Activities of Pascal DURAND related to 2018/0206(COD)
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Amendments (58)
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) At Union level, the European Semester of economic policy coordination is the framework to identify national reform priorities and monitor their implementation. Member States develop their own national multiannual investment strategies in support of those reform priorities. Those strategies should be developed in partnership between national, regional and local authorities, include a gender perspective and be presented alongside the yearly National Reform Programmes as a way to outline and coordinate priority investment projects to be supported by national and/or Union funding. They should also serve to use Union funding in a coherent manner and to maximise the added value of the financial support to be received notably from the programmes supported by the Union under the European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, the European Investment Stabilisation Function and InvestEU, where relevant. n level, the European Semester of economic policy coordination is the framework to identify national reform priorities and monitor their implementation. Member States develop their own national multiannual investment strategies in support of those reform priorities. Those strategies should be presented alongside the yearly National Reform Programmes as a way to outline and coordinate priority investment projects to be supported by national and/or Union funding. They should also serve to use Union funding in a coherent manner and to maximise the added value of the financial support to be received notably from the programmes supported by the Union under the European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, the European Investment Stabilisation Function and InvestEU, where relevant.
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The Council of […] adopted revised guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States to align the text with the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights, with a view to improving Europe's competitiveness and making it a better place to invest, create jobs and foster social cohesion. In order to ensure the full alignment of the ESF+ with the objectives of these guidelines, particularly as regards employment, education, training and the fight against social exclusion, poverty and discrimination, the ESF+ should support Member States, taking account of the relevant Integrated Guidelines and relevant country-specific recommendations adopted in accordance with Article 121(2) TFEU and Article 148(4) TFEU and, where appropriate, at national level, the national reform programmes underpinned by national strategies. The ESF+ should also contribute to relevant aspects of the implementation of key Union initiatives and activities, in particular the "Skills Agenda for Europe" and, the European Education Area and the Action Plan on the integration of third-country nationals, relevant Council Recommendations and other initiatives such as the Youth Guarantee, Upskilling Pathways and on Integration of the long- term unemployed.
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The Union is confronted with structural challenges arising from social inequalities, economic globalisation, the management of migration flows and the increased security threatrelated inclusion challenges, clean energy transition, technological change and an increasingly ageing workforce, demographic challenges, unequal access to education and social protection, unbalanced distribution of care responsibilities, an increasingly ageing workforce, lack of employment opportunities and growing skills and labour shortages in some sectors and regions, experienced especially by SMEs. Taking into account the changing realities of the world of work, the Union should be prepared for the current and future challenges by investing in relevantengaging in the just transition, investing in quality and inclusive education and training, lifelong learning and skills, making growthlabour markets more inclusive and by improving employment, education and social policies, including in view of labour mobility and by fighting against gender gaps and women’s discrimination.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) To anticipate challenges and take concrete steps towards a socially and environmentally sustainable economy, just transition roadmaps, developed in cooperation with local and regional governments and stakeholders, should be included in the operational programmes, outlining regional and local strategies towards a climate-friendly and resource efficient future, with the aim of social inclusion, quality job creation, sustainability and investment geared towards supporting future-oriented local development.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The types of financing and the methods of implementation under this Regulation should be chosen on the basis of their ability to achieve the specific objectives of the actions and to deliver results, taking into account, in particular, the costs of controls, the administrative burden, and the expected risk of non- compliance. For grants, this should include consideration of the use of lump sums, flat rates and unit costs, as well as financing not linked to costs as envisaged in Article 125(1) of the Financial Regulation. To implement measures linked to the socio- economic integratclusion of third country nationals, and in accordance with Article 88 of the Common Provisions Regulation, the Commission may reimburse Member States using simplified cost options including the use of lump sums.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to streamline and simplify the funding landscape and create additional opportunities for synergies through integrated funding approaches, the actions which were supported by the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived ('FEAD'), the European Union Programme for Employment and Social Innovation and the Programme for the Union's action in the field of health should be integrated into one ESF+. The ESF+ should therefore include three strands: the ESF+ strand under shared management, the Employment and Social Innovation strand, and the Health strand. This should contribute to reducing the administrative burden linked to the management of different funds, in particular for Member States and beneficiaries, whilst maintaining simpler rules for simpler operations such as the distribution of food and/or basic material assistance.