157 Amendments of Brando BENIFEI related to 2018/0206(COD)
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
having regard to the Interinstitutional Proclamation on the European Pillar of Social Rights (2017/C 428/09),
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Citation 5 b (new)
Citation 5 b (new)
having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation
Citation 5 c (new)
Citation 5 c (new)
having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Citation 5 d (new)
Citation 5 d (new)
having regard to the European Convention on Human Rights,
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital -1 (new)
Recital -1 (new)
(-1) Pursuant to Article 3 TEU, the Union in establishing an Internal Market is working for a highly competitive social market economy, aiming at full employment and social progress; promoting equality between women and men, solidarity between generations and protection of the rights of the child; as well as combating social exclusion and discrimination. In accordance with Article 9 TFEU, the Union, in defining and implementing its policies and activities, is to take into account requirements linked to, inter alia, the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of an adequate social protection, the fight against social exclusion, and the promotion of a high level of education, training and the protection of human health.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) At Union level, the European Semester of economic policy coordination is the framework to identify national reform priorities and monitor their implementation. Member States develop their own national multiannual investment strategies in support of those reform priorities. Those strategies should be developed in partnership between national, regional and local authorities and presented alongside the yearly National Reform Programmes as a way to outline and coordinate priority investment projects to be supported by national and/or Union funding. They should also serve to use Union funding in a coherent manner and to maximise the added value of the financial support to be received notably from the programmes supported by the Union under the European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, the European Investment Stabilisation Function and InvestEU, where relevant.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) On 20 June 2017, the Council endorsed the Union response to the ‘UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ - a sustainable European future. The Council underlined the importance of achieving sustainable development across the three dimensions (economic, social and environmental), in a balanced and integrated way. It is vital that sustainable development is mainstreamed into all Union internal and external policy areas, and that the Union is ambitious in the policies it uses to address global challenges. The Council welcomed the Commission Communication on “Next steps for a sustainable European future” of 22 November 2016 as a first step in mainstreaming the Sustainable Development Goals and applying sustainable development as an essential guiding principle for all Union policies, including through its budgetary programmes. The ESF+ should mainly contribute to implementing the Sustainable Development Goals by halving relative poverty and eradicating extreme forms of poverty (goal 1); good health and well-being (goal 3); quality and inclusive education (goal 4), promoting gender equality (goal 5), promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all (goal 8), and reducing inequality (goal 10).
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States adopted by the Council in accordance with Article 148(2), namely: Boosting the demand for labour; Enhancing labour supply: access to employment, skills and competences; Enhancing the functioning of labour markets and the effectiveness of social dialogue and Promoting equal opportunities for all, fostering social inclusion and combatting poverty, together with the broad economic guidelines adopted in accordance with Article 121(2) form part of the Integrated Guidelines underpinning the Europe 2020 strategy. The Council of […] adopted revised guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States to align the textm with the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights, with a view to, stimulate creation of jobs and foster social cohesion, thus improving Europe’s competitiveness and making ithe Union a better place to invest, create jobs and foster social cohesion. In order to ensure the full alignment of the ESF+ with the objectives of these g Guidelines, particularly as regards employment, education, training and the fight against social exclusion, poverty and discrimination, the ESF+ should support Member States, taking account of the relevant Integrated Guidelines andfor the employment policies, Member States should programme the ESF+ support, taking account of those Guidelines, relevant for them, as well as of relevant country-specific recommendations adopted in accordance with Article 121(2) TFEU and Article 148(4) TFEU and, where appropriate, at national level,48(4) TFEU and, at national level, the employment and social aspects of the national reform programmes underpinned by national strategies. The ESF+ should also contribute to relevant aspects of the implementation of key Union initiatives and activities, in particular the “Skills Agenda for Europe” and the European Education Area, the Youth Guarantee and other relevant Council Recommendations and other initiatives such as the Youth Guarantee,Investing in children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage, the Upskilling Pathways and, on Integration of the long- term unemployed, a Quality Framework for Traineeships and Apprenticeships and the Action Plan on the integration of third-country nationals.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The Union is confronted with structural challenges arising from economic globalisation, the management of migration flows and the increased security threat, clean energy and just transition, technological change, demographic decline and an increasingly ageing workforce and growing skills shortages and labour shortages in some sectors and regions, experienced especially by SMEs. Taking into account the changing realities of the world of work, the Union should be prepared for the current and future challenges by investing in relevant skills, making growth more inclusive and by improving education and training, employment and social policies, including in view of labour mobility.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Regulation (EU) No […] establishes the framework for action by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), the Cohesion Fund, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), the Asylum and Migration Fund (AMIF), Internal Security Fund (ISF) and the Border Management and Visa Instrument (BMVI) as a part of the Integrated Border Management Fund (IBMF), and lays down, in particular, the policy objectives and the rules concerning programming, monitoring and evaluation, management and control for Union funds implemented under shared management. It is therefore necessary to specify the general objectives of the ESF+, and to lay down specific provisions concerning the type of activities that may be financed by the ESF+ under shared management.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to streamline and simplify the funding landscape and create additional opportunities for synergies through integrated funding approaches, the actions which were supported by the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (‘FEAD’), the European Union Programme for Employment and Social Innovation and the Programme for the Union’'s action in the field of health should be integrated into one ESF+. The ESF+ should therefore include three strands: the ESF+Social Cohesion and Social rights strand under shared management, the Employment and Social Innovation strand, and the Health strand under direct and indirect management. This should contribute to reducing the administrative burden linked to the management of different funds, in particular for Member States, whilst maintaining simpler rules for simpler operations such as the distribution of food and/or basic material assistance.
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In view of this wider scope of the ESF+ it is appropriate to foresee that the aims to enhance the effectiveness of inclusive and fair labour markets and promote access to quality employment, to improve the access to and the quality of education and training as well as to promote social inclusion and health and to reduceradicate poverty are not onlywill continue to be implemented mainly under shared management, but alsoand where appropriate, complemented under direct and indirect management under the Employment and Social Innovation and Health strands for actions required at Union level.
