10 Amendments of Tatjana ŽDANOKA related to 2017/2279(INI)
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas while the risk of poverty or social exclusion in the EU has fallen back to its pre-crisis level, it remains very high and far from reaching the Europe 2020 poverty and social exclusion target; whereas the whole EU has subscribed to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with one of these goals being to end poverty in all its forms everywhere;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the main objective of cohesion policy is strengthening economic, social and territorial cohesion by reducing regional disparities both within and between Member States, improving the well-being of EU citizens and providing them with equal opportunities regardless of their place of residence;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
C b. Whereas Cohesion policy has played an important role in tackling the financial, economic and social crisis of the past years by providing much-needed opportunities for public investment;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is of the opinion that Cohesion Policy, as the main investment policy of the Union, should be maintained at at least a similar budgetary level in the future multiannual financial framework; considers that the European Social Fund (ESF) should be retained as the main EU instrument for the integration and reintegration of workers into the labour market as well as for supporting measures for social inclusion, combating poverty and inequalities, and the creation of equal opportunities, with a continued 20% earmarked funding for the fight against poverty and social exclusion; considers therefore that the ESF share should be increased so that at least 30% of the combined ESI funds resources at EU level should be allocated to the ESF in each Member State;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Considers that binding cohesion policy programming to quantifiable Europe 2020 targets, such as the reduction of poverty, was one of the main achievements of the 2014-2020 programming period; believes that contributing to economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU should be the main objective of a Europe post-2020 strategy, based on the adopted international Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Stresses that of the numerous challenges the European regions will face in the coming years, social inclusion and poverty as well as rising inequalities, both between and within regions as well as among citizens, are of particular relevance to cohesion policy;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes the view that the job creation potential of Union funds is still insufficient and should therefore be further strengthened through more efficient and results-based policy-making and implementation focusing in particular on future-oriented sectors with a net quality job creation potential, in particular the green and circular economy, care sector and digital sector; considers, moreover, that access to funding should be eased for all beneficiaries, especially social economy actors and SMEs;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to continue initiatives aimed at increasing access to better education, skills, and quality, sustainable employment, especially for young people; points out that training programmes financed under the ESF should be tailored to the needs of the labour marketindividual as well as take into account labour market opportunities;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to reinforce the partnership with social partners and civil society at all levels and in all stages of the process, including in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the programmes, to ensure a successful implementation of cohesion policy and the ESF in particular, in the future; calls to this end for sufficient resources and technical assistance to be made available for all relevant partners to effectively participate in the process;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Stresses that to effectively tackle social problems, such as combating poverty and social exclusion within communities, a bottom-up approach is needed as these issues require a tailor- made response and the active involvement of the level of government directly concerned;