Activities of Elena GENTILE related to 2017/0102(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the legal framework of the European Solidarity Corps and amending Regulations (EU) No 1288/2013, (EU) No 1293/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1305/2013, (EU) No 1306/2013 and Decision No 1313/2013/EU
Amendments (23)
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Young people should be provided with easily accessible opportunities to engage in solidarity activities, which could enable them to express their commitment to the benefit of communities of Member States while acquiring useful experience, skills and competences for their personal, educational, social, civic and professional development, thereby improving their employability. Those activities would also support the mobility of young volunteers, trainees and workers.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In order to maximise the impact of the European Solidarity Corps, provisions should be made to allow other Union programmes such as the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, the Europe for Citizens programme, the European Regional Development Fund and the Health Programme toshould contribute to the objectives of the European Solidarity Corps by supporting activities within its scope. This contribution should be financed in accordance with the respective basic acts of the concerned programmes, without having a negative impact on existing operational programmes of the EU Cohesion policy as such and subject to means available, related to their take- up. Once they have obtained a valid European Solidarity Corps quality label, the beneficiaries should be given access to the European Solidarity Corps portal and receive the quality and support measures provided according to the type of activity offered.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Overlap between European Solidarity Corps initiatives and ongoing programmes should be avoided.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The European Solidarity Corps should open up new opportunities for young people to carry out volunteering, traineeship or job placements in solidarity- related areas as well as to devise and develop transnational and cross-border solidarity projects based on their own initiative. Those opportunities should contribute to enhancing their personal, educational, social, civic and professional development and to contribute towards the creation of a genuine European citizenship and to improve the solidarity between young people. The European Solidarity Corps should also support networking activities for European Solidarity Corps participants and organisations as well as measures to ensure the quality of the supported activities and to enhance the validation of their learning outcomes.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In order to maximise the impact of the European Solidarity Corps, provisions should be made to allow participating countries toshould make additional national, regional and local funding available in accordance with the rules of the European Solidarity Corps.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Appropriate outreach, publicity and dissemination of the opportunities and results of the actions supported by the European Solidarity Corps should be ensured at European, national and local level. The outreach, publicity and dissemination activities should rely on all the implementing bodies of the European Solidarity Corps, including, when relevant, with the support of other key stakeholders, without enhancing bureaucracy.
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) In order to ensure financially sound implementation and close monitoring of the European Solidarity Corps at national level, it is important to use -and reinforce when needed - the existing National Authorities designated for the management of the actions referred to in Chapter III of Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) Since the objective of this Regulation, namely to establish a European Solidarity Corps, cannot be sufficientolely achieved by the Member States but can rather, by reason of its scale and effects, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40 a (new)
Recital 40 a (new)
(40a) In view of a relatively small budget of the programme, Commission staff assigned to the European Solidarity Corps should be redeployed creating no extra financial impact.
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) “solidarity placement” means a volunteering activity, traineeship or job in a solidarity-related area, which is organised by a participating organisation and which contributes to addressing key societal challenges while enhancing the personal, educational, social, civic and professional development and the employability of the European Solidarity Corps participant who undertakes it, either in a country other than the country of residence (cross-border) or in the country of residence of the participant (in-country);
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) “solidarity project” means a local initiatin initiative in and between Member States, at local, regional and cross-border level for a period from two to twelve months, which is set up and carried out by groups of at least five European Solidarity Corps participants, with a view to addressing key challenges within their local community while linking them to a broader European perspective;
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
(11) “quality label” means the certification attributed to a public or, private or third sector entity or an international organisation willing to provide placements under the European Solidarity Corps following a procedure aimed at ensuring compliance with the principles and requirements of the European Solidarity Corps Charter;
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The objective of the European Solidarity Corps is to enhance the engagement of young people and organisations in accessible and high quality solidarity activities as a means to contribute to strengthening cohesion and solidarity in Europe, supporting communities and responding to societal challenges in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to ensure that the solidarity activities that are offered to the European Solidarity Corps participants contribute to addressing concrete, unmet societal needs and, strengthening communities, are of high quality and properly validated.
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) solidarity placements in the form of volunteering, traineeships or jobs, including individual cross-border and in- country placements as well as volunteering teams’ placements;
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 6
Article 9 – paragraph 6
6. A participating country, local or regional authority may make nadditional funding available to beneficiaries to be managed in accordance with the rules of the European Solidarity Corps and, to this end, use the decentralised structures of the European Solidarity Corps, as long as it ensures the complementary pro rata funding of these structures.
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) number of participants in volunteering placements (in-country and cross-border);
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) number of participants in traineeship placements (in-country and cross-border);
Amendment 200 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) number of participants in job placements (in-country and cross-border);
Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Four years after the date of application of this Regulation, in order to evaluate the experience with the European Solidarity Corps, the Commission shall publish a best practices' report on which future policy and cohesion objectives can be based.
Amendment 218 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. Communication activities shall also contribute to the corporate communication of the political priorities of the Union, provided that they are related to the general objective of this Regulation and represent an added value and visibility for the EU.
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) stipulate the internal control standards for national agencies and the rules for the management of the Union funds for grant support by the national agencies taking into consideration the existing simplification requirements;
Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3
Article 22 – paragraph 3
3. National agencies shall be responsible for the primary controls of grant beneficiaries for the actions of the European Solidarity Corps which are entrusted to them. Those controls shall give reasonable assurance that the grants awarded are used as intended and in compliance with the applicable Union rules, taking into consideration the existing simplification requirements.