7 Amendments of Renate WEBER related to 2016/2237(INL)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas digitalisation, ambitious climate change goals, migration issues and the fight against poverty and social exclusion offer great potential for social entrepreneurship;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the vital importance of the hundreds of thousands ofapproximately 2 million social enterprises in Europe1a, which employ around 1more than 14.5 million people1b, and their invaluable contribution to continued economic growth in the EU internal market; and social cohesion in the EU; __________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/social- economy_en 1b http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId= 738&langId=en&pubId=7523, p. 47
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the importance of networking among social enterprises, and calls on the Member States to optimise knowledge transfer within Member States and throughout the EU;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for an online European platform for social enterprises, through which they could exchange ideas on setting-up and funding procedures and the legal situationestablishment and information, EU funding opportunities and requirements and possible legal structures;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to take quantifiable steps to unblock and attract public and private investment needed by social enterprises; notes in this regard that social and solidarity-based economy enterprises still face difficulties in accessing public procurement, such as barriers related to size and financial capability; reiterates the importance of effective implementation of the public procurement reform package by Member States in order to achieve greater participation by these enterprises in tendering procedures for public contracts, by improving the earmarking of contracts for such enterprises, including social clauses and criteria, simplifying procedures and drawing up tenders in a way that makes them accessible to smaller operators;
Amendment 111 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Emphasises the importance of social enterprises providing social services to support people at risk or experiencing poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Highlights the necessity of offering employment to those most commonly excluded from the labour market, by reintegrating long-term unemployed people and combating unemployment in general.