4 Amendments of Silvia COSTA related to 2017/2043(BUD)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Calls for maintaining the EU support to sports policy, the sports chapter of the Erasmus+ programme and the financing of Special Events, such as the Special Olympics in 2017;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that proposed funding for the new Solidarity Corps draws heavily on Erasmus+ (circa EUR 58 million in 2017) and, Europe for Citizens (around EUR 3.5 million a year), as well as the Employment and Social Innovation programme (14.2 million a year); notes, furthermore, that the distinction between the volunteering and occupational strands is not clear, and there is therefore a risk of jeopardising the effectiveness of the existing European Voluntary Service (EVS) programme; insists that new initiatives require a new legal base and clear policy design, and must be coordinated with other programmes; stresses that the future roll- out of the Solidarity Corps must not undermine funding for priority education and culture programmes; stresses, furthermore, that the initiative does not provide a clear distinction between volunteering activities and job placements in order to avoid any substitution of potential quality jobs with unpaid volunteering;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for greater synergies between culture and education programmes and EFSI and the ESI Funds; calls on the EIB to consider allocating a greater share of EFSI funding to cultural and creative industries (CCIs), as they can disseminate more and better than other sectors information about funding opportunities provided by EFSI; urges the Commission to frontload the Creative Europe Guarantee Facility through EFSI to support the cultural and creative sector and thereby drive growth;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for greater synergies between culture and education programmes and EFSI and the ESI Funds, in particular the ESF; urges the Commission to fprontload themote the interaction between the Cultural and Creative EuropeSector Guarantee Facility through EFSIand EFSI in order to provide fit-for-purpose loans for cultural and creative industries, to support the cultural and creative sector, and thereby drive growth;