6 Amendments of Raffaele BALDASSARRE related to 2010/0242(COD)
Amendment 60 #
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 and full involvement of other institutions and stakeholdersother social players already operating in the sector, in the programming and implementation of social support and development measures, is also planned.
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) The European Year should ideally result in the creation of a European network for the exchange of experiences and the various solutions adopted at national and local level in the sector in question.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) The irreplaceable value of the family as a natural and fundamental social unit should be recognised when putting the initiatives associated with the European Year into practice, as should its prime role in the education, training and upbringing of young people, and in the development of intergenerational solidarity.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) The initiatives concerning demographic ageing associated with the European Year should stimulate thought on how to renew social protection and solidarity systems, with the full participation of the social partners, civil society and non-profit organisations.
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – 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 toadopt specific measures in connection with specific objectives related to active ageing.
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
(3a) to promote the introduction of consistent structural policies on the family which can have a meaningful impact on the demographic trend; these could take the shape of measures in support of motherhood, child education, the reconciliation of work and family life and the upgrading of the work older people do for the family, in a perspective of the exchange of culture and values between older persons and the young.