72 Amendments of Terry REINTKE related to 2017/0102(COD)
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The State of the Union address of 14 September 201617 emphasized the need to invest in young people and announced the establishment of a European Solidarity Corps with a view to creating opportunities for young people across the Union to make a meaningful contribution to society, show solidarity and develop their skills, thus getting anot only work but also invaluable human experience. _________________ 17 The State of the Union 2016: Towards a Better Europe – A Europe that Protects, Empowers and Defends, IP/16/3042 (http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16- 3042_en.htm).
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) In its Communication “A European Solidarity Corps” of 7 December 201618 , the Commission emphasised the need to strengthen the foundations for solidarity work across Europe, to provide young people with more and better opportunities for solidarity activities covering a broad range of areas, and to support national, regional and local actors, in their efforts to cope with different challenges and crises. The Communication launched a first phase of the European Solidarity Corps whereby different Union programmes have been mobilised to offer volunteering, traineeship or job opportunities to young people across the EU. These activities, whether implemented before or after the entry into force of this Regulation, should continue to apply the rules and conditions set by the respective Union programmes that have financed them under the first phase of the European Solidarity Corps. _________________ 18 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions A European Solidarity Corps, COM(2016) 942 final of 7.12.2016.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Young people should be provided with easily accessible opportunities to engage in solidarity activities, which could enable them to express their commitment to the benefit of communities while acquiring useful experience, skills and competences for their personal, educational, social, civic and professional development, thereby improving their employability. Those activities would also support the mobility of young volunteers, trainees and workers.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The solidarity activities offered to young people should be of high quality, in the sense that they should respond to unmetkey societal needchallenges, contribute to strengthening communities, offer young people the opportunity to acquire valuable knowledge and competences, be financially accessible to young people, and be implemented in safe and healthy conditions.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The European Solidarity Corps would provide a singlemain entry point for solidarity activities throughout the Union. Consistency and complementarity of that framework should be ensured with other relevant Union policies and programmes. The European Solidarity Corps should build on the strengths and synergies of existing programmes, notably the European Voluntary Service. It should also complement the efforts made by Member States to support young people and ease their school-to-work transition under the Youth Guarantee19 by providing them with additional opportunities to make a start on the labour market in the form of traineeships or jobs in solidarity-related areas within their respective Member State or across borders. Complementarity with existing Union level networks pertinent to the activities under the European Solidarity Corps, such as the European Network of Public Employment Services, EURES and the Eurodesk network, should also be ensured. Furthermore, complementarity between existing related schemes, in particular national solidarity schemes and mobility schemes for young people, and the European Solidarity Corps should be ensured, building on good practices where appropriate. _________________ 19Council Recommendation of 22 April 2013 on establishing a Youth Guarantee (2013/C 120/01).
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The European Solidarity Corps should open up new opportunities for young people to carry out volunteering, traineeship or job placements in solidarity-related areas as well as to devise and develop solidarity projects based on their own initiative. Those opportunities should contribute to enhancing their personal, educational, social, civic and professional development. The European Solidarity Corps should also support networking activities for European Solidarity Corps participants and organisations as well as measures to ensure the quality of the supported activities and to enhance the validation of their learning outcomes.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Voluntary activities constitute a rich experience in a non-formal and informal learning context which enhances young people's personal, socio-educational and professional development, active citizenship and employabilityopenness to other cultures. Voluntary activities should not have an adverse effect on potential or existing paid employment, nor should they be seen as a substitute for it. Participants in voluntary activities should be compensated for all costs related to transport from their place of residence to the place of the voluntary activity as well as food, accommodation and local transport. A decent amount of pocket money should also be provided. In order to ensure continuity with respect to the volunteering activities that are supported at Union level, the volunteering activities under the European Voluntary Service that fall within the geographical scope of the European Solidarity Corps should be supported by the latter in the form of cross-border volunteering placements. The other volunteering activities under the European Voluntary Service that do not fall under the geographical scope of the European Solidarity Corps should continue to be supported under the Programme established by Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing 'Erasmus+': the Union programme for education, training, youth and sport20 . With respect to the interpretation of related legislation at Union level, both the cross-border volunteering placements under the European Solidarity Corps and the volunteering activities that continue to be supported under Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 should be considered equivalent to those carried out under the European Voluntary Service. _________________ 20 Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing 'Erasmus+': the Union programme for education, training, youth and sport and repealing Decisions No 1719/2006/EC, No 1720/2006/EC and No 1298/2008/EC, OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 50.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Particular attention should be paid to ensuring the quality of the placements and other opportunities offered under the European Solidarity Corps, in particular by offering training, language support, insurance, administrative, pre- and post- placement support to participants as well as the validation of the knowledge, skills and competences acquired through their European Solidarity Corps experience.