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Activities of Beatrix von STORCH related to 2016/2144(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2144(INI)

Amendments (76)

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas equality between men and women is a fundamental value of the European Union enshrined in the Treaties; whereas Article 8 TFEU lays down ~~the principle of gender mainstreaming, stating~~ that the Union shall in all its activities aim to eliminate inequalities and to promote equality between men and women;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas equal~~ity between~~ opportunities for men and women is a fundamental value of the European Union enshrined in the Treaties; whereas Article 8 TFEU lays down the principle of gender mainstreaming, stating that the Union shall in all its activities aim to eliminate inequalities and to promote equality between men and women;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas if professional and private life are to be reconciled not only must affordable and accessible public care facilities be provided, but mothers and fathers must also be free to choose to educate their children fully or partly at home without suffering discrimination as a result, and expenditures for these facilities are to be considered as part of investment in the future; whereas both care facilities and the freedom to choose parental care at home without suffering discrimination are prerequisites for men's and women's participation in the labour market;

2016/12/15
Committee: CONT

Beatrix von STORCH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that ~~gender~~ budgeting which takes account of equal opportunities for men and women should be an instrument of democratic governance that will help to ensure that ~~gender equality becomes a reality; is of the opinion that the current gulf between male and female pay for the same work is totally unacceptable~~equal opportunities for men and women becomes a reality;

2016/12/15
Committee: CONT

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas in order to balance professional and private life not only must affordable and accessible public care facilities ~~have to~~ be provided, but mothera and fathers must also be free to choose to educate their children fully or partly at home without suffering discrimination as a result, and expenditures for these facilities are to be considered as part of infrastructure investments; whereas these services and the freedom to make such a choice without suffering discrimination are a preconditions for women’s and men's participation in the labour market, in leading positions, in science and research and thus for ~~gender~~ equality of opportunity between men and women;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Emphasises that the objective of equal opportunities for men and women must find expression in a practical approach which does not lead to women and men being set up in opposition to one another and or to being played off against one another;

2016/12/15
Committee: CONT

Beatrix von STORCH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Acknowledges that not all EU policy areas can be gender mainstreamed, as for example the EU policy on honey bees, because there is only one female bee queen per colony and not two;

2016/12/15
Committee: CONT

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the Joint Declaration of the European Parliament, the European Commission and the European Council calls for the annual budgetary procedures applied for the MFF 2014-2020 to integrate, as appropriate, gender-responsive elements, taking into account the ways in which the overall financial framework of the Union contributes to increased gender equality ~~and ensures gender mainstreaming~~;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that ~~gender~~ budgeting to foster equal opportunities for men and women is considered in certain policy areas (employment, social affairs and inclusion, home affairs, justice, development and cooperation, research and innovation, education and culture), but believes it should be included in ~~all~~those policy areas in which it makes sense;

2016/12/15
Committee: CONT

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the Joint Declaration of the European Parliament, the European Commission and the European Council calls for the annual budgetary procedures applied for the MFF 2014-2020 to integrate, as appropriate, gender-responsive elements, taking into account the ways in which the overall financial framework of the Union contributes to increased ~~gender equal~~equality of opportunity and ensures gender mainstreaming;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas since the 2008 crisis a downgrading of gender equality in the public debate and policy agenda is evident both at EU and national level; whereas the fiscal consolidation and budget constraints imposed by the crisis are likely to further reduce the available resources for gender equality strategies and bodies;deleted

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Takes the position that home caregivers (both men and women) remain discriminated against in terms of the failure to count their years of work towards pensions and entitlements;

2016/12/15
Committee: CONT

Beatrix von STORCH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. Takes the position that sexual abuse, commercial sexual exploitation of women, the use of women for surrogacy, and sex selected abortion must be considered as unjustifiable under any political, social, religious or cultural grounds;

2016/12/15
Committee: CONT

Beatrix von STORCH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2 c. Condemns all forms of discrimination and violence against men and women;

2016/12/15
Committee: CONT

Beatrix von STORCH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

~~3. Believes that properly implemented gender budgeting has a positive effect, improving employment prospects and remuneration for women generally, while also broadening the labour base;~~deleted

2016/12/15
Committee: CONT

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas the external assessment of the effectiveness of gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament's activities commissioned in 2014 by the EP's Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs policy department, which was entitled 'Gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament's committees and delegations' and which covered the period from June 2011 to February 2013, produced the following findings: the Committee on Women's Rights drew up 33 opinions for only 11 of the 23 committees; of a total of 718 individual proposals and amendments on various topics, only 210, or one-third, were adopted in full or in part; the largest number of FEMM committee proposals were made to the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, which took over only 39.5%, or not even half, of them; in the other committees the proportion of proposals/amendments accepted was even lower: Foreign Affairs 28%, Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs 11%, and Budgets only 5.5%; whereas in the light of these disappointing findings no recommendations should be made to the Member States;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)

