Activities of Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU related to 2011/2116(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION Opinion on the Statute for a European cooperative society with regard to the involvement of employees
Amendments (5)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the potential of the SCE for promoting gender equality through the implementation of policies and programmes, training and education and decent work at various levels; stresses, further, that some aspects of cooperative work provide flexibility that makes it easier to reconcile family and professional life;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Regrets the present limited number of SCEs; calls on the Commission to pay more particular attention to the problems encountered in setting up SCEs and calls for a targeted, effective and comprehensive communication and information campaign on the SCE for the various stakeholders, focusing on local, regional, national and European information for women;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to deliver a study presenting updated, comparable, gender-disaggregated data in order to make available better knowledge of female participation rates in cooperatives in the EU, including managerial positions, and the impact of cooperatives on fostering gender equality on the labour market; calls, further, for contacts to be established between SCEs with a view to setting up networks that will encourage exchanges of good practice with the aim of promoting increased female participation; calls on the Commission, in this connection, to boost communication between the various SCE contact points in the Member States;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets that some Member States still do not comply with Directive 2003/72/EC in terms of promoting gender balance in the method used for electing or appointingto nominate, appoint or elect the members of the special negotiating body (SNB) of the SCE; calls on the Commission to compile comprehensive current data on female representation in SCEs and SNBs and to identify obstacles to the effective promotion of gender balance within SCEs and SNBs;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to take account of the importance of entrepreneurship in the social economy and the gender perspective when monitoring the correct implementation of the Directive, as well as in the future revision of the SCE regulation; calls on the Commission, further, to adopt guidelines for the promotion and development of women in female cooperatives and special negotiating bodies;