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) This Regulation lays down a financial envelope for the ESF+. Parts of this financial envelope should be used by specifying the allocations for actions to be implemented in shared management under the Social Cohesion and Social Rights strand and the allocations for actions to be implemented in direct and indirect management under the Employment and Social Innovation and Health strands.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The ESF+ should aim to promote employment through active interventions enabling (the integration and re)-integration into the labour market, notably for youth, the long-term unemployed and the inactive, people in vulnerable situations, as well as through promoting self–employment and the social and solidarity-based economy. The ESF+ should aim to improve the employment policies and the functioning of labour markets by supporting the modernisation of labour market institutions such as the Public Employment Services in order to improve their capacity to provide intensified targeted counselling and guidance during the job search and the transition to employment and to enhance workers’ mobility, and to deliver their service in a non-discriminatory way. The ESF+ should promote women’s participation in the labour market through measures aiming to ensure, amongst others, improved work/life balance and easy access to childcareaffordable or free quality childcare, eldercare and other care services or support of good quality. The ESF + should also aim to provide a safe, healthy and well-adapted working environment in order to respond to health risks related to changing forms of work and the needs of the ageing workforce.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The ESF+ should provide support to improving the quality, non- discriminatory nature, accessibility, inclusiveness, effectiveness and labour market relevance of education and training systems in order to facilitate the acquisition of key competences notably as regards digital skillslanguage skills and digital skills, including data protection and information governance, which all individuals need for personal fulfilment and development, employment, social inclusion and active citizenship. In case of the long-term unemployed and people coming from a disadvantaged social background, special attention should be paid to empower them and to strengthen their self-confidence and ability to access and demand their rights. The ESF+ should help progression within education and training and transition to work, support lifelong learning and employability of all, and contribute to inclusiveness, competitiveness and societal and economic innovation by supporting scalable and sustainable initiatives in these fields. This could be achieved for example through investments in vocational education, including dual education, work-based learning and apprenticeships, lifelong guidance, skills anticipation in cooperation with industrythe social partners, up- to-date training materials, forecasting and graduate tracking, training of educators, validation of learning outcomes and recognition of qualifications.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Support through the ESF+ should be used to promote equal access for all, in particular for disadvantaged groups, to quality, non-segregated and inclusive education and training, from early childhood education and care, paying special attention to children coming from a disadvantaged social background, such as children in institutional care and children experiencing homelessness, through general and vocational education and training and to tertiary level and re- integration into the education system, as well as adult education and learning, thereby preventing the transmission of poverty through generations, fostering permeability between education and training sectors, preventing early school leaving and social exclusion, improving health literacy, reinforcing links with non- formal and informal learning and facilitating learning mobility for all. Synergies with the Erasmus programme, notably to facilitate the participation of disadvantaged learners in learning mobility, should be supported within this context should be established in this context in order to properly and actively reach out and to prepare disadvantaged learners for mobility experiences abroad and increase their participation in cross-border learning mobility.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The ESF+ should promote flexible upskilling and reskilling opportunities for all, taking into consideration the challenges of different disadvantaged social groups, notably digital skills and key enabling technologies, with a view to providing people with skills adjusted to digitalisation, technological change, innovation and social and economic change, such as the ones induced by the transition to a low carbon economy, facilitating career transitions, mobility and supporting in particular low-skilled, persons with disabilities and/or poorly qualified adults, in line with the Skills Agenda for Europe and in coordination and complementarity with the Digital Europe Programme.
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Synergies with the Horizon Europe programme should ensure that the ESF+ can mainstream and scale up innovative curricula supported by Horizon Europe in order to equip people with the skills and competences needed for the jobs of the futureir personal and professional development and for the jobs of the future. The Commission should ensure synergies between the Health Strand and the Horizon Europe programme in order to boost the results achieved in the area of health protection and diseases prevention.
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) The ESF+ should support Member States’ efforts to tackle povertyat all levels of government including at regional and local level to eradicate poverty, including energy poverty as foreseen in the newly agreed rules on the Governance of the Energy Union, with a view to breaking the cycle of disadvantage across generations and promote social inclusion by ensuring equal opportunities for all, tacklfighting discrimination and addressing social and health inequalities. This implies mobilising a range of pro-active and reactive policies targeting the most disadvantaged people regardless of their age, including children, marginalised communities such as the Roma, and the working poor. The ESF+ should promote the active inclusion of people far from the labour market with a view to ensuring their socio-economic integrationin line with Principle 11 of the European Pillar of Social Rights, marginalised communities such as the Roma, persons with disabilities, people experiencing homelessness, third-country nationals and the working poor. The ESF+ should promote the active inclusion of people far from the labour market with a view to ensuring their socio-economic integration including through targeted support to the social and solidarity-based economy. Projects that promote active inclusion, integrated approaches based on the three pillars of access to services, income support and inclusive labour markets should be encouraged. Synergies between ESF+ funded measures and national strategies on income support, in the form of minimum income and/or structural income support measures combining income support with activation measures and with a reinforcement of services or social benefits, should be promoted to amplify the impact on final beneficiaries. The ESF+ should be also used to enhance timely and equal access to free or affordable, sustainable and high quality services such as healthcare and long-term care, in particular family and community- based care services and services guiding access to adequate social or affordable housing. The ESF+ should contribute to the modernisation of social protection systems with a view in particular to promoting their accessibility.
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The ESF+ should contribute to the reduction of povertypoverty eradication by supporting national schemes aiming to alleviate food and material deprivation and promote social integration of people experiencing or at risk of poverty or social exclusion and the most deprived. With a view that at Union level at least 4% of the resources of the ESF+ strand under shared management supports the most deprived, Member States should allocate at least 24% of their national resources of the ESF+ strand underSocial Cohesion and Social Rights shared management to addresseradicate the forms of extreme poverty with the greatest social exclusion impact, such as homelessness, child poverty and food deprivation. Due to the nature of the operations and the type of end recipients, it is necessary that the simplerst possible rules apply to support which addresses material deprivation of the most deprived.
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In light of the persistent need to enhance efforts to address the management of the migration flows in the Union as a whole and in order to ensure a coherent, strong and consistent support to the solidarity and fair responsibility-sharing efforts, the ESF+ should provide support to promote the socio-economic integration of third country nationals complementary to the actions financed under the Asylum and Migration Fund, the ERDF, and those funds which can have a positive effect on the inclusion of third-country nationals. Member States should allocate an appropriate amount of ESF+ resources to local authorities to meet the needs for third-country nationals’ integration at local level.
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) The management of the migration flows has distinctive urban and local dimension and implications. Cities, local and regional authorities, social partners, socio-economic actors, civil society organisations have been proving capable of elaborating effective and innovative strategies, projects and initiatives to tackle short-term and long-term challenges related to the reception, social inclusion and integration of third-country nationals into society and the labour market. The ESF+ should offer direct support to cities and local stakeholders in order to scale- up local projects, in this field, with a view to offering a timely, targeted and effective support based on local needs.