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The integration of the Programme for the Union's action in the field of health with the ESF+ will also create synergies between the developments and testing of initiatives and policies to improve the effectiveness, resilience and sustainability of health systems developed by the HIn view of this wider scope of the ESF+ it is appropriate to foresee that the aims to enhance the effectiveness of inclusive and gender-equal labour markets and promote access to quality employment, to improve the access to and the quality of education, training and care, as well as to promote social inclusion and health strand of the ESF+ Programme and their implementation in the Member States by the tools provided by the other strands of the ESF+ Regulationto eradicate poverty are not only implemented under shared management, but also under direct and indirect management under the Employment and Social Innovation and Health strands for actions required at Union level.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The ESF+ should aim to promote high-quality employment through active interventions enabling (re)integration into the labour market, notably for youth, persons with disabilities and people with chronic diseases, the long-term unemployed and the economically inactive, as well as those facing multiple forms of discrimination through promoting self– employment and the social economy. The ESF+ should aim to improve the functioning of labour markets by supporting the modernisation and flexibility towards various target groups of labour market institutions such as the Public Employment Services in order to improve their capacity to provide intensified targeted and individual counselling and guidance during the job search and the transition to employment and to enhance workers’ mobility. The ESF+ should promote women's participation in the labour market through measures aiming to ensure, amongst others, improved work/life balance and access to childcaresupport workers’ mobility. The ESF+ should aim at tackling precarious employment in order to ensure that all types of work contracts offer decent working conditions with proper social security coverage in line with Article 9 TFEU, the European Charter of Fundamental Rights, the European Social Charter and the ILO Decent Work Agenda. The ESF+ should promote participation of women and sustainable employment that guarantees equal opportunities with special attention to single mothers in the labour market through measures aiming to ensure, amongst others, the respect of the principle of equal pay for work of equal value, improved work/life balance and access to affordable childcare and other care services or support to foster gender equality. The ESF + should also aim to provide a healthy and well-adapted working environment in order to respond to health risks related to changing forms of work and the needs of the ageing workforce. The ESF+ should also support measures aimed to facilitate the transition of young people between education and employment.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) The Commission and the Member States shall ensure that gender equality and the integration of the gender perspective is a binding principle in all phases of programming, from shaping the priorities of the operational programmes to the implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and that key actions for gender mainstreaming receive support.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) The ESF+ should support Member States’ efforts at all levels of government including at regional and local level to tackle poverty with a view to breaking the cycle of disadvantage across generations and promote social inclusion by ensuring equal opportunities for all, tackling discrimination and addressing health inequalities and housing deprivation, including homelessness, while putting special emphasis on combatting the feminisation of poverty. This implies mobilising a range of policies targeting the most disadvantaged people regardless of their age, including children, marginalised communities such as the Roma, and the working poorpeople with disability, illness and/or chronic conditions, the working poor, the homeless, third-country nationals, including refugees, asylum seekers, undocumented migrants and stateless persons, and all other people facing multiple social challenges and multiple forms of discrimination. The ESF+ should promote the active inclusion of people far from the labour market with a view to ensuring their socio-economic integrationclusion and full participation in society. The ESF+ should be also used to enhance social rights through timely and equal access to affordable, sustainable and high quality services such as healthcarecounselling, healthcare, childcare and early childhood education and long-term care, in particular family and community-based care services, and access to decent energy-efficient affordable housing, including social housing. The ESF+ should contribute to the modernisation of social protection systems and social services with a view in particular to promoting their accessibility and coverage.
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The ESF+ should support policy and system reforms in the fields of employment, social inclusion, healthcare and long-term care, and education and training. In order to strengthen alignment with the European Semester, Member States should allocate an appropriate amount of their resources of the ESF+ strand under shared management to implement relevant country-specific recommendations relating to structural challenges which it is appropriate to address through multiannual investments falling within the scope of the ESF+. The Commission and the Member States shouldshould review the operational programmes to assess whether they sufficiently address the country-specific recommendations. The Commission and the Member States should involve local and regional authorities meaningfully in the process to ensure coherence, coordination and complementarity between all levels of government and between the shared- management and the EaSI and Health strands of ESF+ and the Reform Support Programme, including the Reform Delivery Tool and the Technical Support Instrument. In particular, the Commission and the Member State should ensure, in all stages of the process, effective coordination in order to safeguard the consistency, coherence, complementarity and synergy among sources of funding, including technical assistance thereof respecting the partnership principle.
