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Activities of Franz OBERMAYR related to 2010/2276(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

EU strategy on Roma inclusion (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/2276(INI)

Amendments (13)

Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the Commission has a special responsibility for promoting an EU Roma Framework Strategy for national integration plans;deleted
2010/12/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls, in the interest of ensuring that funds reach the Roma in need and make long-lasting advances in their lives -improving the situation of the Roma, for real commitment on the part of the Commission and the Member States to launching more target- oriented, complex and flexible programmes withdesigned to have a longer time coverage and more territorial relevance, addressing the problem of suburban and rural poverty, assuring sustainability, and with special emphasis on improving substandard housing and the desegregation of Roma neighbourhoods, where this is possible and is accepted by a majority of those affected; stresses, however, that this process also presupposes action on the part of the Roma community to ensure that the issue of Roma integration is addressed equally by both sides;
2010/12/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for surveys on the socio-economic situation (mainly regarding education, health, housing and employment) of the Roma and their wishes for change, and invites international organisations to elaborate on these issues as part of their general surveys, to help set specific targets;
2010/12/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to establish a special body to monitor Member States’ performance in absorbing EU funds, and also calls urgently for the collection of data, taking into consideration the data protection directives, on the effectiveness of EU funds, in order to develop evidence- based policies; notes in this connection that very careful checks are carried out, specifically with funds intended for Roma, on how this money is allocated among the Roma population, so as to ensure that all those involved benefit from the funds and that they are fairly shared out;
2010/12/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Deems that there is also a need forit also makes sense to issue new regulations on the allocation of the Structural Funds towhich set conditionality concerning the elimination of segregationtaking account of the housing situation of the Roma and the assurance ofing equal access of the Roma to public services;
2010/12/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to gradually introduce compulsory institutional guarantees for the mainstreaming of non- discrimination and anti- segregation measures, and also to monitor such mainstreamingeasures;
2010/12/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission to provide appropriate instruments to guide Member States in securing complementarityoperation between the ESF, the ERDF, and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) to advance Roma inclusionin the interests of the Roma;
2010/12/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to change the regulatory framework of cross-financing, decrease bureaucratic burdens, simplify procedures for EU funds, and also require Member States to introduce simple and normative funding procedures and utilise Global Grants;
2010/12/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for the setting up of EU Development bodies with local decision- making power in the Member States, with large Roma communities in order to secure development-oriented EU funding ihich can support of good local initiatives and thus help the Roma;
2010/12/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Calls urgently for the development of benchmarks, indicators, independent monitoring and impact assessment mechanisms to evaluate the efficiency and the tangible results of the programs rather than purely checking that projects in receipt of grants have met the procedural formalities;Does not affect English version.
2010/12/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that complex programmes adapted to the specific needs of Roma communities are crucial, and that in this context there is a need to provide the Roma Roma should be provided with access to personalised services on the site;
2010/12/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that social inclusion of the Roma is not possible without creating and strengthening their interest representation and civil activities through NGOs at national and European level; further considers that, if this is to happen, both sides must send clear signals of a willingness in principle to participate, chiefly to prevent mutual rejection from being reinforced by outside pressure;
2010/12/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
15. Deems it necessary to design, develop, implement and evaluate policies for possible Roma inclusion policies in cooperation with local authorities and with Roma and non-Roma population groups in order to improve acceptance of policies;.
2010/12/16
Committee: EMPL