10 Amendments of Hermann WINKLER related to 2015/2327(INI)
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers the long-standing brand names (Comenius, Erasmus, Erasmus Mundus, Leonardo da Vinci, Grundtvig and Youth in Action) and their logos as important tools in promoting the variety of the programme; calls on all stakeholders to continue to use them in order to directly maintain and strengthen the identity of the non-formal learning sectoral programmes, to ensure better recognition and to overcome any confusion among beneficiariesso that people do not only associate the Erasmus+ programme with formal education and to ensure better recognition and to overcome any confusion among beneficiaries; calls in that connection for proven sector-specific formats and national youth initiatives to be reintroduced to structured dialogue or Grundtvig workshops or be recognised;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13a (new)
Paragraph 13a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission, the EACEA and the national agencies to find ways and provide the necessary support to increase awareness of the Erasmus+ programme among potential applicants and provide or strengthen specific offers of support in the application process;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14a (new)
Paragraph 14a (new)
14a. Calls for further efforts to be made to reduce bureaucracy across the project cycle, in order to simplify the programme guide, registration, application forms, financing rules, reporting requirements, etc. and to set the costs appropriately and in relation to the budget or type of project; suggests that the programme guide be set out in a more user-friendly and clear way, for example according to target group; suggests that application forms be made available earlier in future, that possible changes, provided they are necessary, be made known and that the forms be published in all official languages in order to make it easier for all applicants, particularly new and small organisations with limited resources to fill them out;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the introduction of two types of strategic partnerships as a first and important positive step towards increasing the chances for small-sized organisations to participate in the programme; calls on the Commission to make further improvements in order to include more small-sized organisations in programme activities, as they often have difficulties meeting the requirements and are thereby discriminated against, which detracts from the programme’s reputation and persuasiveness;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17a (new)
Paragraph 17a (new)
17a. recommends that subsidy amounts in the school cooperation sector be reduced to the benefit of the amount of subsidised projects, in order to subsidise school exchanges directly and thus make more personal encounters between people of different cultures and languages possible; underlines the significance of personal experiences with people of different cultural backgrounds with regard to the promotion of a European identity and the basic idea of European integration and recommends attempts be made to let the greatest possible number of people participate, which should certainly be the case for all programme aims; welcomes in that connection the improvements which have already taken place but expects the rules to be made more flexible as part of the strategic partnership by the national agencies and the Commission;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the introduction of the unit cost system into the programme in order to minimise the administrative burden, but recommends improvements to the assessment of calculation methods and accounts of which specific costs can be provided from the allowances in order to guarantee fairness; welcomes also the adjustments made in 2016 and planned for 2017 by the Commission; considers the further increase in unit cost rates, particularly management allowances or subsidies for personal costs, to be necessary to provide sufficient financial support for project participants; given the high application and administrative expenses; calls for the high personal engagement, particularly of the many volunteers and teachers, and of all other applicants to be rewarded appropriately as part of the application process or acknowledged elsewhere if it is not explicitly provided for; calls for the (re)introduction of project initiation in financing and making contact with potential cooperation partners or preparatory meetings, or a sufficient total allowance to cover those costs, for example;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19a (new)
Paragraph 19a (new)
19a. Calls for the decision-making period to be kept as short as possible, for the evaluation of applications to be done in a coherent and coordinated way and for a transparent and understandable justification to be provided with rejected applications, so that there is not a drastic loss of incentive among users of EU programmes;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Suggests that the priority should be to refrain from further harmonisation and major changes in the structure of the programme, and instead to safeguard and consolidate achievements from the previous funding periods and make incremental improvements where necessary; takes the view that, in spite of the successful harmonisation to date, sector-specific particularities must be noted and calls in that connection for proven formats from previous funding periods, in particular formats which promote democratic understanding and youth specific formats such as the National Youth Initiative, the Participative Democracy Project and the Grundtvig Workshops, should be retained or reintroduced;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22a (new)
Paragraph 22a (new)
22a. Recommends that the significance and visibility of non-formal education should be increased for both youth employment and adult education in Erasmus+, as non-formal education is important in the European citizenship sector, the promotion of democracy and education on values, the programme is, however, often only associated with formal education owing to its name;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls not only for the current budget level to be secured for the next programme generation under the new MFF, but considers a further budget increase to be an important step for the continued success of the programmeabsolutely essential step for the continued success of the programme; recommends that demand in the sectors be taken into account in the allocation of funding in order to prevent the severe underfunding of individual sectors and the programme’s subsequent loss of reputation, which of course should not in any case counteract wide dissemination of the programme’s advantages among other groups, without failing to meet the expectations of potential applicants;