Activities of Jan KOZŁOWSKI related to 2011/0268(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Common provisions on European funds - European Social Fund - European Regional Development Fund and the 'investment for growth and jobs' goal - European Regional Development Fund and the 'European territorial cooperation' goal - Cohesion Fund - European grouping of territorial cooperation (debate)
Amendments (40)
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The ESF should improve employment opportunities, support the creation of sustainable jobs, promote education and life- long learning and develop active inclusion policies in accordance with the tasks entrusted to the ESF by Article 162 of the Treaty, and thereby contribute to economic, social and territorial cohesion in accordance with Article 174 of the Treaty. In accordance with Article 9 of the Treaty, the ESF should take into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against social exclusion, and a high level of education, training and protection of human health.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The European Union is confronted with structural and demographic challenges arising from economic globalisation, technological change and an increasingly ageing workforce and growing skills and labour shortages in some sectors and regions. They have been compounded by the recent economic and financial crisis, which has resulted in increased levels of unemployment, hitting in particular young people and other vulnerable groups, such as migrants. The ESF should aim to promote and create employment and support labour mobility, invest in education, skills and life-long learning, promote social inclusion and combat poverty. In promoting the better functioning of labour markets by enhancing the transnational geographical mobility of workers, the ESF should, in particular, support European Employment Services (EURES activities) in relation to recruitment and the related information, advice and guidance services at national and cross-border level. The European Commission should systematically monitor EURES activities and publish the results.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) At the same time, it is crucial to support the development and, competitiveness and mobility of European small and medium- sized enterprises and to ensure that people can adapt, through acquiring appropriate skills and through lifelong learning opportunities, to changing economic and social conditions as well as new challenges such as the shift to a knowledge-based economy, the digital agenda, and the transition to a low-carbon and more energy-efficient economy. By pursuing its primary thematic objectives, the ESF should contribute to addressing these challenges. In this context, the ESF should support the labour force transition towards greener skills and jobs, in particular in the energy efficiency, renewable energy and sustainable transport sectors, taking into account the Union's intention to increase the proportion of the EU budget that is related to climate mainstreaming to at least 20%, with contributions from different policy fields.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The ESF should contribute to the Europe 2020 Strategy, ensuring greater concentration of support on the priorities of the European Union. The ESF should in particular increase its active support for the fight against social exclusion and poverty, through a minimum ring-fenced allocation. According to the level of development of the supported regions, the choice and number of investment priorities for ESF support should also be limited.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) Taking into consideration the fact that, in order to ensure employment and social cohesion, an integrated and holistic approach is needed; the ESF should support the creation of cross-sectoral, territorial-based partnerships and their programmes.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Social innovation is a subject of different programmes and, therefore, special attention should be given to avoid overlapping or double financing of the same activities and initiatives. For the same purpose, measures should be put in place at national level to avoid overlapping or double financing of activities financed by the ESF under shared management with those of the Programme for Social Change and Innovation under direct management, in order also not to mix different management modes.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) The use of lump sums and the standard scale of unit costs, as provided for in Articles 116 and 116a of the Financial Regulation, should lead to simplification for the beneficiary and should lower the administrative burden for all ESF project partners.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The Member States and regions should be encouraged to leverage the ESF through financial instruments in order to support for example studentemployability, especially among young persons, job creation, mobility of workers, social inclusion and social entrepreneurship.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. The ESF shall benefit people, including disadvantaged groups such as the long- term unemployed, young and low-skilled workers, people with disabilities, migrants, ethnic minorities, marginalised communities and people facing social exclusion. The ESF shall also provide support to enterprises, systems and structures with a view to facilitating their adaptation to new challenges and promoting good governance and the implementation of reforms, in particular in the fields of employment, education and social policies.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) Access to employment and employment services for job-seekers and inactive people, including local employment initiatives and support for labour mobility;
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point v
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point v
(v) Adaptation of workers, enterprises and entrepreneurs to change, including efforts to mitigate the effects of globalisation;
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point vii a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point vii a (new)
(vii a) Supporting the employment of persons in disadvantaged situations in the labour market, in particular persons with disabilities
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii a (new)
(iii a) Training key skills, particularly entrepreneurship and empowering employability;
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
(c) Promoting active social inclusion and combating poverty through:
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
(i) Aintegrated active inclusion approaches, in particular with a view to improving employment opportunities;
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The ESF should improve employment opportunities, support the creation of sustainable and quality jobs, promote education and life- long learning and develop active inclusion policies in accordance with the tasks entrusted to the ESF by Article 162 of the Treaty, and thereby contribute to economic, social and territorial cohesion in accordance with Article 174 of the Treaty. In accordance with Article 9 of the Treaty, the ESF should take into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against social exclusion, and a high level of education, training and protection of human health.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
(ii) Integration of marginalised communities such as the Roma;
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iv
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iv
(iv) Enhancing access to affordable, sustainable and high-quality services, including employment services, education, health care and social services of general interest;
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that the strategy and actions set out in the Operational Programmes are consistent and focused on addressing the challenges identified in the National Reform Programmes and the relevant Council Recommendations made under Article 148(4) of the Treaty, in order to contribute to achieving the headline targets of the Europe 2020 strategy on employment, education and poverty reduction and fulfilling the mission of the ESF as outlined in Article 2.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. At least 20 % of the total ESF resources in each Member State shall be allocated to the thematic objective ‘"promoting active social inclusion and combating poverty’" set out in Article 9(9) of Regulation (EU) No […...].