Eb. whereas, in the light of the findings of the external assessment of the effectiveness of gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament's activities published by one of Parliamemnt's own policy departments under the title 'Gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament's committees and delegations', the European Court of Auditors should carry out a cost-benefit analysis of all the gender mainstreaming policies of the EU institutions and bodies in general and of the European Parliament in particular and publish details of the budget resources made available for this purpose, with a view to ensuring that the taxes paid by women are being used properly;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Notes that gender equality goals are too often~~Welcomes the fact that equal opportunities policy is subsumed by other policy goals that are addressed within the same budget line;

2016/12/15
Committee: CONT

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. Recalls that public policies aiming at social engineering (such as gender mainstreaming) promoted by the EU institutions must respect the cultural diversity and national traditions of the Member States according to Art. 4(2) TEU;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

~~5. Regrets the lack of gender- aggregated data and gender-specific indicators required to monitor and evaluate the action receiving funding from the EU budget to tackle gender equality;~~deleted

2016/12/15
Committee: CONT

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the intended ~~mainstreaming of gender equality~~inclusion of equal opportunities for men and women as a cross-cutting policy objective of the EU budget in EU funds and programmes;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Emphasises that the objective of equal opportunities between men and women must find expression in a practical approach which does not lead to women and men being set up in opposition to one another and or to being played off against one another;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Strongly recommends that data which has been disaggregated according to gender, race, skin colour, ethnic, geographic and social origin, genetic features, language, religion, belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, wealth, birth, disability, age and sexual orientation should be made available to the public in order to ensure financial accountability and transparency;

2016/12/15
Committee: CONT

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Deplores, however, the fact that the EU’s political commitment to gender equality and gender mainstreaming is not yet internalised in the budget allocations and spending decisions of all EU policy areas;deleted

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Asks the Commission and the Member States to promote a holistic debate on policies and budgetary choices with a view to strengthening the policies contributing to gender equality and eventually achieving the ultimate goal of equal pay for equal work for all.deleted

2016/12/15
Committee: CONT

Beatrix von STORCH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Points out that the external assessment of the effectiveness of gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament's activities commissioned in 2014 by the EP's Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs policy department, which was entitled 'Gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament's committees and delegations' and which covered the period from June 2011 to February 2013, produced the following findings: the Committee on Women's Rights drew up 33 opinions for only 11 of the 23 committees; of a total of 718 individual proposals and amendments on various topics, only 210, or one-third, were adopted in full or in part; the largest number of FEMM committee proposals were made to the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, which took over only 39.5%, or not even half, of them; in the other committees the proportion of proposals/amendments accepted was even lower: Foreign Affairs 28%, Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs 11%, and Budgets only 5.5%; considers, in the light of these disappointing findings, that the Committee on Women's Rights should not make recommendations to the Member States, because it has no legitimacy to do so;

2016/12/15
Committee: CONT

Beatrix von STORCH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Recalls that public policies aiming at social engineering (such as "gender mainstreaming") promoted by the EU institutions must respect the cultural diversity and national traditions of the Member States according to Art. 4(2) TEU;

2016/12/15
Committee: CONT

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Acknowledges that not all EU policy areas can be gender mainstreamed, as for example the EU policy on honey bees, because there is only one female bee queen per colony and not two;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Takes the view, in the light of the findings of the external assessment of the effectiveness of gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament's activities published by one of Parliament's own policy departments under the title 'Gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament's committees and delegations', the European Court of Auditors should carry out a cost-benefit analysis of all the gender mainstreaming policies implemented by the EU institutions and bodies in general and by the European Parliament in particular and publish details of the budget resources made available for physical resources and staff, with a view to ensuring that the taxes paid by women are being used properly;

2016/12/15
Committee: CONT

Beatrix von STORCH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Calls, in keeping with the principle of the responsible use of EU budget resources, for a detailed cost-benefit analysis with the aim of doing away with appropriations for gender mainstreaming which have been shown to be ineffective;

2016/12/15
Committee: CONT

Beatrix von STORCH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6d. Calls on the Commission and the Member States not to increase budget resources for 'gender equality' and to constantly monitor the implementation of gender mainstreaming until the sustained added value of that policy has been established;

2016/12/15
Committee: CONT

Beatrix von STORCH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)

6e. Highlights the fact that responsibility for those policy approaches lies with the Member States and that the EU should not influence national governments' priorities through its fiscal policy;

2016/12/15
Committee: CONT

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Regrets that despite the joint declaration attached to the MFF on gender mainstreaming there has been no significant progress in this field; calls, in keeping with the principle of the responsible use of EU budget resources, for a detailed cost-benefit analysis with the aim of doing away with appropriations for gender mainstreaming in those policy areas in which it has been shown to be ineffective;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2

