16 Amendments of Bronis ROPĖ related to 2023/2048(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the digital and green transitions, if they are implemented fairly and do not leave anyone behind, offer opportunities for stronger, connected, resilient, innovative and prosperous rural areas in the long term;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas it appears that in regions and administrative units where LEADER is implemented, a mandatory Local Action Group (LAG) manager helps improving a better performance and absorption of regional funding and development;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that a fair and dignified income and quality of life for citizens and their families in the rural areas is essential to ensure social progress and a successful territorial and local development; insists on the need to ensure decent working and living conditions and social protection in particular for young farm workers, and migrant workers in the EU regions;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. recalls that according to Article174 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which deals with economic, social and territorial cohesion, priority must be given to rural areas; notes, however, that rural areas and their specific needs are not sufficiently valued when allocating Cohesion Fund funds, which significantly contribute to maintaining the vitality of regions; therefore calls on the Commission to consider the possibility of creating a separate fund that would provide exclusive support for projects in rural areas through the Cohesion Fund, with local authorities making the investment decision;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the acceleration of digital transformation in the agricultural sector and rural areas; draws attention to the exclusion of small farms and the outermost regions from these developments, and points to the need to take measures to ensure that the digital transformation also benefits all; notes in particular that there is a need to manage risks of dependency and over- indebtedness for small farmers;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines the necessity to ensure a more balanced development of EU regions by ensuring better distribution of EU funds, including CAP support within and between Member States; emphasizes that it is impossible to achieve sustainable and long-term territorial development if support is allocated to different regions based on historical data;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights the central role played by Community Led Local Development initiatives in keeping and restoring living and thriving local rural economies, and the need to keep a sufficient level of funding for LEADER; Calls on the Member states to make full use of LEADER's capacities;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission to use the results of the 2024 evaluation report for the 2014-2020 programming period as well as results and experiences of the EAFRD LEADER implementation to support programmes for the period 2021- 20271a; _________________ 1a Article 57 of the CPR tasks DG REGIO with conducting an evaluation of the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund by the end of 2024.
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls on the Commission, when preparing the new programming period, to consider the possibility of providing financing measures in the LEADER program that would encourage the renewal of generations in rura areas;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points to the importance of facilitating and promoting the use of multi- fund approaches to support the implementation of integrated projects for inclusive and sustainable rural development.; highlights that multi- funding still appear difficult in some countries, especially since in the current period the EAFRD is no longer- included in the CPR and would therefore require specific measures to align the rules of EAFRD and of other Cohesion Policy funds;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the important role women are playing in building integrated territorial development; points out the importance of creating an enabling environment for women entrepreneurs in rural areas, including legal and policy aspects, to ensure better access to information, knowledge and skills, as well as to facilitate access to financial resources and thereby create more jobs in rural areas;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Points out that discrimination and exclusion prevent the pursuit of sustainable territorial development; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take action to develop and implement measures to combat gender inequality;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Recalls that in the 2021-2027 Cohesion Policy Framework, gender equality and a gender perspective must be included and promoted throughout all stages of the process to prepare, implement, monitor and evaluate Cohesion programmes; calls on the member states to actively promote these cross-cutting principles in the preparation and implementation of the Territorial Agenda’s pilot projects on the ground;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Reiterates the need to urgently strengthen EU policy regarding mitigation and adaptation to climate change, also in the light of the growing trends of extreme weather events these last years and months in the EU; highlights, in this context, the need to step up ambition and quantity of the present and future pilot projects within the objective “Greener Europe” and its first priority “Healthier environment”;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Notes that more and more people choose to live in the cities and work in rural areas; Calls the Commission to design programmes taking into account all territories, incluiding metropolitan, urban and functional areas; Encourage the Commission to design LEADER in such way that it can be used by small cities;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5f. Notes that an effective sustainable public transport system is one of the necessary conditions for regional economic development, territorial cohesion and the development of regional potential; highlights therefore, that it is necessary to provide the necessary funding for the development and maintenance of transport links, as this could encourage the older generation to stay longer in agriculture and attract young people from regional centers to work in rural areas;