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The ESF+ should support policy and system reforms in the fields of employment, social inclusion, healthcare and long-term care, and education and training. In order to strengthen alignment and poverty eradication, linked to the challenges identified by the Social Scoreboard within the European Semester,. Member States should allocate an appropriate amount of their resources of the ESF+ strand under shared managementSocial Cohesion and Social Rights strand to implement relevant country- specific recommendations relating to structural challenges which it is appropriate to address through multiannual investments falling within the scope of the ESF+. The Commission and the Member States should involve local and regional authorities in the process to ensure coherence, coordination and complementarity between all levels of government and between the shared- management and Health strands of ESF+direct and indirect management strands of ESF+, as well as between them and the Reform Support Programme, including the Reform Delivery Tool and the Technical Support Instrument. In particular, the Commission and the Member State should ensure, in all stages of the process, effective coordination in order to safeguard the consistency, coherence, complementarity and synergy among sources of funding, including technical assistance thereof.
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) To ensure that the social dimension of Europe as set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights is duly put forward and that a minimum amount of resources is targeting those most in need Member States should allocate at least 2530% of their national ESF+ resources of the ESF+ strand under shared manag Social Cohesion and Social Rights Strand to fostering social inclusion and poverty eradication. That percentage should be complementary to fostering social inclusionthe national resources to address extreme poverty.
Amendment 157 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
(22a) All Member States have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), which constitutes the standard in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child. The promotion of children’s rights is an explicit objective of EU policies (Article 3 of the Lisbon Treaty), and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights requires the best interests of the child to be a primary consideration in all EU action. The EU and Member States should make appropriate use of the ESF+ to break the cycle of disadvantage for children living in poverty and social exclusion, as defined in the 2013 European Commission Recommendation Investing in children. The ESF+ should support actions promoting effective interventions that contribute to the realisation of children’s rights.
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
(22a) Poverty deprives children of respectable living conditions, education opportunities, access to healthy nutrition and health care, which in the long-run leads to a higher risk of unemployment, inter-generational poverty, malnutrition, illness, homelessness, early school dropouts and social exclusion. Growing up in poverty can dramatically change children’s chances to enjoy their rights – as enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Child poverty needs to be addressed from a child rights perspective and with a cross- sectorial and integrated approach.
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 b (new)
Recital 22 b (new)
(22b) In light of the persistently high levels of child poverty and social exclusion in the EU (26.4% in 2017), and the European Pillar of Social Rights which states that children have the right to protection from poverty, and children from disadvantaged backgrounds have the rights to specific measures to enhance equal opportunities, Member States should allocate at least 10% of ESF+ resources under shared management to European Child Guarantee scheme for the eradication of child poverty and social exclusion. Investing early in children yields significant returns for children and society as a whole. Supporting children to develop skills and capabilities enables them to develop their full potential, become active members of society and increase their chances on the labour market as young people.
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 b (new)
Recital 22 b (new)
(22b) The lifetime opportunities of children, especially the poorest, depend on a combination of the coverage of basic needs (nutrition and lodging), access to quality public services (health and education) and the stable conditions of parents in order to provide good parenting (social inclusion and labour market integration). Consequently, the European response to improving the living conditions of poor children must be multidimensional, rights-based and integrated, aiming at ensuring that children and their families have access to adequate resources and quality services. The European Child Guarantee is a new integrated approach to tackling the multidimensional aspects of child poverty which should ensure that every European child at risk of poverty has access to free quality health care, free quality education, free quality childcare, decent housing and adequate nutrition. Covering these five areas of action through European and national action plans would ensure that the living conditions and opportunities of millions of children in Europe improve considerably and with a long-term perspective. The Child Guarantee is a key structural reform of this period and it should be considered as an investment in the stability and prosperity of the European Union, necessary for preserving the EU’s growth potential. Investment in young children is the most important means of improving economic and social welfare.
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) In the light of persistently high levels of youth unemployment and inactivity in a number of Member States and regions, in particular affecting young people who are neither in employment, nor in education or training (NEETs), which levels are even higher in case of young people coming from a disadvantaged social background, it is necessary that those Member States continue to invest sufficientadequate resources of the ESF+ strand under shared managementSocial Cohesion and Social Rights Strand towards actions to promote youth employment, including particular through the implementation of Youth Guarantee schemes. Building on the actions supported by the Youth Employment Initiative in the 2014-2020 programming period targeting individual persons, Member States should further promote high-quality employment and education reintegration pathways and effective outreach measures for young people by prioritising, where relevant, long-term unemployed, inactive and disadvantaged young people including through youth work. Member States should also invest in measures aimed at facilitating school-to-work transition as well as reforming and adapting employment services with a view to providing tailor-made support to young people, and at delivering their service without discrimination of any kind. Member States concerned should therefore allocate at least 105% of their national resources of the ESF+ strand under shared management to support youth employabilitySocial Cohesion and Social Rights strand, or 15% of their national resources of the Social Cohesion and Social Rights strand when their NEET rate is too high, to support policies in the field of youth employability, continued education, quality jobs, apprenticeships and traineeships.
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Member States and the Commission should ensure coordination and complementarity between the actions supported by these funds ESF+ and the other Union Programmes and instruments such as European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, the European Regional Development Fund, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, Erasmus, the Asylum and Migration Fund, Horizon Europe, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, the Digital Europe Programme.
Amendment 184 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Efficient and effective implementation of actions supported by the ESF+ depends on good governance and partnership between all actors at the relevant territorial levels and the socio- economic actors, in particular the social partners and civil society. It is therefore essential that Member States encourage the participation ofinvolve the social partners and civil society in the implementation of the ESF+ under shared managementpreparation, monitoring, implementation and evaluation of ESF+ programmes.
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) With a view to rendering policies more responsive to social change and to encourage and support innovative solutions including at local level, support for social innovation is crucial. In particular, testing and evaluating innovative solutions before scaling them up is instrumental in improving the efficiency of the policies and thus justifies specific support from the ESF+ and requires good coordination between the Social Cohesion and Social Rights strand and the Employment and Social Innovation strand.
Amendment 195 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 a (new)
Recital 27 a (new)
(27a) With a view to fully tapping into the potential of cross-sectorial cooperation and to improving synergies and coherence with other policy fields to achieve the general objectives of the ESF+, sport and physical activity should be used as a tool in ESF+ actions aimed, in particular, at fighting youth unemployment, improving social inclusion of marginalised communities, health promotion, and disease prevention.
