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Jasenko SELIMOVIC, Ivo VAJGL, António MARINHO E PINTO

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas in the current financial period, cohesion policy is expected to help support 1.1 million SMEs, 7.4 million unemployed people find a job, 8.9 million people gain new qualifications, invest €16 billion in the digital economy and make substantial investments in social infrastructure;

2018/03/01
Committee: EMPL

Jasenko SELIMOVIC, Ivo VAJGL, António MARINHO E PINTO

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas the employment rate in the EU has been growing for four consecutive years and now surpasses the 2008 figure at 71%, but still remains below the pre-crisis level in ~~half~~some2a of the Member States; whereas ~~regional disparities have started to narrow;~~while there remain marked differences in the average employment rate between more and less developed regions, regional disparities have started to narrow; _________________ 2a http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/File:Employment_ra te,_age_group_20_%E2%80%93_64,_201 6_%28%25%29_YB17.png

2018/03/01
Committee: EMPL

Jasenko SELIMOVIC, Ivo VAJGL, António MARINHO E PINTO

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. whereas while the risk of poverty or social exclusion in the EU has fallen back to its pre-crisis level, it remains ~~very~~too high and far from reaching the Europe 2020 poverty and social exclusion target;

2018/03/01
Committee: EMPL

Jasenko SELIMOVIC, António MARINHO E PINTO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Regrets the sluggish implementation of the 2014-2020 programmes with just 39% of the total funding allocated as at July 20173a; considers that faster implementation, a smoother transition between programming periods, clear targets, benchmarks and result indicators, genuine simplification and capacity development are necessary; _________________ 3a http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/source s/docoffic/official/reports/cohesion7/7cr.p df, p. 175

2018/03/01
Committee: EMPL

Jasenko SELIMOVIC, António MARINHO E PINTO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Notes, in this regard, the suggestion of the Commission’s reflection paper on the future of EU finances4a that coherence could be improved via a single rule book for cohesion policy and other funding instruments with programmes or projects of the same type which would ensure stronger complementarity between cohesion policy and innovation and infrastructure spending and simplification for beneficiaries; further notes, the paper’s suggestion that new criteria for the allocation of funds could be considered such as unemployment and social inclusion to better integrate cohesion policy with current areas identified for EU action; believes that more efficient and flexible implementation of the funds will be crucial in the new MFF period; _________________ 4a https://ec.europa.eu/commission/sites/beta -political/files/reflection-paper-eu- finances_en.pdf, p. 24

2018/03/01
Committee: EMPL

Jasenko SELIMOVIC, António MARINHO E PINTO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Takes the view that the job creation potential of Union funds is still insufficiently leveraged and should therefore be further strengthened through more efficient and results-based policy- making and implementation; considers, moreover, that access to funding should be eased for all beneficiaries, especially SMEs;

2018/03/01
Committee: EMPL

Jasenko SELIMOVIC, Ivo VAJGL, António MARINHO E PINTO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission and the 4. Member States to continue initiatives aimed at increasing access to better education~~, skills, and quality, sustainable employment, especially for young people~~ including tertiary education, VET and work-based learning and acquiring and updating skills particularly digital skills, as a driver for economic growth and quality, sustainable employment, especially for young people, low-qualified and older workers; notes the importance of the New Skills Agenda and particularly its Upskilling Pathways initiative in this regard; points out that training programmes financed under the ESF should be tailored to the needs of the labour market;

2018/03/01
Committee: EMPL

7 Amendments of António MARINHO E PINTO related to 2017/2279(INI)

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