4 Amendments of Catherine BEARDER related to 2010/2276(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recognises that Roma continue to be victims of persistent discrimination in many Member States and that this situation is exacerbated by the current economic and financial crisis resulting in loss of employment; stresses that the inclusion of the Roma population is both the responsibility of all the Member States and the EU institutions; calls on those Member States which the EU Fundamental Rights Agency has identified as having severe inclusion problems to fully exploit the EU resources available under the Structural Funds,; and in particular the ERDF and ESF to promote Roma inclusion at national, regional and local level; welcomes in this regard the European Commission initiative to streamline, assess and benchmark the use of the funds for Roma inclusion and identify existing flaws;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that, in times of demographic change, the Roma population, which has been part of our common heritage for centuries, should be given the meansith their rich heritage and culture, should be given the means to fully integrate into the work place and contribute to economic development as foreseen in the EU 2020 strategy through good quality education, decent housing and, job opportunities to fully integrate the work place and contribute to economic development as foreseen in the EU 2020 strategy, access to political participation, the welfare system and community development activities; calls on the Member States, therefore, to increase their efforts now, by reinforcing their effective strategies for addressing the specific circumstances (and obstacles to social integration such as deep poverty, lack of education, poor health conditions) of marginalised communities, in order to ensure their social and economic integration, limited access to basic services and lack of civil registration documents of these marginalised communities, in order to ensure their social and economic integration; emphasises that a successful policy is a mixture of approaches taking social, economic and cultural factors into account;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines, in this context, the need to continue EU programmes, such as the ‘Progress programme’ to combat discrimination and JASMINE to invest in capacity building, and calls for such programmes to be continued and further developed beyond 2013;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the opportunity created through the provisions of Regulation (EU) No 437/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 20101 , providing up to 3% of the ERDF allocation to specific programmes or 2% of the overall allocated budget for the rehabilitation of housing for the benefit of marginalised communities; calls on the Member States, furthermore, to make quick and full use of this new possibilopportunity within the framework of the Structural Funds, in order to strengthen the prospects of effective social inclusion;