4 Amendments of Ria OOMEN-RUIJTEN related to 2010/2072(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that social and employment policies are national powers coordinated using the open method of coordination and exploiting all possible synergies in order to ensure positive development in the European Union in the face of globalisation and to meet the challenge of social and labour market reintegration in and between the Member States; notes also that the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) is an instrument that was set up in order to support this objective and to assist workers in cases of large-scale redundancies;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. CIn the light of the current economic situation, calls for funds to be allocated to the EGF budget line at least from the next financial framework so as to simplify their use, to reduce application processing time in order to provide more effective assistance for workers made redundant, and to standardise procedures;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Requests the Member States to put in place a communication and administration structure for the EGF at national level, in consultation with all stakeholders, and to exchange good practice at European level, which will allow the EGF to take rapid and effective action in cases of a threat of large-scale redundancies;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to adopt a personalised approach to assistance for redundant workers and to promote further training and retraining, particularly in cases of large-scale redundancies, so as to improve workers' opportunities on a labour market that is undergoing profound restructuring; to this end, recommends that the Member States step up their exchanges of good practice, especially making use of Progress;