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Activities of Liliana RODRIGUES related to 2017/2255(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

Structural and financial barriers in the access to culture (debate) PT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2255(INI)

Shadow reports (1)

REPORT on structural and financial barriers in the access to culture PDF (340 KB) DOC (73 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: CULT
Dossiers: 2017/2255(INI)
Documents: PDF(340 KB) DOC(73 KB)

Amendments (59)

Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 30 November 2017 on implementation of the European Disability Strategy1 a, _________________ 1a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2017)0474.
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 b (new)
- having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), and in particular Article 30 thereof on participation in cultural life, recreation, leisure and sport,
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 c (new)
- having regard to Goal 11 of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, signed in September 2015, which proposes making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable,
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas Article 27 of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that ‘Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits’; , and whereas access to culture and opportunities for creative expression is important for the constitution of a democratic society founded on freedom of expression and equality;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas culture has a strong impact on the promotion, understanding and development of solidarity between European and trans-European communities;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the authorities at national or, regional and local level remain the main bodies responsible for cultural policies in the EU, in accordance with the subsidiarity principle;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas any kind of barrier that obstructs access and full participation by individuals and communities in cultural processes and cultural ecosystems inhibits, as a result, the development of truly democratic and inclusive societies;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas culture gives European citizens greater opportunities to develop personal, social, creative and intercultural skills;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas, according to UN estimates, half the human population, namely 3.5 billion people, currently lives in cities; whereas by 2030 nearly 60 % of the world’s population will live in urban areas; whereas it is therefore necessary to lay down strategies with effective policies to solve the issues still present and to have enough time to make changes in order to create truly inclusive urban spaces;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the future of cultural innovation in the EU depends on investment in creative resources, knowledge and talent;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas one of the objectives of the EU and its Member States should be the reduction of social and economic inequalities to promote an inclusive society in which everyone can participate; whereas a strong, dynamic and diversified cultural sector is fundamental in an inclusive society;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas participation in cultural activities is a way of creating a sense of belonging to a society; whereas the construction of a social identity is closely linked to cultural participation; whereas participation in cultural activities could contribute to higher self-esteem and a better quality of life, particularly for individuals who are experiencing some kind of marginalisation as a result of their work, illness or for any other reason;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas an inclusive cultural sector is one which allows everyone to have the same opportunities to participate and develop their creative skills, regardless of their socio-economic, cultural or religious context, or of any disability;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 23 #
Ed. whereas in many regions, public libraries and community cultural institutions are frequently visited by citizens and, often, are the sole access points to information and culture, particularly in rural or remote regions;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E e (new)
Ee. whereas new digital technologies could have an influence on the management of the cultural sector, dialogue and the creation of new audiences and the dissemination of cultural activities;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E f (new)
Ef. whereas new digital technologies and online platforms offer key opportunities to increase the level of participation and cultural creation;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E g (new)
Eg. whereas people from third countries, namely Africa, Asia or Latin America, are under-represented in different cultural areas; whereas this also affects people with a disability;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the austerity measures that some Member States are suffering have had a negative impact on their budgets for cultural activities;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Kb. whereas culture helps to promote a society based on knowledge and the sharing of experiences and world history;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K c (new)
Kc. whereas around 8.4 million people are employed in the EU’s cultural sector (accounting for 3.7% of the total workforce)1-A and whereas their potential in terms of economic growth still falls short of their potential; _________________ 1-AEurostat - Culture statistics - cultural employment (2017), http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Culture_statistics_- _cultural_employment
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K d (new)
Kd. whereas the difficulties and challenges faced by those who try, through cultural production, to collaborate with the expression of their identity, to widen access to culture and develop it in a sustainable way;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points to the importance of a holistic application of the concept of accessibility and its value as a tool for ensuring that every person who is a user of culture and cultural places and initiatives is considered in the broadest and fullest sense and that, as a result, account is taken of the specific needs of persons with disabilities, with a view to ensuring that they enjoy equal opportunities, true social inclusion and active participation in society;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Encourages inclusion and diversity to be an integral part of the plans, organisational development and recruitment in the cultural sector at European, national and regional level; also encourages Member States to carry out systematic monitoring of the measures that are directed towards this objective;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recommends that Member States develop a cultural action strategy aimed at children and young people;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for the need to gather information on the participation of disabled people in cultural activities;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Recalls the importance of developing platforms for the sharing and exchange of experiences at regional, national and European level;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Stresses the importance of guaranteeing a quality cultural offer to all citizens as a basis for promoting active, democratic and inclusive citizenship;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Member States to strengthen synergies with the ERDF and other cultural support funds, including programmes facilitating research and innovation;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that public access to cultural goods and services, and support for cultural production and expression, strengthen the creative economy, contributing to the country’s development;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls for investment in micro- businesses to encourage creativity and innovation, thus promoting regional and local development;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 80 #
10. Stresses that the high price of cultural goods and services is one of the barriers to participation in culture highlighted by respondents to the Eurobarometer and Eurostat surveys23; recommends, in this context, actions targeting specific audiences, particularly students, large families and the elderly, with the aim of removing financial barriers to access; _________________ 23 Eurobarometer 399.
