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18 Amendments of João PIMENTA LOPES related to 2017/0102(COD)

Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) The European Union is built on solidarity,Solidarity is the basis of developed and democratic societies, not just among its citizens and among its Member States. This common value guides its actions and provides the necessary unity to cope within a particular context, but also among peoples and States. This common value should be fostered, especially in view of current and future societal challenges, which young Europeans are willingpeople will be able to continue to help address by expressing their solidarity in practice.
2017/11/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) The State of the Union address of 14 September 201617 emphasized the need to invest in young people and announced the establishment of a European Solidarity Corps with a view to creating opportunities forenabling young people across the Union to make a meaningful contribution to society, show solidarity and develop their skills, thus getting not only work but also invaluable human experiencerelationships based on the primacy of people’s rights. __________________ 17 The State of the Union 2016: Towards a Better Europe – A Europe that Protects, Empowers and Defends, IP/16/3042 (http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16- 3042_en.htm).
2017/11/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) Young people should be provided with easily accessible opportunities to engage in solidarity activities, which could enable them to express their commitment to the benefit of communities while acquiring useful experience, skills and competences for their personal, educational, social, civic and professional development, thereby improving their employability. Those activities would also support the mobility of young volunteers, trainees and work. Those activities would also support a multicultural exchange among young volunteers.
2017/11/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) The solidarity activities offered to young people should be of high quality, in the sense that they should respond to unmet societal needs, contribute to strengthening communities, offer young people the opportunity to acquire valuable knowledge and competences, be financially accessible to young people, and be implemented in safe and healthy conditions.
2017/11/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) The European Solidarity Corps would provide a single entry point for solidarity activities throughout the Union. Consistency and complementarity of that framework should be ensured with other relevant Union policies and programmes. The European Solidarity Corps should build on the strengths and synergies of existing programmes, notably the European Voluntary Service. It should also complement the efforts made by Member States to support young people and ease their school-to-work transition under the Youth Guarantee19 by providing them with additional opportunities to make a start on the labour market in the form of traineeships or jobs in solidarity- related areas within their respective Member State or across borders. Complementarity with existing Union level networks pertinent to the activities under the European Solidarity Corps, such as the European Network of Public Employment Services, EURES and the Eurodesk network, should also be ensured. Furthermore, complementarity between existing related schemes, in particular national solidarity schemes and mobility schemes for young people, and the European Solidarity Corps should be ensured, building on good practices where appropriate. __________________ 19 Council Recommendation of 22 April 2013 on establishing a Youth Guarantee (2013/C 120/01).
2017/11/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) In order to maximise the impact of the European Solidarity Corps, provisions should be made to allow other Union programmes such as the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, the Europe for Citizens programme, the European Regional Development Fund and the Health Programme to contribute to the objectives of the European Solidarity Corps by supporting activities within its scope. This contribution should be financed in accordance with the respective basic acts of the concerned programmes. Once they have obtained a valid European Solidarity Corps quality label, the beneficiaries should be given access to the European Solidarity Corps portal and receive the quality and support measures provided according to the type of activity offered.deleted
2017/11/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) The European Solidarity Corps should open up new opportunities for young people to carry out volunteering, traineeship or job placements in solidarity-related areas as well as to devise and develop solidarity projects based on their own initiative. Those opportunities should contribute to enhancing their personal, educational, social, civic and professional and civic development. The European Solidarity Corps should also support networking activities for European Solidarity Corps participants and organisations as well as measures to ensure the quality of the supported activities and to enhance the validation of their learning outcomes.
