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2013/2176(INI) How can the European Union contribute to creating a hospitable environment for enterprises, businesses and start-ups to create jobs?
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Lead committee dossier: EMPL/7/13717
Legal Basis RoP 048
Next event: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading 2014/04/15 more...
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading 2014/02/12
- Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading 2014/02/03
- Debate in Parliament 2014/04/14
Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | EMPL | MCINTYRE Anthea (ECR) | BOULLAND Philippe (EPP), GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO Sergio (S&D), DE BACKER Philippe (ALDE), CORNELISSEN Marije (Verts/ALE), ZUBER Inês Cristina (GUE/NGL) |
Opinion | ITRE | ANDRÉS BAREA Josefa (S&D) | |
Opinion | REGI | KADENBACH Karin (S&D) |
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2014/04/15
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- T7-0394/2014
- 2014/04/14 Debate in Parliament
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2014/02/03
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2013/09/12
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0394/2014
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A7-0101/2014
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
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31 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that the cohesion policy for the 2014-2020 period is an important and effective instrument for creating smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and supporting, through a wide range of measures, the creation and development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as one of the main job creators in the EU;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. States that it is of the utmost importance for the EU's social cohesion to tackle the high unemployment rates, in particular among young people, in the EU by boosting regional competitiveness and employment; calls, therefore, for the European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds to focus on creating jobs by providing a hospitable environment for
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. States that it is of the utmost importance for the EU’s social cohesion to tackle the high unemployment rates, in particular among young people, in the EU by boosting regional competitiveness and employment; calls, therefore, for the European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds to focus on creating lasting jobs by providing a hospitable environment for small enterprises, businesses and start-ups;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that the ESI Funds provide support for authorities and stakeholders at the local and regional levels to foster research, development and innovation and improve the competitiveness of SMEs, and thereby to
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that the ESI Funds provide support for authorities and stakeholders at the local, national and regional levels to foster innovation, work-based learning and improve the competitiveness of SMEs, and thereby to tackle the current economic and social challenges, in particular the high unemployment rate;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that efforts to support growth in a sustainable economy
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that efforts to support growth in
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that efforts to support growth, innovation and job creation in a sustainable economy must ensure a balance between economic and social requirements and impose safety and health standards, while supporting smart specialization and respecting ecosystem in order to provide decent, well-
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that efforts to support growth in a sustainable economy must ensure a balance between economic and social
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Points out that the ESI Funds have an important role to play in supporting concrete projects aimed at enhancing the entrepreneurial
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Points out that the ESI Funds have an important role to play in supporting self- employment and concrete projects aimed at enhancing the entrepreneurial and enterprise skills of young people, and underlines the need for all Member States and regions to make full use of this opportunity in order to tackle youth unemployment;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that the cohesion policy for the 2014-2020 period is an important and effective instrument for creating smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and achieving targets Europe 2020 and supporting, through a wide range of measures and innovative financial instruments, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as one of the main job creators in the EU;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Points out that the ESI Funds have an important role to play in supporting concrete projects aimed at enhancing the entrepreneurial skills of young people, and underlines the need for all Member States and regions to make full use of this opportunity in order to tackle youth unemployment; stresses that the ESI's priority should be to create an optimum framework for launching projects such as start-ups for young people;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Points out that the ESI Funds have an important role to play in supporting concrete projects aimed at enhancing the entrepreneurial skills of young people, and underlines the need for all Member States and regions to make full use of this opportunity in order to tackle youth unemployment; stresses that, through the ESI, the local and regional authorities should pay particular attention to promoting entrepreneurship at local level;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Points out that the ESI Funds have an important role to play in supporting concrete projects aimed at enhancing the entrepreneurial skills of young people, and underlines the need for all Member States and regions to make full use of this opportunity in order to tackle youth unemployment; points out, further, that existing projects supported from ESI Funds should be assessed to establish whether or not they are successful, and money used inefficiently should be transferred to projects that will help to tackle youth unemployment;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the possibilities for SMEs to gain access to finance through innovative financial instruments provided by the ESI Funds and points out the need to
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the possibilities for SMEs to gain access to finance through instruments and innovative schemes provided by the ESI Funds and points out the need to widen these instruments and share best practices between regions, given that difficulties in accessing finance are one of the main obstacles obstructing the growth of SMEs;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the possibilities for SMEs to gain access to finance through instruments provided by the ESI Funds and points out the need to widen these instruments including flexible micro-financing instruments, given that difficulties in accessing finance are one of the main obstacles obstructing the growth of SMEs;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Stresses the importance of involvement of businesses and the educational sector through cross-border projects, cooperation between universities and technical colleges as well as creation of innovative "clusters";
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Emphasises the role of financial instruments as a means of supporting SMEs through loans, guarantees or equity stakes; emphasises that an increase in the use of these instruments, alongside European structural and investment funds, will be desirable in the new programming period 2014-2020, and urges the Member States to take advantage of these opportunities;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Stresses that ESI Funds should be made available for small companies, e.g. one-person-business, for the purpose of enabling cooperation with science and research;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Points out that the provisions of the regulations for the new cohesion policy period (2014-2020)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that the cohesion policy for the 2014-2020 period is an important and effective instrument for creating smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and supporting, through a wide range of measures, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) including micro- enterprises as one of the main job creators in the EU;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Points out that the provisions of the regulations for the new cohesion policy period (2014-2020) will reduce the administrative burden on SMEs, particularly when taking on unemployed people, thereby contributing to better conditions for job creation.
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Points out that - to ensure a high level of education - local and regional funding programmes for apprenticeships training before and during the duration of their education have to be facilitated.
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that the cohesion policy for the 2014-2020 period is an important and effective instrument for creating smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and supporting, through a wide range of measures, entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as one of the main job creators in the EU;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Notes that, according to Eurostat, the economic crisis has made it harder for SMEs to obtain bank loans and that, between 2007 and 2010, in 19 of the 20 Member States for which figures are available there was an increase in the proportion of loan applications that met with a refusal;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Asks the Council to adopt the most ambitious measures proposed by the Commission and the European Investment Bank in the context of the joint risk-sharing mechanism to be developed under the new MFF by blending EU budget resources (from COSME and Horizon 2020) and structural fund monies with the lending capacity of the EIB, the EIF and publicly owned national development banks;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Asks Member States and regions to put effective information and support systems in place so as to enable SMEs to benefit from EU funding; points out that, although Member States spent a total of EUR 23 billion between 2007 and 2011 on operational programmes to support SMEs, the linkage between EU policies and SMEs is still complicated, mainly because of the multi-tiered management of the EU funds, the burden of red tape, tight deadlines for submitting tenders, the over-complexity of financial engineering tools and the fact that SMEs do not have sufficient reserves to meet the pre- financing requirement for certain projects;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. States that it is of the utmost importance for the EU's social cohesion to tackle the high unemployment rates, in particular among young people, in the EU by boosting regional competitiveness and employment; calls, therefore,
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. States that it is of the utmost importance for the EU's social cohesion to tackle the high unemployment rates, in particular among young people, NEETs and other vulnerable groups in the EU by boosting regional competitiveness and employment and by creating an entrepreneurial spirit; calls, therefore, for the European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds to focus on creating jobs and business opportunities by providing a hospitable environment and the right regulatory framework for small enterprises, businesses and start-ups;
source: PE-521.791
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