Amendment 198 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) TIn line with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the Member States and the Commission should ensure that ESF+ contributes to the promotion of equality between women and men in accordance with Article 8 TFEU to foster equality of treatment and opportunities between women and men in all areas, including regarding participation in the labour market, terms and conditions of employment and career progression. They should also ensure that the ESF+ promotes equal opportunities for all, without discriminati gender aspect should be taken into account in all dimensions and in all stages of the planning and implementation of programmes. The Member States and the Commission should also ensure that the ESF+ promotes equal opportunities for all, without discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age, sexual orientation, sex characteristics or gender identity, based on in accordance with Article 10 TFEU and promotes the inclusion in society of persons with disabilities on equal basis with others and contributes to the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, with regard inter alia to education, work, employment and accessibility. These principles should be taken into account in all dimensions and in all stages of the preparation, monitoring, implementation and evaluation of programmes, in a timely and consistent manner while ensuring that specific actions are taken to promote gender equality and equal opportunities. The ESF+ should also promote the transition from residential/institutional care to family and community-based care, in particular for those who face multiple and intersectional discrimination. The ESF+ should not support any action that contributes to segregation or to social exclusion. Regulation (EU) No [future CPR] provides that rules on eligibility of expenditure are to be established at national level, with certain exceptions for which it is necessary to lay down specific provisions with regard to the ESF+ strand under shared management. Social Cohesion and Social Rights strand.
Amendment 204 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) Social experimentation is a small- scale project testing which allows gathering evidence on the feasibility of social innovations. It should be possible for feasible ideas to be pursued on a wider scale or in other contexts with financial support from the ESF+, as well as from other sources.
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) ESF+ lays down provisions intended to achieve freedom of movement for workers on a non-discriminatory basis, by ensuring the close cooperation of the centralat Public employment services of Member States with , the Commissione anod ther and with the Commiss social partners work in close cooperation. The European network of employment services, with the involvement of the social partners, should promote a better functioning of the labour markets by facilitating the cross-border mobility of workers under fair conditions and a greater transparency of information on the labour markets. The ESF+ scope also includes developing and supporting targeted mobility schemes with a view to filling high-quality vacancies where labour market shortcomings have been identified.
Amendment 211 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32 a (new)
Recital 32 a (new)
(32a) The ESF + covers cross-border partnerships between regional public employment services and social partners and their activities to promote voluntary and fair mobility, as well as transparency and integration of cross-border labour markets through information, advice and placement. In many border regions they play an important role in the development of a genuine European labour market.
Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) Lack of access to finance for microenterprises, social economy and social enterprises is one of the main obstacles to business creation, especially among people furthest from the labour market. The ESF+ Regulation lays down provisions in order to create a market eco- system to increase the supply of and access to finance and support services for social enterprises as well as to meet demand from those who need it most, and in particular the unemployed, women and people in vulnerable peoplesituations who wish to start up or develop a microenterprise. This objective will also be addressed through financial instruments and budgetary guarantee under the social investment and skills policy window of the InvestEU Fund.
Amendment 218 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) Social investment market playeors, including philanthropic actors, can play a key role in achieving several ESF+ objectives, as they offer financing as well as innovative and complementary approaches to combatting social exclusion and poverty, reducing unemployment and contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Therefore, philanthropic actors such as foundations and donors should be involved, as appropriate, in ESF+ actions in particular in those aimed at developing theboosting social investment market ecosystems.
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34 a (new)
Recital 34 a (new)
(34a) Transnational cooperation has significant added value and should therefore be supported by all Member States with the exception of duly justified cases taking into account the principle of proportionality. It is also necessary to reinforce the Commission’s role in facilitating exchanges of experience and coordinating implementation of relevant initiatives.
Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
Recital 46
(46) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union’s commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, this Regulation will contribute to mainstream climate action to ensure a socially acceptable and just transition to a sustainable low carbon economy in the Union’s policies and to the achievement of an overall target of 25 % of the EU budget expenditures supporting climate objectives. Relevant actions will be identified during the preparation and implementation, and reassessed in the context of the mid-term evaluation.
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 51
Recital 51
(51) Since the objectives of this Regulation under the Social Cohesion and Social Rights strand, namely enhancing the effectiveness and fairness of labour markets and promoting access to quality employment, improving the access to and the quality of education and training, promoting social inclusion and health and reduceradicating poverty as well as the aobjectionves under the Employment and Social Innovation and Health strands, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather, 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 thatese objectives.
Amendment 232 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation establishes the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+)., which consist of three strands: Social Cohesion and Social Rights strand, Employment and Social Innovation strand and Health strand
Amendment 233 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
It lays down the objectives of the ESF+, the budget for the period 2021-2027, the methods of implementation, the forms of Union funding and the rules for providing such funding, complementing the general rules applying to the ESF+ under Regulation (EU) No [Regulation laying down Common Provisions].
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) 'accompanying measures' means activities provided in addition to the distribution of food and/or basic material assistance with the aim of addressing social exclusion and eradicating poverty such as referring to and providing social services, providing information on the host country or advice on managing a household budget, and providing psychological support;
Amendment 236 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) 'basic material assistance' means goods which fulfil the basic needs of a person for a life with dignity, such as clothing, hygiene goods and school material, adequate nutrition, decent housing and healthcare;
Amendment 238 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) ‘common longer term result indicators’ means common result indicators which capture effects sixtwelve months after a participant has left the operation;
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
(7a) "Cross-border partnerships" in the employment and social innovation strand, means permanent structures of cooperation between public employment services and social partners in border areas of at least two countries;
Amendment 246 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
(13) 'most deprived persons' means natural persons, whether individuals, families, households or groups composed of such persons, including children, whose need for assistance has been established according to the objective criteria set by the national competent authorities in consultation with relevant stakeholders, while avoiding conflicts of interest and which are approved by those national competent authorities and which may include elements that allow the targeting of the most deprived persons in certain geographical areas;
Amendment 265 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18
(18) 'key competences' means the knowledge, skills and competences all individuals need, at any stage of their lives, for personal fulfilment and development, employment, social inclusion and active citizenship. The key competences are: literacy; multilingual; mathematics, science, technology and engineering; digital; personmedia; personal, intercultural, social and learning to learn; citizenship; entrepreneurship; cultural awareness and expression;
Amendment 270 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. The definitions in Article [2] of [the future CPR] shall also apply for the ESF+Social Cohesion and Social Rights strand under shared management.
Amendment 271 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The definitions in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No [Regulation on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union] shall also apply for the Employment and Social Innovation strand and Health strand under direct and indirect management.
Amendment 272 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – title
Article 3 – title
General objectives and methods of implementation
Amendment 273 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The ESF+ aims toshall support Member States and the Union to achieve high employment levels, fair social protection and a skilled and resilient workforce ready for the future world of work, in line with the principlelevels of employment, social progress and social cohesion, social justice and social protection for all, eradication of poverty, a skilled and resilient workforce ready for the future world of work, in line with the Union's aims enshrined in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union and the principles and rights set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights proclaimed by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on 17 November 2017. The ESF+ shall also contribute to fulfilling the commitment of the Union and its Member States to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
Amendment 285 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
The ESF+ shall support, complement and add value to the policies of the Member States to ensure equal opportunities, equal access to the labour market, fair working conditions, social protection and inclusion, and a high level of human health protectjob creation and quality employment, social protection and inclusion for all, investment in children and young people, access to quality education and training, equality between men and women, non-discrimination and a high level of human health protection. All activities and operations supported by the ESF+ shall respect the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
Amendment 293 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
The ESF+ shall support health promotion and disease prevention, contribute to effectiveness, accessibility and resilience of health systems, make healthcare safer, reduce health inequalities, protect citizens from cross-border health threats, and support EU health legislation.
