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REPORT on the gender dimension in cohesion policy
Amendments (27)
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas cohesion policy is as an important policy tool to support gender equality between men and women;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas promoting gender equality between men and women is important to reduce regional economic and social disparities and for ensuring the long-term sustainable development of regions;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas gender-disaggregated data and the adoption of appropriate selection procedures are considered useful for promoting gender equality between men and women;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas policy coherence is lacking in the area of gender equality between men and women, and whereas a unified system facilitating an identical understanding and implementation of gender mainstreaming in the EU institutions does not yet exist;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the EU Recovery Fund focuses on economic stimuli for sectors with a deeply affected by the crisis, whigch share of male employment, whichrepresented by women and men alike, and therefore could potentially risks increasing gender inequalities between men and women in employment;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
Role of cohesion policy in promoting gender equality between men and women to the benefit of socio- economic growth and sustainable development
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of cohesion policy in promoting gender equality between men and women and the EU Gender Equality Strategy; recalls that all policy goals need appropriate resources dedicated to their implementation;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Strongly believes that gender equality is still mainly addressed in a general manner and limited to the policy domains of the European Social Fund (ESF), as well as in the contextConsiders that equality between men and women is still mainly addressed in a general manner in the context of analysis and programming phase, while more attention is neededcould be given in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation phases;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. BStrongly believes that EU rules should be written in a clear and explicit way, and be bindingaiming also to enhance equality between men and women aspect where it is considered appropriate in relation to gender equality; between woman and man;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need for a strong political commitment on the importance of gender equality between men and women for the entire population and for economic growth and territorial development;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises the importance of a coordinated governance framework on gender equality between men and women, national guidelines and technical support, and stronger scrutiny at EU level after the adoption of operational programmes for this purpose;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Points out the insufficientConsiders necessary further development of training and capacity- building of Managing Authorities and implementing partners as regards the gender dimension of the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds), as well as insufficient gender-oriented monitoringneed for a coordinated monitoring strategies, unified methodology and evaluation systems;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the lack of a binding gender equality strategy at national and regional level and a lack of awareness as regards the benefits of pursuing gender equality forn awareness as regards the benefits of pursuing equality between men and women for the sake of socio-economic growth and sustainable development at national and regional level;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that programme stakeholders and monitoring committees still lack expertise on the implementation of a gender perspective in concrete projects, especially in European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) interventions; considers there to be a lack of guidelines, training programmes and concrete examples of a good practice to address this issue;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that, where appropriate and without prejudice to other remaining policy goals, all programmes implemented under cohesion policy should ensure gender equality between men and women throughout their preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, as well as equal opportunities for all, without discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recognises the burden placed on women as principal caregivers in formal and informal settings, as well as its social value, especially during the COVID-19 crisis; therefore points out the crucial role of cohesion policy in securing investments in care services, to improve working conditions in this sector and to support a transition towards a better care economy;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that cohesion policy needs to support equal access to training for women and men alike, in order to bridge the digital gender gap and to support the just, green and digital transitions;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines the crucial role of cohesion policy in investing in high-quality public services, both for combating gender inequalities between men and women, and for building social resilience and coping with economic, social and health crises;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for a strong political commitment to gender equality at EU and nationalbetween men and women at EU level in order to enhance the attention given by national and local stakeholders to gender equality aspect, both from a human rights perspective and as a crucial factor for socio-economic development, and to promote further commitment in this area;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for compulsoryonsiders it would be possible to indicate non-binding requirements on genderfor the equality objectives to be introduced in all post-2020 operational programmes, with specific and interdisciplinary measures to be translated into all operationbetween men and women objectives in the various post-2020 operational programs;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Strongly supports the ex ante requirement of developing a national gender equality strategy to underpin cohesion policy interventions;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the importance of partnerships with gender equality bodies and strongly supports their involvement in all programme phases; believes that all bodies created in the area of cohesion policy should be gender balancedof these organisations in all programme phases, in order to guarantee a better alignment between the implemented actions and the needs of both women and men by consolidating institutional framework and strengthening the gender equality coordination;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines that a gender impact assessment, where appropriate in the context of policy area, should be a mandatory part of Member States’ evaluations on how the funds are spent and whether compliance with gender equality targets is respected;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on all institutions to provide guidance documents and training sessions, so as to disseminate concrete examples of good practices on gender mainstreaming; stresses, moreover, that at the project selection stage the criteria for gender mainstreaming should be strengthened through higher scoring and requirements for more practical actions; recommends making use of the existing tools developed by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) such as its toolkit for gender budgeting in the ESI Funds;