19 Amendments of Julie WARD related to 2015/2329(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas active citizenship, education for citizenship and intercultural dialogue are key to building open, inclusive and resilient societies;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas it can be noted that Member States tends to disengage from the co-financing of these projects and that local authorities find themselves in difficulties when it comes to European projects with high co-financing rates;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas non-formal and informal learning, as well as volunteering, sport, arts and culture, provide many opportunities for citizenship education and active citizenship;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the fact that the Europe for Citizens’ National Contact Points (NCPs) have an important role in raising awareness and providing support and guidance to potential applicants (in particular first-time applicants in target countries), as well as European and national associations of local and regional government and civil society organisations;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to gather together all useful information regarding the Europe for Citizens programme (programme guide, priorities, calls for proposals, ongoing and past projects, outcome and lessons learned, newsletter), along with all the programmes, actions, grants and structural funds that come under the umbrella of European citizenship (such as the European Citizens’ Initiative and the European Voluntary Service), in a unique, user-friendly communication portal (one- stop-shop online platform), also accessible to persons with disabilities; recommends that this platform should be used as a public register of the beneficiaries’ contact details and as a tool to access the projects’ descriptions and to find partners in other countries;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Recommends as well the creation of an online platform for the main organisations working in the field of citizenship and benefiting from the programme in order to pool good practices, reinforce capacities and strengthen visibility once projects finish;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to implement an engaging communication strategy for European citizenship by using social networks, constantly updating the content and reaching new audiences in the participating countries, especially those in which the level of participation is lower, in particular young people, persons with disabilities and vulnerable people;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission to increase even more its efforts on the administrative simplification, considering that formal requirements are sometimes difficult to overcome for particularly small organisations that should not be discriminated against for bureaucratic reasons;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls the Commission and the EACEA to publicly account for the expenses incurred through strand 3 on Horizontal Action - Valorisation - Analysis, dissemination and use of project results;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the strong focus on citizens and societal aspects of the EU, allowing EU institutions to directly engage with civil society on the ground; highlights within the priorities of the programme the importance of projects focused on current challenges for Europe, on issues such as migration, social inclusion and intercultural dialogue; invites the Commission and Member States to strengthen the links between the programme's priorities and the policies linked to European citizenship as well as the daily life of European citizens;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Argues that the programme should reach out to a wider range of participants, guarantee the participation of people with special needs, promote the participation of marginalised and disenfranchised people, including migrants, refugees and asylum people;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Stresses the need to guarantee a gender balance in participants and to take into account the gender perspective when selecting projects;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Is of the opinion that, where relevant, the programme should build on existing successful grassroots initiatives such as town twinning;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses the need to develop – within the ‘European Remembrance’ strand – a European identity that should be oriented towards the future and not only the past, with a view to achieving common secular integration; in this perspective it is important, when learning about the past, to ensure heritage and history is not used as a divisive tool but as an opportunity to address contemporary challenges through sensitive interpretation and skilful, targeted education programmes;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Stresses the need to encourage projects presenting new formats of discussion with citizens, in an attractive format and style, presenting multidimensional approach;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses the need to enrich the programme with proposals regarding citizens’ participation in the democratic process and in EU decision-making, in a way that contributes to empowering citizens to make use of their rights, for instance through the implementation of e- democracy;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses the need to enrich the programme with proposals regarding citizens’ participation in the democratic process and in EU decision-making, for instance through the implementation of e- democracy; in order to do this, the Union and its Member States should develop actions and policies for strengthening transferable, critical, creative thinking skills and digital and media literacy, inclusion and curiosity of their citizens, especially children and youth, so that they will be able to make informed decisions and contribute positively to democratic processes;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Recommends more internationalisation of the programme and proposes to promote cooperation between organisations in the EU and in neighbouring countries on the European values;