27 Amendments of Cornelia ERNST related to 2018/0206(COD)
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The Union is confronted with structural challenges arising from economic globalisation, the management of migration flows and the increased security threatreception of asylum seekers, inclusion of migrants, clean energy transition, technological change and an increasingly ageing workforce and growing skills and labour shortages in some sectors and regions, experienced especially by SMEs. Taking into account the changing realities of the world of work, the Union should be prepared for the current and future challenges by investing in relevant skills, making growth more inclusive and by improving employment and social policies, including in view of labour mobility.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In view of this wider scope of the ESF+ it is appropriate to foresee that the aims to enhance the effectiveness of labour markets and promote access to quality employment, to improve the access to and the quality of education and training as well as to promote social inclusion and health and to reduceradicate poverty are not only implemented under shared management, but also under direct and indirect management under the Employment and Social Innovation and Health strands for actions required at Union level.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The ESF+ should aim to promote employment through active interventions enabling (re)integration into the labour market, notably for youth, the long-term unemployed and the inactive, with special emphasis on people with disabilities, third-country nationals, Roma people, people experiencing homelessness or poverty, people living in disadvantaged micro-regions and rural areas, and people above the age of 50, as well as through promoting self–employment and the social economy. The ESF+ should aim to improve the functioning of labour markets by supporting the modernisation of labour market institutions such as the Public Employment Services in order to improve their capacity to provide, free from discrimination, intensified targeted counselling and guidance during the job search and the transition to employment and to enhance workers’ mobility. The ESF+ should promote women's participation in the labour market through measures aiming to ensure, amongst others, free or affordable access to childcare and care for the elderly and improved work/life balance and access to childcare. The ESF + should also aim to provide a healthy and well-adapted working environment in order to respond to health risks related to changing forms of work and the needs of the ageing workforce.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The ESF+ should provide support to improving the, in a non-discriminatory manner, the accessibility, quality, effectiveness and labour market relevance of education and training systems in order to facilitate the acquisition of key competences notably as regards language, social and digital skills which all individuals need for personal fulfilment and development, employment, social inclusion and active citizenship. The ESF+ should help progression within education and training and transition to work, support lifelong learning and employability, and contribute to competitivenesssocial inclusion and societal and economic innovation by supporting scalable and sustainable initiatives in these fields. This could be achieved for example through work-based learning and apprenticeships, lifelong guidance, skills anticipation in cooperation with industry, up-to-date training materials, forecasting and graduate tracking, training of educators, validation of learning outcomes and recognition of qualifications.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Support through the ESF+ should be used to promote equal access for all, in particular for those who belong to disadvantaged groups, to quality, non- segregated and inclusive education and training, from early childhood education and care through general and vocational education and training and to tertiary level, as well as adult education and learning, thereby fostering permeability between education and training sectors, preventing early school leaving, improving health literacy, reinforcing links with non-formal and informal learning and facilitating learning mobility for all. Synergies with the Erasmus programme, notably to facilitate the participation of disadvantaged learners in learning mobility, should be supported within this context.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) The ESF+ should support Member States’ efforts to tackleradicate poverty with a view to breaking the cycle of disadvantage across generations and promotachieve social inclusion by ensuring equal opportunities for all, tacklremoving discrimination and addressing health inequalities. This implies mobilising a range of policies targeting the most disadvantaged people regardless of their age or nationality, including children, marginalised communities such as the Roma, people with disabilities, people experiencing homelessness, third-country nationals and the working poor. The ESF+ should promote the active inclusion of people far from the labour market with a view to ensuring their socio-economic integration. The ESF+ should be also used to enhance timely and equal access to free or affordable, sustainable and high quality services such as healthcare and long-term care, in particular family and community- based care services. The ESF+ should contribute to the modernisation of social protection systems with a view in particular to promoting their accessibility.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In light of the persistent need to enhance efforts to address the management of the migration flowreception of asylum seekers and inclusion of migrants in the Union as a whole and in order to ensure a coherent, strong and consistent support to the solidarity and responsibility- sharing efforts, the ESF+ should provide support to promote the socio-economic integration of third country nationals complementary to the actions financed under the Asylum and Migration Fund.
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Efficient and effective implementation of actions supported by the ESF+ depends on good governance and partnership between all actors at the relevant territorial levels and the socio- economic actors, in particular the social partners and civil society. It is therefore essential that Member States encouragsure the participation of social partners and civil society in the implementation of the ESF+ under shared management.
