Activities of Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ related to 2022/2013(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
AccessibleEU Centre in support of accessibility policies in the EU internal market (debate)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 b (new)
Citation 19 b (new)
— having regard to the Commission communication entitled ‘New Consumer Agenda’ (COM(2020)696),
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)
Citation 25 a (new)
— having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 concerning the rights of disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility when travelling by air1 a, _________________ 1a OJ L 204, 26.7.2006, p. 1.
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A f (new)
Recital A f (new)
Af. whereas accessibility is a prerequisite to enabling persons with disabilities to participate fully in society on an equal basis and to effectively enjoy all their human rights and fundamental freedoms;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative, announced in the European Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, to establish the AccessibleEU Centre (‘Centre’), which aims to increase coherence in implementing harmonised accessibility policies, and to facilitate access to relevant knowledge and skills, promoting a culture of equal opportunities and full participation in society for persons with disabilities, by means of collaboration and cooperation with public administrations, civil society in the area of disability, accessibility experts and users;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that greater accessibility outcomes in society can only be achieved if the Centre follows the ‘universal design’ approach; emphasises the need to ensure that this approach is duly taken into account in all areas of accessibility to the physical environment, transport, information, communication and services, in particular inby means of public procurement contracts and tenders;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the fact that the extent to which the mandate of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has been implemented varies considerably between Member States; calls on the Commission to step up its efforts to further harmonisation;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to establish a secretariat and a forum to steer and lead the work of the Centre; underlines that the forum should guarantee the balanced participation of stakeholders and right-holders with suitable experience in the field of accessibility; stresses that equal gender representation should be ensured; stresses the need to ensure that disability civil society organisations and persons with disabilities themselves and their families participate as an essential part of the Centre’s work;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that the Centre must have a physical seat in one of the 27 Member States and, to that end, any Member State may apply to host the Centre’s seat;
Amendment 59 #
6b. Calls on the Commission to draw up the application process on the basis of the following assessment criteria: – extent of accessibility progress and implementation in the candidate Member States; – number of legislative acts on accessibility, taking account of fundamental rights and matters of age and gender; – existence of spaces for dialogue and participation of the public administration with disability civil society in the development of the country’s political and legislative agenda; – implementation of accessibility projects built in co-governance between the public and private sector, along with academia, civil society and people with disabilities and their families;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Is of the opinion that the Centre should provide research and studies to both the Commission and the Member States, as well as specialised and comparable information and data, including feedback on the implementation of accessibility laws; highlights that these actions would help accessibility policies to be solidly based on userbeneficiaries’ requirements and experiences;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to assess the developments in accessibility-related policies regularly and to create antake steps to convert the Centre into a permanent EU agency within five years ofafter the establishment of the Centre if the objectives listed in its mandate are not accomplished;