Activities of Angelika MLINAR related to 2017/0309(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Union Civil Protection Mechanism (debate)
Amendments (15)
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Gender equality is a fundamental value of the Union – as recognised by the Treaties and the Charter of Fundamental Rights – which the Union has committed to integrating into all its activities. In particular, Article 8 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union lays down the principle of gender mainstreaming, stating that “in all its activities, the Union shall aim to eliminate inequalities, and to promote equality, between men and women;”
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Prevention is of key importance for protection against disasters and requires further action. To that effect, Member States should share risk assessments on a regular basis as well as summaries of their disaster risk management planning in order to ensure an integrated approach to disaster management, linking risk prevention, preparedness and response actions. Member States should ensure comprehensive gender-sensitive programing since natural and human- made disasters, as well as environmental policies impact men and women differently. Therefore, in order to develop equitable and effective disaster risk reduction and strengthen civil protection mechanisms, gender issues need to be incorporated in all phases from prevention to preparedness and response processes, including shared risk assessments, crisis management interventions both in conflict and post- conflict situations. In addition, the Commission should be able to require Member States to provide specific prevention and preparedness plans in relation to specific disasters, notably with a view to maximising overall Union support to disaster risk management. Administrative burden should be reduced and prevention policies strengthened, including by ensuring necessary links to other key Union policies and instruments, notably the European Structural and Investment Funds as listed in recital 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/201313 . _________________ 13 Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 320).
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) In all its actions, the Union should take into account that in addition to the immediate effects of a disaster, women may have specific health care needs. Member States and the Union should as a priority ensure that pregnant women receive the necessary health care.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7 b (new)
Recital 7 b (new)
(7b) Sanitary and hygienic facilities, services and resources should be provided during all the stages of risk management, with special consideration and awareness to the particular needs of women and girls.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7 c (new)
Recital 7 c (new)
(7c) Women and girls are at an increased risk of experiencing physical and sexual violence in emergency settings. Therefore, it is vital that disaster management projects include measures to prevent and effectively respond to gender- based violence such as measures to keep women safe in wake of a disaster, while providing services to support victims of gender-based violence with healthcare, psychological support and other types of assistance. Issues related to violence against women and girls should be integrated into existing risk reduction and emergency response training and manuals.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) In order to prevent and respond in a more effective way to the particular risks women and girls face in emergency settings, the staff and personnel working for the planning, deployment and managing in the field of disaster risk management and civil protection, should receive gender-sensitive training. For this purpose, the ongoing dialogue and work between the Union Civil Protection Knowledge Network with networks and organisations of women’s rights defenders with an expertise in the field of environmental disasters, is of utmost importance to gain a fully transversal approach to prevention, preparedness and response to disasters in the Union and in the Member States.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In order to achieve the functioning of the rescEU capacity, additional financial appropriations should made available to finance actions under the Union Mechanism, but not at the expense of the financial envelopes allocated to other key Union policies such as those promoting rights, equality and citizenship, justice or human development worldwide including all the funds allocated to gender equality and women’s empowerment programmes and projects, in particular, having in mind that the implementation of some of these programmes has been exceptionally successful (payment allocations for REC reached more than 99% in the previous three years).
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) Separate funding and budgetary allocations should be guaranteed for the revised Union Civil Protection Mechanism. Considering the need to avoid any negative impact on the financing of existing multiannual programmes, the increase in financing for the targeted revision of the Union Civil Protection Mechanism in the years 2018, 2019 and 2020 should be drawn exclusively from all means available under Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/20131a, with particular recourse to the Flexibility Instrument. _________________ 1aCouncil Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 884).
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 10 b (new)
Recital 10 b (new)
(10b) The planning and allocation of funding and budgeting for the revised Union Civil Protection Mechanism should incorporate the use of the gender- budgeting perspective, entailing a gender- based assessment to better incorporate a gender perspective to deal with emergency crisis in risk management and disaster prevention efforts.
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Decision No 1313/2013/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) progress in implementing the disaster prevention framework: measured by the number of Member States that have made available to the Commission their risk assessments, an assessment of their risk management capability and a summary of their disaster management planning as referred to in Article 6. Assessments shall be gender-sensitive;
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Decision No 1313/2013/EU
Article 12 a
Article 12 a
The Commission shall inform the European Parliament and the Council of operations and progress made under Articles 11 and 12 every two years, with specific data on gender inclusion.
Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Decision No 1313/2013/EU
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – second subparagraph
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – second subparagraph
The Network shall, while aiming for a gender balanced composition, carry out the following tasks in the field of training, exercises, lessons learnt and knowledge dissemination, in close coordination with relevant knowledge centres, where appropriate:'
Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Decision No 1313/2013/EU
Article 13 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(9a) In Article 13, the following paragraph is added: 2a. When carrying out the tasks set out in paragraph 1, the Commission and Member States shall ensure that the trainings and qualification processes, as well as the manuals on risk reduction and emergency response integrate a gender perspective with a special focus on the prevention of and response to violence against women and girls;
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Decision No 1313/2013/EU
Article 13 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(9b) In Article 13, the following paragraph is added: 3a. The Commission shall ensure that disaster data will be made available disaggregated by gender, as required by The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, to address the role of women in risk-reduction planning and to address gender perspective throughout the process;
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 Decision No 1313/2013/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 Decision No 1313/2013/EU