13 Amendments of Heinz K. BECKER related to 2014/2236(INI)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas social support and health service providers, many of which are social enterprises, represents one of the key job growth areas in the EU, having created 1.3 million jobs between 2009 and 2013; demonstrating the sector's dual ability to both create new jobs even in times of crisis whilst also strengthening social and territorial cohesion in Europe; in particular by helping to bring service users into employment.
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the social economy, and in particular training and placement enterprises, offer job opportunities especially for people who are furthest awaymost excluded from the labour market;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that social economy enterprises, which do not necessarily have to be non- profit organisations, are enterprises whose main purpose is to achieve their social objective, which may be to create jobs for vulnerable groups, provide services for their members, or more generally to create a positive social and environmental impact, over and above maximising profits for their members or partners, and which reinvest their profits primarily in order to achieve those objectives; points out that, despite legal disparities and the different activities carried out by social economy enterprises across the EU, they share a series of common recognisable features;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for the EU consistently to implement all the measures set out in the 2012 Initiative for Social Entrepreneurship without delay. It should put forward a second stage of the Initiative as soon as possible which, in partnership with the Member States and local and regional authorities, civil society organisations and key players in the social economy, would broaden and deepen its scope.
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission to act on the announcement of a pan-European legal framework for social enterprises by means of European statutes for cooperative societies, foundations and mutual societies and also to formulate such statutes for associations.
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that social economy enterprises have a strong local and regional basis, which means that they are more aware of specific needs and able to offer products and services which match those needs, thus improving social and territorial cohesion; the cooperation of social enterprises across country and sector boundaries must be promoted to enable the exchange of knowledge and practices so that the growth of social enterprises in particular can be supported and the provision of relevant social services developed in countries where these are still insufficient.
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that social innovation makes a significant contribution towards laying the foundations for a type of growth which serves a more sustainable, inclusive society generating social cohesion; only if social innovation is aimed towards improving the quality of services more efficiently rather than simply at lowering costs to the detriment of the quality of the services.
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Stresses the need for cooperation between all Member States in order to create the necessary framework conditions for a system of social innovation in all Member States, as the social economy alone cannot combat the symptoms and causes of the most pressing social problems.
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Regrets that social economy enterprises encounter even more difficulties in securing financing than traditional enterprises, whether through public or private channels;, and therefore calls for public authorities and financial service providers to develop a wide range of appropriate financial instruments which will effectively support social enterprises at all stages of their business development, particularly during their foundation, and to create a package of tailor-made legislative framework conditions entitled ‘Social Enterprises’ in order to bring together potential investors and specialised funds.
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Points out that access to financing is hindered by the fact that financial intermediary managers have little knowledge of the actual situation for these enterprises; stresses the need to improve training for these managers with regard to social economy enterprises in order to facilitate their access to financing; and therefore calls for the introduction of a European trustmark for 'social entrepreneurship’ enabling investors to identify funds with a portfolio comprising social enterprises, primarily the European Fund for Social Entrepreneurship.
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights the need to support social economy enterprises with sufficient financial resources at local, regional, national and EU level; and calls for the Member States and the EU to acknowledge the fact that the requisite funding must be made available; therefore considers it necessary to improve access to financing for the social economy through various forms of financing, such as European funds, risk capital funds, micro- credit and crowdfunding;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the European Commission to continue to promote the social investment approach as presented in the Social Investment Package; Calls for investment in the social economy to be taken into account when assessing European Strategic Investment Fund projects;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote the creation of business incubators for social economy enterprises; and to implement and effectively promote the internet platform for data exchange between social investors and social entrepreneurs (the Social Innovation Europe Platform), details of which have been agreed upon.