Amendment 294 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Amendment 300 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a Methods of implementation 1. The part of the financial envelope allocated to the ESF+ under the Social Cohesion and Social Rights strand shall be implemented in shared management in accordance with Regulation (EU) No [Regulation laying down Common provisions/future CPR] and Article 63 of Regulation (EU) No [Regulation on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union]. 2. The part of the financial envelope allocated to the ESF+ under the Employment and Social Innovation strand and the Health strand shall be implemented either directly by the Commission in accordance with Article 62(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) No [Regulation on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union] or within the framework of indirect management in accordance with Article 62(1)(c) of that Regulation.
Amendment 301 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4
Article 4
Article 4 deleted Specific objectives
Amendment 384 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. The total financial envelope for the ESF+ for the period 2021-2027 shall be EUR 101 17418 861 000 000 in curreonstant prices.
Amendment 385 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Amendment 388 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Amendment 390 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Amendment 394 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5
Article 5 – paragraph 5
Amendment 396 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Budgetary resources under shared management 1. The part of the financial envelope under shared management shall be EUR 117 786 000 000 in constant prices. 2. From the financial envelope referred in paragraph 1 EUR 471 144 000 in constant prices shall be allocated as additional funding to the outermost regions identified in Article 349 TFEU and the NUTS level 2 regions fulfilling the criteria laid down in Article 2 of Protocol No 6 to the 1994 Act of Accession.
Amendment 398 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Budgetary resources under direct and indirect management 1. The part of the financial envelope under direct and indirect management shall be EUR 1 075 000 000 in constant prices. 2. The indicative distribution of the amount referred in paragraph 1 shall be: (a) EUR 697 000 000 for the implementation of the Employment and Social Innovation strand; (b) EUR 378 000 000 for the implementation of the Health strand.
Amendment 399 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 c (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Budgetary resources under direct and indirect management 1. The part of the financial envelope under direct and indirect management shall be EUR 1 075 000 000 in constant prices. 2. The indicative distribution of the amount referred in paragraph 1 shall be: (a) EUR 697 000 000 for the implementation of the Employment and Social Innovation strand;
Amendment 400 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 d (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Budgetary resources under direct and indirect management 1. The part of the financial envelope under direct and indirect management shall be EUR 1 075 000 000 in constant prices. 2. The indicative distribution of the amount referred in paragraph 1 shall be: (a) EUR 697 000 000 for the implementation of the Employment and Social Innovation strand; (b) EUR […] for the implementation of the Health strand.
Amendment 401 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a Synergy and Coordination Member States and the Commission, shall foster synergies and ensure coordination, complementarity and coherence between the ESF+ and other Union funds, programmes and instruments such as the European Regional Development Fund, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, Erasmus, the Asylum and Migration Fund, Horizon Europe, Digital Europe Programme, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, the Justice, Rights and Values Fund, InvestEU, the Reform Support Programme, including the Reform Delivery Tool and the Technical Support Instrument, both in the planning phase and during implementation. Member States and the Commission, shall optimise mechanisms for coordination to avoid duplication of effort and ensure close cooperation between those responsible for implementation to deliver coherent and streamlined support actions.
Amendment 406 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. All programmes implemented under the ESF+ strand under shared management, as well as the operations supported by the Employment and Social Innovation and Health strands shall ensure equality between men and women throughout their preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. They shall also promote equal opportunities for all, without discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation throughout their preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
Amendment 417 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The Member States and the Commission shall also support specific targeted actions to promote the principles referred to in paragraph 1 within any of the objectives of the ESF+, including the transition from residential/institutional care to family and community-based care.
Amendment 419 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part II – title
Part II – title
II Implementation under the ESF+ strand under shared managementof the Social Cohesion and Social Rights strand
Amendment 420 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part II – chapter 1 – title
Part II – chapter 1 – title
Amendment 421 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article -7 (new)
Article -7 (new)
Amendment 422 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall concentrate the ESF+ resources under shared management on interventions that address the challenges identified in their national reform programmes, in the European Semester as well as in the relevant country-specific recommendations adopted in accordance with Article 121(2) TFEU and Article 148(4) TFEU, and take into account principles and rights set out in the European Pillar of Social Rightsdeliver on the principles and rights set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights and the Sustainable Development Goals, with a view to promoting the economic, social and territorial cohesion of the Union.
Amendment 443 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States and, where appropriate the Commission, shall foster synergies and ensure coordination, complementarity and coherence between the ESF+ and other Union funds, programmes and instruments such as Erasmus, the Asylum and Migration Fund and the Reform Support Programme, including the Reform Delivery Tool and the Technical Support Instrument, the post-2020 EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies, the European Regional Development Fund, both in the planning phase and during implementation. Member States and, where appropriate the Commission, shall optimise mechanisms for coordination to avoid duplication of effort and ensure close cooperation between those managing authorities responsible for implementation to deliver integrated approaches, coherent and streamlined support actions.
Amendment 449 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall allocate an appropriate amount of their ESF+ resources under shared management to address challenges identified in, among others, in the Social Scoreboard, their national reform programmes and in the relevant country-specific recommendations adopted in accordance with Article 121(2) TFEU andto Article 148(4) TFEU and in the European Semester falling within the scope of the ESF+ as set out in Article 4-7 taking into account rights and principles enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. Sufficient flexibility at managing authority level to identify priorities and areas for ESF+ investments in line with the specific local or regional challenges, shall be ensured.
Amendment 458 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall allocate at least 2530% of their ESF+ resources under shared management to the specific objectives for the social inclusion policy area set out in points (vii) to (xi- x) of Article 4(1- 7(2), including the promotion of the socio- economic integratclusion of third country nationals.
Amendment 466 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
In addition to the minimum allocation of at least 30% of the ESF+ resources under shared management to the specific objectives vii) – x) of Article -7(2), Member States shall allocate at least 24% of their ESF+ resources under shared management to the specific objective of addressing social inclusion of the most deprived and/or material deprivation as set out in points (x) and (xi) of Article 4(1-7(2).
