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Activities of Patrick O'FLYNN related to 2017/0102(COD)

Plenary speeches (1)

2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/0102(COD)

Amendments (26)

Patrick O'FLYNN

Proposal for a regulation
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The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.

2017/11/06
Committee: CULT

Patrick O'FLYNN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6

(6) The European Solidarity Corps would provide a single entry point for solidarity activities throughout the Union. Consistency and complementarity of that framework should be ensured with other relevant Union policies and programmes. The European Solidarity Corps should build on the strengths and synergies of existing programmes, notably the European Voluntary Service. It should also complement the efforts made by Member States to support young people and ease their school-to-work transition under the Youth Guarantee19 by providing them with additional opportunities to make a start on the labour market in the form of traineeships or jobs in solidarity- related areas within their respective Member State or across borders. Complementarity with existing Union level networks pertinent to the activities under the European Solidarity Corps, such as the European Network of Public Employment Services, EURES and the Eurodesk network, should also be ensured. Furthermore, complementarity between existing related schemes, in particular national solidarity schemes and mobility schemes for young people, and the European Solidarity Corps should be ensured, building on good practices where appropriate. __________________ 19Council Recommendation of 22 April 2013 on establishing a Youth Guarantee (2013/C 120/01).deleted

2017/11/06
Committee: CULT

Patrick O'FLYNN

Proposal for a regulation
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 to 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. 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.deleted

2017/11/06
Committee: CULT

Patrick O'FLYNN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

(12) Young people and organisations participating in the European Solidarity Corps should feel that they belong to a community of individuals and entities committed to enhancing solidarity across Europe. At the same time, participating organisations need support to strengthen their capacities to offer good quality placements to an increasing number of participants. The European Solidarity Corps should support networking activities aimed at strengthening young people and participating organisations’ engagement in this community, at fostering a European Solidarity Corps spirit, as well as at encouraging the exchange of useful practices and experience. Those activities should also contribute to raising awareness about the European Solidarity Corps among public and private actors as well as to collect feedback from participants and participating organisations on the implementation of the European Solidarity Corps.deleted

2017/11/06
Committee: CULT

Patrick O'FLYNN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15

(15) A quality label should be put in place to ensure compliance of the participating organisations with the principles and requirements of the European Solidarity Corps Charter, as regards their rights and responsibilities during all stages of the solidarity experience. Obtaining a quality label should be a precondition for participation but should not automatically lead to funding under the European Solidarity Corps.deleted

2017/11/06
Committee: CULT

Patrick O'FLYNN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) A European Solidarity Corps Resource Centre should assist the implementing bodies, the participating organisations and the young people taking part in the European Solidarity Corps in order to raise the quality of the implementation and of the activities of the European Solidarity Corps as well as to enhance the identification and validation of competences acquired through these activities.deleted

2017/11/06
Committee: CULT

Patrick O'FLYNN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18

(18) This Regulation lays down a financial envelope for the period 2018- 2020 which is to constitute the prime reference amount, within the meaning of Point 17 of the Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management23, for the European Parliament and the Council during the annual budgetary procedure. The prime reference amount includes redeployments from the Erasmus+ programme (EUR 197.7 million) and from the Employment and Social Innovation programme (EUR 10 million) for the financial years 2018, 2019 and 2020, and it is complemented by contributions from several Union programmes under different headings, such as the European Social Fund, the Union Civil Protection Mechanism, the LIFE programme and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development. __________________ 23Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, OJ C 373, 20.12.2013, p. 1.deleted

2017/11/06
Committee: CULT

Patrick O'FLYNN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22

(22) In addition to the Member States, the European Solidarity Corps should also be open to the participation of other countries on the basis of bilateral agreements. This participation should be based, where relevant, on additional appropriations to be made available in accordance with the procedures to be agreed with the concerned countries.deleted

2017/11/06
Committee: CULT

Patrick O'FLYNN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24

(24) Special attention should be paid to ensuring that the activities supported by the European Solidarity Corps are accessible to all young people, notably the most disadvantaged ones. Special measures should therefore be put in place to promote social inclusion, the participation of disadvantaged young people, as well as to take into account the constraints imposed by the remoteness of the outermost regions of the Union and the Overseas Countries and Territories24 . Similarly, the participating countries should endeavour to adopt all appropriate measures to remove legal and administrative obstacles to the proper functioning of the European Solidarity Corps. This includes resolving, where possible, and without prejudice to the Schengen acquis and Union law on the entry and residence of third-country nationals, administrative issues that create difficulties in obtaining visas and residence permits. __________________ 24 Individuals from an overseas country or territory (OCT) and competent public and /or private bodies and institutions from an OCT may participate in the programmes in accordance with Council Decision 2001/822/EC of 27 November 2001 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Community, OJ L314, 30.11.2001, p.1.deleted

