9 Amendments of Heinz K. BECKER related to 2012/2258(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes note of the Plan of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing, especially its focus on cooperation between public and private stakeholderthe European Commission and EU countries and regions, industry and business, public and private stakeholders, health and care professionals and organisations representing older people and patients, the exchange and transfer of good ideas and best practices (e.g. the digitally based ‘Marketplace’ platform), and optimising existing funding instruments;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to create the appropriate framework conditions for people to work longer and to be moreremain productive, both by improving labour- market flexibility through the introduction of time accounts and part-time possibilities and by making provision for modern forms of employment contract, including temporary ones, and jobs suitable for older workers;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out the essential role of investing more in education andtraining and further training, with priority for lifelong learning, in order to prepare an active and productive ageing workforce;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Stresses that social enterprises provide products, goods and services which are of key importance for a welfare state and decisively contribute to all three pillars thereof: ‘prevention, screening and early diagnosis’, ‘care and treatment’ and ‘active ageing and independence’;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Is convinced that various financial instruments, such as the Social Entrepreneurship Fund, the European Venture Fund and the European Angels Fund (EAF), are necessary to improve access for social enterprises to the financial markets;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Stresses the need for adequate funding at local, regional, national and EU level to support social enterprises, for example funding under the multiannual financial framework for 2012-2020 (including the ESF, ERDF, EPSCI, the programme for research and innovation and Horizon 2020);
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Points out that intellectual mobility can be increased by access to lifelong learning (LLL) in later life also, thereby helping to combat dementia;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Maintains that further reforms of pension systems are necessary in order to makeep them sustainable; more coherence must be established between the effective retirement age, the official retirement age and life expectancy;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the Commission’s approach in regard to active ageing and independent living, more specifically, its comprehensive view on the role and importance of ‘place in ageing’ as the radius or perimeter in which people live their lives increasingly contracts as they age, and as older people tend to prefer living independently for as long as possible; considers that the AAL JP (Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme) is an important instrument for the deployment of technical resources to facilitate daily life;