Activities of Edite ESTRELA related to 2011/0270(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Programme for social change and innovation (debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a European Union Programme for Social Change and Innovation
Amendments (6)
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Ensuring that minimum standards are in place and that working conditions improve constantly in the Union is a central feature of Union social policy. The Union has an important role to play both in ensuring that the legislative framework is adapted, in line with ‘Smart Regulation’ principles, to evolving work patterns and new health and safety risks and in financing measures to improve compliance with Union rules on the protection of workers'’ rights, without forgetting the need for both men and women to reconcile their professional life and family life.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) The Programme should take into account that improving working conditions also involves making working hours and forms of employment more flexible, creating services to support family life, improving leave conditions and other mechanisms to support working parents.
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Lack of access to credit is one of the main obstacles to business creation, especially among people furthest from the labour market. Union and national efforts in this area need to be stepped up in order to increase the supply of microfinance and meet demand from those who need it most, and in particular unemployed people, women and vulnerable people who wish to start up or develop a micro-enterprise, including on a self-employed basis, but do not have access to credit. In this context, female entrepreneurship, made possible through easier access to microcredit, could make a significant contribution towards achieving the target of 75 % female employment, as defined by the Europe 2020 Strategy. As a first step, in 2010 the European Parliament and the Council set up the Facility.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Making microfinance more available on the Union’s young microfinance market calls for the institutional capacity of microfinance providers, and in particular non-bank microfinance institutions, to be stepped up in line with the Commission Communication '‘A European Initiative for the development of micro-credit'.’ and the report by Parliament’s Committee on women's rights and gender equality ‘Promotion of Women Innovators and Entrepreneurship’1. _____________ 1 of 25 July 2008
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) Promote equality between women and men, reconciling professional, family and private life, and combat discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation;
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, shall ensure that activities carried out under the Programme are consistent with, and complementary to other Union action, in particular under the European Social Fund (ESF) and in such areas as social dialogue, justice and fundamental rights, education, vocational training and youth policy, research and innovation, entrepreneurship, health, enlargement and external relations, and general economic policy. Bearing in mind the important role of social and employment policies in promoting gender equality, the Commission and the Member States should also ensure that the Programme's activities conform to the Union's gender equality policies.