Amendment 475 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 477 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Member States having a rate of young people aged 15 to 29 not in employment, education or training above the Union average in 2019 on the basis of Eurostat data, shall allocate at least 105% of their ESF+ resources under shared management for the years 2021 to 2025 to targeted actionsto targeted, non-discriminatory, inclusive actions with an effective outreach and structural reforms to support youth employment and school-to-work transition, pathways to reintegrate into education or training and second chance education, in particular in the context of implementing Youth Guarantee schemes. Member States having a rate of young people aged 15 to 29 not in employment, education or training above the Union average in 2019 on the basis of Eurostat data, or whenever their NEET rate is above 15%, shall allocate at least 15% of their ESF+ resources under shared management in the programming period to the above mentioned actions and structural reform measures.
Amendment 484 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
When programming the ESF+ resources under shared management for 2026 and 2027 at mid-term in accordance with Article [14] of [the future CPR], Member States having a rate of young people aged 15 to 29 not in employment, education or training above the Union average in 2024 on the basis of Eurostat data, or whenever their NEET rate is above 15 %, shall allocate at least 105% of their ESF+ resources under shared management for the years 2026 to 2027 to these actions or structural reform measures.
Amendment 490 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Member States shall allocate at least 10% of their ESF+ resources under shared management to implement the European Child Guarantee in order to ensure children’s equal access to free healthcare, free education, free childcare, decent housing and adequate nutrition.
Amendment 496 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall ensure adequate participation of social partners and civil society organisations in the delivery of employment, education and social inclusion policies supported by the ESF+ strand under shared managementmeaningful, genuine and inclusive participation of local and regional authorities, social partners and civil society organisations, equality bodies, national human rights institutions and other relevant or representative organisations in the programming, delivery, monitoring and evaluation of actions supported by the ESF+, in accordance with Article 6 of [future CPR] and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/2014. This shall include a dedicated approach to social partners’ capacity building in line with the 2016 quadri-partite statement on a new start for social dialogue.
Amendment 509 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall allocate an appropriate amount of ESF+ resources under shared management in each programme for the capacity building of social partners and civil society organisationt least 2% of ESF+ resources for the capacity building of social partners and civil society organisations at the European and national level in the form of training, networking measures, and strengthening of the social dialogue, and to activities jointly undertaken by the social partners.
Amendment 522 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Support in accordance with Article 7(5) shall be programmed under a dedicated priority or programme and it shall support the specific objective set out in point (i) of Article 4(1-7(2).
Amendment 524 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a Support to the European Child Guarantee Support in accordance with Article 7(5) subparagraph 3a (New) shall be programmed under a dedicated priority or programme reflecting the 2013 European Commission Recommendation on Investing in Children; it shall support tackling child poverty and social exclusion within the specific objective set out in point (x) of Article -7(2).
Amendment 530 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – title
Article 11 – title
Support to relevantthe social dimension of the country-specific recommendations
Amendment 537 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
The actions addressing the challenges identified in relevant country-specific recommendations and in the European Semester as referred to in Article 7(2) shall be programmed under one or more dedicated priorities or programme. Sufficient flexibility shall be ensured at managing authority level to identify priorities and areas for ESF+ investments in line with the specific local or regional challenges.
Amendment 540 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a Innovative actions 1. Member States shall support actions of social innovation and social experimentations, or strengthen bottom- up approaches based on partnerships involving public authorities, the private sector, and civil society such as the Local Action Groups designing and implementing community-led local development strategies. 2. Member States may support the upscaling of innovative approaches tested on a small-scale (social experimentations) developed under the Employment and Social Innovation strand and other Union programmes. 3. Innovative actions and approaches may be programmed under any of the specific objectives set out in points (i) to (x) of Article -7(2). 4. Each Member State shall dedicate at least one priority to the implementation of paragraphs 1 or 2 or to both. The maximum co-financing rate for these priorities may be increased to 95% for the allocation of maximum 5% of the national ESF+ allocation under shared management to such priorities.
Amendment 542 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part II – Chapter II – title
Part II – Chapter II – title
Amendment 544 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
This Chapter applies to ESF+the support under points (i) to (x) of Article 4(1) when implemented under shared management (the ‘general support of the ESF+ strand under shared management’for implementation of specific objectives under points (i) to (x) of Article -7(2).
Amendment 546 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13
Article 13
Amendment 563 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In addition to the costs referred to in Article [58] of [the future CPR], the following costs are not eligible under the general support of the ESF+ strand under shared managementpoints (i) to (x) of Article -7(2):
Amendment 568 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the purchase of furniture, equipment and vehicles except where the purchase is not necessary for achieving the objective of the operation, or these items are fully depreciated, or the purchase of these items is the most economic option.
Amendment 569 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. Contributions in kind in the form of allowances or salaries disbursed by a third party for the benefit of the participants in an operation may be eligible for a contribution from the general support of the ESF+ strand under shared managementunder points (i) to (x) of Article -7(2) provided that the contributions in kind are incurred in accordance with national rules, including accountancy rules, and do not exceed the cost borne by the third party.
Amendment 570 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. The specific additional allocation received by the outermost regions and the NUTS level 2 regions fulfilling the criteria laid down in Article 2 of Protocol No 6 to the 1994 Act of Accession shall be used to support the achievement of the specific objectives set out in paragraph 12 of Article 4-7.
Amendment 577 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. Direct staff costs shall be eligible for a contribution from the general support of the ESF+ strand under shared managementunder points (i) to (x) of Article -7 (2) provided that their level is not higher than 100% of the usual remuneration for the profession concerned in the Member State as demonstrated by Eurostat data.
Amendment 578 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Programmes benefitting from the general support of the ESF+ strand under shared managementcovering specific objectives under points (i) to (x) of Article -7 (2) shall use common output and result indicators, as set out in Annex 1 to this Regulation to monitor progress in implementation. The programmes may also use programme- specific indicators.
Amendment 581 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 5
Article 15 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall, when data are available in registers or equivalent sources, enable the Managing Authorities and other bodies entrusted with data collection necessary for the monitoring and the evaluation of the general support of the ESF+ strand under shared managementprogress made towards achieving the specific objectives under points(i) to (x) of Article -7 (2) to obtain those data from data registers or equivalent sources, in accordance with points (c) and (e) of Article 6(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
Amendment 587 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
This Chapter applies to ESF+ support under point (xi) of Article 4(1-7(2).
Amendment 597 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4
Article 17 – paragraph 4
4. The delivery of food and/or material assistance mayshall be complemented with re-orientation towards competent services and other accompanying measures aiming at the social inclusion of the most deprived persons.
Amendment 601 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
A priority concerning support under point (xi) of Article 4(1-7(2) shall set out:
Amendment 613 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. By 30 June 2025 and 30 June 2028, Managing Authorities shall report to the Commission the results of a structured anonymous survey of the end recipients carried out during the previous year and focusing on their living conditions and the nature of their material deprivation. This survey shall be based on the model which shall be established by the Commission by means of an implementing act.
