36 Amendments of Marie-Thérèse SANCHEZ-SCHMID related to 2011/0371(COD)
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The programme should include a strong international dimension particularly as regards higher education, not only to enhance the quality of European higher education in pursuit of the broader ET2020 objectives and the attractiveness of the Union as a study destination, but also to promote understanding between people and contribution to the sustainable development of higher education in the overseas countries and territories associated with the European Union and the third countries.
Amendment 282 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The action of the European Youth Forum, the National Academic Recognition Centres (NARIC), the Eurydice, Euroguidance and Eurodesk networks, as well as of the eTwinning National Support Services, the Europass National Centres, and the National Information Offices in the neighbourhood countries is essential in order to achieve the objectives of the programme, notably by providing the Commission with regular and updated information regarding the various fields of their activity and through the dissemination of the Programme results in the Union, in the overseas countries and territories associated with it and in the third participating third countries.
Amendment 288 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) The Communication from the Commission on "Developing the European Dimension in Sport" of 18 January 2011 sets out the Commission’s ideas for Union- level action in the field of sport after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty and proposes a list of concrete actions for the Commission and Member States to increase sport’s European identity in three broad chapters: the societal role of sport, the economic dimension of sport and the organisation of sport.
Amendment 301 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28 a (new)
Recital 28 a (new)
(28a) Individuals from an OCT and competent public and/or private bodies and institutions from an OCT may participate in the Union programmes in accordance with the provisions laid down in the Council Decision on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union.
Amendment 324 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 4
Article 2 – point 4
4. Cooperation for innovation and good practices means transnational cooperation projects involving organisations active in the fields of education, training and/or youth, youth and sport and may include other organisations.;
Amendment 346 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 28 a (new)
Article 2 – point 28 a (new)
28a. ‘grassroots sport’ means all sports developed, promoted and/or organised for the largest possible number of beneficiaries;
Amendment 358 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) Their transnational, cross-border character, in particular transnational mobility and cooperation aiming at long-terma sustainable systemic impact;
Amendment 361 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) Their complementarity and synergy with other local national, international and other Union programmes and policies, allowing for economies of scale and critical mass;
Amendment 408 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – point d – introductory part
Article 5 – point d – introductory part
(d) To enhance the international dimension of education, training and youth notably in higher education by increasing the attractiveness of the Union higher education institutions and supporting the Union external action, including its development objectives through the promotion of mobility and cooperation between EU and third country higher education institutions in the EU and the OCTs associated with it, on the one hand, and third countries, on the other, and targeted capacity building in third countries.
Amendment 409 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – point d – introductory part
Article 5 – point d – introductory part
(d) To enhance the international dimension of education, training and youth notably in higher education by increasing the attractiveness of the Union higher education institutionsand research institutions (as a complement to the Marie Curie- Skłodowska programme) and supporting the Union external action, including its development objectives through the promotion of mobility and cooperation between EU and third country higher education institutions and targeted capacity building in third countries.
Amendment 503 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) transnational mobility of higher education and vocational training students as well as of young people involved in non-formal activities, young amateur athletes and coaches between the participating countries as referred in Article 18. This mobility may take the form of studying at a partner institution, traineeships abroad or participating in youth activities, notably volunteering. Degree mobility at Masters level shall be supported through the student loan guarantee facility as referred to in Article 14 (3).
Amendment 517 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new) - introductory wording (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new) - introductory wording (new)
2a. In the field of Leonardo da Vinci (VET), learning mobility of individuals between participating countries shall support:
Amendment 518 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new) - point a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new) - point a (new)
(a) The mobility of students in vocational training, apprentices and jobseekers in the form of studying at a partner institution or carrying out traineeships or apprenticeships abroad;
Amendment 535 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) partnerships set up under the aegis of European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC), to which particular attention shall be paid.
Amendment 563 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. This action shall also support policy dialogue with third countries (particularly the southern Mediterranean countries) and international organizsations.