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. The ESF mayshall support community-led local development strategies, as referred to in Article 28 of Regulation (EU) No […...], territorial pacts and local initiatives for employment, education and social inclusion, as well as Integrated Territorial Investments (ITI) as referred to in Article 99 of Regulation (EU) No […...].
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – fourth bulletpoint (new)
Annex 1 – point 4 – fourth bulletpoint (new)
- participants who became independent of social benefits
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The European Union is confronted with structural and demographic challenges arising from economic globalisation, technological change and an increasingly ageing workforce and growing skills and labour shortages in some sectors and regions. They have been compounded by the recent economic and financial crisis, which has resulted in increased levels of unemployment, hitting in particular young people and other vulnerable groups, such as migrants. The ESF should aim to promote and create employment and support labour mobility, invest in education, skills and life-long learning, promote social inclusion and combat poverty. In promoting the better functioning of labour markets by enhancing the transnational geographical mobility of workers, the ESF should, in particular,may support European Employment Services (EURES activities) in relation to recruitment and the related information, advice and guidance services at national and cross-border level. The European Commission should systematically monitor EURES activities and publish the results.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) At the same time, it is crucial to support the development and, competitiveness and pan- European mobility of European small and medium-sized enterprises and to ensure that people can adapt, through acquiring appropriate skills and through lifelong learning opportunities, to changing economic and social conditions as well as new challenges such as the shift to a knowledge-based economy, the digital agenda, and the transition to a low-carbon and more energy-efficient economy. By pursuing its primary thematic objectives, the ESF should contribute to addressing these challenges. In this context, the ESF should support the labour force transition towards greener skills and jobs, in particular in the energy efficiency, renewable energy and sustainable transport sectors, taking into account the Union's intention to increase the proportion of the EU budget that is related to climate mainstreaming to at least 20%, with contributions from different policy fields.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The ESF should contribute to the Europe 2020 Strategy, ensuring greater concentration of support on the priorities of the European Union. The ESF should in particular increase its support for the active fight against social exclusion and poverty, through a minimum ring-fenced allocation. According to the level of development of the supported regions, the choice and number of investment priorities for ESF support should also be limited.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) Taking into consideration the fact that in order to assure employment and social cohesion an integrated and holistic approach is needed, the ESF should support cross-sectoral and transnational cooperation and territorial- based partnerships.
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The Member States and regions should be encouraged to leverage the ESF through financial instruments in order to support for example studentemployability, especially among young persons, job creation, and mobility of workers, social inclusion and social entrepreneurship.
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) Taking into account that social innovation is a subject of different programmes, measures should be put in place to avoid overlapping or double- financing of the same activities and initiatives. In addition, since some activities carried out under ESF under shared management partially overlap with those of the Programme for Social Change and Innovation, which is under direct management, measures should be put in place not to duplicate or double- finance activities falling under different management modes.
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. The ESF shall benefit people, including disadvantaged groups such as the long- term unemployed, youth and low-skilled workers, people with disabilities, migrants, ethnic minorities, marginalised communities and people facing social exclusion. The ESF shall also provide support to enterprises, systems and structures with a view to facilitating their adaptation to new challenges and promoting good governance and the implementation of reforms, in particular in the fields of employment, education and social policies.
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) Access to employment and employment services for job-seekers and inactive people, including local employment initiatives and support for labour mobility;
Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv
(iv) Equality between men and women and rReconciliation between work and private life and equality between men and women;
Amendment 202 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point vii a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point vii a (new)
(viia) Support the employment of persons in a disadvantaged situation on the labour market, in particular persons with disabilities.
Amendment 292 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that the strategy and actions set out in the Operational Programmes are consistent and focused on addressing the challenges identified in the National Reform Programmes and the relevant Council Recommendations made under Article 148(4) of the Treaty, in order to contribute to achieving the headline targets of the Europe 2020 strategy on employment, education and poverty reduction and fulfilling the mission of the fund as outlined in article 2.
Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. At least 20 % of the total ESF resources in each Member State shall be allocated to the thematic objective "actively promoting social inclusion and combating poverty" set out in Article 9(9) of Regulation (EU) No […]. By way of derogation, in duly justified cases, the investment priorities referred to in Article 5(9)(a) to (c) of Regulation (EU) No [...] [ERDF] shall be included in that 20% of total ESF resources.
Amendment 312 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) For less developed regions and for the regions whose GDP per capita for the 2007- 2013 period was less than 75% of the average GDP of the EU- 25 but which are now eligible under the transition or more developed regions categories, Member States shall concentrate 60 % of the ESF allocation to each operational programme on up to fourive of the investment priorities set out in Article 3(1).
Amendment 380 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. By way of derogation from Article 87(1) of Regulation (EU) No […], operational programmes may set out priority axes for the implementation of social innovation and transnational cooperation as referred to in Articles 9 and 10. By way of derogation from Article 4(2) and (3), priority axes wholly dedicated, under operational programmes, to social innovation or to transnational cooperation, or to a combination of both, shall not be included in the total ESF resources in each Member State, as referred to in Article 4(2), or in the allocation for each operational programme, as referred to in Article 4(3).
Amendment 388 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. The ESF mayshall, in particular support community-led local development strategies, as referred to in Article 28 of Regulation (EU) No […...], territorial pacts and local initiatives for employment, education and social inclusion, as well as Integrated Territorial Investments (ITI) as referred to in Article 99 of Regulation (EU) No […...].
Amendment 406 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Amendment 457 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – point i (new)
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 3 – point i (new)
(i) participants who became independent from benefits