistance and counselling services for local and regional farmers in order to help them better identify their priorities and evaluate their own agricultural exploitations’ performances;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Points out that the current rules for the allocation of second-pillar funding were agreed on the basis of the cohesion criterion, i.e. the agricultural and rural development disparities existing between individual Member States and regions; believes, in view of the fact that those disparities
source: PE-462.564
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2011/2052(INI) European Platform against poverty and social exclusion
2011/06/14
CULT
2 amendments...
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to set up the basis for the creation and development of policies that would allow for an early identification of those most likely to be affected by school drop-out;
source: PE-464.995
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2011/2067(INI) Agenda for new skills and jobs
2011/06/15
CULT
3 amendments...
Amendment 13 #
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 and cooperation between employers and education institutions, using specific mechanisms, in order to identify the needs of the labour market, is essential;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that universities can play a key role in the regional economies of Member States and that universities are unique places where innovation, education and research come together and can lead to job creation; points out that a strong cooperation between universities, regions, governments and businesses is fundamental and must be enhanced;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Acknowledges that higher education systems have the potential to prepare people for the world of work: for instance, SMEs with no R&D facilities can benefit from university research resources and expertise, and SMEs can offer students internships and employment opportunities; calls, therefore, for closer cooperation between higher education institutions and SMEs, while also focusing on entrepreneurship and on offering students the opportunity to acquire entrepreneurial skills.
source: PE-467.090
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2011/2088(INI) Tackling early school leaving
2011/07/19
CULT
4 amendments...
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to create and develop policies that would allow for an early identification of those that are most likely to be affected by early school leaving;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Notes that students must be made aware of the range of career options open to them and suggests that schools forge partnerships with local companies and organisations, enabling students to meet professionals from different fields and also to learn more about entrepreneurship;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Stresses the importance of varied educational pathways for students, combining academic and vocational skills training, and calls on schools, where possible, to match educational programmes with labour market demand and to focus on giving students the opportunity to acquire entrepreneurial skills from an early stage;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Calls on Member States to take steps to raise the status of vocational qualifications, while also strengthening the cooperation between vocational institutions and businesses, so that they are seen as a viable option for students of all abilities;
source: PE-467.197
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2011/2194(INI) Review of the 6th Environment Action Programme and the setting of priorities for the 7th Environment Action Programme
2012/03/02
REGI
3 amendments...
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. believes that it is particularly important to improve cooperation between national, local and regional authorities and to encourage public-private partnerships for better application of the body of EU law on waste management; calls on the Member States to strengthen the role of regional and local authorities in programme management and implementation; recommends the adoption of the local development methodology based on local partnerships, in particular for projects related to urban, rural and cross-border issues; stresses the need for close collaboration with universities and researchers for the rapid design of innovative technologies that make waste recycling possible;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. recommends that an equitable balance is found between the need to combat climate change and the Seventh Environment Action Programme, so the European Union can achieve its targets
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. recognises that the integration of environmental policies must be guaranteed in all sectoral policies, an important role incumbent on local and regional authorities; underlines the importance of ensuring the involvement of territorial authorities, on an equal footing with the national representatives, in both the conception and decision-making process for the design and implementation of policies, in order to achieve the EU objectives, while always respecting the different national constitutional assets; stresses the importance of the correlation between specific features at local and regional levels and the strategies required to implement these policies;
source: PE-480.766
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2011/2195(INI) Role of Cohesion Policy in the outermost regions of the European Union in the context of EU 2020
2012/06/03
REGI
3 amendments...
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14.
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Points to the role of the ORs as EU borders EU with the rest of the world and advocates for the need to use an approach that recognises
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Points out that other EU regions can cho
source: PE-483.761
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2011/2201(DEC) 2010 discharge: EU general budget, Section III, Commission
2012/02/02
REGI
3 amendments...
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes that the non-compliance with both public procurement rules and eligibility rules accounts for a high proportion of the estimated error rate (31 % and 43 %, respectively); notes in this context the recommendation of the Court of Auditors to identify areas for further simplification; underlines the need for the Commission to simplify the rules in order to ensure more user-friendly procedures and not to discourage potential beneficiaries from participating in projects; calls on the Member States to simplify their national provisions, which very often add an administrative burden not required by the Union rules;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Regrets the deficiencies in the financial engineering instruments' implementation, namely in respect of the lack of compliance with regulatory requirements in making the contribution from the operational programmes to the funds implementing such instruments, as well as deficient reporting and verification requirements in force; notes that the potential of the financial engineering instruments should be further developed so to allow the development of qualitative strategic projects and the participation of private actors, especially SMEs, and capital into European projects; calls on the Commission to simplify these instruments' rules, as their current complexity limits their use;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes that in a great number of transactions affected by error Member States' authorities had sufficient information to detect and apply corrective measures prior to certification
source: PE-480.806
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2011/2288(INI) Attractiveness of investing in Europe
2012/03/29
REGI
3 amendments...
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that in most European countries, large firms generate a substantive part of the business sector value added,
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2a (new) 2a. Underlines that a discriminatory approach towards large enterprises could impede innovation and reduce the competitiveness of other EU companies, SMEs in particular, cutting them from vital global partnerships in collaborative innovation and reducing their access to advanced technology.
