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7 Amendments of Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER related to 2011/0401(COD)

Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) At its meeting of 4 February 2011, the European Council supported the concept of the Common Strategic Framework for Union Research and Innovation funding to improve the efficiency of research and innovation funding at national and Union levels and called on the Union to rapidly address remaining obstacles to attracting talented women and men and investment in order to complete the ERA by 2014 and achieve a genuine single market for knowledge, research and innovation.
2012/06/27
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) Awareness-raising and information programmes should be organised in schools with a view to encouraging girls to become interested in scientific professions, which are still too often dominated by boys.
2012/06/27
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) Horizon 2020 should contribute to the attractiveness of the research profession in the Union. Adequate attention should be paid to the European Charter for Researchers and Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Male and Female Researchers, together with other relevant reference frameworks defined in the context of the European Research Area, while respecting their voluntary nature.
2012/06/27
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) Horizon 2020 should seek to strike a fair funding balance between scientific projects conducted by female and male researchers.
2012/06/27
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Due care shall be taken to guarantee the balanced representation of women and men on the groups of independent experts and high-level advisory groups set up by the Commission.
2012/06/27
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Horizon 2020 shall ensure the effective promotion of gender equality and the gender dimension in research and innovation content by facilitating women’s access to scientific education and professions, thereby creating better career prospects for them in all areas of research and innovation.
2012/06/27
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
In the context of Horizon 2020, particular attention shall be paid to compliance with the principles of professional equality, equal pay and equal career opportunities. With that aim in view, workers’ representatives in undertakings which are in receipt of EU funding shall be consulted each year about the situation with regard to gender equality and possible remedies in cases where imbalances have arisen. In addition, should instances of inequality persist, and after the undertaking has been reminded of its obligations, the financial assistance referred to above may be withdrawn.
2012/06/27
Committee: FEMM