7 Amendments of Rolandas PAKSAS related to 2011/2293(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that volunteering contributes to fighting poverty while helping tosocial inclusion and integration, the fight against poverty, and also helps achieve economic and social cohesion;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Asks the Commission to ensure that adequate funding is provided for programmes to support cross-border volunteering; that particular attention should be given to financial support for the infrastructure of volunteering; calls upon Member States to actively implement schemes for fostering national cross- border volunteering;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to establish an efficient and well-organised infrastructure for volunteering at EU and Member State level, and to improve the facilities of volunteering organisations and volunteer centres for providing information, training and coordinating activities between the volunteers and organisations;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Proposes the setting up of a cross-border network of voluntary organisations in the various Member States and a European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission to carry out comparative research into volunteering in Europe for the collection of data into volunteering, its extent and its specific features on a European scale;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to give a high profile and funding to volunteering in sports and to also reduce the barriers to sports volunteering in sports across the EU, particularly at local level;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Supports the Commission’s proposal to establish a ‘European Skills Passport’, so that the skills acquired through volunteering may be officially recognised, both for professional and learning purposes, which is a vital element in motivating potential volunteers and in creating a link between non-formal learning and formal education; emphasises that the passport should not be a series of new separate certificates but, rather, a comprehensive document listing all practical experience, training, soft and vocational skills acquired through life- long learning, including those gained through volunteering, if desired by the volunteer;