Activities of Franz OBERMAYR related to 2011/2293(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Cross-border voluntary activities in the EU (short presentation)
Amendments (4)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that volunteering involves citizens in local and cross-border development and therefore plays a role in fostering active citizenship, thereby strengthening cohesion and participative democracy and can often ensure the swift provision of aid when disasters occur;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that volunteering can contributes to fighting poverty while helping to achieve economic and social cohesionthe consequences of poverty;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission, in the context of Europe 2020, to develop and support initiatives, while chiefly focusing on the improvement and expansion of existing projects, to ensure that volunteering contributes to smart, sustainable and inclusive growth;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Proposes the setting up of a cross- border network of voluntary organisations in the various Member Statat the coordination of voluntary organisations in the Member States should be improved and that new contact points should only be opened in those Member States that do not already have such structures;