2016/2144(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Draft opinion
Recital D

D. whereas the lack of specific gender indicators and of collection of ~~gender-~~data disaggregated ~~data~~by sex makes it impossible to achieve correct financial and budgetary accountability with a view to evaluating the gender equality impact of EU policies;

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Recital D

D. whereas the lack of specific gender indicators and of collection of ~~gender- disaggreg~~separated data for men and women respectively makes it impossible to achieve correct financial and budgetary accountability with a view to evaluating the gender equality impact of EU policies;

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 accountability with a view to evaluating the gender equality impact of EU policies;

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 #

Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI, Louis MICHEL

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 #

Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI, Urmas PAET, Louis MICHEL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls for all budget titles to pursue ~~equally strong~~ambitious and clear gender targets and gender mainstreaming standards, and to specify the amount to be allocated to individual policy objectives and actions in order to become more transparent and not to overshadow gender objectives; believes that gender equality should be embedded as a distinct policy objective in all titles of the EU budget;

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 ~~all~~ budget titles t~~o pursue equally strong gender targets and gender mainstreaming standards,~~hat might relate to gender equality to pursue equally strong gender equality targets and to specify the amount to be allocated to individual policy objectives and actions in order to become more transparent and not to overshadow gender equality objectives;

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls for ~~all~~ budget ~~titles~~ to pursue equally ~~strong~~ gender targets and gender mainstreaming standards, and to specify the amount to be allocated to individual policy objectives and actions in order to become more transparent and not to overshadow gender objectives;

Amendment 22 #

Pina PICIERNO

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 #

Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI, Louis MICHEL

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 ~~gender-specific indicators~~indicators relating specifically to men and women respectively 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 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 ~~a first step, and asks for an increase in this amount in the next MFF~~high and sees clear scope for savings;

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, ~~and asks for an increase in this amount in the next MFF;~~ while the future actions including funding allocation should be guided based on the evaluation of existing legislation as agreed in the Interinstitutional Agreement between the EP, the Council and the European Commission on Better Law- Making ;

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 ~~in the next MFF~~;

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 ~~gender-~~strategic engagement for gender equality as a first step, and asks for an increase in this amount in the next MFF;

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Recital Β

Β. whereas the European Parliament, in its report on the revision of the MFF 2014-20201, must give greater supports to effective integration of gender mainstreaming~~; __________________ 1~~ so as to combat all forms of discrimination; __________________ 1 Texts adopted, P8_TA (2016)0309. Texts adopted, P8_TA (2016)0309.

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 ~~strong~~a rigorous review of gender budgeting and gender mainstreaming ~~to be taken into account~~ in preparing the post-2020 generation of EU funding programmes.

Amendment 33 #

Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI, Urmas PAET, Louis MICHEL

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 ~~taken into account in prepar~~incorporated and implemented ing the post- 2020 generation of EU funding programmes.

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for ~~strong~~effective gender budgeting and gender mainstreaming to be taken into account in preparing the post-2020 generation of EU funding programmes.

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for strong gender equality budgeting and ~~gender~~ mainstreaming to be taken into account in preparing the post-2020 generation of EU funding programmes.

Amendment 37 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Calls for adopting the methodology of the Gender Equality Index 2015 - Measuring gender equality in the European Union 2005-2012, published by the European Institute for Gender Equality in 2015, for measuring gender inequality as a basis for planning and implementing EU funding programmes.

Amendment 4 #

Lefteris CHRISTOFOROU

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas the European Parliament, in its report on the revision of the MFF 2014-20201 , ~~supports~~recognizes the opportunity offered to make progress towards more effective integration of gender mainstreaming; __________________ 1 Texts adopted, P8_TA (2016)0309. Texts adopted, P8_TA (2016)0309.

Amendment 5 #

Pina PICIERNO

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 #

Lefteris CHRISTOFOROU

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. whereas gender budgeting implies the introduction of the gender perspective at all levels of the budgetary process, from planning and preparation to auditing and evaluation;

Amendment 9 #