Activities of Pervenche BERÈS related to 2009/0096(COD)
Plenary speeches (2)
European Microfinance Facility for Employment and Social Inclusion (Progress) (debate)
European Microfinance Facility for Employment and Social Inclusion (Progress) (debate)
Amendments (14)
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a decision
Title
Title
Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Microfinance Facility for Employment and Social Inclusion (progress microfinance facility)
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Increasing the supply of microcredits for people experiencing difficulties who cannot obtain credit, cannot be a palliative for the failings of the banking market, for which a solution must be found.
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The actions financed by the Facility should be given support and technical assistance to ensure their durability.
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The financial contribution from the Community budget for the Facility for the period from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2013 shall be EUR 100 million50 000 000.
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. A specific budget line shall be established for the Facility.
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. The financial contribution shall cover the full cost of the Facility, including management fees for international financial institutions referred to in Article 5(2) managing the Community contribution, as well as the cost of technical assistance for those public and private bodies providing microfinance referred to in Article 4(2) and any other eligible costs.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The ongoing Community and national efforts need to be strengthened to increase the supply of micro-credits to a sufficient scale and within a reasonable time-frame so as to address the high demand of those who need it most in this period of crisis and those who are excluded from the conventional credit market, i.e. unemployed or vulnerable people, including the young who want to start or develop a micro enterprise including self- employment but do not have access to credit.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Where measures are financed by means of this Facility, undertakings should receive individual advice and technical assistance to ensure that the measures which are supported are designed to last. It would be desirable for microfinancing to be accompanied by appropriate banking products and services.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) In order to increase its effectiveness, the Facility should be coordinated and implemented consistently with European and national financial instruments, the appropriate social assistance measures and existing regional and local programmes; legal and regulatory obstacles to the development of micro- credit should likewise be eliminated.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. The financial contribution shall cover the full cost of the Facility, including management fees for international financial institutions referred to in Article 5(2) managing the Community contribution as well as costs of technical assistance to the public and private microfinancing bodies referred to in Article 4(2), and any other eligible costs.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. On the basis of this annual report, the Commission shall take the appropriate initiatives to ensure the promotion and use of and access to this Facility throughout the European Union for people threatened with social exclusion.
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall carry out interim and final evaluations at its own initiative and in close cooperation with the international financial institutions referred to in Article 5(2). The interim evaluation shall be completed fourperformed every two years after the start of the Facility and the final. In 2015, the Commission shall submit an evaluation ato the latest one year after the endEuropean Parliament and the Council, ofn the mandate(s) given to the international financial institutions referred to in Article 5(2). The finalbasis of which they shall decide on the follow-up to this Facility. This evaluation shall, in particular, examine the extent to which the Facility as a whole has achieved its objectives.