5 Amendments of Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ related to 2015/2320(INI)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas, despite the fact that 90 % of world growth occurs outside the EU, only 13 % of SMEs have conducted international business outside the EU;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the EU to better engage Member State authorities, universities, businesses and financial institutions with a view to making full use of EU funding sources (e.g. the EFSI, the ESF, the ERDF, COSME, Horizon 2020 and Erasmus+) so as to help overcome the difficulty in accessing finance which is still one of the main barriers to the growth of SMEs, particularly for those that consider themselves social economy enterprises;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Takes the view that the artificial academisation of specific professions is not helpful if one wishes to tackle the problem of skills scarcities in SMEsCalls for greater cooperation between education and training systems and the business sector, with a view to better meeting the real needs of the employment market; believes that vocational training, and especially dual systems operated in cooperation with SMEs, should be givenmust be boosted, including by means of more public support;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages the Member States to create opportunities for young people to acquire entrepreneurship skills, ranging from creating businesses to managing them; also stresses the importance of mentoring for young entrepreneurs; points out that this support will be very important for companies seeking to conduct business internationally;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to adopt, in the framework of the European Semester’s country-specific recommendations, a differentiated approach to improve the environment for SMEs, taking into account the country- specific circumstances and the EU regions’ specific structural differences, as that move would enable progress to be made towards greater economic, social and territorial cohesion;