2023/2044(INI) Harnessing talent in Europe’s regions
Next event: Vote scheduled in committee 2023/10/23
Lead committee dossier:
Next event: Vote scheduled in committee 2023/10/23
Progress: Awaiting committee decision
Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | REGI | MAESTRE MARTÍN DE ALMAGRO Cristina ( S&D) | MOTREANU Dan-Ştefan ( EPP), TOLLERET Irène ( Renew), D'AMATO Rosa ( Verts/ALE), KIZILYÜREK Niyazi ( GUE/NGL) |
Committee Opinion | EMPL | PÎSLARU Dragoş ( Renew) | |
Committee Opinion | AGRI | LAURETI Camilla ( S&D) | Daniel BUDA ( PPE), Chris MACMANUS ( GUE/NGL), Alin MITUȚA ( RE) |
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 54
Legal Basis:
RoP 54Events
2023/10/23
Vote scheduled in committee
2023/06/29
EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2023/04/26
EP - Specific opinion
Documents
2023/04/20
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2023/04/19
EP - LAURETI Camilla (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in AGRI
2023/03/01
EP - PÎSLARU Dragoş (Renew) appointed as rapporteur in EMPL
2023/02/24
EP - MAESTRE MARTÍN DE ALMAGRO Cristina (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in REGI
Documents
Activities
- Seán KELLY
Plenary Speeches (0)
- Stanislav POLČÁK
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- Cristina MAESTRE MARTÍN DE ALMAGRO
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- Nicola BEER
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Amendments | Dossier |
76 |
2023/2044(INI)
2023/07/04
AGRI
76 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas rural areas, more than other regions, suffer from high numbers of young people leaving, a lack of generational renewal, ageing demographics and overall population decline and this difference is likely to exacerbate in the future; stresses the importance of local authorities in launching strategies and policies aimed at developing well-paid jobs, attractive career opportunities and favourable economic prospects to mitigate brain drain; stresses that all young people should have equal opportunities regardless of geography;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas population is projected to increase in almost three out of five urban regions and to decrease in four out of five rural regions; underlines the importance of adapting rural infrastructures, investments in public transport, medical and education services and the need to develop digital infrastructure in rural areas, making these regions more attractive to the younger generation and entrepreneurs;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas rural areas are of great importance for food production as well as for delivering on the European Green Deal, climate neutrality and Sustainable Development goals; whereas the Eurobarometer shows that 91% of 15–24- year-olds believe that tackling climate change can help to improve their own health and well-being;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas the CAP 2023-2027 is structured around ten specific objectives, and the objectives related particularly to supporting generational renewal, ensuring vibrant rural areas and fostering knowledge and innovation will support strategies to counteract the talent development trap;
Amendment 13 #
Ac. points out that one in three persons living in rural areas are likely to be aged 65 and over by 20502a and working age population is expected to shrink still further over the next years and decades; highlights the challenges for public expenditure in relation to pensions, healthcare, and labour market; _________________ 2a Eurostat, Ageing Europe, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php?title=Ageing_Europ e_- _statistics_on_population_developments
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas Article 174 TFUE states that the EU must aim at reducing disparities between the levels of development of the various regions, paying particular attention to certain regions, notably rural areas;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas farming will require more know-how from farmers and other professionals and constant adaptation, due to the the rapid progress of digitalisation and farming related technologies;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Recital A d (new) Ad. emphasize the importance of enhancing information tehnology infrastructure, particulaty through the establishment of the high-speed broadband connections, reminds that in some Member States up to 25 % of rural households do not have access to the internet3a, as well as promoting digitlal education and training in line with the EU's digital targets for 2030, to improve the overall level of digital skills and competences in order to increase employment oppotrtunities for young people and revitalise rural areas; _________________ 3a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2022- 0436_EN.html#def_1_21
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Recital A d (new) Ad. whereas in order to achieve sustainable development, rural territories must receive adequate financial support;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Recital A e (new) Ae. whereas people living in certain rural areas suffer from a lack of access to important services as water services, sanitation, road connectivity, healthcare, education, broadband internet and other basic services;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Recital A f (new) Af. whereas gender equality is a fundamental value of the EU, recognised in the Treaties and in the Charter of fundamental rights; whereas gender inequalities persist in particular in rural areas; whereas the role of women is essential in the development of territories by innovating and preserving traditions at the same time;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas rural areas, more than other regions, suffer from high numbers of young people leaving, a lack of generational renewal, ageing demographics
