19 Amendments of Arba KOKALARI related to 2021/2254(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas women are more likely than men to work in the informal economy and whereas their importance for the rural economy is not acknowledged, which means that their role and importance in rural areas are overlooked and their importance for the rural economy is not recognised due to their participation in the informal rural economy;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the gender employment gap is more pronounced in rural areas than in cities, and young women are more likely to leave rural areas;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the EU economy and society face multiple challenges regarding the demographic change, the digitalisation of the economy and society, increasing European and global integration and the transition to an almost CO2 neutral economy, lifestyles and work patterns; whereas rural areas are often particularly affected by these challenges;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas rural areas are the place of residence and work for many people and as well the location of enterprises from all sectors of the economy, in particular of small and medium-sized enterprises, whereas they are the place of production of agriculture and forestry but also perform important ecological functions and provide space for leisure and recreation;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas women perform more than one function; whereas women are enabl in the context of their individual family and professional ties and, in this diversity of roles, also make a significant contribution to progress and innovation at all levels of society and to an increase in the quality of life, especially in rural areas; whereas women in rural areas are drivers of the transition to a greener society and economy;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas only 30 % of farms across the EU are managed by women; whereas SMEs are predominant in rural region and, if they do, farms tend to be smaller, with lower incomes and less access to financial support; whereas rural regions are dominated by SMEs;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas social protection for women working in agriculture is an essential element of modern and sustainable rural development;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas in the EU the proportion of rural inhabitants with at least basic digital skills in 2019 is 14 percentage points lower than that of urban residents (48 % vs. 62 %);
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas the economy and society as a whole benefit from the geographically decentralised economic structure in rural areas, i.e. the distribution of small and medium-sized enterprises not only in a few locations, but widely distributed in many locations, whereas such a distribution structure supports decentralised value creation and associated decentralised income opportunities, especially in rural areas, thus enabling vital rural areas; whereas the multiple opportunities in rural areas allow citizens and especially women to build up and benefit from creative living and work situations;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Recital C e (new)
Recital C e (new)
Ce. whereas it is necessary to advance the digital agenda in rural areas and develop a comprehensive broadband infrastructure and sustainable jobs in order to maintain and strengthen the competitiveness, digital participation, equal living conditions and a better work- life balance;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Recital C f (new)
Recital C f (new)
Cf. whereas there are often difficulties in accessing adequate health and care services in rural areas that includes deficits in local health services and unusually long waiting times to see certain specialists, whereas cross-border healthcare services can offer a better option to patients in situations where the most appropriate treatment or the nearest hospital is in another Member State;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Underlines the diversity of rural actors and their importance for the sustainability of rural areas;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the needs of women in rural areas to be addressed through appropriate – and where necessary pepolicies to be designed that take into account the needs of women in rural areas, such as adequate, where appropripatetic –, mobile healthcare, childcare and care for the elderly, thereby promoting women’s social security rights, including maternity leave or pension rights, and women’s access to available EU funds;
Amendment 111 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on Member States to intensify their efforts to support live-long learning, professional education and guidance systems, with the close involvement of municipalities and the promoters of such measures from business organisations and chambers, as this can contribute significantly to promoting gender balanced employment in rural areas;
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls onfor the Member States to create a ubiquitous and seamlessmultitude of opportunities in rural areas to be exploited and for the development of a comprehensive broadband infrastructure, as well as to enable creative housliving and work opportunities, andsituations and to create quality jobs that facilitate the reconciliation of work and family life.;
Amendment 121 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for better access to high- quality public services and infrastructure, in particular digital infrastructure, and for the deployment of widely available, efficient and affordable mobility opportunities that meet the SDGs;
Amendment 124 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on Member States to facilitate multimodality and to provide easy and comfortable transitions from one mode of transport to another; emphazises that in order to ensure that mobility chains are as seamless and accessible as possible, better infrastructure conditions must be created; reiterates that his includes infrastructure standardisation, in particular to facilitate cross-border projects and mobility;
Amendment 131 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to design funding programs or support measures in such a way that the bureaucratic burden is easily manageable for smaller businesses and stakeholders; Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that individuals or smaller initiatives are also able to overview and apply for funding opportunities and are given assistance in doing so;
Amendment 136 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to further promote cross- border health and care services, especially in rural areas, and to pay particular attention to this aspect in the revision of Directive2011/24/EU, thereby reducing bureaucratic barriers to the provision and use of cross-border health and care services and to establish a better interaction between different healthcare systems;