9 Amendments of Radvilė MORKŪNAITĖ-MIKULĖNIENĖ related to 2011/0436(COD)
Amendment 28 #
Recital 4
(4) In order to bring Europe closer to its citizens and to enable them to participate fully in the construction of an ever closer Union, while fostering the sense of common citizenship thanks to better understanding and better mutual knowledge, a variety of actions and coordinated efforts through transnational and Union level activities are required. The European Citizens' Initiative provides a unique opportunity to enable citizens to participate directly in policy-making and in shaping the development of EU legislation3.
Amendment 30 #
Recital 7
(7) With regard to the themes of projects, their embedding in the local and regional context, and to the composition of stakeholders there should be important synergies with other Union programmes, namely in the areas of employment, social affairs, education, youth and culture, justice, equality between women and men and non-discrimination, as well as intergenerational solidarity and regional policy.
Amendment 32 #
Recital 8
(8) The new programme should cover a wide spectrum of different actions and include, among others, citizens' meetings, contacts and debates on citizenship issues, Union level events, initiatives to reflect on defining moments in European history and to analyse and commemorate them, initiatives to raise awareness about the Union institutions and their functioning, and debates on European policy issues, with a view to invigorate all aspects of public life.
Amendment 38 #
Recital 16
(16) Preference will be given not only to grants for projects with a high impact but also, in particular, those which are directly linked to EU policies with a view to participate in the shaping of the EU political agenda. Moreover, following the principle of sound financial management, the implementation of the programme should be further simplified by recourse to lump-sums, flat- rate financing and the application of unit- cost rates; in addition, several deadlines each year should be set for the receipt of offers, the proportion of project costs funded by EU grants and the pre-financing of projects should be increased, and longer and more flexible project implementation deadlines should be set.
Amendment 45 #
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – indent 6
– Debates/, studies and interventions on defining moments in European history, in particular to keep the memory alive of the crimes committed under Nazism, Stalinism and Stotalitarian Communism
Amendment 49 #
Article 6 Committee
The programme shall be open to all stakeholders promoting European integration, the common memory and European values and identity, irrespective of the number of members they have or the size of their budgets, in particular local authorities and organisations, European public policy research organisations (think-tanks), citizens' groups and other civil society organisations (such as survivors' associations), and educational and research institutions.
Amendment 51 #
Article 11 Committee
The Commission shall ensure the coherence and the complementarity between this programme and instruments in other areas of Union action, especially education, vocational training, culture, sport, fundamental rights and freedoms, social inclusion, gender equality, intergenerational solidarity, voluntary work, combating discrimination, research and innovation, the neighbourhood and enlargement policy and the Union external action.
Amendment 53 #
Annex – part 1 – paragraph 3
It will support activities that invite to reflection on common values in the broadest sense, taking into account diversity. Funds may be available for initiatives reflecting on causes of totalitarian regimes in Europe's modern history (especially but not exclusively Nazism, Stalinism and Stotalitarian Communism) and to commemorate their victims. The strand should also encompass activities concerning other reference points in recent European history. In particular, it will give preference to actions which encourage tolerance and reconciliation with a view to reaching the younger generation.
Amendment 58 #
Annex – part 1 – paragraph 9
It will include "capacity building" - the development of support measures to exchange best practices, to pool experiences between stakeholders at local and regional levels including public authorities, and to develop new skills, for example through the social media or training. The latter could include peer-to- peer exchange, training for trainers, as well as for example the development of a database on the organisations/projects funded by the programme.