Amendment 615 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article -23 (new)
Article -23 (new)
Article -23 Specific objectives In accordance with the general objectives set in Article 3 the Employment and Social Innovation Strand will support the following specific objectives: (a) Specific objective 1: Support the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Union's instruments, policies (promoting a high level of quality and sustainable employment, guaranteeing adequate and decent social protection, combating social exclusion and poverty and improving working conditions) and relevant law and promote evidence-based policy-making, social innovation and social progress, in partnership with the social partners, civil society organisations and public and private bodies (b) Specific objective 2: Promote workers’ voluntary geographical mobility on a fair basis and boost employment opportunities by developing high-quality and inclusive Union labour markets that are open and accessible to all, while respecting workers' rights throughout the Union, including freedom of movement. (c) Specific objective 3: Promote employment and social inclusion by increasing the availability and accessibility of microfinance for vulnerable people who wish to start up a micro-enterprise as well as for existing micro-enterprises, and by increasing access to finance for social enterprises.
Amendment 616 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to develop high-quality comparative analytical knowledge in order to ensure that policies to achieve the specificgeneral objectives referred to in Article 43 are based on sound evidence and are relevant to needs, challenges and conditions in the individual Member State and the associated countries;
Amendment 617 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to facilitate effective and inclusive information-sharing, mutual learning, peer reviews and dialogue on policies in the fields referred to in Article 43 in order to assist the Member States and associated countries in taking appropriate policy measures;
Amendment 618 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) to support social experimentations in the fields referred to in Article 43 and build up the stakeholders' capacity to implement, transfer or upscale the tested social policy innovations;, with a special focus on promoting the scaling up of local projects developed by cities, local and regional authorities, social partners, civil society organisations and socio-economic actors in the field of reception and social inclusion and integration of third-country nationals.
Amendment 620 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) to support social experimentations in the fields referred to in Article 43 and build up the stakeholders' capacity to implement, transfer or upscale the tested social policy innovations;
Amendment 624 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) to provide specific support services to employers and job-seekers with a view to the development of integrated European labour markets, ranging from pre- recruitment preparation to post-placement assistance to fill vacancies in certain sectors, professions, countries, border regions or for particular groups (e.g. people in vulnerable peoplesituations);
Amendment 629 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) to support the provision of EURES services for the recruitment and placing of workers in quality and sustainable employment through the clearance of job vacancies and applications, including through cross-border partnerships;
Amendment 634 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) to support the development of the market eco-system related to the provision of microfinance for micro-enterprises and social cooperatives in in start-up and development phases, in particular those that employ people in vulnerable peoplesituations and those that are run by entrepreneurs coming from a disadvantaged social background;
Amendment 640 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) to support networking at Union level and dialogue with and among relevant stakeholders in the fields referred to in Article 43 and contribute to build up the institutional capacity of these stakeholders, including the public employment services (PES), social security institutions, microfinance institutions and institutions providing finance to social enterprises and social economy;
Amendment 644 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) to provide guidance for the development of social infrastructure (including housing, child careearly childhood education and care, eldercare, accessibility requirements and transition from institutional to family and community-based care services, and education and training, health care and long -term care) needed for the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights and in particular its principle 11 on social inclusion of children;
Amendment 650 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point j
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) to support the implementation of relevant international social and labour standards in the context of harnessing globalisation and the external dimension of Union policies in the fields referred to in Article 43.
Amendment 651 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 a (new)
Article 23 a (new)
Article 23a Thematic concentration and funding The part of the ESF+ financial envelope for the Employment and Social Innovation Strand referred in Article 5b(2)(a) shall be allocated over the whole period to the specific objectives set out in Article -23 according to the following indicative percentages: (a) 55% to the Specific Objective 1; (b) 18% to the Specific Objective 2; (c) 18% to the Specific Objective 3;
Amendment 652 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. Only actions pursuing the objectives referred to in Article 3, -23 and 423 shall be eligible for funding.
Amendment 663 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point c – point iv
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point c – point iv
(iv) of social partners and stakeholders in view of transnational and cross-border cooperation;
Amendment 667 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) Technical and administrative assistance for the implementation of the work programme, such as preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities including information technology systems.
Amendment 673 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 a (new)
Article 25 a (new)
Article 25a Governance 1. The Commission shall consult stakeholders within the Union, in particular social partners and civil society organisations, on the employment and social innovation work programmes, their priorities and strategic orientation and their implementation. 2. The Commission shall establish the necessary links with the Employment Committee, the Social Protection Committee, the Advisory Committee on Health and Safety at Work, the Group of Directors-General for Industrial Relations and the Advisory Committee on Freedom of Movement of Workers in order to ensure that they are regularly and appropriately informed of progress in implementing these programmes. The Commission shall also inform other committees dealing with policies, instruments and actions of relevance to the Employment and Social innovation Strand.
Amendment 674 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Amendment 676 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – point b – point iii
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – point b – point iii
(iii) Support Member States with knowledge transfer useful for the national reform processes for more effective, accessible, non-discriminatory, inclusive and resilient health systems and better health promotion and disease prevention addressing, in particular, the challenges identified in the European Semester
Amendment 677 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) Technical and administrative assistance for the implementation of the work programme, such as preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities including information technology systems.
Amendment 678 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – title
Article 31 – title
Forms of EU funding and methods of implementation
Amendment 679 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1
Article 31 – paragraph 1
1. The Employment and Social Innovation and Health strands may provide funding in any of the forms laid down in the Financial Regulation, in particular grants, prizes, procurement and voluntary paymentcontributions to International Organisations of which the Union is a member or in whose work it participates.
Amendment 680 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 681 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – title
Article 32 – title
Work programme and coordination
Amendment 682 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. The Employment and Social Innovation strand and Health strand shall be implemented by work programmes referred to in Article [1108] of Financial Regulation. Work programmes shall set out, where applicable, the overall amount reserved for blending operations. 2. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts laying down work programmes referred to in paragraph 1. Those delegated acts shall be adopted in accordance with Article 38. 3. The work programmes shall, where relevant, be for a three-year rolling period and shall contain a description of the actions to be financed, the procedures for selecting actions to be supported by the Union, the geographic coverage, the target audience and an indicative implementation time frame. The work programmes shall also include an indication of the amount allocated to each operational objective. 4. In order to ensure greater transparency and accountability, the competent committee of the European Parliament may invite the Commission to appear before the committee to discuss a draft work programme referred to in paragraph 1before the adoption of a delegated act by the Commission laying down work programme.
Amendment 687 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2
Article 32 – paragraph 2
Amendment 688 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1
Article 33 – paragraph 1
1. Indicators to monitor implementation and progress of the strands towards the achievement of the specificgeneral objectives set out in Article 4 and the operational objectives set out in Articles 23 and 26 shall be set.