EU funding for ~~gender equality~~equal opportunities for men and women in employment, social affairs and inclusion through the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds)

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Points out that the ESI Funds constitute the most important financial support for the implementation of gender equality policy in the EU, especially in the case of the ESF (European Social Fund), which aims to foster the full integration of women in the labour market; underlines that Regulation 1304/2013 makes gender mainstreaming a compulsory part of all phases of programmes and projects financed by the ESF, including preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation; emphasises that this Regulation does not guarantee mothers and fathers the freedom to choose without suffering discrimination as a result;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses that ensuring the necessary infrastructure funding for quality, affordable and accessible care services for children and the elderly will support female participation in the labour market and women’s economic independence, and thus foster gender equality; emphasises that by taking this approach the EU will actively discriminate against some mothers and fathers if they are not at the same time offered freedom to choose which does not lay them open to discrimination;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Takes the position that home caregivers (both men and women) remain discriminated against in terms of the failure to count their years of work towards pensions and entitlements;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Notes that ERDF funding should also support investment in childcare and other social infrastructure and in child benefits for fathers and mothers who choose to keep their children at home;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Recalls the importance of close monitoring and evaluation of the Operational Programmes of the ESI Funds, in order to ~~avoid the downgrading of gender equality~~ensure that programmes which offer no proven value added are not funded and are then rightly downgraded in the implementation phase;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Deplores that despite efforts to create a ‘standard’ in this field, a systematic method for the implementation of gender mainstreaming within the ESF has not yet been established; calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase resources for gender equality assessment and to follow consistently the implementation of gender mainstreaming;deleted

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States not to increase resources for gender equality assessment and constantly monitor the implementation of gender mainstreaming until the sustained added value of that policy has been established;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls for the creation of permanent gender equality bodies at Member State level, which would provide technical support for gender mainstreaming at the planning and implementation stages, and strongly welcomes, in this context, national best practices such as the Gender CoP network in Sweden;deleted

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. ~~Highlights the importance of~~Proposes that the Member States giv~~ing~~e special attention and priority to ~~ESIF measures supporting investments in~~ educational, social and healthcare services~~, given that these services are facing reductions in public funding at national and local level~~;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Highlights the importance of giving special attention and priority to ESIF measures supporting investments in educational, social and healthcare services, given that these services are facing reductions in public funding at national and local levelfact that responsibility for those policy approaches lies with the Member States and that the EU should not influence national governments' priorities through its fiscal policy;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Suggests that the Member States increased financial allocations in the ~~MFF~~ir national budgets for social infrastructures and services for the care of children and the elderly;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18 a. Takes the position that sexual abuse, commercial sexual exploitation of women, the use of women for surrogacy, and sex selected abortion must be considered as unjustifiable under any political, social, religious or cultural grounds;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)

18 b. Condemns all forms of discrimination and violence against men and women;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Deplores, however the decrease in the funds available for the Daphne specific objective, pointing out that Daphne budget appropriations stood at EUR 18 million in commitments in 2013 by comparison with EUR 19.5 million in 2012 and more than EUR 20 million in 2011; further notes that in 2016 the REC work programme has foreseen little more than EUR 14 million for the objective;deleted

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Calls on the Commission to st~~rengthen the requirement regarding the collection of gender-disaggregated data in the implementation of this programme, as an essen~~ep up data collection, when implementing this programme, as an essential tool for an effective gender budgeting analysis; states that the data collected must be broken down by the grounds for discrimination referred to in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion, belief, political ~~tool for an effective gender budgeting analysis~~or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Urges the Member States to take measures to guarantee women in disadvantaged circumstances equal access to public health systems, in particular basic health services as defined by the World Health Organisation, encompassing the protection of mother and child and gynaecological and obstetric care;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4

EU funding for ~~gender~~ equality of opportunity between men and women in the area of research and innovation via Horizon 2020

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Highlights the fact that the Horizon 2020 programme (hereinafter ‘this programme’), in line with the requirements of Article 16 of its Regulation, mainstreams ~~gender~~ equality ~~and the gender dimensio~~of opportunity between men and women in research as a cross- cutting issue in each of the different parts of the work programme;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Draws attention to the three mainstreaming objectives under this programme, namely: to foster equal opportunities and gender balance in project teams; to ensure gender balance in decision-making; and to integrate a gender dimension in research content;deleted

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Welcomes the fact that this programme provides support for research bodies in implementing gender equality plans; also welcomes the joint project of the Commission and the European Institute for Gender Equality for creating an on-line tool for gender equality plans, as a means of identifying and sharing best practices with relevant stakeholders;deleted