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
(22a) All Member States have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child which constitutes the standard in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child. The promotion of children’s rights is an explicit objective of Union policies, and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union requires that the best interests of the child be a primary consideration in all Union action. The ESF+ should support actions promoting effective interventions that contribute to the realisation of children’s rights.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Efficient and effective implementation of actions supported by the ESF+ depends on good governance and partnership between all actors at the relevant territorial levels and the socio- economic actors, in particular regional and local authorities, the social partners and civil society. It is therefore essential that Member States encourage the participation of social partners and civil society in the implementation of the ESF+ under shared management with special emphasis on NGOs delivering employment, care, education and social services and working in the field of anti-discrimination and/or defending human rights. It is therefore essential that Member States ensure the meaningful participation of regional and local authorities, social partners and civil society in the strategic governance of the ESF+ under shared management from shaping priorities for operational programmes to implementing, monitoring and evaluating the results and impact. Furthermore, for the sake of safeguarding non-discrimination and equal opportunities, it is vital that equality bodies and national human rights institutions are also involved in each stage.
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 a (new)
Recital 27 a (new)
(27a) With a view to fully tapping into the potential of cross-sectorial cooperation and to improving synergies and coherence with other policy fields to achieve the general objectives of the ESF+, sport and physical activity should be used as a tool in ESF+ actions aimed, in particular, at fighting youth unemployment, improving social inclusion of marginalised groups, health promotion, and disease prevention.
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) The Member States and the Commission should ensure that ESF+ contributes to the promotion of equality between women and men in accordance with Article 8 TFEU to foster equality of treatment and opportunities between women and men in all areas, including regarding participation in the labour market, terms and conditions of employment and career progression. They should also as well as the economic independence of women, education and skills upgrading and the reintegration of female victims of violence into society and into the labour market. Synergies and policy coherence with the Rights and Values programme in this should ensure that ESF+ can mainstream and upscale actions. The Commission and the Member States should ensure that the ESF+ promotes equal opportunities for all, without discrimination in accordance with Article 10 TFEU and promotes the inclusion in society of persons with disabilities and chronic diseases on equal basis with others and contributes to the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities with regard to, inter alia, education, work, employment and accessibility. These principles should be taken into account in all dimensions and in all stages of the preparation, monitoring, implementation and evaluation of programmes, in a timely and consistent manner while ensuring that specific actions are taken to promote gender equality and equal opportunities. The ESF+ should also promote accessibility in line withe the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the transition from residential/institutional care to family and community-based care, in particular for those who face multiple discrimination. The ESF+ should not support any actionMeasures for the shift from institutional to family and community-based care should be implemented through national deinstitutionalisation strategies and action plans. The ESF+ should not support any action that does not respect fundamental rights as set out in the Charter of Fundamental Rights and, in particular, actions that contributes to segregation or to social exclusion or the reproduction of gender stereotypes. Regulation (EU) No [future CPR] provides that rules on eligibility of expenditure are to be established at national level, with certain exceptions for which it is necessary to lay down specific provisions with regard to the ESF+ strand under shared management.
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) Social experimentation is a small- scale project testing which allows gathering evidence on the feasibility of social innovations. It should be possible for feasible ideaand encouraged for ideas to be tested at local level and for feasible ones to be pursued on a wider scale or intransferred to other contexts in different regions or Member States with financial support from the ESF+, as well as from or in combination with other sources.
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) ESF+ lays down provisions intended to achieve freedom of movement for workers on a non-discriminatory basis by ensuring the close cooperation of the central. The public employment services of Member States with one anoth, the social partners and with the Commission should work closely together. The European network of employment services, with the involvement of the social partners and relevant civil-society organisations, should promote a better functioning of the labour markets by facilitating the non-precarious cross- border mobility of workers and a greater transparency, of information on the labour markets with disaggregated data, as well as greater skills recognition. The ESF+ scope also includes developing and supporting targeted mobility schemes with a view to filling vacancies where labour market shortcomings have been identified. Furthermore, the scope of the ESF+ covers cross-border partnerships between regional public employment services and social partners and their activities to promote voluntary and fair mobility, as well as transparency and integration of cross-border labour markets through information, advice and placement. In many border regions they play an important role in the development of a genuine European labour market.
