Activities of Tsvetelina PENKOVA related to 2021/2179(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the EU Action plan for the social economy
Amendments (5)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the vital importance of the approximately 2.8 million social and solidarity-based enterprises in the EU, which employ more than 13.6 million people, and underlines their contribution to cohesion, social care, quality job creation, the circular economy, the fight against poverty and inequality, the reintegration of disadvantaged people, the inclusion of legal migrants and refugees in our society, gender equality, improvements in health and the steps to be taken for a better environment, biodiversity and the fight against climate change;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Believes that the efforts of the social economy should be aligned with the ongoing support for the green and digital transition, and highlights the need to strengthen the role of social economy enterprises in Just Transition Regions;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Highlights that during the efforts to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic, many local SMEs, which are the backbone of the social economy, provided essential services in regions where public authorities did not have an optimally functioning social care infrastructure.
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Believes in improved access to public and private funding opportunities in order to reduce the current funding gap for social economy enterprises and that tendering procedures by regional and municipal authorities can play an important role in supporting local SMEs involved in social economy.
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to make a quick and real improvement toDraws attention to the fact that the General Block Exemption Regulation in orderneeds to be improved in such a way as to increase the de minimis threshold and ease the rules in relation to aid for social enter-prises, access to finance, training and capacity building; defends a real revision of public procurement with the inclusion of social and environmental conditionality.