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Recital A g (new) Ag. whereas having the right skills is essential to manage a farm, to adapt to changing farming conditions as well as to face crises and challenges;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Recital A h (new) Ah. whereas young farmers tend to be innovative, especially in the use of new technologies; whereas their skills and capabilities are essential to enable the green and digital transition;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that a concerted effort is needed to harness the potential of
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that a concerted effort is needed to harness the potential of rural people and resources in order to ensure sustainable development; highlights that EU policies and actions should be combined with national, regional and local ones with a place-based approach offering tailored-made targeted solutions;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that a concerted effort is needed to harness the potential of rural people and resources in order to ensure sustainable development, and the wellbeing of rural communities, considering multiple dimensions of the economy, the society and the environment; ;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Highlights the potential for rural areas, and farms in particular, for the development of renewable energies, such as solar panels on the roofs of farm buildings; underlines the need to ensure that rural areas are well connected to an adequately reinforced electricity grid to allow rural renewable energy producers to fully participate in the energy transition;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Recalls that access to basic services of general interest, infrastructure, health and education and a prerequisite to keep communities attractive for residents and potential newcomers; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure appropriate public support and targeted investments to tackle these challenges;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Welcomes the Commission’s communication on harnessing talent in Europe’s regions, agrees with its general objectives and considers it as an opportunity for coordinated actions for the future of Europe's talent and regions, ensuring that no one is left behind;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Emphasises that the decline of certain regions, in particular in rural areas, if not correctly addressed will continue to have a negative impact on the potential for growth, development, and attractiveness of such areas and of Europe's regions as a whole;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Recognises the importance of infrastructural development in rural regions in order to attract investment and employment opportunities to these areas and halt rural depopulation.
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas rural areas
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Stresses the central role of rural areas for a just, green and digital transition; underlines the importance of rural areas in protecting the environment, ensuring food security, and increasing animal welfare awareness; recalls that healthy and quality ecosystems require prosperous rural areas; insists in this regard on the importance of providing adequate support for young farmers to develop sustainable farming practices from a social, environmental and economic perspective, including agroecology and organic farming, to maintain the vitality of the territories;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Recognises that many rural regions have suffered from long term underinvestment; underlines the need to adopt a policy of ‘positive discrimination’ to ensure that rural areas can thrive and ensure that rural citizens enjoy the same quality of life as those elsewhere.
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1d. Highlights that many ‘Less Developed’ and ‘In Transition’ regions are predominantly rural, and calls for greater targeted financial supports to enable these regions to grow and develop
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 e (new) 1e. Calls for a rural-proofing mechanism for European legislation to be introduced, to ensure that rural regions are not unfairly impacted by any new proposals and to ensure that rural concerns are taken on board during the decision making process.
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 f (new) Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 g (new) 1g. Insists on the importance of ensuring the provision of high quality social infrastructure and services, including in the context of rural development, particularly in the areas of health, housing and childcare.
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 h (new) 1h. Insists on the importance of ensuring proper investment into rural regions' airports, ports, high-speed and normal rail and other methods of public transport; Investment support should also include businesses utilising rail freight, with the view of improving connectivity, tourism, efficient mobility of goods, foreign direct investment, accessibility, and access to markets.
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 i (new) 1i. Calls for increased support to rural regions' higher education institutes in improving their R&D capabilities to attract greater funding levels, increasing the possibility of innovation.
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 j (new) 1j. Stresses that in order to effectively harnass talent in EU regions, particularly rural areas, fairer land governance and tackling rural land grabbing at national level is crucial; Notes that land grabbing can be generally considered to be the legal or illegal control of ‘larger than locally- typical’ amounts of land by any persons or entities for purposes of speculation, extraction, resource control or commodification at the expense of local rural communties, affordable land costs, family farmers, generational renewal, agroecology, agroforestry, land stewardship, food sovereignty and human rights.