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34 a (new)
Recital 34 a (new)
(34a) Transnational cooperation has significant added value and should therefore be supported by all Member States with the exception of duly justified cases taking account of the principle of proportionality. It is also necessary to reinforce the Commission’s role in facilitating exchanges of experience and coordinating implementation of relevant initiatives.
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) The Health strand of the ESF+ should contribute to disease prevention throughout the lifetime of the Union's citizens and to health promotion by addressing health risk factors such as tobacco use and passive smoking, harmful use of alcohol, consumption of illicit drugs and reduction of drugs- related health damage, unhealthy dietary habits, exposure to indoor and outdoor air pollution and physical inactivity and foster supportive environments for healthy lifestyles in order to complement Member States action in line with the relevant strategies. The Health strand of the ESF+ should mainstream effective prevention models, innovative technologies and new business models and solutions to contribute to innovative, efficient and sustainable health systems of the Member States and facilitate access to better and safer healthcare for European citizens.
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) Non-communicable diseases are responsible for over 80 % of premature mortality in the Union and an effective prevention entails multiple cross-sectoral actions and cross border dimensions. In parallel, the European Parliament and the Council underlined the need to minimise the public health consequences of serious cross-border threats to health such as communicable diseases and other biological, chemical, environmental and unknown threats, by supporting preparedness and response capacity building.
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
Recital 46
(46) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change and the just transition in line with the Union's commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, this Regulation will contribute to mainstream climate action in the Union's policies and to the achievement of an overall target of 25 % of the EU budget expenditures supporting climate objectives. Relevant actions will be identified during the preparation and implementation, and reassessed in the context of the mid- term evaluation.
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) 'basic material assistance' means goods which fulfil the basic needs of a person for a life with dignity, such as clothing, hygiene goods, including female hygienic and care products, and school material;
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
(9a) ‘just transition roadmap’ means a strategy outlining regional actions towards a climate-friendly and resource- efficient economy;
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – introductory part
(15) 'social enterprise' means an undertaking, regardless of its legal form, or a natural person whichose
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point a
(a) in accordance with its Articles of Association, Statutes or with any other legal document that may result in liability under the rules of the Member State where it is located, has as its primary social objective the achievement of measurable, positive social impacts rather than generating profitsocial or societal objective of the common good is the reason for the commercial activity, often in the form other purposes, and wf a hicgh provides services or goods that generate a social return, and/or employs methods of production of goods or services that embodies social objectiveslevel of social innovation;
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point b
(b) uses its profits first and foremost to achieve its primary social objective, and has predefined procedures and rules covering any distribution of profits that ensure that such distribution does not undermine the primaryprofits are mainly reinvested to achieve this social objective;
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point c
(c) is managed in an entrepreneurial, accountablmethod of organisation or the ownership system reflects the aund transparent way, in particular by involving workers, customers and stakeholders impacted by its business activitiesertaking’s mission, using democratic or participatory principles or focusing on social justice;
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
The ESF+ shall support, complement and add value to the policies of the Member States to ensure gender equality, equal opportunities, access to the labour market, fair working conditions, social protection and inclusionnon- discrimination, social protection for all, access to basic services, including affordable energy efficient housing, inclusion, in particular of third-country nationals and marginalised communities, and a high level of human health protection.
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point ii a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point ii a (new)
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point iii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point iii
(iii) promoting women’s labour market participationgender equality in all areas by ensuring women’s economic independence and labour market participation respecting the principle of equal pay for equal work and for work of equal value, and offering at least a living wage, a better work/life balance including equal access to childcareaffordable, inclusive and non-segregated quality early childhood education and childcare and other care services or support, a healthy and well– adapted working environment addressing health risks and disease risk factors, adaptation of workers, enterprises and entrepreneurs to change, and active and healthy ageing;
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point vii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point vii
(vii) fostering active inclusion and full participation in society with a view to promoting equal opportunities, non- discrimination, democracy and active participation, and improving employabilitylabour opportunities and social inclusion;
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point 2
2. a greener, low carbon Europe through the improvement of education and training systems necessary for the adaptation of skills and qualifications, the upskilling of all, including the labour forceawareness-raising among the population about sustainable development and lifestyles, the creation of new high- quality jobs in sectors related to the environment, climate and energy, and the circular and bioeconomy.