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2b (new) 2b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to come up with specific measures in order to support all businesses which create jobs in line with EU 2020, national and regional development strategies and also to ensure that decisions for funding are based on quality of the project and its value for EU, national, regional and local strategies.
source: PE-486.150
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2011/2307(INI) Our life insurance, our natural capital: an EU biodiversity strategy to 2020
2012/02/02
REGI
4 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the Commission Communication on Biodiversity 2020 and notes that climate change, biodiversity loss, threats from invasive species and overconsumption of natural resources are transnational and transregional challenges which affect every EU citizen, whether living in an urban or a rural area, and that urgent action is needed at every level of government: local, regional and national, to mitigate these effects;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Recognises that the ‘green economy’ is a way of generating skills and employment and calls for it to be supported with funding which will help build capacity at a local level and build on local and traditional knowledge in the fight to protect biodiversity; highlights the fact that approximately 30 % of the total allocations for Cohesion Policy for 2007-2013 are available for activities with a particular impact on sustainable growth; encourages Member States and
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recognises the need to promote green infrastructure and eco-innovation in order to create a greener economy; urges the Commission, the Member States, and local and regional authorities to take the Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) study recommendations into account, as this study is intended as a useful advisory tool for local and regional policymakers, administrators and managers; underlines the need to train beneficiaries of the Structural and Cohesion Funds and local and regional governments in dealing with the complex European and national legislation that seeks to protect nature and increase awareness of the importance of biodiversity loss; invites the Commission to put in place technical assistance mechanisms to promote knowledge at regional and local level on implementation-related problems;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to provide support and guidance on biodiversity partnerships in order to increase awareness and determine more possible partners to engage on biodiversity issues through positive action;
source: PE-480.804
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2011/2312(INI) Optimising the role of territorial development in cohesion policy
2012/03/05
EMPL
3 amendments...
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Considers that
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Considers that the territorial approach should be an effective mechanism for supporting SMEs to create new sustainable jobs and to initiate or develop programmes for vocational training;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Calls on the Member States to improve the existing conditions for new entrepreneurs in order to better exploit their high potential for creating new sustainable jobs;
source: PE-488.029
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2012/2004(INI) Social Business Initiative - Creating a favourable climate for social enterprises, key stakeholders in the social economy and innovation
2012/06/06
EMPL
5 amendments...
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises that activities by volunteers constitute an important contribution to welfare organisations and solidarity, and give many people a meaning in life; asks, therefore, for financial and regulatory support on local, national and European level;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Welcomes the Commission's intention to propose a European regulatory framework for social investment funds to facilitate access to the financial markets for social enterprises;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21 a. Stresses the importance of improving analysis, promotion and development of the legal and institutional environment for micro-credits;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Supports the Commission's proposal to set up a multilingual online platform for social enterprises that should, inter alia, enable the exchange of best practices, facilitate information-sharing about access to funding and serve as a network for cross-border cooperation; such online platform should be easily accesible and user-friendly;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 a (new) 30 a. Calls the Member States, local and regional authorities to integrate the social enterprises in pacts for employment and social inclusion initiatives;
source: PE-491.143
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2012/2016(BUD) 2013 budget: mandate for trilogue
2012/04/27
EMPL
2 amendments...
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Members States to target unallocated Structural Funds for improving the existing conditions for new entrepreneurs, in order to better exploit their high potential for creating new, sustainable jobs;
source: PE-487.994
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2012/2042(INI)
2012/05/06
EMPL
5 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Notes that SMEs employ around 75 million people and that 85 % of all new jobs in the EU between 2002 and 2012 were created by SMEs, in particular by new firms;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Notes that SMEs are of crucial importance to the European economy as employers and sources of innovation;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses that is necessary to implement and apply extensive simplification measures, including simplified reimbursement methods, to help SMEs take part in EU funded programmes;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Stresses the need to promote and support SMEs economic activities in foreign markets both inside and outside the EU, in order to create new sustainable jobs;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Notes that costs associated with compliance have a disproportionate effect on SMEs, especially on micro-enterprises and on their capacity to employ and retain staff;
source: PE-491.123
2012/05/23
REGI
5 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Points out that
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the European Council to preserve the cohesion policy budget for the next programming period, as the Structural and Cohesion Funds are among the EU's most effective instruments for creating growth and jobs, increasing competitiveness of the European economy and supporting SMEs; calls on the Member States to encourage the development and the competitiveness of the different types of SMEs and address their particular needs through specific measures that are best suited;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Underlines that the potential of the financial engineering instruments should be further developed so to allow respectively the development of qualitative strategic projects and the participation of private actors, especially SMEs, and capitals into European projects. Their current under-utilisation due to their excessive complexity makes the debate on their governance very urgent;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that the Structural Funds should continue to provide financing to SMEs by means of equity, guarantees and loans, and underlines that complex administrative procedures, especially at national level, as well as significant differences between the provisions applied respectively by managing authorities and intermediate bodies, should be avoided;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls on Member States and on regional and local authorities to apply, on their respective levels, the instruments promoted by the Commission, such as competitiveness proofing, fitness checks and SME tests, in order to guarantee the policies’ overall effectiveness
source: PE-489.601
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2012/2099(INI) Role of EU cohesion policy and their actors in implementing the new European energy policy
2012/11/30
REGI
12 amendments...
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas the European Commission earmarked 20% of EU funds to mitigating climate change;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C b (new) Cb. whereas the revised Energy Efficiency directive failed to set binding targets for Members States;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C c (new) Cc. whereas the achievement of targets set in the Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28/EC are lacking behind in several Members States;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C d (new) Cd. whereas the Member States decreased their support for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency due to the economic slowdown;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C e (new) Ce. whereas the Energy Roadmap 2050 identifies Renewable Energy as playing a major share in the future Energy policy;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Emphasises, in view of the crisis' negative effect of increasing local and regional di
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Believes that the regions of Europe should
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Notes that, while Member States are changing their energy mixes in accordance with the EU's climate goals, many regions are dependent on fossil fuels;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17.
source: PE-501.895
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