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Points out that the ‘talent development trap’ occurs in regions with insufficient skilled workers, as well as a lack of university and higher education institutions; points out that innovation and education play a crucial role in ensuring that all EU regions can build a supportive innovation environment and develop their populations’ talents in order to ensure their future competitiveness; considers it therefore necessary to introduce a range of policies to tackle depopulation resulting in a loss of talent; underlines the importance of providing incentives, including but not limited to financial benefits for individuals and organizations that carry out activities or provide services in rural areas, in order to stimulate economic activity, to promote new activities and help young people to find alternative jobs;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the latest statistics indicate that the EU population is projected to decrease, from 447.9 million in 2022 to 419.5 million in 2100; whereas it is estimated that the average age of the EU population will increase by 5.8 years between 2022 and 2100, with a considerable reduction in the number and share of working-age persons1a ;considers that the long-term European vision will need to place particular emphasis on programmes for the active involvement of older people in community life; _________________ 1a Eurostat 2023, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php?title=Population_pro jections_in_the_EU.
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Points out that the ‘talent development trap’ occurs in many regions with insufficient skilled workers, a
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Points out that the ‘talent development trap’ occurs in regions with insufficient skilled workers, as well as a lack of university and higher education institutions; points out that
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. points out that innovation and education play a crucial role in ensuring that all EU regions can build a supportive innovation environment and develop their populations’ talents in order to ensure their future competitiveness; stresses that rural areas face a greater challenge than urban areas in ensuring its population takes up digital skills and calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure broadband connectivity in rural areas and improve the level of digital skills;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Underlines that equal access to quality services and infrastructure, such as early childhood education and care, training and education, health care, transportation, energy supply, and internet access, plays a key role in the challenge to develop, attract, and retain talent; calls on the Commission and Member States to develop concrete and prompt actions to grant equal access to these services to people living in every European region;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Points out the importance of bringing children closer to agriculture even in early childhood through both theoretical and practical school learning; calls on the Commission and on Member States to strengthen existing programs and to take additional actions in this sense;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Insists on the need to reduce administrative burdens while ensuring a better access to land and capital, predictable income and fair standards of living, as well as better awareness on funding options, in particular to young farmers;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights that shrinking regions need to develop economic diversification strategies to promote local resilience; stresses that tourism is a key source of competitiveness for rural areas, especially considering the potential of diversified models of sustainable rural tourism; calls for actions to enhance the role of sustainable tourism and related sustainable activities in Europe's regions;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights that shrinking regions need to develop economic diversification strategies to promote local resilience; whereas rural regions comprise much more than agricultural landscapes, these regions are vibrant and embody a diverse range of economic, cultural and environmental attributes, thus evidencing their indispensable contribution to the structure of our societies;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights that regions faced with shrinking
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights that shrinking regions need to develop economic diversification strategies, such as multifunctionality and direct sales, to promote local resilience;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the EU Regional Competitiveness Index measures the major factors of competitiveness for all the NUTS-2 level regions across the European Union which includes rural areas; Notes that the Member States with the highest proportion of the least competitive rural regions in the EU were found to be in Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain,1a _________________ 1a European Commission, EU Regional Competitiveness Index 2022
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. recognises the importance of the EU Pact for Skills in the agri-food sector and calls on the Commission and the Member States to allocate funding for agicultural and rural development innovation, training & advisory hubs for training on farming skills, digital skills and administrative or financial issues, beyond the compliance with the CAP obligations; stresses that such support could help particularly young farmers, promote greater innovation, entrepreneurship and higher incentives to enter farming;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. whereas people in rural areas face multiple challenges such as lack of appropriate resources and administrative border, member states should consider tax exemptions in rural areas as a measure to attarct young people and investors;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Calls on the Member States to strengthen cooperation between vocational training institutions and local businesses, in order to tailor curricula to the labour market, better connect theory with practice on the ground and seize local and regional opportunities.
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recognises the important role women and young people play in areas at risk of depopulation; calls therefore for measures to create economic, social and other opportunities, as well as innovative
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recognises the important role women and young people play in areas at risk of depopulation; calls therefore for measures to create economic, social and other opportunities, as well as innovative and sustainable jobs and services; emphasises that investment in women and young people skills and capabilities means long-term investment, and a consequent increase in welfare for the entire community;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recognises the important role women and young people play in areas at risk of depopulation; calls therefore for measures to create economic, social and other opportunities, as well as innovative and sustainable jobs and services, in particular a view to support generational renewal in the farming sector and the set- up of new business in the rural areas;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new) Welcome the social conditionality, introduced by the new CAP, aimed at improving the working conditions of workers employed in the agri-food sector;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Emphasises the importance of multifunctionality and of the positive externalities of agricultural activities with a view to making the sector more appealing to young farmers and capable of attracting new skills and talent, so as to ensure an effective generational renewal and to enrich the EU's agri-food sector across the board.
