[ParlTrack]

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1

~~(1)~~1. The European Union is built on solidarity, among its citizens and among its Member States. This common value guides its actions and provides the necessary unity to cope with current and future societal challenges, which young Europeans are willing to help address by expressing their solidarity in practice. Solidarity is not, however, appreciated at its true value in practice in actual relations Member States and between citizens. In particular, the dominant situation of some Member States over others within the eurozone gives rise to a feeling of injustice which fundamentally undermines unity between Member States.

2018/12/12
Committee: DEVE

Mireille D'ORNANO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4

~~(4)~~4. Article 2 of the Treaty of the European Union highlights solidarity as one of the principles key to the European Union. That principle is also referred to in Article 21(1) of the Treaty of the European Union as one of the foundations of the EU’s external action. The EU's policies are not, however, sufficiently shaped by solidarity, with many provisions prohibiting the solidarity policies that should be possible at national level, such as state protection for domestic economic operators against the disastrous consequences of fully opening markets to international competition.

2018/12/12
Committee: DEVE

Mireille D'ORNANO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6

~~(6)~~6. The solidarity activities offered to young people should be of high quality, in the sense that they should respond to unmet societal needs, ~~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.

2018/12/12
Committee: DEVE

Mireille D'ORNANO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7

~~(7) T~~7. With a view to ensuring maximum effectiveness, the European Solidarity Corps provides a single entry point for solidarity activities throughout the Union and beyond. Consistency and complementarity should be ensured with other relevant Union policies and programmes. The European Solidarity Corps is built on the strengths and synergies of predecessor and existing programmes, notably the European Voluntary Service19 and the EU Aid Volunteers20. It also complements the efforts made by Member States to support young people and ease their school-to- work transition under the Youth Guarantee 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, are also 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. _________________ 19 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. 50–73). 20 Regulation (EU) No 375/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 establishing the European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps (‘EU Aid Volunteers initiative’) (OJ L 122, 24.4.2014, p. 1-17).

2018/12/12
Committee: DEVE

Mireille D'ORNANO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10

(10). These activities should ~~be to the benefit of communities while also~~ foster~~ing~~ the individual’s personal, educational, social, civic and professional development, which may take the form of volunteering, traineeships and jobs, projects or networking activities, developed in relation to different areas, such as education and training, employment, gender equality, entrepreneurship – in particular social entrepreneurship –,citizenship and democratic participation, environment and nature protection, climate action, disaster prevention, preparedness and recovery, agriculture and rural development, provision of food and non-food items, food security, health and well-being, creativity and culture, physical education and sport, social assistance and welfare, reception and integration of third-country nationals, territorial cooperation and cohesion, and cooperation across borders. Such solidarity activities should include a solid learning and training dimension through relevant activities that can be offered to participants before, during and after the solidarity activity.

2018/12/12
Committee: DEVE

Mireille D'ORNANO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13

(13). Young people’s spirit of initiative is an important asset for society and for the labour market. The European Solidarity Corps contributes to fostering this aspect by offering young people the opportunity to devise and implement their own projects aimed at addressing specific challenges tofor the benefit of ~~their local communities~~individuals or communities in need of solidarity efforts from society. These projects are an opportunity to try out ideas and support young people to be themselves drivers of solidarity actions. They also serve as a springboard for further engagement in solidarity activities and are a first step towards encouraging European Solidarity Corps participants to engage in self-employment or setting up associations, non-governmental organisations or other bodies active in the solidarity, non-profit and youth sectors.

2018/12/12
Committee: DEVE

Mireille D'ORNANO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14

(14). Young people and organisations participating in the European Solidarity Corps should feel that they belong to a community of individuals and entities committed to enhancing solidarity across Europe. At the same time, participating organisations need support to strengthen their capacities to offer good quality activities to an increasing number of participants. The European Solidarity Corps supports networking activities aimed at strengthening young people and participating organisations’ engagement in this community, at fostering a European Solidarity Corps spirit, as well as at encouraging the exchange of useful practices and experience. These activities also contribute to raising awareness about the European Solidarity Corps among public and private actors as well as to collect feedback from participants and participating organisations on the implementation of the European Solidarity Corps. Feedback from participants and participating organisations concerning the implementation of the programme is thus essential; this should be carried out according to a tried and tested methodology for gathering information.

2018/12/12
Committee: DEVE

Mireille D'ORNANO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16). To ensure the impact of European Solidarity Corps activities on the personal, educational, social, civic and professional development of the participants, the knowledge, skills and competences that are the learning outcomes of the activity should be properly identified, catalogued and documented, in accordance with national circumstances and specificities, as recommended in Council Recommendation of 20 December 2012 on the validation of non-formal and informal learning22. ~~_________________ 22 Council Recommendation of 20 December 2012 on the validation of non- formal and informal learning (OJ C 398, 22.12.2012, p. 1–5)~~To that end, a proven methodology will have to be laid down.

2018/12/12
Committee: DEVE

Mireille D'ORNANO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28

(28). Special attention should be ~~given~~paid to ensuring that the activities supported by the European Solidarity Corps are accessible to all young people, notably ~~the~~ most disadvantaged ones or those who, on an a priori basis, may not feel cut out to participate in these activities. Special measures should be in place to promote social inclusion, the participation of disadvantaged young people, as well as to take into account the constraints imposed by the remoteness of a number of rural areas and of the outermost regions of the Union and the Overseas Countries and Territories. Similarly, the participating countries should endeavour to adopt all appropriate measures to remove legal and administrative obstacles to the proper functioning of the European Solidarity Corps. This should resolve, where possible, and without prejudice to the Schengen acquis and Union law on the entry and residence of third-country nationals, administrative issues that create difficulties in obtaining visas and residence permits, as well as the issuing of a European Health Insurance Card in the case of cross-border activities within the European Union.

2018/12/12
Committee: DEVE

Mireille D'ORNANO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38

(38). Appropriate outreach, publicity and dissemination of the opportunities and results of the actions supported by the Programme should be ensured at European, national and local level. Special attention should be paid to social enterprises encouraging them to support the European Solidarity Corps activities. The outreach, publicity and dissemination activities should rely on all the implementing bodies of the Programme, including, when relevant, with the support of other key stakeholders. These outreach, publicity and dissemination activities should be designed in such a way as to reach the most disadvantaged in society as effectively as possible. They should also include details of feedback received from participants or participating organisations.

2018/12/12
Committee: DEVE

Mireille D'ORNANO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39

(39). In order to better achieve the objectives of the Programme, the Commission, Member States and national agencies should preferably work closely together in partnership with non- governmental organisations, youth organisations and local stakeholders having proven expertise in solidarity actions.

2018/12/12
Committee: DEVE

Mireille D'ORNANO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40

(40) In order to ensure greater efficiency in communication to the public at large and stronger synergies between the communication activities undertaken at the initiative of the Commission, the resources allocated to communication under this Regulation should also contribute to covering the corporate communication of the political priorities of the Union, provided that these are related to the general objective of this Regulation.deleted

2018/12/12
Committee: DEVE

Activities of Mireille D'ORNANO related to 2018/0230(COD)

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