17 Amendments of Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU related to 2010/2276(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Recalls the challenges that Roma, especially women and girls, face in terms of extreme poverty, discrimination and exclusion, resulting to lack of access to high educational levels, employment and social services;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to mobilise existing EU strategies and instruments in order to secure the socio-economic inclusion of Roma, to design and to implement all relevant policies by taking into account, where appropriate, the Common Basic Principles on Roma inclusion;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls – in the interest of ensuring that funds reach the Roma in need and make long-lasting advances in their lives - for real commitment on the part of the Commission and the Member States to launching more target-oriented, complex and flexible programmes with a longer time coverage and more territorial relevancefocusing on the most disadvantaged micro-regions, in their geographical, socio-economic and cultural context, addressing the problem of suburban and rural poverty, assuring sustainability, and with special emphasis on improving substandard housing and the desegregation of Roma neighbourhoods;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Asks the Commission and Member States to address the particular needs of Roma women and girls, by applying a gender perspective in all policies for Roma inclusion, and to provide protection for especially vulnerable subgroups;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to check and assess the implementation and transposition into national law of the 2004 Directive on Free Movement, in all Member States, and where necessary, to initiate infringement proceedings;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to invite Member States to make full use of Community's financial tools, 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;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission to evaluate, revise or modify all relevant Operational Programmes of the Structural Funds, so as to provide appropriate instruments to guide Member States in securing complementarity betweenamong the ESF, the ERDF, and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) to advance Roma inclusion;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Invites Member States to advance the participation of the Roma in society, through the PROGRESS programme, the Lifelong Learning programme, the Youth in Action programme, the Culture programme (2007-2013) and the Health programme (2008-2013);
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas non-discrimination - although indispensable - is not by itself enough to overcome the historic disadvantages of the Roma, and whereas it is therefore necessary to complement equality legislation and policies by addressing the specific needs of the Roma regarding the fulfilment of and access to their human rights to employment, housing, healthcare and education, education and participation in public affairs by means of an EU-level strategy,
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Considers that the structured cooperation of Member States in the existing Open Methods of Coordination in the fields of employment and social inclusion is of vital importance for advancing the full inclusion of the Roma and asks the Commission to organise exchanges of good practice and experience between Member States and all parties concerned by Roma issues;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure the active participation of Roma Organisations, in the design, implementation and monitoring process, in cooperation with the Committee of the Regions, relevant NGOs and International Organisations;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point b – indent 3
Paragraph 2 – point b – indent 3
– protection of victimsevention of human rights abuses and protection of victims,
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point b – indent 11
Paragraph 2 – point b – indent 11
– secondary and higher education and scholarship programmes,
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point b – indent 16 a (new)
Paragraph 2 – point b – indent 16 a (new)
- access to social services,
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point b – indent 16 b (new)
Paragraph 2 – point b – indent 16 b (new)
- access to justice,
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point b – indent 21
Paragraph 2 – point b – indent 21
– gender equality mainstreaming;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – indent 5 a (new)
Paragraph 4 – indent 5 a (new)
- ensure the collection of data and the dissemination of the results relevant to the implementation of the Priority Areas as to enable the transferability of good practices,