6 Amendments of Sari ESSAYAH related to 2010/2157(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes the ESF’s importance in cohesion policy and calls for integrated programmes at regional level so that the ERDF and the ESF work better together and also with the CAP, withmaking it possible to meet the needs of rural areas effectively, and considers that all cohesion policy should have a results-oriented focus on competitiveness, employment and other Europe 2020 Strategy targets; calls for cohesion policy to be conditional on results and to set measurable targets and outcome indicators to permit ongoing evaluation;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Within the framework of the ESF, calls for improvements in the working conditions and capacity for work of older people and for incentives to continue to work for longer than at present, calls for further training to be organised for employees, in order to meet the changing needs of working life, and urges that support be provided for older entrepreneurs;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – introductory part
Paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Considers that regional economies and structures should be renewed in advance in preparation for coping with the impact of the ageing of the population and that those regions where population ageing will be most rapid could be used as test grounds for experimenting with and funding innovative solutions to regional problems caused by rapid demographic change, bearing in mind that new social and services innovation iss are needed in many areas, for example:
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes in this context the Commission’s proposal for a Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing, which could provide the coordination for developing the above innovations; calls for the cohesion budget to be made more flexible than at present, to make it possible to apply new ideas and approaches and to encourage risk-taking and experimentation;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Observes that, during the current programme period, regional and structural policy is based on fund-centred programmes, and considers that during the next programme period Structural Fund measures should be combined in a single programme document at the appropriate regional level;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recommends that Member States and the Commission set up user-friendly websites to enable members of the public to ascertain where EU cohesion funding is really going and what is being achieved by means of it.