10 Amendments of Maria SPYRAKI related to 2016/2273(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the development of eGovernment is a key element of the Digital Single Market; welcomes the Commission Communication entitled ‘EU eGovernment Action Plan 2016-2020’; supports the underlying principles of the Action Plan, which will make public administrations more inclusive, trustworthy and efficient, providing open and interlinked digital services; welcomes the fact that administrative burdens and costs will be reduced by adopting the once-only principle; Recalls that implementing the once-only principle could generate an annual net saving at the EU level of EUR 5 billion per year; Welcomes the pilot project suggested in the action plan on the implementation of the once-only principle in a cross-border context and asks the Commission to involve local authorities of border regions in this project;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Encourages the Commission to minimise burdens attached to cross- border e-commerce arising from different VAT regimes, following the Mini One Stop shop (MOSS) experience, in order to ensure better compliance and a level playing field for European business;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Calls on the Commission to identify specific, realistic and measurable targets for the Action Plan based on performance indicators, and to monitor and report on their fulfillment;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Underlines the importance of the EU eGovernement Action Plan for cross- border regions to ease everyday life of the citizens and SME's used to working across the border;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 d. Calls for the swift establishment of the Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information to strengthen the protection and the monitoring of the social security rights of mobile citizens;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the importance of developing cross-border public services, such as the full deployment of highly secure eID and e-signatures and the interconnection of business registers and insolvency registers; notes that there is still a lack of interoperability of different public services between Member States; welcomes in this regard the revision of the European Interoperability Framework and the swift implementation of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 (eIDAS);
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Commission and the Members States to adopt a global and comprehensive approach to e-government to ensure smooth coordination between online and offline administrative services, in order to avoid any exclusion of disadvantaged people, in particular disabled and elderly citizens or those in rural areas, who do not have the ability to access online services;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Invites the Commission and the Members States to ensure training policies are in place for public servants to acquire the necessary e-skills and to ensure the existence of information campaigns for citizens and businesses on the use and availability of new e-services;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes the Commission can play a leading role in creating a more open and inclusive eGovernment approach; therefore calls for the Commission to accelerate its efforts in leading by example, especially in translating its websites into the EU's working languages, and for other European institutions to follow swiftly; believes that adoption by the Commission of the provisions of the CEF building blocks can facilitate trust and a cultural shift towards the uptake of digital public services.
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to encourage spill-over effects and dissemination of e-government solutions to the private sector;