2 Amendments of Oreste ROSSI related to 2012/2258(INI)
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)
Paragraph 14 d (new)
14d. Stresses that the removal of architectural barriers for people with disabilities also has a positive effect on the mobility of the elderly, helping them to live independent and active lives for longer; considers it important, therefore, that these barriers be removed in small towns, too, where a large number of older people live;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the Commission’s approach in regard to funding instruments, standardisation processes, repository development and, cooperation facilitation and the sharing of best practices among Member States; however, emphasises that it is prerequisite to link these objectives to the actual needs and demands (ie, to ensure that policies, programs and services are evidence-based and thus backed up by representative assessment and regular monitoring, so as to facilitate and speed up the creation of an age-friendly EU);