27 Amendments of Pernando BARRENA ARZA related to 2019/2195(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the European Green Deal sets the target of a climate-neutral European Union by 2050, thereby putting the climate emergency at the centre of all the Union’s programmes and policies; believes that the European Green Deal needs to be more ambitious, particularly in regard to setting a 2030 reduction target of, at the bare minimum, 55%;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas education, sport, volunteering and culture play a fundamental role in the green transition as regards awareness-raising, learning, communication and the sharing of knowledge, and whereas the potential they offer can be exploited to develop innovative ways of tackling environmental challenges; whereas these sectors provide low-carbon and high-quality jobs;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas, although these programmes do not primarily focus on the environment, they nonetheless contribute to the green transition through their substance and scope and have an environmental impact like all economic activities, so that their essential nature should be preserved;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the objectives and the very nature of the ESC give young people the opportunity to takeshare knowledge on taking practical action to protect the environment and on activism;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the experience of mobility offered by these programmes can change everyday behaviourbe a transformative experience for young people, and whereas mobility of this kind should therefore be encouraged;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas Creative Europe has a role to play in promoting culture and the audiovisual media, which can help raise people’s awareness of environmental issues, organise activism and are also a unique source of creative solutions;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the aim, under the current multiannual financial framework, of devoting 205% of expenditure to climate protection measures cannot be achieved if the data and instruments needed to measure the contribution of the programmes to meeting this aim are not available, and whereas they must therefore be put in place as a matter of urgency;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas there are currently few incentives – particularly of a financial nature – to encourage participants in the three programmes to shift to more environmentally friendly means of transport; whereas more environmentally friendly means of transport tend to be the least accessible and affordable and whereas participants in these programmes tend to have less financial means;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to record systematically the means of transport used so that participants’ individual CO2 emissions can be calculatedas to take measures to reduce programme-specific emissions; takes the view that the Mobility Tool should be used for this purpose and that use of the Tool should be extended to cover all parts of Erasmus+ and the ESC; calls on the Commission to make a similar calculation tool available for journeys undertaken in connection with the Creative Europe programme; provided that data protection is fully respected;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the main stakeholders in the programmes to inform participants of examples of good practice which they can employ in their everyday lives, perhaps by means of a digital appby the most efficient and direct way possible;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and on national and regional agencies and offices to take account of the environmental aspects of projects and to evaluate projects accordingly;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission to make it possible for participants to choose the least-polluting means of transport, but at the same time not to stigmatise or exclude participants for whom air travel is the only option; calls for special attention to be paid to the outermost regions in this regard and to examine more environmentally-friendly modes of transport particularly for these regions;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to revise the current financial rules so that the additional costs and journey times associated with the use of more environmentally friendly means of transport can be offproperly reimbursetd; insists that the additional costs be reimbursed in full;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Urges Member States and regions to widen the offer of the most environmentally friendly means of transport;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission – particularly in the light of its European Year of Rail in 2021 – to enter into partnerships with European rail and bus companieoperators so that participants are eligible for discounted fares;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission, along with Member States and regions with education and university competences, to design and provide a financial assistance scheme to those students who cannot afford the costs of the Erasmus+, ESC and Creative Europe programmes or the cost of the transport means, as long as they meet the most environmental friendly standards;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to include respect and protection for the environment among the principles set out in the Erasmus+ Higher Education Charter; urges the Commission to apply this approach to the whole programme and to take action to achieve it;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises the potential of the European Universities and Vocational Education and Training Centres of Excellence, as they could be encouraged to introduce programmes of excellence for teaching and training in environmental issues, provided sufficient; emphasises that the Commission should ensure enough funding is available to achieve this;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission to introduce Environmental Protection and Fighting Climate Change at the core of all the programmes as a transversal skill;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that the future European Student Card can do much to make participation in the Erasmus+ programme more environmentally friendly; calls on the Commission to bring forward the date of introduction of the European Student Card, which is set at 2025;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers that encouraging mobility among the staff of local sports organisations would help make them aware of more environmentally friendly ways of organising sports events and encourage environmental activism; calls for greater emphasis to be placed on environmental issues when the European Week of Sport takes place;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the national, regional and local authorities involved in the ESC to support and actively advise organisations responsible for sending and receiving participants; stresses that they are also able to identify the scope for and set up environmental projects in situ;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the authorities involved to extend the offer of traineeships related to environmental issues and to introduce environmental education and environmental impact into the scope of every project;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Calls on the Commission to introduce Environmental Protection and Environmental Education as the one of the key principles of the ESC programme;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to draw up, together with the national and regional offices, a charter setting out the environmental principles which every participant in the programme must observe;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to publish a ‘n ambitious ’good environmental practice’ guide covering audiovisual and cultural production, dissemination and event organisation, with a particular focus on transport, energy and waste management and with the aim of making the practices concerned standard for all projects financed by the programme; calls on the Commission to develop a tool to evaluate the environmental impact of cultural events;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission to authorise, as a trans-sectoral measure, the establishment of a European network of environmental consultants to advise project developers and draw up annual reports, with the aim of maintaining transparency and sharing best practices;