14 Amendments of Marian HARKIN related to 2012/2003(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
- having regard to the Commision Communication of 18 April 2012 on Towards a job-rich recovery (COM(2012)173),
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission Regulation Proposal of 6 October 2011 on a European Union Programme for Social Change and Innovation COM(2011)609,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
Citation 17 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission Communication of 20 December 2011 on the Youth Opportunities Initiative COM(2011)933,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the current economic and, financial and competitiveness crisis will have long lasting effects not only on economic growth but also on employment rates, public savings and the quality of social investments in Europe;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas education outcomes in the European Union are still inadequate to meet labour market needs and fall short of the growing skill-intensity of available jobs, as well as of skills needed for future job rich sectors;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that social investments, being the provision and use of finance to generate social as well as economic returns, aim at addressing emerging social risks and needs, and focus on public policies and human capital investment strategies that prepare individuals, families and societies to adopt to various transformations and to manage their transition towards more flexible labour markets where new skills will be needed for future job rich sectors;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Facilitating and focusing on social entrepreneurship and access to microfinance for vulnerable groups and those furthest away from the labour market are key in the context of social investment, in that they allow the creation of new sustainable jobs, often persisting changes in the economic cycles;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the crisis requires a modernisation of the European Social Modelhas further increased the need for investing in social business and support for social entrepreneurship, a rethinking of national social policies and a transition from an ‘active welfare state’, that only responds to emerging damages caused by market failure, to an ‘activating welfare state’, that invests in people and gives citizens instruments and incentives;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point b
Paragraph 5 – point b
b) createinvest in sustainable and quality jobs provided in particular by SMEs, improving work productivity as well as work distribution,
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point e
Paragraph 5 – point e
e) reformadapt pension systems to changing economic and demographic circumstances and create conditions for working longer,
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Encourages Member States to invest in supporting young persons, and in improving their access to the labour market, by providing training and youth internship programmes, by promoting entrepreneurship and a youth guarantee, by creating incentives for employers to engage graduates, by securing a better transition from education to work and by promoting European and regional mobility and by stressing the importance of vocational and educational training;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to guarantee a comprehensive implementation of flexicurity principles, and to address labour market segmentation, by providing both adequate social protection coverage for people in periods of transition, or on temporary or part-time employment contracts, and access to training, career development and full-time work possibilities; encourages Member States to invest in services – such as childcare and all-day school places – that help promote gender quality, foster better work–life balance and encourage inactive and lone parents to work;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Encourages Member States to invest in services – such as childcare, all-day school and elderly care places – that help promote gender equality, foster better work–life balance and facilitate for all parents to establish themselves on the formal labour market;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. EncouragesCalls on Member States to introduce necessary reforms in order towhich have increased the statutory retirement age and limit early retirement possibilities,or will be doing so, to encourage work by older people through appropriate measures and to combine this with the constant improvement of working conditions, and the implementation of lifelong training schemes enabling longer professional careers;