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) A European Solidarity Corps Portal should continuously be developed in order to ensurecontribute to an easy access to the European Solidarity Corps and to provide a one-stop shop for both interested individuals and organisations as regards, inter alia, information on volunteering placements, registration, identification and matching of profiles and opportunities, networking and virtual exchanges, online training, language, pre- and post-placement support as well as other useful functionalities, which may arise in the future. The services provided by the European Solidarity Corps Portal should promote and supplement the ones already offered by participating organisations. Interoperability with the European Youth Portal should be ensured.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) This Regulation lays down a financial envelope for the period 2018- 2020 which is to constitute the prime reference amount, within the meaning of Point 17 of the Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management23 , for the European Parliament and the Council during the annual budgetary procedure. The prime reference amount includes redeployments from the Erasmus+ programme (EUR 197.7 million) and from the Employment and Social Innovation programme (EUR 10 million) for the financial years 2018, 2019 and 2020, and it is complemented by contributions from several Union programmes under different headings, such as the European Social Fund, the Union Civil Protection Mechanism, the LIFE progshould exclusively be financed through the mobilisation of unallocated margins and other flexibility instruments contained in the Multiannual Financial Framme and the European Agricultural Fund fwork Rural Developmentegulation. _________________ 23 Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, OJ C 373, 20.12.2013, p. 1.
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In order to maximise the impact of the European Solidarity Corps, provisions should be made to allow participating countries to make additional national, regional or local funding available in accordance with the rules of the European Solidarity Corps.
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) In addition to the Member States, EFTA countries, countries covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy, acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidates, the European Solidarity Corps should also be open to the participation of other countries on the basis of bilateral agreements. This participation should be based, where relevant, on additional appropriations to be made available in accordance with the procedures to be agreed with the concerned countries.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) The European Solidarity Corps should target young people aged 18-30. Participation in the activities offered by the European Solidarity Corps should require prior registration in the European Solidarity Corps Portalnts should register either through the European Solidarity Corps Portal or via already existing application processes provided by coordinating and sending organisations.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Appropriate outreach, publicity and dissemination of the opportunities and results of the actions supported by the European Solidarity Corps should be ensured at European, national, regional and local level. The outreach, publicity and dissemination activities should rely on all the implementing bodies of the European Solidarity Corps, including, when relevant, with the support of other key stakeholders.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
Amendment 85 #
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) “solidarity activity” means an activity aimed at addressing unmetkey societal needchallenges to the benefit of a community or the Union as a whole while also fostering the individual’s personal, educational, social, civic and professional development, which may take the form of placements, projects or networking activities, developed in relation to different areas, such as education and training, employment, gender equality, entrepreneurship, in particular social and sustainable entrepreneurship, citizenship and democratic participation, youth work, environment and nature protection, climate action, disaster prevention, preparedness and recovery, agriculture and rural development, provision of food and non- food items, health and wellbeing, creativity and culture, physical education and sport, social assistance and welfare, social inclusion, in particular of marginalised communities, reception and integration of third-country nationals, territorial cooperation and cohesion;
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) “participant” means a young person who has registered in the European Solidarity Corps Portal and takes parttakes part in a solidarity activity offered by a participating organisation or in a solidarity activityproject under the European Solidarity Corps offered by a participating organisation;
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) “disadvantaged young people” means individuals who need additional support because of disability, educational difficulties, economic obstacles, cultural differences, health problems, social obstacles, geographical obstacles or discrimination based on origin, ethnicity, religion, gender identity or sexual orientation;
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) “participating organisation” means any non-profit public or private entity, non-governmental organisation or civil society organisation that has been attributed the European Solidarity Corps quality label, which offers a placement to a participant in the European Solidarity Corps or implements other activities in the framework of the European Solidarity Corps;
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) “solidarity placement” means a volunteering activity, traineeship or job in a solidarity-related area, which is organised by a participating organisation and which contributes to addressing key societal challenges while enhancing the personal, educational, social, civic and professional development and the employability of the European Solidarity Corps participant who undertakes it, either in a country other than the country of residence (cross-border) or in the country of residence of the participant (in-country);
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) “volunteering” means a full-time32n unpaid voluntary service for a period of up to twelve months, which provides young people with the opportunity to contribute to the daily work of non-profit organisations active in solidarity-related fields, to the ultimate benefit of the communities within which the activities are carried out, including a solid learning and training dimension in order to enable the young volunteer(s) to gain skills and competences, which will be useful for their personal, educational, social and professional development, and which will also contribute to improving their employability; _________________ 32As a general principle, an activity carried out continuously, 5 days a week for 7 hours a day.;