2017/11/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) Traineeships and jobs in solidarity-related areas can offer additional opportunities for young people to make a start on the labour market while contributing to addressing key societal challenges. This can help foster the employability and productivity of young people while easing their transition from education to employment, which is key to enhancing their chances on the labour market. The traineeship placements offered under the European Solidarity Corps should be remunerated by the participating organisation and follow the quality principles outlined in the Council Recommendation on establishing a Quality Framework for Traineeships of 10 March 201421. The traineeships and jobs offered should constitute a stepping stone for young people to enter the labour market and should therefore be accompanied by adequate post-placement support. The traineeship and job placements should be facilitated by relevant labour market actors, in particular public and private employment services, social partners and Chambers of Commerce. As participating organisations, they should be able to apply for funding via the competent implementing structure of the European Solidarity Corps in view of intermediating between the young participants and employers offering traineeship and job placements in solidarity sectors. __________________ 21Council Recommendation of 10 March 2014 on a Quality Framework for Traineeships, OJ C 88, 27.3.2014, p. 1.deleted
2017/11/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) Young people’s spirit of initiative is an important asset for society and for the labour market. The European Solidarity Corps should contribute to fostering this aspect by offering young people the opportunity to devise and implement their own projects aimed at addressing specific challenges to the benefit of their local communities. Those projects should be an opportunity to try out ideas and support young people to be themselves drivers of solidarity actions. They could also serve as a springboard for further engagement in solidarity activities and could be a first step towards encouraging European Solidarity Corps participants to engage in self- employment or setting up associations, NGOs or other bodies active in the solidarity, non-profit and youth sectorbecome increasingly involved in associative activities.
2017/11/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) Particular attention should be paid to ensuring the quality of the placements and other opportunities offered under the European Solidarity Corps, in particular by offering training, language support, insurance, administrative and post- placement support to participantvolunteers as well as the validation of the knowledge, skills and competences acquired through their European Solidarity Corps experience.
2017/11/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) “solidarity activity” means an activity aimed at addressing unmet societal needs to the benefit of a community while also fostering the individual’s personal, educational, social, civic and professional and civic development, which may take the form of placements, projects or networking activities, developed in relation to different areas, such as education and training, employment, gender equality, entrepreneurship, in particular social entrepreneurship, citizenship and democratic participation, environment and nature protection, climate action, disaster prevention, preparedness and recovery, agriculture and rural development, provision of food and non-food items, health and wellbeing, creativity and culture, physical education and sport, social assistance and welfare, reception and integration of third-country nationals, territorial cooperation and cohesion;
2017/11/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) “participating organisation” means any public or private non-profit entity that has been attributed the European Solidarity Corps quality label, which offers a placementvolunteering opportunity to a participant in the European Solidarity Corps or implements other activities in the framework of the European Solidarity Corps;
2017/11/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) “solidarity placement” means a volunteering activity, traineeship or job in a solidarity-related area, which is organised by a participating organisation and which contributes to addressing key societal challenges while enhancing the personal, educational, social, civic and professional development and the employability and civic development of the European Solidarity Corps participant who undertakes it, either in a country other than the country of residence (cross-border) or in the country of residence of the participant (in-country);
2017/11/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 168 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8
(8) “traineeship” means a period of work practice from two to twelve months, remunerated by the organisation hosting the European Solidarity Corps participant, based on a written traineeship agreement, which includes a learning and training component, and undertaken in order to gain practical and professional experience with a view to improving employability and facilitating transition to regular employment;deleted
2017/11/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
(9) “job" means a period of work from two to twelve months, remunerated by the participating organisation employing the European Solidarity Corps participant, carried out in a participating country and based on an employment contract in accordance with the national regulatory framework of that participating country;deleted
2017/11/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
(13) “European Solidarity Corps Resource Center” means the additional functions performed by a designated national agency to support the development and implementation of activities under the European Solidarity Corps as well as the identification of the competences acquired by the participants through their placements and projects;
2017/11/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 200 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to provide young people, with the support of participating organisations, with easily accessible opportunities for engagement in solidarity activities while improving their skills and competences for personal, educational, social, civic and professional development, as well as their employability and facilitating transition into the labour market, including by supporting the mobility of young volunteers, trainees and workers and civic development;
2017/11/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) solidarity placements in the form of volunteering, traineeships or jobs, including individual cross- border and in- country placements as well as volunteering teams’ placements;
2017/11/16
Committee: EMPL