Amendment 570 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – point c – point ii a (new)
Article 10 – point c – point ii a (new)
(iia) the Euro-Mediterranean University (EMUNI University).
Amendment 665 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) To tackle transnational threats to sport such as violence, doping, match fixing, violence, racism and intolerance and any other type of crime with due regard for individual rights;
Amendment 666 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) To tackle all types of discrimination in sport based on race, sex, sexual orientation, physical or intellectual disability and religion inter alia;
Amendment 667 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) To support good governance in sport and dual careers of athletesand integrity in sport;
Amendment 668 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) To support good governance in sport and dual careers of athlethe dual careers of athletes taking into account the best practices applied in each Member States;
Amendment 669 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
(c) To promote social inclusion, and equal opportunities and health-enhancing physical activity through increased participation in sport.;
Amendment 670 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
(c) To promote social inclusion, equal opportunities and health-enhancing physical activity through increased participation in sport., especially for older people;
Amendment 679 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
(cb) To ensure that sport and physical activity become subjects taught in all types of schools in order to promote the practice of sport and physical activity at all levels of education;
Amendment 680 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c c (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c c (new)
(cc) To support local, traditional and indigenous sports that are part of the rich cultural and historical diversity of the EU;
Amendment 681 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c d (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c d (new)
(cd) To support the European model of sport, within which federations play a central role and which has various actors, including supporters, players, clubs, leagues, associations and volunteers at its base, which have a fundamental role for the entire sport structure.
Amendment 684 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The objectives of cooperation in Sthe field of sport shall be pursued through the following transnational activities, which shall mainly focus on grassroots sport:
Amendment 685 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) support tofor cross-border and transnational collaborative projects;
Amendment 693 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) support to non-commercialfor European sport events involving several European countriesrun by non-profit organisations, which are recognised by national authorities or the representatives thereof and which aim to promote the widest possible access to sport both in a leisure context and otherwise;
Amendment 695 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) support to the organisation of a European Sports Day or Week that promotes the social and cultural role of amateur and professional sport and the benefits of sport in terms of public health;
Amendment 776 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall provide the funding for guarantees for loans to students resident in a participating country as defined in Article 18(1) undertaking a full Masters degree in another participating country, to be delivered, in a transparent manner, through a trustee with a mandate to implement it on the basis of fiduciary agreements setting out the detailed rules and requirements governing the implementation of the financial instrument as well as the respective obligations of the parties. The financial instrument shall comply with the provisions regarding financial instruments in the Financial Regulation and in the Delegated Act replacing the Implementing Rules. In accordance with Article 18(2) of the Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002, revenues and repayments generated by the guarantees should be assigned to the financial instrumentis experimental form of financing must, in no case, replace mobility grants or constitute a means of funding the structural cost of the studies in question. This financial instrument, including market needs, students’ needs and take-up, will be subject to the monitoring and evaluation as referred to in Article 15(2). The Member States shall be involved in implementing and evaluating the scheme.
Amendment 787 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. The actions of the Programme shall be implemented in ways that provide for adaptation of the financial rules to address the constraints created by the remoteness of the outermost regions and overseas countries and territories, and to fund area-specific mobility projects linking the Union’s outermost regions and overseas countries and territories with neighbouring third countries.
Amendment 810 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the Member States and their overseas countries and territories listed in Annex II to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;
Amendment 812 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. The Programme shall support the cooperation with partners from third countries, notably partners from neighbourhood countries (particularly the southern Mediterranean countries), in actions and activities as referred to in Articles 6 and 10.
Amendment 817 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – point a
Article 19 – point a
(a) the relevant Union policies, in particular those in the fields of culture and the media, employment, health, research and innovation, enterprise, justice, consumer, development and cohesion policy, as well as with the Union’s territorial cooperation programmes and macro-regional strategies, such as the European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region and the European Union Strategy for the Danube Region;
Amendment 835 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be assisted by a committee. Thatthree sector-based committees (for education/training, youth and sport). Those committees shall be a committees within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.
Amendment 838 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The committees may meet in various configurations to discuss matters of common interest.