Activities of Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA related to 2009/2222(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the future for social services of general interest
Amendments (23)
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls, with a view to tailoring services as closely as possible to the individual needs of users and improving service quality, for greater attention to be paid to the need for training and preparatory courses for people working with particularly vulnerable groups, such as children, problem youths and elderly people;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Article 14 of the TFEU and Protocol 26 thereto explicitly address services of general interest (SGI) which include social services of general interest (SSGI), both economic and non- economic; and whereas it is confirmed that national, regional and local authorities have the essential role and wide discretion in providing, commissioning and organising services of general economic interest (SGEI), and that the Treaties do not affect the competence of Member States to provide, commission and organise non-economic services of general interest (SGNEI),
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that SSGI and their users have a number of special characteristics in addition to the common characteristics of SGI. SSGI encompass, in addition to health services, both statutory and complementary universally available services, provided directly to the person, that play a preventative and social cohesion and inclupeople in need, that prevent from social exclusion, play social cohesion role and make tangible fundamental social rights;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that, in order to avoid difficulties in attracting qualified employees, staff shortages and a decline in the quality of social services of general interest in future, Member States should pay more attention to the gender pay gap in health and social services –issue of decent pay for people working in health and social services. points out that it is precisely these sectors in which have recently made a major contribution to job creation and structural change in the European Unionthe largest number of jobs, particularly for women, have been created in recent times.
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points to the need for greater recognition to be given to the work performed by people employed in the social services sector, the majority of whom are women, because their jobs are difficult, call for a caring attitude and great personal commitment and are not very socially prestigious.
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the fact that SSGI make a major economic contribution in terms of jobs, economic activity and purchasing power – the Commission's second Biennial Report indicating that the health and social services sector accounts for 5% of economic output and employs 21.4 million people – and that SMEs in particular are reliant on high quality SSGI;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that national and local authorities engaged in providing or mandating SSGI need a clear legal basis for their services and expenditures, and that while the information and clarification service developed by the Commission is essential, it is insufficient and does not protect SSGI providers from legal challenge however, there is still lack of legal certainty;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that, in order to maintain the delivery of quality SSGI, the Member States need new income streams, such as a financial transaction tax adjusted to a specific character of these services;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes there is a broad European consensus that SSGI are essential to the well-being of our peoples and an efficient economy but that there is no agreement within or between the Commission and the Council on the implementation of practical measures to overcome identified obstacles to the delivery and development of SSGI;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines the fact that Member States and local authorities must be freehave a free choice within market economy to decide how SSGI are funded and delivered, whether directly or otherwise, using all available instruments so as to ensure that the Union's social objectives are not weakened by single market rulesmet, while at the same time supporting an environment that promotes quality, accessibility and efficiency in the delivery of the services;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the 2005 Monti-Kroes response to the Altmark case to be broadenfurther developed so as to simplify the rules, improve flexibility in their application, and expand the derogations. The de minimis threshold should be raised to at least EUR 500 000 over a three-year cycle;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for reformclarification of the criteria for classifying economic and non-economic SSGI in the framework of current EU legislation;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission formally to recognise other modalities for the selection of providers, such as ‘in-house’ and ‘service concession’ methods, and explicitly to accord equal value to all options for the contracting and financing of SSGI; calls for the expansion of the ‘in- house’ method to include service providers who meet specific general interest criteria;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Urges that Member States use the VQF to draw up quality accreditationentrusting and monitoring systems, and that implementafunctioning of the VQF be evaluated with reference to the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Protocol 26 TFEU;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Emphasises that decent, stable working conditions and quality training are essential for the delivery of quality social services; underlines also a need of hiring a high class specialists;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Proposes that the absence of reference in the VQF to funding and service provider status be remediedfurther improvement of the VQF;