Activities of Diana RIBA I GINER related to 2023/2018(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of the European Solidarity Corps programme 2021-2027
Amendments (23)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
Citation 22 a (new)
– Having regard to its resolution of 8 March 2022 on the role of culture, education, media and sport in the fight against racism (P9_TA(2022)0057)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the visibility of the programme is still relatively low, particularly among regional or local youth organisations; whereas the European Year of Youth in 2022 proved to be a unique opportunity to enhance the programme’s visibility;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. Whereas youth work and the education of youth workers are not recognised in all Member States, which results in discrepancies in the ESC and other youth programmes;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. Whereas recognising youth work and the education of youth workers will ensure a minimum harmonisation of the young people’s realities across the Union and could impact positively the quality of the projects in the ESC programme;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. Whereas the term “people with fewer opportunities” remains widely hard to define and quantify, and the absence of practical and effective ways to assess the inclusivity of the projects can potentially jeopardize the capacity to reach those with the most dire needs;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. Whereas the EU Youth Strategy affirms that evidence-based youth policy- making and knowledge building is pivotal. Moreover, data-driven observations serve as a contribution to the larger public debate, fostering accountability through activists, civil society, and researchers;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)
Recital H c (new)
Hc. Whereas the dashboard created for the Youth Strategy and the datasets available on Eurostat are fragmented or non-comparable, and not easily accessible for young people and youth organisations;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H d (new)
Recital H d (new)
Hd. Whereas, age-disaggregated or gender-disaggregated data is key to fostering understanding of the needs of different groups of young people,
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. Whereas young migrants and refugees face structural barriers to participation in the program, particularly due to their administrative status;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Ib. Whereas there is no fixed and structured process involving civil society organisations in the design and implementation of the programme;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the overall budget of EUR 1.033 billion for 2021-2027 has a flat-rate profile and cannot cope with the high demand, the rising costs of living, inflation rates and other challenges; whereas the budget constraints may damage the quality and inclusivity of the projects and may make the programme less financially viable for youth organisations;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and NAs to strengthen the regular exchange of best practices, to enhance common understanding of programme procedures, deepen cooperation and improve the promotion of the programme; stresses that all relevant stakeholders should be involved in regular consultation on matters falling within their competenc, including on local and regional levels, should be involved in the advisory bodies of the programme as observers to the extent of their competence; recommends to re- establish and convene an Advisory Council of knowledgeable and experienced stakeholders on a regular basis, including youth organisation, coordinated by the ESC Resource Centre;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission, the Member States, NAs and engaged organisations to help raise awareness about the programme and its individual strands, to further build its brand and to reach out to more youth organisations and young people, particularly those with fewer opportunities;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the NAs to develop and implement more tailor-made communication activities to reach out to young people and to utilise the potential of youth organisations specially those led by/working with youth with fewer opportunities; calls on the NAs to deliver more capacity building for youth organisations to engage with ESC, like the appetiser training1a course; _________________ 1a https://www.salto-youth.net/rc/training- and-cooperation/tc-rc- nanetworktcs/appetiser/
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that young people’s needs and social trends are changing; invites the Commission to explore and develop new volunteering formats for the next programming period, such as part-time volunteering, virtual volunteering or blended volunteering, and to provide participants and organisations with a sufficient budget;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission and the NAs to develop mechanisms and tools to ensure real and meaningful inclusion of people with fewer opportunities, as well as the appropriate use of support measures to achieve this goal;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the Commission and the NAs to develop more checks, mechanisms and tools to ensure the quality of the projects supported by the programme taking into account the beneficiary organisation's stated goal beyond its participation in the ESC programme itself; urges to ensure a fair distribution among the applicant organisations in order to ensure a widely distribution of resources;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the Commission to improve the quality and quantity of online linguistic support for participants, including in regional and minority languages where relevant, to integrate better sorting and filtering tools into the placement administration and support system, to simplify and shorten the application process for the new quality label, to set more frequent re-accreditation deadlines and to reduce the time and administrative burden involved in re- accreditation;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Asks the Commission to make available its data on the implementation of the programme, especially data disaggregated by relevant categories such as age group or gender;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to facilitate the expansion of mutual recognition of learning outcomes and professional skills from volunteering activities by registering them in Europass and by encouraging higher education institutions to award credits under the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS credits) for these activities;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to reinforce the recognition of youth work, education of youth workers, and non-formal education, to harmonise youth workers realities across the Union;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to introduce a special visa category for European Solidarity Corps participants from non-Schengen countries including young migrants and refugees, as host organisations cannot assist them in acquiring visas;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission and NAs to ensure that participants’ lists can be signed by people with irregular status, and that the online registration system accepts other forms of IDs, to make the programme truly inclusive;