16 Amendments of Patrizia TOIA related to 2008/2250(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission Communication "A renewed commitment to social Europe: Reinforcing the Open Method of Coordination for Social Protection and Social Inclusion" (COM (2008)0418) and the first biannual report on SSGI (SEC (2008) 2179/2),
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the social economy, especially in its new forms, is continuing to play a key role today in preserving and strengthening the European social and welfare model by regulating the production and supply of numerous social services of general interest,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the social economy has developed from particular organisational and/or legal business formations such as cooperatives, mutual societies, associations, social enterprises and organisations, foundations and other entities in each of the Member States; whereas it covers a range of terms used in the various Member States such as ‘the solidarity economy’, ‘third sector’, ‘platform’ or even ‘third system’, and although these are not described as ‘social economy’ in all the Member States comparable activities sharing the same features exist throughout Europe,
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the social economy gives prominence to a business model that cannot be characterised either by its size or by its areas of activity, but by its respect for common values, which are the primacy of democracy and the participation of social stakeholders; and of the individual and social objectives over capital; defence and implementation of the principles of solidarity and responsibility; the conjunction of the interests of its user members with the general interest; democratic control by its members; voluntary and open membership; management autonomy and independence in relation to public authorities; and mobilisation of the bulk of surpluses in pursuit of the aims of sustainable development, of service to its members and the general interest,
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas, despite its importance, the social economy remains a little-known sector and is often a target of criticisms stemming from misguided technical approaches,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers that social economy enterprises should not be subject to the same interpretation of the rules of competition law as other undertakings and that they need a secure legal framework, based on recognition of their specific values, in order to be able to operate on a level playing field with such other undertakings;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the European Private Company will be a form of company that may be adopted all types of businesses;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support the creation of national statistical registers for social economy businesses, to establish national satellite accounts for each institutional sector and branch of activity and allow for this data to be included in Eurostat, as the bundled indicator method is a tool that is readily availablelso by making use of competences available in Universities;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Points out that social economy enterprises and organisations help to strengthen the entrepreneurial spirit, facilitate better democratic functioning of the business world and incorporate social responsibility;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights the fact that part of the social economy enterprises are micro- enterprises and small businesses that may lack the necessary resources to operate in the internal market and participate in national and European programmes, and proposes that resources be put in place to enable them to improve their contribution to the Union’s sustainable economic growth as well as programmes dedicated to aid the transformation of enterprises into worker-owned undertakings;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Commission to continue its work of dialogue and clarification with the parties concerned and to support the Member States with regard to services of general interest and social services of general interest and make use of the bundled indicator method;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the features of the social economy (aims, values and working methods) are taken into account when devising European policies, by ensuring there is better coordination between policies and the directorates-general in charge of those policies, particularly the Directorate- General for Enterprise and Industry and the Dan inter-service unit linking the relevant directorate-Gs-general for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to invite the representatives ofparticipants in the social economy sector to set upto join permanent bodies for dialogue and to participate in the, and work oftogether with, high-level expert groups likely to be of concerned with issues relating to the social economy, and calls on the Commission to participate in strengthening the structures for representation of the social economy at regional, national and European level and to create a legal framework designed to promote active partnership between local authorities and social economy enterprises;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for programmes to be set up that will encourage experimentation with new economic and social models, to initiate framework research programmes, by including bysocial economy subjects in callings for proposals under the Seventh Framework Programme, to envisage the use of a ‘multiplier’ applied to the official statistics and to introduce instruments for measuring economic growth from a qualitative and quantitative point of view;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission and Member States to include a ‘social economy’ dimension in the establishment of Community and national policies and in European programmes for enterprises in the fields of research, innovation, finance, regional development and development cooperation, and to support the establishment of social economy training programmes for European, national and local administrators and to ensure the access of social economy enterprises to programmes and actions for development and external relations;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Commission to devise a European legal framework enabling territorial partnerships to be established and maintained between the social economy sector and local authorities, and to lay down criteria for the purposes of recognising and enhancing the social economy, fostering sustainable local development, and promoting the general interest;