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – title
Article 6 – title
Gender Equality between men and women and equal opportunities, and non- discrimination
Amendment 190 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. All programmes implemented under the ESF+ strand under shared management, as well as the operations supported by the Employment and Social Innovation and Health strands shall ensure equality between men and womenof all genders throughout their preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. These operations include increasing the participation and progress of women in employment, combating the feminisation of poverty, gender stereotypes and intersecting discrimination in the labour market and in education and training in the frame of gender mainstreaming obligations. They shall also promote equal opportunities and accessibility for all, without discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation throughout their preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluationnationality, residence or employment status, religion or belief, disability, chronic diseases, age, sexual orientation, sex characteristics, gender expression or gender identity throughout their preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. They shall also aim to improve accessibility for persons with disabilities, as set out in Article 9 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, including access to the labour market.
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Member States and the Commission shall support specific targeted actions aimed at, in particular, increasing the long- term participation of women in working life, respecting the principle of equal pay for equal work and work of equal value and being paid at least a living wage, and at improving their professional development, combating the feminisation of poverty, reducing gender segregation and gender stereotypes in education and training, the labour market and beyond, and to promote a work- life balance for all, including more balanced sharing of care responsibilities between all genders.
Amendment 195 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. The Member States shall integrate the gender perspective into all phases of programming, from shaping the priorities of the operational programmes to the delivery, monitoring and evaluation and enhance their commitment to gender budgeting by establishing specific targets with their corresponding budget allocations. Gender budgeting shall be recognised as an important instrument of equal opportunities policy in order to make gender gaps in equal participation transparent, thereby strengthening gender equality in the ESF+.
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 c (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. The Member States and the Commission shall promote equal opportunities for all, without discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age, sex characteristics, gender expression and gender identity or sexual orientation through mainstreaming the principle of non- discrimination, as referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013. Through the ESF+, the Member States and the Commission shall also support specific actions that aim to combat all forms of discrimination as well as to improve accessibility for persons with disabilities and for those facing multiple discrimination, thereby enhancing social inclusion and reducing inequalities.
Amendment 197 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The Member States and the Commission shall also support specific targeted actions and the development of national strategies and action plans to promote the principles referred to in paragraphs 1 to 1(c) within any of the objectives of the ESF+, including improving accessibility for all and the transition from residential/institutional care to family and community-based care.
Amendment 199 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall concentrate the ESF+ resources under shared management on interventions that address the principles and rights set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights and take into account the social challenges identified, among others, in their national reform programmes, in the European Semester as well as in the relevant country- reports and country- specific social recommendations adopted in accordance with Article 121(2) TFEU and Article 148(4) TFEU, and take into account principles and rights set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights well as and in line with the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Amendment 200 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States and, where appropriate the Commission, shall foster synergies and ensure coordination, complementarity and coherence between the ESF+ and other Union funds, programmes and instruments such as the ERDF, InvestEU, the Rights and Values Instrument, Erasmus, the Asylum and Migration Fund and the Reform Support Programme, including the Reform Delivery Tool and the Technical Support Instrument, both in the planning phase and during implementation. Member States and, where appropriate the Commission, shall optimise mechanisms for coordination to avoid duplication of effort and ensure close cooperation between those managing authorities responsible for implementation to deliver integrated approaches, coherent and streamlined support actions.
Amendment 202 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall allocate an appropriate amount of their ESF+ resources under shared management to address challenges identified in relevant country reports and country-specific social recommendations adopted in accordance with Article 121(2) TFEU and Article 148(4) TFEU and in the European Semester falling within the scope of the ESF+ as set out in Article 4 and in line with the requirements as set out in Article 11.
Amendment 214 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7a Respect for fundamental rights The Member States and the Commission shall ensure respect for fundamental rights and compliance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union in the implementation of the funds. Any cost incurrent for action that is not in line with the European Charter of Fundamental Rights shall not be eligible in accordance with Article 58(2) of the Common Provisions Regulation xx/xx and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/2014.
