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10 Amendments of Brando BENIFEI related to 2016/2024(BUD)

Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that the 2017 budget has to be key in enhancing the Union’s contribution to growth, the creation of jobs and combatting poverty and should financially support further achievement of the Europe 2020 Strategy targets in the social and employment area;
2016/05/12
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Expresses its continued strong support for the programmes in the field of education and culture, training, youth, culture and sport, and calls for the allocation of sufficient commitment and payment appropriations to ensure their proper implementation;
2016/05/31
Committee: CULT
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its firm belief that Erasmus+, as an emblematic mobility and lifelong learning programme, must receive increased funding, and calls for the strengthening of the Creative Europe and Europe for Citizens programmes;
2016/05/31
Committee: CULT
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the budget should support programmes creating jobs for those with multiple disadvantages in the labour market, such as women, long-term unemployed, elderly unemployed, people with disabilities and people from minority backgrounds, as well as should support programmes for improving the adaptability of the work force and prolonging employability of elderly workers;
2016/05/12
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. EInsists that adequate commitment and especially payment appropriations are ensured in Budget 2017 for the European Social Fund given that the ESF is entering a period of intense implementation and payment requests by Member States will increase; calls as well for including commitment and payment appropriations for the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) in Budget 2017 and recalls article 14 of Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 envisaging a Global MFF Margin for commitments to be made available for the years 2016 to 2020 for policy objectives related to growth and employment, in particular youth employment; emphasises the importance of sufficient funding and good budgetary management of other programmes aiming at addressing unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, such as the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF), the Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) and the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD);
2016/05/12
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses in this regard the important contribution of the EMPL Agencies (CEDEFOP, ETF, Eurofound, EUOSHA) in dealing with a wide range of employment and social issues, as well as their potential to address problems related to migrants’ integration in the labour market and their needs for vocational training, and calls for sufficient financial resources to be ensured both for Agencies’ work and staff;
2016/05/12
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Highlights the need of dedicated resources to be provided for combating child poverty and for supporting measures addressing children’s basic needs such as food supplies, housing, education and healthcare;
2016/05/12
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI) must contribute substantially to investment in the areas of education, training, youth and research, and that the cultural and creative sectors must be given adequate support;
2016/05/31
Committee: CULT
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that the budget should promote high level of workers’ protection and prevention culture across the EU and help to address new challenges to occupational safety and health and safety at work;
2016/05/12
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Notes, in the context of the evolving migration and refugee crisis, the importance of the Paris Declaration of 17 March 2015, which calls for intercultural dialogue and EU-level cooperation to prevent and tackle marginalisation, intolerance, racism and radicalisation. ; notes, furthermore, that upcoming challenges, including migration and diverse societies, require more investments in education, training, youth, culture and sport as a way to reinforce cohesive, equal and inclusive societies, as well as intercultural dialogue; draws, therefore, the attention of the Institutions to the need to respond to such challenges by providing additional resources in both the directly managed programmes and the Structural Funds, in addition to dedicated budget lines;
2016/05/31
Committee: CULT