Amendment 689 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 3
Article 33 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 38 to supplement or amend the indicators in Annex IIa and Annex III where considered necessary to ensure effective assessment of progress in the implementation of the strands.
Amendment 690 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 33 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. With a view to regular monitoring of the strands and to making any adjustments needed to their policy and funding priorities, the Commission shall draw up an initial qualitative and quantitative monitoring report covering the first year, followed by three reports covering consecutive two-year periods and shall send those reports to the European Parliament and the Council. The reports shall also be transmitted, for information purposes, to the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. The reports shall cover the strands' results and the extent to which the principles of equality between women and men and gender mainstreaming have been applied, as well as how anti- discrimination considerations, including accessibility issues, have been addressed through their activities. The reports shall be made available to the public in order to enhance the transparency of the strands.
Amendment 691 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 2
Article 35 – paragraph 2
2. The inA mid-terim evaluation of the strands may be performed once there is sufficient information available about their implementation, but not lateshall be carried out by 31 December 2024 to measure, on a qualitative and quantitative basis, progress made in meeting the strands' objectives, to address the social environment within the Union and any major tchan four years after the start of the implementation of the strandsges introduced by Union legislation, to determine whether the resources of the strands have been used efficiently and to assess its Union added value. The results of that mid-term evaluation shall be presented to the European Parliament and to the Council.
Amendment 692 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 2
Article 37 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall implement information and communication actions relating to the Employment and Social Innovation and Health strands, and their actions and results. Financial resources allocated to the Employment and Social Innovation and Health strands shall also contribute to the corporate communication of the political priorities of the Union, as far as they are related to the objectives referred to in Articles 4, 23 and 26.
Amendment 694 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 2
Article 38 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 15(6), Article 21(5), Article 32(2) and Article 33(3) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from date of entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 695 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 3
Article 38 – paragraph 3
3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 15(6), Article 21(5), Article 32(2) and Article 33(3) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.
Amendment 696 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 6
Article 38 – paragraph 6
6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 15(6), Article 21(5) Article 32(2) and Article 33(3) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.
Amendment 699 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – title
Article 40 – title
ESF+ Committee under Article 163 TFEU
Amendment 700 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1
Article 40 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee set up underan extended Committee based on Article 163 TFEU (the ‘ESF+ Committee’). The composition of the Committee shall be approved by the Commission in order to safeguard transparency and balanced representation.
Amendment 703 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 2
Article 40 – paragraph 2
2. Each Member State shall appoint one government representative, one representative of the workers' organisations, one representative of the employers' organisations, one representative of the relevant civil society organisations, one representative of the equality bodies or other independent human right institutions and one alternate for each member for a maximum period of seven years. In the absence of a member, the alternate shall be automatically entitled to take part in the proceedings.
Amendment 706 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 3
Article 40 – paragraph 3
3. The ESF+ Committee shall include one representative from each of the organisations representing workers' organisations and employers' organisations, the relevant civil society organisations, and the equality bodies at Union level.
Amendment 712 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 40 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Gender balance and appropriate representation of minority and other excluded groups in the ESF+ Committee shall be safeguarded.
Amendment 718 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 6
Article 40 – paragraph 6
6. The ESF+ Committee may set up working groups for each of the strands of the ESF+.
Amendment 719 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – title
Article 41 – title
Transitional provisions for the ESF+ under shared managementSocial Cohesion and Social Rights Strand
Amendment 720 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 3
Article 42 – paragraph 3
3. If necessary, appropriations may be entered in the budget beyond 2027 to cover the expenses provided for in Article 5(624(2)(da) and in Article 27(2)(da) [technical and administrative assistance], to enable the management of actions not completed by 31 December 2027.
Amendment 722 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 4
Article 42 – paragraph 4
4. Reflows from financial instruments established by Employment and Social Innovation programme (EaSI 2014-2020) shall be invested in the financial instruments of the “employment and social window” of the InvestEU Fund established under Regulation XXXnovation strand of the ESF+.
Amendment 723 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – subheading 1
Annex I – subheading 1
Common indicators for the general support of the ESF+ strand under shared managementSocial Cohesion and Social Rights Strand except the support for addressing material deprivation
Amendment 735 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 b – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 b – paragraph 1 – introductory part
If data for these indicators is not collected from data registers, values on these indicators can be determined based on informed estimates by the beneficiary. Data is always provided by participants on a voluntary basis.
Amendment 739 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – point 1b – paragraph 1 – indent 4
Annex I – point 1 – point 1b – paragraph 1 – indent 4
– minorities (including marginalised communities such as the Roma)**,
Amendment 740 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 b – paragraph 1 – indent 4 a (new)
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 b – paragraph 1 – indent 4 a (new)
– minorities (other than Roma),
Amendment 744 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 b – paragraph 1 – indent 6 a (new)
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 b – paragraph 1 – indent 6 a (new)
– participants from geographical areas with high levels of poverty and social exclusion
Amendment 748 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 b – paragraph 1 – indent 6 b (new)
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 b – paragraph 1 – indent 6 b (new)
– participants transitioning from institutional to family and community based care
Amendment 750 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 b – paragraph 1 – indent 6 c (new)
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 b – paragraph 1 – indent 6 c (new)
– participants below 18 years of age
Amendment 756 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 4 – indent 1
Annex I – point 4 – indent 1
– participants in employment, including self-employment, sixtwelve months after leaving*,
Amendment 758 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 4 – indent 2
Annex I – point 4 – indent 2
– participants with an improved labour market situation sixtwelve months after leaving*,
Amendment 767 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II a (new)
Annex II a (new)
ANNEX IIa Indicators for the Employment and Social Innovation Strand 1. Level of declared gain of better understanding of EU policies and legislation (1) Number of analytical activities (2) Number of mutual learning, awareness and dissemination activities (3) Support for main actors 2. Level of active collaboration and partnership between government institutions of the EU, Member States and associated countries (1) Number of analytical activities (2) Number of mutual learning, awareness and dissemination activities (3) Support for main actors 3. Declared use of social policy innovation in the implementation of social CSRs and the results of social policy experimentation for policy making (1) Number of analytical activities (2) Number of mutual learning, awareness and dissemination activities (3) Support for main actors 4. Number of visits of the EURES platform 5. Number of youth job placements achieved or supported under the Preparatory Action Your First EURES Job (YfEJ) as well as under Targeted Mobility Schemes 6. Number of individual personal contacts of EURES advisers with jobseekers, job changers and employers 7. Number of businesses created or consolidated that have benefitted from EU support 8. Proportion of beneficiaries that have created or further developed a business with EU microfinance that are unemployed or belonging to disadvantaged groups