10 Amendments of Lothar BISKY related to 2011/0177(APP)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 10 April 2008 on a European agenda for culture in a globalising world (2007/2211(INI)1, ___________________ 1 OJ C 247 of 15.10.2009, p.32
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas learning mobility in the field of education, training and youth is essential for the purpose of developing the potential of individuals and society and promoting intercultural dialogue and mutual understanding as well as creating and safeguarding jobs, fostering social inclusion and reducing poverty; and has direct impact on both Europe’s short-term economic recovery and its longer-term growth and productivwhereas the cultural policies of the Union and its Member States must continue to prioritise the mobility of artists and professionals in the cultural field, which is vitally important for the promotion of cultural diversity;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the European cultural and creative industries contribute greatly to smart, sustainablethe dissemination of cultural and linclusive growth andguistic diversity, to the creation and safeguarding of jobs and, more generally, to Europe’s economic and social well-being, which have a positive spill-over effect on other sectors of the economy, such as tourism and digital technologies;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the audiovisual sector has an essential role in creating highly skilled future-oriented jobs;economic, social and political role, for example in creating highly skilled future-oriented jobs as well as protecting and continuing to promote media pluralism and freedom.
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas according to the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions adopted on 20 October 2005, cultural activities, goods and services have both an economic and a cultural nature, because they convey identities, values and meanings, and must therefore not be treated as solely having commercial value; and whereas the Union, by acceding to that Convention, and the Member States, by ratifying it, have committed themselves to defending the so-called ‘cultural exception’ applied to the cultural and audiovisual sectors in the context of trade negotiations;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Recommendation iv
Recommendation iv
(iv) Recalls that both the MEDIA and MEDIA Mundus programmes contribute to supporting and strengthening the European film and audiovisual production sectors and cooperation in that field between the EU and third countries, as well as to enhancing the competitiveness of the European audiovisual sector; stresses that these programmes create significant European added value by supporting the distribution of European audiovisual works, increasing their circulation and viewership inside and outside the EU;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Recommendation vii
Recommendation vii
(vii) Reminds that the current Europe for Citizens programme contributes greatly to the development of active citizenship and voluntary work as well as to theraising public awareness of European values such as solidarity and non- discrimination;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Recommendation viii
Recommendation viii
(viii) Notes that the Commission proposal merges the existing Lifelong Learning and the Youth in Action programmes and also includes a separate chapter for sport, in line with the Union’s new responsibilities in this area; considers the proposed financial envelope of EUR 17 299 000 000 as the absolute minimum, given the ambitions and scope of the new programme; stresses that the new European loan guarantee facility for students wishing to study for a master’s degree in a country other than their country of origin must be excluded from the new programme’s total budget; also stresses that the very limited amount foreseen for sport cannot be cut without jeopardizing the efficiency of the policies in the field of sport,
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Recommendation xi
Recommendation xi
(xi) Notes the Commission's intention to merge the existing programmes MEDIA, MEDIA Mundus and Culture 2007; points out that for the sake of transparency and visibility, it is crucial to create separate budget allocations and separate budget lines for MEDIA, Culture and the Cross- sectoral strands; stresses, however, that the very limited resources provided for the Culture and Media programmes cannot be further reduced without jeopardising their effectiveness;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Recommendation xvii
Recommendation xvii
(xvii) Recalls that the investment from the European Social Fund and European Regional Development Fund represented more than EUR 72 billion for education and training and EUR 60 billion for research and innovation during 2007-2013; considers that opportunities exist for cultural measures to be funded under a number of Union programmes, such as the Structural Funds or external action instruments; therefore stresses the importance of maximising synergies and multiplier effects between different parts of the budget, in particular between structural policies, on the one hand, and education, training, youth and culture policies, on the other;