13 Amendments of Malika BENARAB-ATTOU related to 2010/0242(COD)
Amendment 7 #
Proposal for a decision
Title 1 – title
Title 1 – title
Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the European Year for Active Ageing and Intergenerational Solidarity (2012) (text with EEA relevance)
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The part of the population of the European Union comprised of persons over the age of 50 will increase at a much faster rate than ever before. The largest increase is expected to occur during the period 2015-2035, when the population aged 60 and over will be increasing by 2 million people per year. This increase is very positive, as it is a logical consequence of improvements in health care and quality of life. Nevertheless, owing to the reality of demographic change, the EU faces a number of challenges such as a shrinking population and the unattractive nature of certain areas.
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The growing proportion of older people in Europe makes it more importantessential than ever to promote healthy ageing. Healthy ageing can help raise labour market participation of older people, enable them to be active in society for longer,eserve intergenerational solidarity. Such solidarity must be based on improving social and intergenerational cohesion and promoting a good quality of life in order to combat social exclusion. Enabling those older people who so desire to stay in employment, even part-time, can be a vehicle for social inclusion, giving such people a positive image thanks to their participation and in some cases making it possible to improve their individual quality of life and curb the strains on health and social care systems.
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The Commission emphasised it its Communication on ‘Europe 2020 — A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth’ the importance to the European Union of promoting a healthy and active ageing population in the interests of social cohesion and higher productivity. It proposed a flagship initiative ‘An agenda for new skills and jobs’, under which Member States should notably promote active ageing policies, and a flagship initiative on a ‘European Platform against Poverty’. Achieving these policy goals requires action from all levels of government and various non- governmental stakeholders; they can in turn be supported, at the Union level, by European Year activities aimed at raising awareness and fostering the exchange of good practice. National coordinators should see to it that national action is coordinated and is consistent with the overall objectives of the European Year. The participation of other institutions and stakeholders is also planned.
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Active ageing is targeted by several Union programmes, such as the European Social Fund, the European Regional and Development Fund, the PROGRESS programme, the Life Long Learning Programme, the Public Health Programme, the specific programmes on information and communication technologies and on socio-economic sciences and humanities in the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development, the Action Plan on ‘Ageing well in the information society’, the Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) Joint Programme for research and innovation, the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme with pilot deployment projects on ICT for Ageing Well and the Action Plan on urban mobility. Union co-financing of European Year activities will be in accordance with the priorities and rules applying, on an annual or multi-annual basis, to existing programmes and autonomous budget lines in the field of employment, social affairs and equal opportunities. Where appropriate, programmes and policies in other fields, such as education and culture, health, research, the information society, regional policy and transport policy, may support the European Year. In various sectors, therefore, the European Year will also afford an opportunity to raise public awareness and mobilise stakeholders to combat social exclusion, financial security and poverty among older people, inter alia as part of the Europe 2020 Strategy flagship initiative on a ‘European Platform against Poverty’.
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1
Article 1
The year 2012 shall be designated as the European Year for Active Ageing and Intergenerational Solidarity (hereafter referred to as ‘the European Year’).
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – introductory part
Article 2 – introductory part
The overall purpose of the European Year shall be to encourage and support the efforts of Member States, their regional and local authorities, social partners and civil society to promote active ageing and to do more to mobilise the potential of the rapidly growing population in their late 50s and above, thereby preserving solidarity between generations. Acttake practical steps to promote better social inclusion of people over the age of 50, bearing in mind the contribution they can make in economic, social and cultural terms to preserving intergenerational solidarity. Efforts to promote the social inclusion of older people must take account of their specific needs on the basis of a residential approach. To this end, it is key for the European Year to support and leverage local and regional projects in order to promote intergenerational mixing, appropriate housing modifications and access to public services and care, in a manner able to be tailored to urban and rural environments and demographic trends in a given ageing meansrea. Coupled with the creatingon of better opportunities and working conditions, tohese measures will serve as a basis for enableing older workerspeople to play their part in the labour market, and volunteering activities, and for combating social exclusion by fostering active participation in society, and encouraging healthy ageing. On this basis, the objectives shall be:
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – point 1
Article 2 – point 1
(1) to raise general awareness at all administrative levels in Member States, cities and regions of the value of active ageing in order to highlight the useful contributions older persons make to society and the economy by passing on their knowledge and skills, to promote active ageing and, to do more to mobilise the potential of older personscombat isolation, financial insecurity and social exclusion, and to put intergenerational solidarity high up on the policy agenda of stakeholders at national, regional and local level;
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – point 2
Article 2 – point 2
(2) to stimulate debate and support and develop mutual learning between Member States and stakeholders at alpublic and private actors and civil society at national, regional and local levels in order to promote active ageing policies more successfully, to identify and disseminate good practices and to encourage cooperation and synergies;
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – point 3
Article 2 – point 3
(3) to offer a framework for commitment and concrete action to enable Member States and stakeholders at all levels to develop policies through specific activities and to commit to specific, concrete objectives related to active ageing by devising long-term strategies.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 a (new)
– the promotion of volunteering among older people, while ensuring that EU policies and funding programmes are based on solidarity between generations and encompass such solidarity; the organisation of training activities enhanced by the contributions of older volunteers, together with the collection of accurate, comparable statistics on the scale, scope and socio-economic benefits of volunteering;
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 b (new)
– wider access to lifelong education and training, and expansion of the Grundtvig programme;
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 c (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 c (new)
– the promotion of intergenerational cultural and artistic activities, and the creation of a prize for the best intergenerational project in 2012;