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REPORT on women entrepreneurship in small and medium-sized enterprises PDF (194 KB) DOC (115 KB)
Amendments (30)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission report "Promotion of Women Innovators and Entrepreneurship" of 25 July 2008,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 b (new)
Citation 2 b (new)
- having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 c (new)
Citation 2 c (new)
- having regard to Directive 2010/41/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the application of the principle of equal treatment between men and women engaged in an activity in a self-employed capacity and repealing Directive 86/613/EEC,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 d (new)
Citation 2 d (new)
- having regard to Council Decision 2010/707/EU on guidelines for the employment policies of he Member States,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the sharing between women and men of family and domestic responsibilities, notably through greater recourse to parental and paternity leave, is a sine qua non for the advancement and achievement of equality between women and men and which can support women to start their own small or medium sized enterprise,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas self-employment generally offers greater flexibility regarding working hours, number of hours worked and working place than employment providing possibilities for those aiming to combine labour and care tasks or other activities, or for those in need of an adapted work place,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the category of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is made up of enterprises which employ fewer than 250 persons and which have an annual turnover not exceeding 50 million Euros, and an annual balance sheet in total not exceeding 43 million Euros,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas the Commission is planning to present a Communication on the Small Business Act in early 2011,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas fewer women than men consider entrepreneurship as a viable career option, and women sometimes lack self-confidence in their ability to be entrepreneurs and for building entrepreneurship capacity,
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the European Investment Bank (EIB) substantially increased its lending activity dedicated to SMEs from € 8.1 billion in 2008 to around € 11.5 billion in 2009, whereas continuous implementation of the SME instruments foreseen under the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (€ 1.13 billion earmarked for 2007-2013) whereas the Commission adopted a temporary framework on state aid 2009/2010 providing Member States with increased possibilities to tackle the effects of the credit squeeze,
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas women entrepreneurs are a heterogeneous group, varying in terms of age, background and education, and theywho are either individual self-employed or manager of an enterprise with employees, and who are active in a wide range of sectors and businesses;, whereas women are often perceived to lack entrepreneurial characteristics and propensitieskills such as self- confidence, assertiveness and risk- taking,
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas it is important to promote practical recommendations that take account of the reality of business and economic life in the competitive market environment,
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas in many Member States, self- employed people lack proper social security rights, such as maternity and paternity leave, childcare facilities, insurance against unemployment, illness, disability pay and pension provisions, whereas in the guidelines for the employment policies, Member States are requested to promote self-employment while ensuring adequate social security for self-employed,
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)
Recital L b (new)
Lb. whereas there is a group of mainly women active in work such as domestic work or private care work who are not officially employed but also not officially self-employed and therefore lack any form of social protection,
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that equality between women and men is a fundamental principle of the EU, recognised by the Treaty on the European Union and by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, while in spite of the significant progress made, many inequalities between women and men remain in terms of entrepreneurship and decision making;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Is critical about that fact that gender mainstreaming in EU industrial and enterprise policy is basically non-existent, calls on the Council, Commission and Member States to ensure that all decisions on strategies concerning entrepreneurship in micro, small and medium sized enterprises programmes undergo a gender-impact assessment (ex-post assessment in cases where it has not been done ex-ante);
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Recognises that many women have been empowered by recent job losses to establish their own businesses; calls on the Commission to bring forward legislation specifically aimed at SMEs to fulfil its objective of reducing administrative burdens on business to help foster this entrepreneurial spirit;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Urges Member States to implement Council Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings properly and to ensure that women, who have become insolvent or bankrupt have access to financial recovery assistance and support in order that they may continue with their business aspirations;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on Member States and Business Europe to introduce investment readiness programmes that can help women create viable business plans that provide investors with appropriately structured and relevant information;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on Member States and Business Europe to consider the creation of mentoring schemes making particular use of active ageing schemes that harness the advice and experience of retired male and female entrepreneurial professionals;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Asks Member States and Business Europe to take account of the European entrepreneur exchange programme ‘Erasmus for young entrepreneurs’, the specific objective of which is to contribute to enhancing entrepreneurship, internationalisation and competitiveness of potential start-up entrepreneurs in the EU and newly established micro and small enterprises, and which offers new entrepreneurs the possibility to work for up to 6 months with an experienced entrepreneur in his/her SME in another EU country; recommends specific scholarships to be provided for female students with outstanding potential, culminating in ‘best practice’ award ceremonies for successful graduates;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on Member States to encourage femaleswomen to become involved in local chambers of commerce, lobbying groups and industry- based organisations that form the mainstream business community so that they can develop and strengthen competitive business skills and calls on chambers of commerce in their stead to actively invite female entrepreneurs to become involved;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Asks Member States and Business Europe to encourage and make provisions for female leaders of SMEentrepreneurs to be linked with the appropriate business leadpartners in other fields so that they may have the opportunity to share experiences and practices and gain a better understanding of the wider business world;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for measures to be taken by Member States to improve the social, cultural and legal position of female co- entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs in SMEs, especially in science, engineering, green and low carbon technology and industrial sectors in urban and rural areas;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on Member States to actively combat false self-employment by effectively defining self-employment and sanctioning false self-employment;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to set up a programme aimed at helping those active in domestic work, care work or other service work, mainly women, who are neither employed nor self-employed to enter declared self-employment or set up their own enterprise;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls on Member States to make sure that self-employed people have adequate access to social protection rights such as maternity, paternity, parental and filial leave, to affordable and quality childcare, to insurance against sickness, disability or unemployment, to pension provisions and to legal assistance;