Activities of Marije CORNELISSEN related to 2010/2072(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION Funding and functioning of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
Amendments (18)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A (new)
Recital A (new)
(A) Whereas the EGF should not keep Member States from implementing structural policies to facilitate the transformation of their economy and labour market and it should neither keep companies from adjusting their products, production processes and personnel policies to the demands of a sustainable economy; whereas the EGF should on the contrary be an incentive and contribution to do so;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital B (new)
Recital B (new)
(A) whereas the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) does not impose any active labour market measures on a Member State that have to be implemented in the framework of an application for the fund but to put in place a coordinated package of personalised services designed to reintegrate workers into the labour market in accordance with Article 3 of the EGF regulation[1] which preserves fully the flexibility of the Member States to adapt the measures targeting the redundant workers to the local and individual needs of each application, ([1] Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2009 on establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund as amended by regulation (EC) No 546/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009.)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for funds to be allocated to the EGF budget line at least from the next financial framework so as to simplify their use, to reduce application processing time in order to provide more effective assistance for workers made redundant, and to standardise procedures; on the European Commission to propose changes to the EGF regulation to speed up the application procedure as much as possible in the short term, working towards the goal of making the funds available within 6 months after redundancy, among others by looking into possibilities to start the application procedure the moment the redundancies are announced instead of already affected and by streamlining decision-making of the European Commission as much as possible, and to standardise procedures; furthermore calls on the European Commission to develop ideas for the next financial framework to achieve the goals of on the one hand cooperating with Member States to facilitate future- oriented fundamental changes towards a sustainable economy and labour market, and on the other hand facilitating rapid and flexible assistance for the redundant workers due to unexpected shocks to the economy;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the European Commission to change the maximum period of implementation from 24 months from the date of application to 36 months from the date of approval, in order to facilitate the full implementation of the granted funds and to allow redundant workers to complete their reintegration process;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls onReminds the Member States that they are obliged, on the one hand, to involve the social partners right from the outset in the task of preparing applications in accordance with Article 5 of the EGF regulation and, on the other hand, to comply with Article 9 of this regulation which requests Member States to provide information on and publicise the funded actions and that this information has also to be addressed to the workers concerned, the local and regional authorities and the social partners and to standardise procedures;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes the Council conclusions for New Skills for New Jobs and underlines that the EGF provides the Member States with additional funding for the training of redundant workers for future oriented jobs and increased mobility;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls on the European Commission to add an obligation for Member States to support the participation of a workers’ association during the implementation phase to the EGF regulation; calls on the European Commission to organise the exchange of experiences and good practices concerning workers’ involvement in the implementation of the EGF, so workers in existing and new cases may benefit from the expertise gained in previous cases;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Asks the Commission to present a proposal on how the EGF regulation should be amended in order to allow the inclusion of all workers made redundant because of the same event, across sectors and regions;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the European Commission to look into possible solutions to overcome the segregation between redundant workers who are eligible for measures under an EGF application and other redundant workers in the same area;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to adopt a personalised approach to assistance for redundant workers, particularly in cases of large-scale redundancies, so as to improve workers' opportunities on a labour market that is undergoing profound restructuring; to take care that the regulations for national implementation do not make the application of the fund more restrictive; to this end, recommends that the Member States step up their exchanges of good practice, especially making use of Progress;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States benefitting from the EGF to be very effective and to adopt a personalised approach to assistance for redundant workers, particularly in cases of large-scale redundancies, so as to improve workers' opportunities on a labour market that is undergoing profound restructuring; to this end, recommends that the Member States step up their exchanges of good practice, especially making use of Progress;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Member States are encouraged to take measures in line with the EGF regulation that promote mobility of workers if prospects of employment in the region are not favourable;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Reminds undertakings of their responsibility to do all they can to ensure that workers can, right from the start of their period of unemployment, authenticate their experience acquired, so as to ensure that their retraining is as specific and as rapid as possible and that they obtain new, stable jobs with a promising future; Member States are encouraged to develop policies that oblige undertakings that relocate or stop their activities in a certain region to support workers in upskilling and finding new employment as well as providing them with support in the transitionary period;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Reminds undertakings of their social responsibility to do all they can to ensure that workers can, right from the start of their period of unemployment, authenticate their experience acquired, so as to ensure that their retraining is as specific and as rapid as possible and that they obtain new, stable jobs with a promising future;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Asks the Commission to provide the Member States with a set of guidelines for the design and the implementation of the applications for EGF funding seeking a fast application procedure and a broad consensus of the stakeholders for the strategy to apply and the measures to be put in place for an effective reintegration of the workers into the labour market;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. In the implementation of the EGF, Member States should be required to take measures to ensure that non-nationals among those eligible for funding have the chance to avail themselves of these funds, also if they reside in another country, especially if it concerns another EU Member State;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Asks the Commission to provide assistance also to the Member States, the social partners and the workers associations during the process of implementation of the measures;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Calls on the European Commission to explore the reasons why some countries confronted with mass redundancies that would be eligible for funding under the EGF regulation do not make use of it, and to propose solutions accordingly;