Activities of Helga TRÜPEL related to 2017/0102(COD)
Plenary speeches (2)
European Solidarity Corps (debate) DE
European Solidarity Corps (debate)
Reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the legal framework of the European Solidarity Corps and amending Regulations (EU) No 1288/2013, (EU) No 1293/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1305/2013, (EU) No 1306/2013 and Decision No 1313/2013/EU PDF (1 MB) DOC (335 KB)
Amendments (16)
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Young people’s spirit of initiative is an important asset for society and for the labour market. The European Solidarity CorpsInitiative should contribute to fostering this aspect by offering young people the opportunity to devise and implement their own projects aimed at addressing specific challenges in solidarity with and to the benefit of their local communities. Those projects should be an opportunity to try out ideas in a sustainable way and support young people to bexperience themselves by being drivers of solidarity actions. They could also serve as a springboard for further engagement in solidarity activities and could be a first step towards encouraging European Solidarity Corps participants to engage in self-employment or setting up associations, NGOs volunteers in associations, NGOs, youth organisations or other bodies active in the solidarity, non-profit and youth sectors and set up their own associations.
Amendment 201 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Particular attention should be paid to ensuring the quality of the placements and other opportunities offered under the European Solidarity CorpsInitiative, in particular by offering online and offline training, language support, insurance, administrative and pre and post- placement support to participants as well as the validation of the knowledge, skills and competences acquired through their European Solidarity Corps experienceInitiative experience. This support should be created and provided in collaboration with youth organisations and other civil society organisations in order to tap into their expertise on the field. Post- placement support should also prioritise the continuous civic engagement of the participant in their community, guiding them towards local organisations or projects to engage with after the placement.
Amendment 218 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) A quality label should be put in place to ensure compliance of the participating organisations with the principles and requirements of the European Solidarity CorpsInitiative Charter, as regards their rights and responsibilities during all stages of the solidarity experience. A list of excluded activities should be established, prohibiting actions that are potentially harmful to volunteers and society such as volunteering in residential institutions for children. Obtaining a quality label should be a precondition for participation but should not automatically lead to funding under the European Solidarity CorpsInitiative.
Amendment 318 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) “solidarity activity” means an activity aimed at addressing unmetackling important societal needchallenges to the benefit of a community while also fostering the individual’s personal, educational, social, civic and professional development, which may take the form of placements, projects or networking activities, developed in relation to different areas, such as education and training, employment, gender equality, entrepreneurship, in particular social entrepreneurship, citizenship and democratic participation, environment and nature protection, climate action, disaster prevention, preparedness and recovery, agriculture and rural development, provision of food and non- food items, health and wellbeing, creativity and culture, physical education and sport, social assistance, social inclusion and welfare, reception and integration of third- country nationals, territorial cooperation and cohesion;
Amendment 335 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) “participating organisations” means any non-profit public or private entity including youth organisations that has been attributed the European Solidarity CorpsInitiative quality label, which offers a placement to a participant in the European Solidarity CorpsInitiative or implements other activities in the framework of the European Solidarity CorpInitiative. During the placement, the participating organisations must ensure decent living conditions to the young volunteers;
Amendment 362 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) “volunteering teams’ placements” means placements allowing teams of European Solidarity CorpsInitiative participants from different participating countries to volunteer together for a common objective, by carrying out manual or intellectual tasks, on a worthwhile community service project in collaboration with public authorities, non-profit organisations, foundations and social enterprises for a period between two weeks and two months;
Amendment 379 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
(11) “quality label” means the certification attributed to a public or private entity or an internationalny participating or sending non-profit organisation willing to provide placements under the European Solidarity CorpsInitiative following athe procedure aimeding at ensuring compliance with the principles and requirements of the European Solidarity CorpsInitiative Charter;
Amendment 465 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) the establishment of a list of excluded activities such as volunteering in residential institutions for children, to ensure that no actions that would cause harm to the beneficiaries or society are undertaken.
Amendment 472 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) measures aimed at ensuring the quality of solidarity placements, including training for preparation before and guidance during the solidarity placement,, language support, administrative support for participants and participating organisations, insurance, post-placement support as well as the development of a certificate based on the experiences of the Youth Pass that identifies and documents the knowledge, skills and competences acquired during the placement; as experts, youth organisations must be involved in the development of those measures;
Amendment 480 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) measures aimed at ensuring the quality of solidarity placements should take into account the crucial importance of personal relationships for young people with less opportunities;
Amendment 551 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. The European Solidarity CorpsInitiative shall be open to the participation of public or private entities, or internationalentities, non-profit private entities such as NGOs, international organisations, and civil society organisations such as youth organisations, provided that they have received a European Solidarity CorpsInitiative quality label and that the activity does not fall under the list of excluded activities such as volunteering in residential institutions for children.
Amendment 583 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission, in cooperation with the participating countries, participating and sending organisations as well as EU and national stakeholders such as youth organisations, shall regularly monitor the performance of the European Solidarity CorpsInitiative towards achieving its objectives. A EU Programme Committee should be established including representatives of all above- mentioned actors.
Amendment 611 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) Satisfaction rate of participants about European Solidarity Initiative placements;
Amendment 619 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e b (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e b (new)
(eb) rate of achievement of project objectives in terms of identified community needs;
Amendment 664 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 7
Article 21 – paragraph 7
7. The Commission shall organise regular meetings with the network of national agencies, the participating and sending organisations as well as civil society stakeholders such as youth organisations in order to ensure coherent implementation of the European Solidarity CorpsInitiative across all participating countries.
Amendment 675 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. After two years of implementation of this regulation by the Commission through work programmes, the result indicators of the ESI shall be submitted to a further scrutiny by Council and EU Parliament, to assess an appropriate integration of foreseen objectives and activities in a proper Youth policy framework to be put in place after 2020.