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Welcomes the specific indicators used to monitor the implementation of a gender equality perspective in Horizon 2020, as well as the fact that, regarding gender balance in Horizon 2020 advisory groups in 2014, women’s participation was 52 %4 ; calls for special support measures for women to be halted, in the light of that figure, and for men to be supported instead, since they are clearly underrepresented (48%-52%); _________________ 4 Commission staff working document ‘Horizon 2020 annual monitoring report 2014’

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Considers that a further review is needed in order to assess the results, based also on indicators such as the percentage of women participants and women project coordinators in Horizon 2020, and to propose ~~adjustments to~~halting the specific actions if required;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Calls for gender mainstreaming to be further strengthened under all pillars of Horizon 2020, and for the development of ~~gende~~targets for equality ~~targets~~of opportunity between men and women in strategies, programmes and projects at all stages of the research cycle;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Calls for the maintenance of an independent line of funding for gender- specific structural change projects (such as GERI for 2014-2016), as well as of other ~~gender equality topics~~topics relating to equality of opportunity between men and women in research and innovation;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. ~~Oppos~~Welcomes the changes envisaged in the ‘New Science with and for Society Scoping Paper 2018-2020’ ~~subsuming~~, because gender equality funding is subsumed there under the more general heading of RRI (Responsible Research and Innovation), as being inconsistent with the ~~specific and distinct requirements for gender equality in the Horizon 2020 regul~~Horizon 2020 regulation and with the principles of better and more efficient administration;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5

Other programmes and funds including specific objectives on ~~gender equality~~equal opportunities for men and women

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Notes that in the field of external actions and development cooperation, the Gender Action Plan (GAP) established for the period 2016-2020 covers the EU’s activities in third countries, and that there are several external assistance instruments that support ~~gender equality objectives~~the objectives of equal opportunities for men and women;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)

33 a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to improve the documentation of discrimination against and violent attacks on female Christian refugees;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Highlights that gender mainstreaming is also among the founding principles of the recent Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF), and that eligible actions under this funding should ensure that special attention is paid to the specific needs of vulnerable persons, in particular women, unaccompanied minors and other groups at risk;deleted

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)

34 a. Notes that female and male asylum seekers and economic refugees have particular requirements, so that the Member States are invited as far as possible to satisfy the specific requirements of women, men, children and families seeking asylum;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 b (new)

34 b. Notes that Christian refugees in Member State asylum-seeker hostels face attacks by fanatical Muslims living according to Sharia Law, who even subject them to death threats;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Emphasises that there are other funds, such as the Internal Security Fund, special financial instruments like the Emergency Support Instrument. and other ad hoc instruments and grants, that have been mobilised to address needs in the context of the present refugee crisis; points out the difficulty in monitoring the use of these funds, in particular from a gender perspective, and calls for the use of EU funding in this area to be coordinated, effective, and transparent ~~and gender- sensitive~~;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

~~36. Calls for specific funding to support targeted measures involving grassroots organisations for ensuring that the basic rights, safety and security of refugee and migrant women and girls are protec~~deleted;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

~~37. Reiterates its request for gender budgeting to be used at all levels of the EU budgetary procedure;~~deleted

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

~~38. Calls for all EU budget titles to pursue equally strong gender targets and gender mainstreaming standards;~~deleted

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Calls for the amount to be allocated to individual policy objectives and actions dedicated to ~~gender equality~~equal opportunities for men and women to be clearly specified in order to increase transparency and accountability;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40

40. Looks upon the EU-level funding of EUR 6.17 billion allocated in the current MFF to achieving the objectives of gender- strategic engagement as a ~~first step, and asks for an increase in this amount in the next MFF~~n appropriate amount which should be used effectively;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41

41. Believes that the mid-term review of the MFF could have been an opportunity to improve the results achieved by the EU budget in the pursuit of gender equality, and to demonstrate those achievements to the public;deleted

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

42. Regrets, therefore, the Commission’s decision to not address the issue of implementation of gender mainstreaming in its mid-term review of the MFF, and calls for more specific action to address this failure;deleted

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

43. Calls for gender-specific indicators to be applied in the project selection, monitoring and evaluation phases of all actions that receive funding from the EU budget, for mandatory gender impact assessment, and for the collection of gender-disaggregated data with regard to beneficiaries and participants;deleted

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

44. Strongly recommends that ~~gender- disaggregated data~~data which has been disaggregated according to gender, race, skin colour, ethnic and social origin, genetic features, language, religion, belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, wealth, birth, disability, age and sexual orientation should be made available to the public in order to ensure financial accountability and transparency;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Beatrix von STORCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

45. Calls for the EU institutions and Member States to organise regular training and technical support programmes on gender mainstreaming tools for all staff involved in policymaking and budgetary procedures;deleted

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM