7 Amendments of Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA related to 2013/2173(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas in 2012 the employment rate of people aged 55-64 was less than 50 % in the European Union and this could be caused by a number of factors such as outdated skills and qualifications, employers' attitudes towards older workers, difficulties with reconciliation of professional and family life or poorer health;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the European Social Fund (ESF), which during the programming period 2007- 2013 accounted for 8% of the EU total budget, is a key financial instrument intended to help Member States achieve EU employment policy objectives, and reliable data are necessary to assess how effectively ESF resources are spent;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas maintaining the employability of older workers as well as keeping a high proportion of the population remaining in work until later age is crucial to address demographic challenges and reach the EU target of 75% of the 20-64-year-old population in employment by 2020;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the implementation of the ESF must comply with the EU Financial Regulation and, in particular, with the fundamental principles of sound financial management such as effectiveness, which should be understood as attaining the specific objectives set and achieving the intended results;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to rely more on quantitative data when analysing the socioeconomic situation of older workers and to provide for a causal link between actions identified within operational programmes and the objectives pursued, which would facilitate verification of consistency between identified needs, chosen strategy and specific goals set ;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages thAcknowledges that, according to their different socioeconomic and demographic situations, Member States use different age groups to define older workers; regrets however that this definition is not always consistently applied throughout the whole programming process in a given Member State; encourages therefore Member States to make sure, in the forthcoming programming period (2014-2020), that the age groups used for needs analysis are the same as the age groups used in the programmes and/or in the related actions and targets;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Invites Member States to consider introducing two different categories of older workers benefiting from ESF funding, such as workers aged 45- 55 and over 55, and adapting operational programmes to specific needs identified for these two age groups;