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Committee Opinion | CONT | Nedzhmi ALI ( ALDE), Inés AYALA SENDER ( S&D), Patricija ŠULIN ( PPE) | |
Committee Opinion | BUDG | FLANAGAN Luke Ming ( GUE/NGL) | Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI ( ALDE), Sophie MONTEL ( ENF), Liadh NÍ RIADA ( GUE/NGL) |
Committee Opinion | EMPL |
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The European Parliament adopted by 437 votes to 166, with 80 abstentions, a resolution on the EU funds for gender equality.
Members noted that gender issues are usually more often addressed in “soft” policy areas, such as human resources development, rather than in “hard” ones, such as infrastructure and ICT, which receive higher financial support.
The resolution called for European funding to be used more proactively in order to achieve gender equality goals.
European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds) : in order to enhance female participation in the labour market and women's economic independence, Parliament called for the use of appropriate tools and incentives , including the European Funds such as ESF, the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), ensuring the necessary social infrastructure funding for the provision of quality, affordable and accessible care services for children and other dependent persons, including elderly dependents and family members with disabilities.
In general, use should be made of the potential of cross‑cutting financing opportunities under ESI funds to support projects aimed at promoting gender equality.
Rights, Equality and Citizenship 2014-2020 programme (REC) : Members regretted that the Daphne programme for combating violence against women has no separate budget line, given that it is currently one of the specific objectives of the REC programme . Deploring the decrease in the funds available for the Daphne specific objective (EUR 20 million in 2011 compared to EUR 14 million foreseen for 2016), Parliament called for Daphne to be provided with sufficient financial support and for its visibility and highly successful profile to be maintained.
The resolution called for priority to be given to organisations dealing with the prevention of violence and supporting victims of all forms of violence. The Commission should increase support for European networks on gender equality themes as well as for gender equality initiatives such as the European Charter for Equality of Women and Men in Local Life.
Horizon 2020 programme (research and innovation) : Parliament recalled the three mainstreaming objectives under the Horizon 2020 programme , namely: (i) to foster equal opportunities and gender balance in project teams; (ii) to ensure gender balance in decision-making; and (iii) to integrate a gender dimension into research content.
They called for:
gender mainstreaming to be further strengthened within this programme, and for the development of gender equality targets in strategies, programmes and projects at all stages of the research cycle; the maintenance of an independent line of funding for gender-specific structural change projects as well as of other gender equality topics in research and innovation.
As regards other instruments , Parliament called:
for the introduction of a requirement for a gender-sensitive analysis into the EU Solidarity Fund when evaluating the impact on populations following natural disasters and in particular on the impact on women: for the allocation of EU development funds for voluntary, modern family planning and reproductive health services; for gender mainstreaming to be included among the founding principles of the recent Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF).
Strategic recommendations : Parliament regretted the Commission’s decision not to address the issue of implementing gender mainstreaming in its mid-term review of the multi-annual financial framework .
It recommended in particular:
integrating and implementing strong and effective gender budgeting and gender mainstreaming in the post-2020 generation of EU funding programmes, with a view to increasing EU funding for measures to combat gender discrimination; for gender-specific indicators to be applied in the project selection, monitoring and evaluation phases of all actions that receive funding from the EU budget; for the close monitoring of the effectiveness of national complaints bodies and procedures in the implementation of gender equality directives.
The Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality adopted an own-initiative report by Clare MOODY (S&D, UK) on EU funds for gender equality.
Members noted that gender issues are usually more often addressed in “soft” policy areas, such as human resources development, rather than in “hard” ones, such as infrastructure and ICT, which receive higher financial support.
This report assesses how gender mainstreaming is applied in the EU funds.
European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds) : the report pointed out that the ESI Funds constitutes the most important financial support for the implementation of gender equality policy in the EU, especially in the case of the European Social Fund (ESF), which aims to foster the full integration of women in the labour market.
In order to enhance female participation in the labour market and women's economic independence, Members called for the use of appropriate tools and incentives , including the European Funds such as ESF, the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), ensuring the necessary social infrastructure funding for the provision of quality, affordable and accessible care services for children and other dependent persons, including elderly dependents and family members with disabilities.
The report invited the Commission to propose new targeted actions aimed at encouraging women's participation in the labour market, such as a specific programme financed by the EAFRD to support female entrepreneurship.
Rights, Equality and Citizenship 2014-2020 programme (REC) : Members regretted that the Daphne programme for combating violence against women has no separate budget line, given that it is currently one of the specific objectives of the REC programme . Members emphasised the need for Daphne to be provided with sufficient financial support and for its visibility and highly successful profile to be maintained.
The Commission is called upon to increase support for European networks on gender equality themes and to bolster the requirement for the collection of gender disaggregated data in the implementation of this programme.
Horizon 2020 programme (research and innovation) : Members recalled the three mainstreaming objectives under the Horizon 2020 programme , namely: (i) to foster equal opportunities and gender balance in project teams; (ii) to ensure gender balance in decision-making; and (iii) to integrate a gender dimension into research content.
They called for:
gender mainstreaming to be further strengthened within this programme, and for the development of gender equality targets in strategies, programmes and projects at all stages of the research cycle; the maintenance of an independent line of funding for gender-specific structural change projects as well as of other gender equality topics in research and innovation.
As regards other instruments, the report called on the Commission to introduce a requirement for a gender-sensitive analysis into the EU Solidarity Fund when evaluating the impact on populations following natural disasters and in particular on the impact on women.
Members also stated that gender mainstreaming should also be included among the founding principles of the recent Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF).
