Activities of Silvia COSTA related to 2011/2179(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the evolution of EU macro-regional strategies: present practice and future prospects, especially in the Mediterranean
Amendments (5)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recognises that the macro-regions, as catchment areas bound by a common history, geography and culture, are an appropriate reference framework for the setting of priorities for programmes and European financing and, in this context, recognises that the Mediterranean’s south bank is undergoing unprecedented development, which the European Union must sustain through new initiatives;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls the fundamental role that education plays in democracy and social and economic development, as well as the importance of professional training in fighting youth unemployment;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recommends, in the interests of more harmonious cohabitation, closer cooperation between universities in the future Mediterranean macro-region and the removal of obstacles to the movement of students and teachers; stresses the need to strengthen euro-Mediterranean university networks bythrough remote collaboration, building on the good practices of the Tempus and Erasmus Mundus programmes; especially in view of the low number of Erasmus Mundus programme beneficiaries in the Mediterranean area and the poor south-south mobility;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls that the Mediterranean basin is particularly interested in European cinema and audiovisual productions, and that this continues to exert significant influence on the dialogue between cultures in the area as part of the current stage of democratic development of those societies;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Suggests greater cooperation and trade with third countries, to improve European production within the global market and particularly in the Mediterranean area, in order to promote cultural exchange and also to launch new initiatives to encourage Euro- Mediterranean dialogue and democratic progress across the entire region, particularly in light of the commitments made during the Euro-Mediterranean Conference on Cinema;