11 Amendments of Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU related to 2011/0268(COD)
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The European Union is confronted with structural challenges arising from economic globalisation, technological change and an increasingly ageing workforce and growing skills and labour shortages in some sectors and regions. They have been compounded by the recent economic and financial crisis, which has resulted in increased levels of unemployment, hitting in particular young people and other vulnerable groups, such as women and migrants. The ESF should aim to promote employment and support labour mobility, invest in education, research, skills and life-long learning, promote social inclusion and combat poverty and homelessness. In promoting the better functioning of labour markets by enhancing the transnational geographical mobility of workers, the ESF should, in particular, support European Employment Services (EURES activities) in relation to recruitment and the related information, advice and guidance services at national and cross-border level.
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In addition to these priorities, in the less developed regions and Member States, and with a view to increasing economic growth and employment opportunities,notably island, cross-border and mountainous regions, with a view to improving the efficiency of public administration should be improved andand reinforcing the institutional capacity of stakeholders deliveringimplementing social, health, employment, and education and social policies should be strengthenedto increase sustainable development, economic growth and job opportunities.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7)The ESF should contribute to the Europe 2020 Strategy, ensuring greater concentration of support on the priorities of the European Union. The ESF should in particular increase its support for the fight against social exclusion and poverty, through a minimum ring-fenced allocation, such as affordable housing in urban areas. According to the level of development of the supported regions, the choice and number of investment priorities for ESF support should also be limited.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The Member States and regions should be encouraged to leverage the ESF through financial instruments in order to support for example students, job creation, mobility of workers, social inclusion of the most underprivileged and social entrepreneurship.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. The ESF shall promote high levels of employment and job quality, support the geographical and occupational mobility of workers, facilitate their adaptation to change, encourage a high level of education and training, promote gender equality, equal opportunities and non- discrimination, enhance social inclusion and combat poverty, and homelessness thereby contributing to the priorities of the European Union as regards strengthening economic, social and territorial cohesion.
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. The ESF shall benefit people, including disadvantaged groups such as the long- term unemployed, homeless people, people with disabilities, migrants, ethnic minorities, marginalised communities and people facing social exclusion. The ESF shall also provide support to enterprises, systems and structures with a view to facilitating their adaptation to new challenges and promoting good governance and the implementation of reforms, in particular in the fields of employment, education and social policies.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) Sustainable and inclusive integration of young people not in employment, education or training into the labour market;
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv a (new)
(iv a) access to affordable housing through special social services and the increase of availability of social housing;
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
(ii) Integration of marginalised communities such as the Roma or other migrant categories and the most underprivileged social categories;
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
The Member States and the Commission shall promote equal opportunities for all, including accessibility for disabled persons through mainstreaming the principle of non-discrimination, as referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No […], and through specific actions within the investment priorities as defined in Article 3, and in particular Article 3(1)(c)(iii). Such actions shall target people at risk of discrimination and people with disabilities, with a view to increasing their labour market participation, guaranteeing them affordable housing, enhancing their social inclusion, reducing inequalities in terms of educational attainment and health status and facilitating the transition from institutional to community-based care.
Amendment 264 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Complementing ERDF interventions as referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No [ERDF], the ESF may support sustainable urban development through strategies setting out integrated actions to tackle the economic, environmental and social challenges affecting urban areas of cities which are listed in the partnership contract, and in particular homelessness.