5 Amendments of Pia Elda LOCATELLI related to 2008/2237(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets that there is a continuing gender gap in this area, in particular as regards pay, and that there are still fewer female entrepreneurs than there are male; and recognises the unacknowledged, (e.g. unpaid) and yet important contribution made by women in the day-to-day running of family SMEs;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Asks the Commission to quickly establish the network of female entrepreneur ambassadors, as well as the mentoring schemes aimed at inspiring women to set up their own businesses and provide first-line advice;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages Member States to facilitate female entrepreneurship in the SME sector by establishing appropriate professional and financial advice facilities that take full account of the gender aspects of enterprise development and which take into account women's wider roles in their families and/or communities;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recognises that training, research and development supported under the Small Business Act must be flexible enough to enable women, especially those who have children to look after, to follow their own individual requirements in terms of working hours;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Recognises that any system of support offered to entrepreneurs, and particularly women entrepreneurs, including skills and enterprise management training and facilitated access to resources (including equipment, premises, transport and credit), must be on-going so as to help businesses survive beyond the basic start- up;