Activities of Christa KLASS related to 2011/0394(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises (2014 - 2020)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Commission adopted the Communication ‘Europe 2020 - A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth’ in March 2010 (hereinafter ‘the Europe 2020 Strategy’). The Communication was endorsed by the European Council of June 2010. The Europe 2020 Strategy responds to the economic crisis and is intended to prepare Europe for the next decade. It sets five ambitious objectives on climate and energy, employment, innovation, education and social inclusion to be reached by 2020 and identifies key drivers for growth, which aim at making Europe more dynamic and competitive. It also emphasises the importance of reinforcing the growth of the European economy while delivering high levels of employment for women and men equally, a low carbon, resource and energy-efficient economy and social cohesion.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) Female entrepreneurship and female SMEs provide a key source for increasing the degree of female employment and thereby capitalising to a greater extent on women’s level of education. Female entrepreneurship also brings energy and innovation to the business world, and the Union’s potential in that regard is still far from being fully tapped. Women are particularly highly motivated in self-employment because running their own businesses enables them to set their own working hours and thus to reconcile work and family life better. Increasing the number of female entrepreneurs has a number of positive effects and contributes immediately to the general state of the economy. In a climate of economic instability it is easy to neglect support measures for female entrepreneurs.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) Both female and male entrepreneurs should be offered opportunities for personal development and for further training in IT and languages, with the aim inter alia of promoting skills for the international market.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) measures to improve the design, implementation and evaluation of policies affecting the competitiveness and sustainability of enterprises, including disaster resilience, and to secure the development of appropriate infrastructures in both urban and rural areas, world class clusters and business networks, framework conditions and development of sustainable products, services and processes;
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Particular attention shall be paid to young entrepreneurs, as well as new and potential entrepreneurs and, both female entrepreneurs, as well as specific target groupsand male, and to specific target groups such as young men and women.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission may support Member States' measures to build-up entrepreneurial education, skills and attitudes, in particular among potential and new entrepreneurfemale and male entrepreneurs. Particular support should be directed at women in rural areas.