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 a (new)
Recital 27 a (new)
(27 a) The institutions of the Union, as well as the member states when implementing Union law, are to respect the rights enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, observe its principles and promote its application. Accordingly, the ESF+ should in particular comply with Article 21 of the Charter that stipulates that any discrimination based on any ground such as sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation is prohibited. Under the ESF+, any discrimination on grounds of nationality should also be prohibited.
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) 'accompanying measures' means activities provided in addition to the distribution of food and/or basic material assistance with the aim of addressing social exclusion and ending poverty such as referring to and providing social services or advice on managing a household budget;
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The ESF+ aims to support Member States to eradicate poverty, achieve high employment levels, fair social protection and a skilled and resilient workforce ready for the future world of work, in line with the principles set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights proclaimed by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on 17 November 2017.
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
The ESF+ shall support, complement and add value to the policies of the Member States to ensure, free from any discrimination, equal opportunities, access to the labour market, fair working conditions, social protection and inclusion, and a high level of human health protection.
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) improving access to employment with decent remuneration of all jobseekers, in particular youth and long- term unemployed, and of inactive people, promoting self-employment and the social economy;
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point ii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point ii
(ii) modernising labour market institutions and services to end discrimination and assess and anticipate skills needs and ensure timely and tailor- made assistance and support to labour market matching, transitions and mobility;
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point iii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point iii
(iii) promoting women’s labour market participation, a better work/life balance including access to childcare,equality between men and women in all areas, including promoting women's labour market participation, career progression, equal pay for equal work and a better work/life balance, with a special focus on single parents, including access to childcare and care for the elderly; promoting a healthy and well–adapted working environment addressing health risks,; promoting adaptation of workers, enterprises and entrepreneurs to change, and active and healthy ageing;
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point iv
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point iv
(iv) improving the, in a non-discriminatory manner, the accessibility, inclusiveness, quality, effectiveness and labour market relevance of education and training systems, to support acquisition of key competences including language, social and digital skills;
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point vii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point vii
(vii) fostering active inclusion with a view to promotachieving equal opportunities and active participation, and improving employability;
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point viii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point viii
(viii) promoting socio-economic integration of third country nationals andending discrimination against and promoting socio-economic inclusion of marginalised communities, such as the Roma, with an integrated approach across different sectors;
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point viii a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point viii a (new)
(viii a) ending discrimination against and promoting long-term socio-economic inclusion of third country nationals with an integrated approach across different sectors, including capacity building and promoting diversity for civil servants;
Amendment 156 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point ix
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point ix
(ix) enhancing the equal and timely access to quality, sustainable and free or affordable services; modernising social protection systems, including promoting access to social protection; improving accessibility, effectiveness and resilience of healthcare systems and long-term care services;
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point x
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point x
(x) promoting social integration of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion, including particular the most deprived and children;
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point xi
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point xi
(xi) addressing material deprivation through food and/or basic material assistance to the most deprived, including accompanying measures.
Amendment 163 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. All programmes implemented under the ESF+ strand under shared management, as well as the operations supported by the Employment and Social Innovation and Health strands shall ensure equality between men and women throughout their preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. They shall also promote equal opportunities for all, without discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or beliefe, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation throughout their preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States and, where appropriate the Commission, shall foster synergies and ensure coordination, complementarity and coherence between the ESF+ and other Union funds, programmes and instruments such as Erasmusthe post-2020 EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies, Erasmus, the European Regional Development Fund, the Justice, Rights and Values Fund, the Asylum and Migration Fund and the Reform Support Programme, including the Reform Delivery Tool and the Technical Support Instrument, both in the planning phase and during implementation. Member States and, where appropriate the Commission, shall optimise mechanisms for coordination to avoid duplication of effort and ensure close cooperation between those responsible for implementation to deliver coherent and streamlined support actions.
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall allocate at least 2530% of their ESF+ resources under shared management to the specific objectives for the social inclusion policy area set out in points (vii) to (xi) of Article 4(1), including the promotion of the socio- economic integration of third country nationals.
Amendment 181 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 4
When implementing such actions, Member States shall give priority to inactive and long-term unemployed young people, in particular young Roma, people with disabilities and third country nationals, and put in place targeted outreach measures.
Amendment 183 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall ensure adequatemeaningful participation of social partners and civil society organisations in the delivery of employment, education and social inclusion policies supported by the ESF+ strand under shared management.