Activities of Adam BIELAN related to 2022/2013(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
AccessibleEU Centre in support of accessibility policies in the EU internal market (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on AccessibleEU Centre in support of accessibility policies in the EU internal market
Amendments (8)
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that the EU has established a comprehensive legal framework for accessibility in the single market; regrets, however, that the implementation of such crucial legislation remains underway or, where applied, has not yet been satisfactory, mostly due to the lack of qualified accessibility experts; stresses the need for improving the overall knowledge, as well as practical and theoretical expertise, on accessibility policies among public administrations and economic operators, in order to help find suitable solutions in each Member State;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. BNotes that individual legal acts provide for working groups or other fora for addressing common implementation challenges, but believes that the absence of a coordination and cooperation framework between the EU, the Member States and the relevant stakeholders that supports cross-cutting solutions represents a further obstacle to the implementation of accessibility laws and to the harmonised enforcement across the EU;
Amendment 54 #
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;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that the Centre should function as a hub which provides relevant EU institutions and bodies and its Member States when implementing Union law with regular assistance and expertise relating to accessibility policies and technical requirements; believes that the Centre should establish a cooperation framework that would bring together the relevant national and Union bodies with all users groups, in particular organisations representing persons with disabilities, civil society organisations, academia and professionals from all areas of accessibility, in order to guarantee harmonised enforcement across the EU, provide guidance and training,provide guidance and training, and to support harmonised implementation and enforcement and to inspire policy learning and innovation at national and EU level, including through the identification and sharing of best practices;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Is of the opinion that the Centre shouldmay provide research and studies to both the Commission and the Member States, as well as collect and consolidate 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 users’ requirements and experiences;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that implementing accessibility policies requires a high degree of technical expertise and ismay not sufficiently included inbe present across all higher education programmes, thus leadcontributing to a lack of qualified accessibility experts in the public and private sectors across domains; stresses that the Centre should provide training tosupport and facilitate the profesvisionals, of training to EU and national public officials and to relevant stakeholders and right-holderprofessions, to support national implementation and further awareness raising and training programmes;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Regrets thatConsiders that representation within the standardisation system does not adequately allowshould be improved for persons with disabilities and their representative organisations to participate on an equal footing with other stakeholderin the activities of European standardisation bodies when drafting accessibility standards; considers that the Centre should appoint technical experts to the standardisation committees and, where possible, should assist the Commission in drafting technical specifications by involving all relevant stakeholders and right-holders;
Amendment 86 #
15. Calls on the Commission to assess the developments in accessibility-related policies regularly and to creatreview the man agency within five years of the establishment of the Centre if the objectives listed indate provided to the Centre regularly to ensure its mandate are not accomplishedeets its aims;