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) “volunteering teams’ placements” means placements organised by a participating organisation allowing teams of European Solidarity Corps participants from different participating countries to volunteer together for a common objective, by carrying out manual or intellectual tasks, on a worthwhile community service project for a period between two weeks and two months;
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) “solidarity project” means a local, regional or cross-border initiative for a period from two to twelve months, which is set up in coordination with local, regional or cross-border organisations, and carried out by groups of at least five European Solidarity Corps participants, with a view to addressing key challenges within their local community while linking them to a broader European perspective;
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
(11) “quality label” means the certification attributed to a non-profit public or private entity, non-governmental organisation, civil society organisation or an international organisation willing to provide placements under the European Solidarity Corps following a procedure aimed at ensuring compliance with the principles and requirements of the European Solidarity Corps Charter;
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14
(14) "European Solidarity Corps Portal" means a web-based tool that operates as a one-stop shop providesing relevant information and online services to the European Solidarity Corps participants and participating organisations, includingsupplementing the services already provided by the participating organisations as regards, inter alia, providing information about the European Solidarity Corps, registering participants, connecting participating organisations and participants, searching for participants for placements, advertising and searching for placements, searching for potential project partners, managing contacts and offers for placements and projects, training, communication and networking activities, informing and notifying about opportunities, providing a feedback mechanism regarding the placements' quality, as well as other relevant developments related to the European Solidarity Corps while ensuring interoperability with the European Youth Portal.
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The objective of the European Solidarity Corps is to enhancepromote solidarity as the core value of the European project by enhancing the engagement of young people and organisations in accessible and high quality solidarity activities as a means to contribute to strengthening cohesion and solidarity in Europe, supporting communities and the Union as a whole, and responding to societal challenges.
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to provide young people, with the support of participating organisations, with easily accessible opportunities for engagement in solidarity activities while improving their skills and competences for personal, educational, social, civic and professional development, as well as their employability and facilitating transition into the labour market, including by supporting the mobility of young volunteers, trainees and workers;
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to ensure that the solidarity activities that are offered to the European Solidarity Corps participants contribute to addressing concrete, unmetkey societal needchallenges and strengthening communities, are of high quality and properly validated.
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission and the participating countries shall cooperate to achieve efficiency and effectiveness, by ensuring coherence between national , regional and local programmes and schemes related to solidarity, education, vocational trainon-formal and informal learning and youth on the one hand and actions under the European Solidarity Corps on the other hand. Those actions shall build on relevant good practices and existing programmes.
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) solidarity placements in the form of volunteering, traineeships or jobs, including individual cross- border and in- country placements as well as volunteering teams’ placements;
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) measures aimed at ensuring the quality of solidarity placements, including training, language s whose standards are laid out in the European Solidarity Corps Charter, including training before and during the placement, language support based on experiences from the Erasmus+ Online Linguistic Support, administrative support for participants and participating organisations, insurance, post-placement support as well as the development of a certificate based on experiences from by the Youthpass that identifies and documents the knowledge, skills and competences acquired during the placement;
Amendment 157 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) activities and measures provided by non-profit organisations, including youth organisations as well as civil society organisations, which support young people in accessing or developing solidarity placements and projects;
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The amount referred to in paragraph 1 includes a financial envelope of EUR 294 200 00033 in current prices supplemented by contributions from: (a) contributing with EUR 35 000 000 in current prices; (b) Mechanism, contributing with EUR 6 000 000 in current prices; (c) contributing with EUR 4 500 000 in current prices; (d) for Rural Development, contributing with EUR 1 800 000 in current prices. _________________ 33This financial envelope constitutes the prime reference amount within the meaning of point 17 of the Interinstitutional Agreement (2013/C 373/01) between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management.shall be financed through the mobilisation of unallocated margins and other flexibility instruments contained in the Multiannual Financial Framework Regulation. the European Social Fund, the Union Civil Protection the LIFE programme, the European Agricultural Fund
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Amendment 170 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 6
Article 9 – paragraph 6
6. A participating country, regional or local entity may make nadditional funding available to beneficiaries to be managed in accordance with the rules of the European Solidarity Corps and, to this end, use the decentralised structures of the European Solidarity Corps, as long as it ensures the complementary pro rata funding of these structures.
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. In order to simplify requirements for beneficiaries, lump-sums, unit-costs and flat-rate funding should be used to the maximum possible extent.
