Activities of Ángela VALLINA related to 2015/2111(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
External factors that represent hurdles to European female entrepreneurship (A8-0369/2015 - Barbara Matera) ES
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on external factors that represent hurdles to European female entrepreneurship PDF (322 KB) DOC (128 KB)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and Member States to recognise the value of entrepreneurship for adopt a strong coherent framework of measures to help enable a decent-work- life balance and to expand overall support for female labour market participation; looks forwardstrongly encourage, in the aftermath of the decision to withdraw the proposal to amend the Maternity leave Directive, to a constructive dialogue amongst institutions to see how best to support these work-life balance policies;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the importance of looking beyond the start-up phase to help womenthose women who have considered the path of entrepreneurship consolidate and expand their businesses and to switch touggest more innovative, sustainable and profitable sectors, without undermining the conditions for a healthy general wellbeing;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the creation of the various European networks for female entrepreneurs; urges the Commission to communicate more actively on the achievements of female entrepreneurs and to recognise these potential role models explicitly through the Enterprise Promotion awards and the European Social Innovation Competition, always explaining deeply the origin and the path of each success case, helping the women to understand the possibilities of entrepreneurship whilst protecting them against the failure frustration traditionally suffered due to unachievable myths;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to emphasise the use of forums in its upcoming European e-Platform for Women Entrepreneurship and to include a step-by- step plan for accessing European funding possibilities, whilst also making the e- Platform attractive for potential investors and for Member States’ government services in an attempt to cut red tape for female entrepreneurs by clarifying administrative procedures, getting a Women Entrepreneurship e-Platform that might become a future reference in the sector;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission and Member States to start accumulating gender- disaggregated data on entrepreneurs’ access to finance in narrow collaboration with the European Institute for Gender Equality and to further explore and research whether there is any hard evidence of direct or indirect discrimination against women in this context and, if so, how the external factors that influence investors’ assessments about the viability of female- led start-ups should be addressed;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Encourages Member States to promote an entrepreneurial culture in education and training curricula in coordination with labour rights; highlights the importance of financial, entrepreneurship and new business development courses in secondary education, especially in subject areas mostly attended by girls, such as health care and other servicencouraging the implementation of labour rights;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on Member States to collaborate with the public sector, the private sector, NGOs and, universities and schools to establish further apprenticeship programmes, including those in which students conduct development projects based on real business concepts from a young age onwards and business incubators that aim to empower young entrepreneurs, while learning, understanding and implementing the labour rights culture;