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Commission to increase the EU funding for research into support for women in rural areas, to strengthen evidence-based future policies;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Highlights the economic potential of women in rural areas and calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure targeted support, to facilitate access to funding opportunities and business skills, with a view to increasing female entrepreneurship in rural areas;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas young people living in rural areas have a significant lower share of tertiary level of educational attainment (29,6%), when compared with the ones living in cities (51.4 %) and in towns and suburbs (35.3 %); whereas 72.3% of farm managers in the EU in 2020 had only practical experience, 17.5% with basic agricultural training and while only 8.9 % (2019) graduated from tertiary education;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Recognises the role played by the CAP in fostering cooperation at local level, by offering the Member States a range of instruments, such as the EIP AGRI Network, LEADER, Smart Villages and the support to producer organisations. Underlines the importance of including young people’s perspectives in relevant strategies, policies, action plans and measures;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Underlines the importance of including women and young people’s perspectives in relevant strategies, policies, action plans and measures as well as to involve them in the decision-making process applying gender and generational mainstreaming at every level of policy making;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Underlines the importance of including young people’s perspectives in relevant strategies, policies, action plans and measures, including in the decision- making processes; ;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. highlights the importance of developing well-paid jobs in rural areas because that individuals who move out of rural areas generally experience higher earnings growth; rural and remote areas must be given special attention to employment prospects as they are at higher risk of having fewer opportunities;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Considers that the establishment of the Rural Observatory should be taken as an opportunity to improve databases, especially regarding gender-disaggregated data; underlines the need to collect and analyse, in compliance with the GDPR, more data concerning the overall situation of rural areas, in particular regarding women and young farmers;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Considers that the establishment of the Rural Observatory should be taken as an opportunity to improve databases and better reflect local realities, especially regarding age and gender-disaggregated data;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Stresses that the increasing use of digital technologies in agriculture, and in particular space data is helping to address a host of challenges that farmers are faced with, improving farm profitability and resource efficiency whilst contributing to sustainability goals. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make full use of the potential of space data in agriculture, and in doing so increasing farm profitability and the attractiveness of farming for younger people.
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Invites Member States to begin mapping public arable land, and to prioritise its allocation to young farmers.
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Stresses the increasing opportunities for rural areas stemming from the digital transition, especially in agriculture, through artificial intelligence, geospatial data, IoT data and high-speed connectivity and warns of the wide rural digital gap in the EU; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure stable, high-speed broadband coverage throughout the EU, including in rural areas, to certify geospatial data usage for precision agriculture, to ensure that digitalisation is inclusive and accessible and to support farmers with training, resources, and incentives to adopt new technologies;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas, in certain EU countries, multifunctionality is driving and stimulating the growth of entrepreneurship among young people, and many innovative businesses headed by people under the age of 40 are engaged in economic activities that are linked to traditional agriculture, such as nursery farms, agri-wellness farms, renewable energy generation or social farming projects.
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Points out that EU funding,
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Points out that EU funding, such as the 2014-2020 rural development programme, plays a crucial role in the ability of rural regions to react to demographic challenges
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Points out that EU funding, such as
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Stresses the importance of the availability and quality of agricultural education and training in supporting farmers adapt to a changing environment and fulfil their vital role in ensuring food security, environmental sustainability and in contributing to the sustainable development of rural areas; highlights the potential of diversifying the models of training to better address farmers diversity and specific needs (e.g. peer-to-peer learning, mentoring schemes);
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. considers that young people should use the programmes offered by Erasmus+, European Solidarity Corps and other relevant EU funds such as the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development in order to to maximize their opportunities;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. underlines the importance of promoting and encouraging rural tourism, agritourism, in order to increase additional sources of income in rural areas and to promote and preserve natural and cultural heritage;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 c (new) 7c. calls on the European Commission to identify and implement resources to encourage farmers to develop short supply chains, so as to create additional jobs in rural areas; also to pay particular attention to the problems of young farmers, provide training appropriate to their needs, help improve the public perception of farming and farmers, and increase support in accessing European funds;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas 82 regions, from 16 Member States, are severely affected by the declining working-age population, low percentage of graduates, or negative mobility of the population aged 15-39; whereas 46 of these regions are already in the "talent development trap", while the other 36 are at risk of being in this trap in the near future;
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