Activities of Regina BASTOS related to 2010/2275(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Women entrepreneurship in small and medium-sized enterprises (short presentation)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on women entrepreneurship in small and medium-sized enterprises PDF (194 KB) DOC (115 KB)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas it is deplorable that many Member States have failed to achieve the Barcelona objectives in relation to crèche places and child care facilities, even though such facilities are essential to enable female entrepreneurs to reconcile professional commitment and family life and enable the European Union to rise to the demographic challenge,
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recognises that the financial and economic crisis has deepened the problems for female SMEs, especially in the first three years of business, while acknowledging that female SMEs are an integral and vital part of the European economy;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the separate section on aid for female entrepreneurship in the above- mentioned Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008; emphasises, however, that these temporary provisions should be continued in order to help empower female entrepreneurs after the expiry of the Regulation and calls on the Commission to ensure that this aid continues to be provided for in a future Community support framework;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States to ensure that SMEs run (and set up) by women are also able to benefit from the tax advantages provided for SMEs;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges Member States to ensure that womenentrepreneurs who have become insolvent or bankrupt have access to financial recovery assistance and support in order that they may continue with their business aspirations;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that businesswomen are more inclined to take measured or calculated risks, which may create barriers to growth; cCalls on Member States to support female entrepreneurs's access to growth potential assessments conducted by experienced consultants which measure the risk potential;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that several recent studies have credited female entrepreneurs with taking a more cautious approach than men to economic and financial risk-taking; considers that the findings of such studies should be examined more closely to ascertain whether they are correct and what conclusions should be drawn from them;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Member States to encourage cross-border cooperation programmes aimed at setting up cross- border support centres for women entrepreneurs in order to provide a basis for exchanges of experience, rationalisation of resources, and the sharing of best practice;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Considers that the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the EU delegations in third countries, in cooperation with the Member States’ trade missions, could help develop networks of SMEs run by women;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to collect comparable and comprehensive data on female entrepreneurship in the European Union (such as female entrepreneurs' ethnicity, age, area of business, size of business, length of business, and ethnicity in accordance with the Member States' rules on the protection of personal data) with the help of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions and the European Gender Institute; and analyse these data in the annual report on EU SMEs of the SME Performance Review;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on Poland to emphasise female entrepreneurship throughout its presidency, particular in early October with the arrival SME week;