5 Amendments of Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ related to 2015/2006(INI)
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the European Union, via the Europe 2020 strategy and its flagship initiatives on ‘New skills and jobs’, ‘Digital Agenda for Europe’, ‘Innovation Union’ and ‘Youth on the move’ and targeted support for women entrepreneurs and disadvantaged and disabled people, promotes entrepreneurship by fostering entrepreneurial mindsets and related knowledge, skills and competences that can boost competitiveness and growth which will be smart, sustainable and inclusive;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas entrepreneurship and in particular small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of the EU economy and represent the most important source of new employment; whereas women’s entrepreneurial potential is an underexploited source of economic growth and jobs;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas not enough people follow through on their ideas to set up a business, there are, disproportionately, even fewer women than men entrepreneurs and, whilst women entrepreneurs are on average higher educated than men entrepreneurs, they are also more often active in less innovative, less fast-growing sectors, with smaller companies than those of men entrepreneurs, and ways to overcome the factors which particularly discourage women from taking up, or benefiting more from, the option of entrepreneurship must be examined12 12 a ; __________________ 12 a Commission Report on Progress on equality between women and men in 2013 (SWD(2014)0142). Commission Publication on Statistical Data on Women Entrepreneurs in Europe, September 2014
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
Recital T
T. whereas the Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs programme (2009-2015), with one third of participants being young women, and other similar programmes enable young entrepreneurs to take part in cross-border exchanges and to learn from experienced entrepreneurs running small businesses as well as creating opportunities to address gender inequalities in entrepreneurship;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission to investigate and address the factors that discourage women from taking up the option of entrepreneurship, whilst specifically promoting access to funding and support services for young female entrepreneurs;