2017/11/06
Committee: CULT

Patrick O'FLYNN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25

(25) Any entity willing to participate in the European Solidarity Corps, whether funded by the European Solidarity Corps budget, by another Union programme or by a different funding source, should receive a quality label provided that the appropriate conditions are fulfilled. The process that leads to the attribution of a quality label should be carried out on a continuous basis by the implementing structures of the European Solidarity Corps. The attributed quality label should be reassessed periodically and could be revoked if, in the context of the checks to be performed, the conditions that led to its attribution were found to be no longer fulfilled.deleted

2017/11/06
Committee: CULT

Patrick O'FLYNN

Proposal for a regulation
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.deleted

2017/11/06
Committee: CULT

Patrick O'FLYNN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34

(34) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by the Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers25. __________________ 25Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers, O.J. L 55, 28.2.2011, p.13.deleted

2017/11/06
Committee: CULT

Patrick O'FLYNN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1

(1) “solidarity activity” means an activity aimed at addressing unmet societal needs to the benefit of a community while also fostering the individual’s personal, educational, social, civic and professional development, which may take the form of placements, projects or networking activities, developed in relation to different areas, such as education and training, employment, gender equality, entrepreneurship, in particular social entrepreneurship, citizenship and democratic participation, environment and nature protection, climate action, disaster prevention, preparedness and recovery, agriculture and rural development, provision of food and non-food items, health and wellbeing, creativity and culture, physical education and sport, social assistance and welfare, reception and integration of third-country nationals, territorial cooperation and cohesion;deleted

2017/11/06
Committee: CULT

Patrick O'FLYNN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11

(11) “quality label” means the certification attributed to a public or private 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;deleted

2017/11/06
Committee: CULT

Patrick O'FLYNN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12

(12) “European Solidarity Corps Charter” means the document that sets out the respective rights and responsibilities that all the entities willing to join the European Solidarity Corps must agree to adhere to;deleted

2017/11/06
Committee: CULT

Patrick O'FLYNN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13

(13) “European Solidarity Corps Resource Center” means the additional functions performed by a designated national agency to support the development and implementation of activities under the European Solidarity Corps as well as the identification of the competences acquired by the participants through their placements and projects;deleted

2017/11/06
Committee: CULT

Patrick O'FLYNN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2

2. The cross-border volunteering placements referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1 shall be considered equivalent to those carried out under the European Voluntary Service and references to the European Voluntary Service in the Union legislation shall be read as also referring to the European Solidarity Corps as regards those placements.deleted

2017/11/06
Committee: CULT

Patrick O'FLYNN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) measures aimed at ensuring the quality of solidarity placements, including training, language support, administrative support for participants and participating organisations, insurance, post-placement support as well as the development of a certificate that identifies and documents the knowledge, skills and competences acquired during the placement;deleted

2017/11/06
Committee: CULT

Patrick O'FLYNN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) the development and maintenance of a quality label for entities willing to provide placements for the European Solidarity Corps in order to ensure compliance with the principles and requirements of the European Solidarity Corps Charter;deleted

2017/11/06
Committee: CULT

Patrick O'FLYNN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1

~~1. The overall budget available for the implementation of the European Solidarity Corps is set at EUR 341 500 000 in current prices, for the period from 1 January 2018 until 31 December 2020.~~deleted

2017/11/06
Committee: CULT

Patrick O'FLYNN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2

2. The European Solidarity Corps shall be open for the participation of other countries on the basis of bilateral agreements. Cooperation shall be based, where relevant, on additional appropriations to be made available in accordance with the procedures to be agreed with those countries.deleted

2017/11/06
Committee: CULT

Patrick O'FLYNN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3

~~3. As a result of the assessment the entity may be attributed the European Solidarity Corps quality label. The obtained label shall be re-assessed periodically and may be revoked.~~deleted

2017/11/06
Committee: CULT

Patrick O'FLYNN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1

1. The Commission, in cooperation with the participating countries, shall ensure th~~e dissemination of information, publicity and follow-up with regard to all actions supported in the framework of the European Solidarity Corps~~at rigorous checks and audits are in place to safeguard against the misspending of taxpayers money.

2017/11/06
Committee: CULT

Patrick O'FLYNN

Proposal for a regulation
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.~~deleted

2017/11/06
Committee: CULT

Patrick O'FLYNN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1

1. In order to implement this Regulation, the Commission shall adopt work programmes by way of implementing acts. Each work programme shall ensure that the general and specific objectives set out in Articles 3 and 4 are implemented in a consistent manner and shall outline the expected results, the method of implementation and its total amount. The work programmes shall also contain a description of the actions to be financed, an indication of the amount allocated to each action, an indication of the distribution of funds between the participating countries for the actions to be managed through the national agencies and an indicative implementation timetable.deleted

2017/11/06
Committee: CULT

Patrick O'FLYNN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2

~~2. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 25(2).~~deleted

2017/11/06
Committee: CULT