Activities of Elisabeth SCHROEDTER related to 2008/2130(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Green Paper on territorial cohesion and debate on the future reform of the cohesion policy - Regional policy best practice and obstacles to use of Structural Funds - Urban dimension of cohesion policy - Complementarities and coordination of cohesion policy with rural development measures - Implementation of the Structural Funds Regulation 2007-2013: results of negotiations on national cohesion strategies and operational programmes - A European initiative for the development of micro-credit in support of growth and employment (debate)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)
Citation 21 a (new)
- having regard to the Covenant of Mayors of 29 January 2008,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas urban areas are responsible for generating 70 to 80 percent of EU GDP and cities are recognised as centres of innovation and motors of regional, national and EU development; whereas, however, cities are also responsible for over 75% of world energy consumption and produce 80% of greenhouse gases as a result of energy production, traffic, industry and heating,
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights the positive experience of the URBAN Community initiative concerning partnership, the integrated approach and the bottom-up principle, which contributed significantly to the effectiveness and ‘accuracy of fit’ of the projects supported; calls for these achievements in the urban dimension of structural funding to be taken into account and for similar mechanisms to be introduced into the mainstream funding for sustainable urban development, thereby enabling a larger number of cities to benefit from these achievements;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Argues that it has been proven that sustainable urban development requires a holistic, integrated approach, and that this can be implemented only if there is cooperation between stakeholders at all political and administrative levels; calls for the integrated approach to be made a binding condition for implementation of the Structural Funds as soon as possible, but no later than the funding period after 2013;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that cities have a special responsibility in terms of achieving the Community climate change objectives, as they are in the unique position of being able to provide potential solutions as a contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions; calls on the Member States to firmly anchor climate protection as a horizontal objective in urban development as a priority;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recognises the difficulty for urban authorities in reconciling the domains of ESF whilst pursuing economic and sConsiders that the opportunity to concentrate assistance geographically and thematically enabled important experience in coordinating ERDF and ESF funding at locial dlevelopment and ERDF whilst planning physical infrastructure investments, believes that the single fund principle should be abandoned and calls on the Commission to study the possibility of merging the two to be obtained; calls on local and regional authorities to make better use of the synergies of ERDF and ESF funding and reinforce integrated fundsing;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes the urban development potential of the private sector and believes that the use of Public Private Partnerships should be systematicallyalso be envisaged and encouraged for the establishment of innovative financing schemes and projects; notes that this requires a clear, transparent code of conduct, particularly regarding the activities of public bodies and enterprises;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Points out that a sustainable territorial development strategy is an essential condition for the targeted, effective implementation of funding for urban and rural areas; calls on the Member States and regions to use the urban-rural partnership instrument in order to achieve the goal of balanced spatial development;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Finds that challenges such as demographic change, migration and shrinking cities lead to new challenges in the job market, access to social and health services, housing and spatial planning; calls on the Commission, in its guidelines for the application of the framework rules on services of general interest and the award of public contracts, to enable local authorities to take greater account of the local context and local stakeholders and to improve their adaptability;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission and the Council, taking special account of the work of the Urban Audit, to formulate indicators for comparing the sustainability performance of cities, as set out in the Leipzig Charter, for example by comparing energy consumption per person, the use of local public transport as a proportion of total traffic volume or greenhouse gas emissions per person;