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Activities of Marie-Thérèse SANCHEZ-SCHMID related to 2011/2179(INI)

Shadow opinions (1)

OPINION on the evolution of EU macro-regional strategies: present practice and future prospects, especially in the Mediterranean
2016/11/22
Committee: CULT
Dossiers: 2011/2179(INI)
Documents: PDF(109 KB) DOC(94 KB)

Amendments (6)

Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. RecogniseConsiders that macro-regions, as catchment areas bound by a common history, geography and culture, are an appropriate reference framework for the setting of strategic priorities for the coordination of programmes and European financing in a functional geographical area;
2012/01/31
Committee: CULT
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that a macro-regional strategy in the Mediterranean must coordinate existing EU funds, particularly neighbourhood policy, cohesion policy and territorial cooperation funds to implement projects aimed at confronting common challenges such as the protection and enhancement of Euro-Mediterranean cultural heritage; recalls the importance of a coordinated and balanced neighbourhood policy for the South and the eligibility of cultural projects financed by ERDF to address these challenges;
2012/01/31
Committee: CULT
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that macro-regions provide an environment conducive to the involvement of local political stakeholders and non- governmental stakeholders, as these regions foster the development of effective coordination systems which facilitate bottom-up approaches with a view to ensuring the meaningful involvement of civil society in policy making and pooling existing initiatives in order to optimise resources and bring together the actors involved;
2012/01/31
Committee: CULT
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the importance of the Mediterranean as a decentralised area of cooperation in strengthening cross-regional policy and the sharing of good practices, not least concerning democracy, ecologynomic growth, sustainable development, energy, transport, research and cultural and educational partnerships;
2012/01/31
Committee: CULT
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Recommends, in the interests of more harmonious cohabitation, improving lifelong learning, closer cooperation between universities in the future Mediterranean macro-region and the removal of obstacles to the movement of students and teachers; stresses the need to strengthen euro-Mediterranean university networks by building on the good practices of the Tempus and Erasmus Mundus programmes;
2012/01/31
Committee: CULT
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for the implementation, in the next programming period, of a ‘Euro- Mediterranean Erasmus’ programme intended to encourage the transnational mobility of students from both sides of the Mediterranean as well as a ‘Euro- Mediterranean Leonardo da Vinci’ programme for young people who want to acquire professional training abroad, in the framework of a macro-regional strategy;
2012/01/31
Committee: CULT