The report called for strategic recommendations on how to better internalise the EU declared principle of gender equality and gender mainstreaming in the budget allocation and spending decisions of the EU policy areas.
Members called for, inter alia :
the EU-level funding of EUR 6.17 billion allocated in the current multiannual framework (MFF) for achieving the objectives of gender-strategic engagement as a first step to be increased in the next MFF; gender-specific indicators to be applied in the project selection, monitoring and evaluation phases of all actions that receive funding from the EU budget; the Commission to monitor closely the effectiveness of national complaints bodies and procedures in the implementation of gender equality directives.
Documents
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2017)390
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T8-0075/2017
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A8-0033/2017
- Committee opinion: PE593.962
- Committee opinion: PE592.269
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE595.648
- Committee draft report: PE594.036
- Committee draft report: PE594.036
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE595.648
- Committee opinion: PE592.269
- Committee opinion: PE593.962
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2017)390
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2016/2144(INI)
2016/11/14
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37 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas the Strategic Engagement for Gender Equality 2016-2019 published, in December 2015, highlights the key role of EU funding in support of gender equality, one of the European Union's founding values;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Recital D D. whereas the lack of specific gender indicators and of collection of gender- disaggregated data as well as insufficient implementation strategies makes it impossible to achieve correct financial and budgetary accountability with a view to evaluating the gender equality impact of EU policies;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Recital D D. whereas the lack of specific gender indicators and of collection of
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Recital D D. whereas the lack of specific gender indicators and of collection of
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Recital D D. whereas the lack of specific gender indicators and of collection of gender- disaggregated data regrettably makes it impossible to achieve correct financial and budgetary
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Recital D a (new) D a. whereas the Gender Equality Index 2015 - Measuring gender equality in the European Union 2005-2012, published by the European Institute for Gender Equality in 2015, provides a detailed assessment of where the European Union and its Member States stand with respect to gender equality in six core domains (work, money, knowledge, time, power and health) and two satellite domains (violence and intersecting inequalities);
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Recital D a (new) D a. Recalls the Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016, especially articles 20 to 24 on ex-post evaluation of existing legislation as a basis for further action
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Recital D b (new) D b. whereas the Gender Equality Index 2015 - Measuring gender equality in the European Union 2005-2012, published by the European Institute for Gender Equality in 2015, provides a sound methodology of measuring gender inequality fully aligned with the principle of gender mainstreaming;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Recital D b (new) D b. Welcomes efforts done in introducing gender specific indicators and collection of gender-disaggregated data in some EU legislative and policies, like e.g. in the ESF
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 (new) -1. Regrets that the implementation of the EU budget does not currently match with the EU's high-level commitment to gender equality;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls for all budget titles to pursue
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. having regard to Article 8 TFEU, which states the following: ‘In all its activities, the Union shall aim to eliminate inequalities, and to promote equality, between men and women’;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls for
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls for
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls for gender-specific indicators to be applied in the project selection, monitoring and evaluation phases of all actions that receive funding from the EU budget, and for the systematic collection of gender-disaggregated data on beneficiaries and participants, also with regard to funds from outside the EU budget, such as the EFSI and the future EFSD;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls for gender-specific indicators to be applied in the project selection, monitoring and evaluation phases of all actions that receive funding from the EU budget, and for the systematic collection of gender-disaggregated data on beneficiaries and participants but avoiding overregulation and administrative burdens;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls for gender-specific indicators, and criteria when applicable, to be applied in the project selection, monitoring and evaluation phases of all actions that receive funding from the EU budget, and for the systematic collection of gender- disaggregated data on beneficiaries and participants;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls for
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Looks upon the EU-level funding of EUR 6.17 billion allocated in the current MFF to achieving the objectives of this gender-strategic engagement as
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Looks upon the EU-level funding of EUR 6.17 billion allocated in the current MFF to achieving the objectives of this gender-strategic engagement as a first step,
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Looks upon the EU-level funding of EUR 6.17 billion allocated in the current MFF to achieving the objectives of this gender-strategic engagement as a first step, and asks for an immediate increase in this amount
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Looks upon the EU-level funding of EUR 6.17 billion allocated in the current MFF to achieving the objectives of this
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Recital Β Β. whereas the European Parliament,
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Emphasises that the allocation of EU funding to promote gender equality must, on the basis of Article 8 TFEU, seek to promote equal rights for the biological genders and ‘equality between men and women’;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for strong gender budgeting and gender mainstreaming to be taken into account in preparing the post-2020 generation of EU funding programmes, with the aim of determining the following elements: i) identifying the implicit and explicit gender issues; ii) identifying – where possible – the allied resource allocations; and iii) assessing whether the EU funding programmes will continue or change existing inequalities between women and men (and groups of women and men), girls and boys and patterns of gender relations.
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for strong gender budgeting and gender mainstreaming to be taken into account in preparing the post-2020 generation of EU funding programmes with a view to increasing EU funding for measures to combat gender discrimination.
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for strong gender budgeting and gender mainstreaming to be
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for strong gender equality budgeting and
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas the European Parliament, in its report on the revision of the MFF 2014-20201 ,
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the goal of gender equality in Europe still remains far from being achieved, according to the 2015 Gender Equality Index published by the EIGE;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. having regard to the clarification of the term ‘gender mainstreaming’ provided by the Commission in its answer to Parliamentary Question E-102868/2015 of 3 December 2015;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas gender budgeting implies the introduction of the gender perspective at all levels of the budgetary process and the need to increase EU funding to promote gender equality;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas gender budgeting implies
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas gender equality budgeting implies the introduction of the gender equality perspective at all levels of the budgetary process;
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