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses that the level of participation in cultural activities is unequal across the Member States and also that it is dependent on the different socio-economic conditions of individuals; that participation in the majority of cultural activities increases proportionately with higher incomes and higher levels of education; that the difference in participation in cultural activities tends to stay the same or fall with increasing income disparity, including between men and women; that access to cultural events for children and young people in low-income families should be ensured; that the first levels of education are fundamental in raising children’s awareness of culture and that the Member States should ensure that children have access to quality cultural experiences, regardless of their socio- cultural and economic situation;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Encourages the Member States and public institutions to invest in the decentralisation of the exhibition of cultural activities, whether through building infrastructure in remote regions or through different temporary cultural exhibitions; encourages private cultural institutions to also invest in geographic decentralisation;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses the importance of conciliation between private and professional life to accessing, enjoying and participating in different cultural activities;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses that knowledge is conceived as a product of cultural interactions that influence and reflect individuals who incorporate cultural imprinting;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Recommends the mainstreaming of the ‘European Student Card’ and that free access to EU cultural institutions should be added to it;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls the fundamental role of schools as a key platform for bringing young people into contact with culture and shaping cultural needs and competences; calls on the Member States to take steps towards the greater integration of cultural and artistic education into school curricula, in both formal and informal education;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Stresses the importance of Member States, in close collaboration with regional and local authorities, and through funding/subsidies, ensuring music lessons in state schools;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Recommends that the Member States make education one of the main cultural activities, as promoting demand means, above all, providing people with the skills and knowledge to allow them to appreciate the arts; recalls that cultivating interest in culture is more effective if done at a young age and that, therefore, it should be given more space on school curricula, and there should be more human resources and materials to reach this objective; calls for schools to be given funding for visits to museums and other cultural institutions, thus promoting, simultaneously, interest in culture, youth participation and additional resources for cultural institutions;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Stresses the importance of state education systems in introducing children to the diversity of the world of culture, thus helping to train new audiences and to disseminate culture; also stresses the importance of different cultural institutions developing partnerships with local schools at local, regional and national level;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)
15d. Encourages the Member States and regional and local authorities to support cultural education programmes ‘outside of school’ for everyone, particularly for underprivileged children and young people, through programmes aimed at introducing these young people to different artistic expressions or at helping them to know more about existing cultural heritage;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls for a greater appreciation and understanding of the social role of public libraries and cultural community institutions, particularly in rural or remote regions, not only by increasing public funding, but also by forming partnerships, providing them with the adequate ICT and human resources with access to training, turning them into institutions that can improve people’s lives and encourage local development;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Highlights that establishing partnerships is fundamental in attracting potential audiences for artistic activities and that it could be achieved, for instance, through cooperation with organisations for students, migrants or disabled people, to appropriately respond to their interests and needs;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Stresses the importance of supporting initiatives at national, regional and local level that promote contact, collaboration and the exchange of experiences between traditional arts, cultural institutions and different multicultural or minorities’ institutions, as well as between the cultural, professional and amateur sectors;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Encourages the Member States to set up free-time programmes for young people in cultural institutions;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls on the Member States to encourage the setting up of study or internship grants for students in state or private education networks in cultural or cultural management institutions;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Reiterates its call on the Commission to lay down compulsory requirements concerning access to public spaces, particularly those relating to the use of culture in the built urban environment, such as museums, theatres, cinemas, libraries, concert halls, etc.;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls for greater investment in the cultural sector to boost local economies and promote cultural tourism; shows that cultural tourism, in synergy with science, the primary sector, artisanal and industrial centres, as well as mobility, are decisive factors in creating a closer and more humanist Europe;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Suggests greater investment in access to culture for the outermost, mountain and remote regions, in order to create decentralised cultural opportunities;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Advises the Member States and their dependent cultural institutions to ensure that a cultural offer is accessible to everyone, providing for specific measures for certain population groups, such as children and young people, the elderly, disabled people or migrants, among others;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Highlights the need for greater investment, by the Member States, in the implementation of the Braille system, the universal touch reading and writing code, in a wide variety of cultural infrastructures and technologies; calls for greater investment in the production of audio books, magazines and newspapers, and the use of sign languages in theatre productions;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Points out the need to remove obstacles to the mobility of artists and cultural professionals; stresses the impact of these activities on expanding Europe's cultural offer; commends the Creative Europe programme for contributing to the success of cultural mobility and professionals in the sector, as well as encouraging the dissemination of quality cultural events and projects;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Recalls that barriers to access to culture are more apparent at local level, which is why there should be greater investment in different cultural mobility projects to enable the development and cohesion of the localities;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Calls on the Commission to consider the mobility of European artists and of third countries as an advantage in the promotion of peace, sharing of visions and deconstruction of social and cultural stereotypes;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20c. Recalls that language barriers could contribute to a drop in cultural demand and therefore there should be greater multilingualism in cultural productions;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 d (new)
20d. Recommends that the Member States provide free transport for disabled people or those with reduced mobility;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Is convinced that digital tools make it possible to overcome barriers to access to culture caused by factors such as the following: unfavourable geographical location, disability, social background, language and lack of time or financial resources; points out that, without this entailing disinvestment in the geographic decentralisation of cultural activities, digital tools can also be a tool for overcoming social or mental barriers;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Recommends that the Commission draw up a consistent digital strategy aimed at cultural infrastructures and activities, to strengthen the capacities of these bodies;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Notes that cultural content plays a leading role in the acceptance of these new technologies by the wider public and for the development of the e-skills and media literacy levels of Europe's citizens;
146/01/03
Committee: CULT