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – title
Article 8 – title
Partnership and multi-level governance
Amendment 216 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall ensure adequate participation of social partners and civil society organisations in the delivery of employment, education and social inclusion, in accordance with Article 6 of the Common Provisions Regulation xx/xx and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/2014, meaningful participation of local and regional authorities, social partners and civil society organisations and service users in the strategic governance of the ESF+ in all phases of programming, from shaping the priorities of the operational programmes to the delivery, monitoring and evaluation of all policies supported by the ESF+ strand under shared management.
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – title
Article 11 – title
Support to relevant country-specific recomthe social dimension of the European Semester and the implemendtation of the European Pillar of Social Rights
Amendment 221 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
The actions addressing the social challenges identified in relevant country reports and country-specific social recommendations and in the European Semester as referred to in Article 7(2) shall be programmed under one or more dedicated priorities. Member States shall ensure consistency, coherence and synergies of these priorities with the European Pillar of Social Rights and the Sustainable Development Goals, taking into account local and regional challenges. The Commission shall undertake yearly reviews and assess whether the proposed operational programmes are sufficient to address the problems identified in the country-specific social recommendations with a view of implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights. Where the operational programmes or the corrective actions proposed by the Member States are insufficient, the Commission shall propose their readjustment.
Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. Direct staff costs shall be eligible for a contribution from the general support of the ESF+ strand under shared management provided that their level is not higher than 100% of the usual remuneration for the profession concerned in the Member State as demonstrated by Eurostat data unless collective agreements apply.
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6
Article 15 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 38 to amend the indicators in Annex I where considered necessary to ensure effective assessment of progress in the implementation of programmes which shall include a gender impact assessment to monitor the implementation of the ESF+ programmes with regard to gender equality.
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. The food and/or basic material assistance provided to the most deprived persons may be purchased by or on behalf ofin consultation with the beneficiary or made available free of charge to the beneficiary.
Amendment 232 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) to develop and provide specific support services to workers, employers and job-seekers with a view to the development of integrated European labour markets, ranging from pre- recruitment preparation to post-placement assistance to fill vacancies in certain sectors, professions, countries, border regions or for particular groups (e.g. cross-border workers and persons in vulnerable peoplesituations);
Amendment 233 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) to support cross-border partnerships between public employment services, civil society and social partners to promote a cross-border labour market and cross-border mobility with socially just conditions;
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) to support networking at Union level and dialogue with and among relevant stakeholders in the fields referred to in Article 4 and contribute to build up the institutional capacity of these stakeholders, including the public employment services (PES), social security institutions, microfinance institutions and institutions providing finance to social enterprises and social economy and non-governmental organisations;
Amendment 236 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) to support the development of social enterprises and the emergence of a social investment market, facilitating public and private interactions and the participation of foundations, civil- society organisations and philanthropic actors in that market;
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point b – point i
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point b – point i
(i) cross-border partnerships and support services providing information, advice and placement for workers, including apprentices, interns and trainees and commuters, as well as jobseekers and employers in cross-border regions;
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 a (new)
Article 25 a (new)
Article 25a Governance 1. The Commission shall consult stakeholders within the Union, in particular social partners and civil society organisations, on the employment and social innovation work programmes, their priorities and strategic orientation and their implementation. 2. The Commission shall establish the necessary links with the Employment Committee, the Social Protection Committee, the Advisory Committee on Health and Safety at Work, the group of Directors-General for Industrial Relations and the Advisory Committee on Free Movement of Workers to ensure that they are regularly and appropriately informed about progress made in the implementation of the programme. The Commission shall also inform other committees dealing with strategies, instruments and actions relevant to the programme. 3. The results of the actions implemented under the employment and social innovation strand shall be communicated at regular intervals and in an appropriate form and transmitted to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, as well as the social partners and the public in order to maximise the impact, sustainability and added value of these results at Union level.
Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 40 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The ESF+ Committee may invite representatives of the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund as well as representatives of the relevant civil society organisations to its meetings.
Amendment 246 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 40 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The opinions of the ESF+ Committee shall be adopted by an absolute majority of the votes validly cast, and shall be communicated to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, for information. The Commission shall inform the ESF+ Committee in writing of the manner in which it has taken account of its opinions.
Amendment 247 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1
Annex I – paragraph 1
All personal data are to be broken down by gender (female, male, 'non binary'). If certain results are not possible to register or relevant, data for those results do not have to be collected and reported. Personal data are to be surveyed anonymously.