10 Amendments of Bronis ROPĖ related to 2017/2208(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas there is a need to ensure the continuity of the type of investment currently carried out by the second pillar of the common agricultural policy, which is an essential financing instrument for boosting economic growth and innovation in lagging regions’ rural areas, while at the same time and ensuring sustainable rural development; whereas it also providinges the financial incentives neededfor investment in rural areas, to address specific territorial needs, which; these in turn contribute to achieving the three cross- cutting objectives of innovation, environmental/ protection and climate change mitigation and adaptation;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas agriculture provides for a significantly higher share of employment in both low-income and low-growth regions than the average for the EU-28; whereas this share has been declining over the years; whereas it is notably five times higher in low-income regions and 2.6 times higher in low-growth regions than the average for the EU-28;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas poorer infrastructure development, generally weakerlow political prioritisation and investment, poor infrastructure, and often insufficient institutionsal capacity and thea skills gap, all present a major obstacles for the successful development of viable and self-sufficient agricultrural businesses and communities, pushing many young people to abandon rural areas and migrate, andway, worsening the shortage of qualified workers and compromising future prospects of the region;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that agriculture isand agriculture-related business should be a key part of the solution for enhancing sustainable growth, providing jobs and increasing levels of income in lagging regions, while at the same time helping to preserve themaintain a living countryside and combat rural depopulation; notes however that for this to happen, policy makers across the board must prioritise sustainable agricultural models that create quality jobs and sufficient income ensured inter alia by remunerative prices;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of rural development funds in boosting the competitiveness of those regionseconomic resilience and territorial cohesion of those regions, alongside competitiveness, through tailor-made projects based on bottom-up approaches; acknowledges, therefore, the input of local action groups in developing local strategies, supporting stakeholder networking and the appraisal and approval of individual LEADER projects;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Stresses the usefulness of the territorial approach, which ensures sufficient infrastructure and social capital for each region to function as a viable economic unit, in order to foster creation of vibrant rural economies and so reverse rural depopulation;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Underlines the importance of community-led local development approaches such as LEADER in providing local communities with tools to develop tailor-made solutions to local challenges and empowering rural communities;and therefore calls for a larger share of support to be distributed to CLLD, thus both helping to tackle challenges and build up capacities;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the importance ofHighlights the possible synergetic effects from ensuring that aof agriculture’s large share of the total employment in lagging regions is in agriculture, with the prospect of being able to provide, as it forms a solid basis for traditional quality products and; notes likewise the potential for developing tourism activities, specifically agro-tourism;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates the importance of digitalisationappropriately-scaled digitalisation, availability of public interest and publically funded expertise and advice services and of improving infrastructure, thus creating a positive environment and good foundation for boosting growth and enhancing cohesion in lagging regions; cautions against exploitation of farm businesses and making them unsustainably dependent, and against increasing levels of indebtedness among rural and farming communities; recalls that good infrastructure, especially the provision of high-speed internet connections along with availability of quality social services helps keep people in rural areas and can help attract a high-calibrely skilled, educated and well paid workforce needed for growth in those areas; recalls that education and training are essential in the development mix and these can be helped by online interconnectedness;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that a well-connected territories that prioritise and enhance rural area iss are essential for building on the work of research partnerships and, including European Innovation Partnership initiatives, so that innovative practices can further enhance the sustainable development of agriculture and associated businesses and growth in lagging regions’' rural areas.