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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes the figures given for the EYV 2011 communication campaign in the annexes to the Commission report, and deplores the fact that poor results were achieved ~~because of a lack of financial resources~~;

2013/09/05
Committee: CULT

Lucas HARTONG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Notes that some Member States have implemented the guidelines set out in the ILO Manual on the Measurement of Volunteer Work, and encourages the other Member States to follow suit so that a body of comparable data providing a clear picture of the valuable contribution such work makes to society may be compiled;deleted

2013/09/05
Committee: CULT

Lucas HARTONG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

~~5. Calls for a European statute for voluntary organisations to be adopted in order to help ensure that they are given proper legal and institutional recognition;~~deleted

2013/09/05
Committee: CULT

Lucas HARTONG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

~~8. Believes that skills acquired by young people during volunteer work should be included in the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS);~~deleted

2013/09/05
Committee: CULT

Lucas HARTONG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Reiterates its support for the Commission’s European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps initiative intended to help the EU to respond more effectively to humanitarian crises by providing support for the training, mobilisation and coordination of volunteers for EU humanitarian aid operations;deleted

2013/09/05
Committee: CULT

Lucas HARTONG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Points out that volunteering, which is becoming increasingly common among both young and elderly people, can promotes intergenerational solidarity and possibly fosters active ageing and lifelong civic participation;

2013/09/05
Committee: CULT

Lucas HARTONG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Points out that volunteering can plays a ~~key~~ role in creating human and social capital and promoting social inclusion~~; calls on the Commission to give due recognition to the key contribution that volunteering makes~~, for example in the world of sport;

2013/09/05
Committee: CULT

Lucas HARTONG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

~~12. Highlights the need to ensure continuity between EYV 2011 and subsequent EYVs, as part of efforts to ensure that volunteering is seen as a valuable means of taking an active part in society;~~deleted

2013/09/05
Committee: CULT

Lucas HARTONG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. ~~Calls on the Commission to introduce a volunteering policy worthy of the name and to use the open method of cooperation to foster dialogue and cooperation between stakeholders in the various~~Welcomes the many forms of volunteering policy already existing in the Member States;

2013/09/05
Committee: CULT

Lucas HARTONG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on Member States and the Commission to set up a single point of contact in the form of a service with responsibility for volunteering policy and coordination in this area between Commission departments and the various institutions;deleted

2013/09/05
Committee: CULT

Lucas HARTONG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Stresses the need to set up a centralised EU portal providing a pan- European platform for coordination in this area, which should include a volunteering best practice database and a section on cross-border volunteering, with information about the programmes available, costs and the arrangements for taking part, in order to foster the pooling of information;deleted

2013/09/05
Committee: CULT

Lucas HARTONG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Encourages Member States to continue to provide support for both national and cross-border volunteering; recommends that Members States should keep national coordinating bodies set up in connection with EYV 2011 in place;deleted

2013/09/05
Committee: CULT

Lucas HARTONG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Urges national, regional and local authorities to streamline bureaucratic procedures and provide tax incentives for NGOs and voluntary organisations, in particular small organisations with limited resources;deleted

2013/09/05
Committee: CULT

Lucas HARTONG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

~~18. Draws attention to the need for volunteering to be encouraged as part of corporate social responsibility strategies;~~deleted

2013/09/05
Committee: CULT

Lucas HARTONG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

~~19. Calls on the Commission to see to it that Member States make it compulsory for volunteers to have proper insurance cover, in order to protect their health and safety during volunteer work;~~deleted

2013/09/05
Committee: CULT

Lucas HARTONG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. ~~Calls on the~~Welcomes the numerous initiatives already under way in various Member States to facilitate volunteering through the provision of formal, informal and non- formal training to enhance volunteers' skills and empower them in their work;

2013/09/05
Committee: CULT

Lucas HARTONG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Recommends that the Commission should continue to maintain contacts with the EYV Alliance and should take proper account of the recommendations laid down in the Policy Agenda for Volunteering in Europe (PAVE), as the basis for an action plan for the future;deleted

2013/09/05
Committee: CULT

Lucas HARTONG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

~~22. Calls on the Commission to marshal the necessary resources to set up a European Volunteer Centre Development Fund, in order to ensure that appropriate support infrastructure is put in place;~~deleted

2013/09/05
Committee: CULT

18 Amendments of Lucas HARTONG related to 2013/2064(INI)

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