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The Member States shall participateEuropean Solidarity Corps shall be open to the participation of the following countries: (a) the Member States; (b) the acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidates benefiting from a pre-accession strategy, in accordance with the general principles and general terms and conditions for the participation of those countries in Union programmes established in the respective framework agreements, Association Council decisions or similar agreements; (c) those EFTA countries that are part of the EAA Agreement, in accordance with the provisions of that agreement; (d) those countries covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy that have concluded agreements with the Union providing for the possibility of their participation in the Union’s programmes, subject to the conclusion of a bilateral agreement with the Union on conditions of their participation in the European Solidarity Corps.
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. TAs of 1 January 2018, the European Solidarity Corps shall be open for the participation of other countries than those mentioned in paragraph 1 on the basis of bilateral agreements. Cooperation shall be based, where relevant, on additional appropriations to be made available in accordance with the procedures to be agreed with those countries.
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Young people aged 17 to 30 years willing to participate in the European Solidarity Corps shall register in the European Solidarity Corps Portal or find access to this programme via already existing application processes as provided by coordinating and sending organisations. However, at the moment of commencing a placement or a project a registered young person shall be at least 18 years of age and not older than 30.
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. The European Solidarity Corps shall be open to the participation of non- profit public or private entities, non- governmental organisations, civil society organisations or international organisations, provided that they have received a European Solidarity Corps quality label.
Amendment 184 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. An application from an eligible entitynon-profit entity, non-governmental organisation or civil society organisation to become a European Solidarity Corps participating organisation shall be assessed by the competent implementing body of the European Solidarity Corps in order to ascertain that its activities adhere to the requirements of the European Solidarity Corps and ensure compliance with the European Solidarity Corps Charter.
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Any non-public public or private entity, non-governmental organisation or civil society organisation established in a participating country as well as international organisations carrying out solidarity activities in the participating countries may apply for funding under the European Solidarity Corps. In the case of the activities referred to in point (a) of Article 7(1), a quality label shall be obtained by the participating organisation as a pre-condition for receiving funding under the European Solidarity Corps. In the case of the solidarity projects referred to in point (b) of Article 7(1), natural persons may also apply for funding on behalf of informal groups of European Solidarity Corps participants.
Amendment 190 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission, in cooperation with the participating countries, the implementing agencies, youth organisations and civil society organisations shall regularly monitor the performance of the European Solidarity Corps towards achieving its objectives and ensure the quality of its placements. For this purpose, and for reasons of efficiency and effectiveness, the committee established under Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 shall assist the Commission in the implementation of this Regulation.
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Progress on the specific objectives and the quality of the placements shall be measurevaluated by using indicators, such as:
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) number of participants in volunteering placements (in-country and cross-border), by country, age and gender;
Amendment 195 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 199 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Amendment 201 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) number of participants in solidarity projects, by country, age and gender;
Amendment 203 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) number of organisations holding a European Solidarity Corps quality label, by country.
Amendment 204 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) percentage of participants who have received a certificate such as a Youthpass, a diploma or other kind of formal recognition of their participation to the European Solidarity Corps, by country, age and gender;
Amendment 205 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e b (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e b (new)
(eb) percentage of participants declaring that they have increased their personal, educational, social and civic development, by country, age and gender;
Amendment 206 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e c (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e c (new)
(ec) percentage of participants declaring that they have increased their language skills, by country, age and gender;
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e d (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e d (new)
(ed) percentage of participants declaring that they intend to continue being involved in solidarity activities, by country, age and gender;
Amendment 208 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e e (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e e (new)
(ee) percentage of participants with a disability, by country, age, gender and type of placement.
Amendment 209 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
A feedback mechanism shall also be established within the European Solidarity Corps Portal so as to receive comments from the participants on the quality of their placements.
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. In 2020 the Commission shall publish a report taking stock of the progress made towards achieving its results, including the target of offering 100 000 young people opportunities under the European Solidarity Corps by 2020 (covering all the placements and projects referred to in points (a) and (b) of Article 7(1)). The report shall address the continued relevance of the objectives and evaluate the efficiency of the measures laid out in this Regulation.
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. The national authority shall, in accordance with the principle of transparency, designate an independent audit body. The independent audit body shall issue an audit opinion on the yearly management declaration referred to in Article 60(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012.
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 7
Article 21 – paragraph 7
7. The Commission shall organise regular meetings with the network of national agencies and other stakeholders involved in the activities of the European Solidarity Corps in order to ensure coherent implementation of the European Solidarity Corps across all participating countries.
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Amendment 235 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27
Article 27
Amendment 236 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
(m) actions financed pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2017/XXX on the European Solidarity Corps in order to enhance the personal, educational, social, civic and professional development of young people, as well as their employability and facilitating transition into the labour market.
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Amendment 238 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29
Article 29
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30
Article 30
Amendment 240 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31
Article 31