13 Amendments of Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI related to 2010/2156(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises the need to reduce the inequalities faced by practitioners in the cultural and creative sector and to fight discrimination in these sectors, especially as regards pay, jobs that match the level of qualifications, and social security; calls on the Member States toCommission to take measures aimed at introduceing changes to their Member States’ social security systems to meet the needs of practitioners in the cultural and creative sectors, laying down criteria which meet territorial mobility requirements and take due account of the discontinuity of employment specific to this sector;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers it essential to focus attention on the special employment status of workers in the knowledge, creative and cultural sectors, whose importance to innovation in the EU economy has been emphasised as it should, but without sufficient account being taken of specific features and circumstances stemming from the mobility and discontinuity of employment in such occupations; calls on the Commission, therefore, to give further consideration to such aspects and put forward relevant proposals;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses that culture is a fundamental public good which is essential to the development of all facets of Europe and to overcoming nationalism and barriers of all kinds; considers that the EU should support the cultural and creative industries with specific programmes and guarantee funds;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Acknowledges the strategic importance of cultural and creative industries to the Europe 2020 strategy, both as a means of promoting cultural identities and in view of their considerable potential for innovation for the benefit of the production sector as a whole, including non-profit organisations, particularly in terms of employment, advanced skills, international competitiveness, the promotion of regions and geographical and cultural resources, and technological innovation;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers that fashion and cultural and sustainable tourism should be added to the sectors identified in the Green Paper as forming part of the CCIs; points out that the two sectors are characterised by a high degree of creativity and an entrepreneurial spirit which has a significant impact on the economy and international competitiveness of the EU;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to grant artists, authors and creative workers a special employment status and to lay down relevant criteria in appropriate legislative instruments relating to social protection, employment support and access to formal and informal training courses; points out that artists, authors and creative workers are fundamental to CCIs and should be given assistance in fully realising their potential;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls for appropriate measures to be taken to close the substantial negative gap which characterises women’s work and pay in the CCIs;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Requests that the Commission call on Member States to expand the framework for recognition of professional qualifications and training courses, not least with a view to including the new skills required in the CCI sector;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Requests that the Commission call on Member States to support art education and creativity; calls on the Commission, in particular, to include in existing programmes, especially Erasmus, Comenius and MEDIA, specific measures for artists, art school students and teachers and young creative worker, providing for various forms of exchanges, tutoring, mobility and residencies;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that a highn appropriate level of social protection, and in particular unemployment insurance, is necessary to provide a guaranteed income for those periods without employment natural to the cultural and creative sector, and enable personal and collective emancipation.
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that a high level of social protection, and in particular unemployment insurance, is necessary to provide a guaranteed income for those periods without employment natural to the cultural and creative sector, and enable personal and collective emancipation; considers also that a minimum income can be an appropriate means of guaranteeing such a level of social protection and that this can also be usefully combined with training courses.
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to urge Member States to introduce support measures, such as guarantee funds and tax incentives, for the benefit of cultural and creative businesses, with special reference to the production, distribution and performance of European co- productions.