5 Amendments of Dominique BILDE related to 2017/2136(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that Erasmus+ enabled 500,000 people to study, train or volunteer abroad in 2016 and is on track to achieve its target of 4 million participants by 2020; stresses that Erasmus+ students enjoy better career prospects than non- mobile students and that the programme delivers as a strategic investment in Europe’s young people;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that participation in Erasmus+ is geared more consistently towards the aim of learning the host country's language, to remove the obstacles that discourage people from taking part when they are less well off financially, and to return to a more even geographical spread of destinations;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Maintains that, to date, the key to the success of Erasmus+ has been university exchanges and that, in order to prevent this from being eroded, none of the funding should be used for another programme, nor should the scope of Erasmus+ be widened to encompass other recipients, for example migrants;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is alarmed by the chronically low project success raPoints to the high number of funding applications submittesd under the Europe for Citizens programme and the Creative Europe Culture sub-programme (16% and 11% respectively in 2016); stresses that low success rates cause frustration among applicants and are symptomatic of inadequate levels of financing.and Creative Europe programmes and to the poor success rates (16% and 11% respectively in 2016); calls, therefore, for preference to be given to projects carried out by and for European citizens, as opposed to projects seeking to establish an inclusive cultural policy in relation to refugees and migrants;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the 2016 launch of the Cultural and Creative Sectors Guarantee Facility, with a budget of 121 million EUR up to 2022, and the initial interest shown by the sector and financial intermediaries; calls for quick implementation of the planned 60 million EUR frontloading of the Facility from EFSI; recalls that loans complement other essential sources of funding to the sector, such as grants; also draws attention to the declared aim of supporting more than 10 000 SMEs.