36 Amendments of Luigi MORGANO related to 2017/0102(COD)
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to the Article 2 of the Treaty of the European Union,
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a regulation
Citation 1 b (new)
Citation 1 b (new)
– having regard to the preamble of the Charter on Fundamental Rights of the European Union,
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The European Union is built on sSolidarity, among itsEU citizens and among itsEU Member States, is one of the universal values on which the European Union is built. This common value guides its actions and provides the necessary unity to cope with current and future societal challenges, which young Europeans are willing to help address by expressing their solidarity in practice.
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) In its Communication “A European Solidarity Corps” of 7 December 201618, the Commission emphasised the need to strengthen the foundations for solidarity work across Europe, to provide young people with more and better opportunities for solidarity activities covering a broad range of areas, and to support national and local actors, in their efforts to cope with different challenges and crises. The Communication launched a first phase of the European Solidarity Corps whereby different Union programmes have been mobilised to offer volunteering, traineeship or job opportunities to young people across the EU. These activities, whether implemented before or after the entry into force of this Regulation, should continue to apply the rules and conditions set by the respective Union programmes that have financed them under the first phase of the European Solidarity Corps. __________________ 18 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions A European Solidarity Corps, COM(2016) 942 final of 7.12.2016.
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The solidarity activities offered to young people should be of high quality, in the sense that they should respond to unmet societalsuitably contribute to tackle significant societal challenges and needs, contribute to strengthening communities, enhancing active citizenship, offer young people the opportunity to acquire valuable knowledge, skills and competences, be financially accessible to young people, and be implemented in safe and healthy conditions; solidarity activities should guarantee a geographical balance and the effective inclusion and accessibility, in particular of disadvantaged people.
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The European Solidarity Corps would provide a single entry point for solidarity activities throughout the Union. Consistency and complementarity of that framework should be ensured with other relevant Union policies and programmes. The European Solidarity Corps should build on the strengths and synergies of existing programmes, notably the European Voluntary Service. It should also complement the efforts made by Member States to support young people and ease their school-to-work transition under the Youth Guarantee19 by providing them with additional opportunities to make a start on the labour market in the form of traineeships or jobs in solidarity-related areas within their respective Member State or across borders. Complementarity with existing Union level networks pertinent to the activities under and Youth in Action. Complementarity between existing related schemes, in particular national solidarity, volunteering and civil service schemes and mobility schemes for young people, and the European Solidarity Corps, such as the European Network of Public Employment Services, EURES and the Eurodesk network, should also be ensured. Furthermore, complementarity between existing related schemes, in particular national solidarity schemes and mobility schemehould be ensured, building on good practices where appropriate. The European Solidarity Corps shouldn't substitute national schemes. Access for yall Young people, and the European S to national solidarity Corpactivities should be ensured, building on good practices where appropriate. __________________ 19Council Recommendation of 22 April 2013 on establishing a Youth Guarantee (2013/C 120/01)guaranteed in all Member States with adequate legal Framework and national resources.
Amendment 195 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Young people’s spirit of initiative is an important asset for society and for the labour market. The European Solidarity Corps should contribute to fostering this aspect by offering young people the opportunity to devise and implement their own projects aimed at addressing specific challenges to the benefit of their local communities. Those projects should be an opportunity to try out ideas and support young people to be themselves drivers of solidarity actions. They could also serve as a springboard for further engagement in solidarity activities and could be a first step towards encouraging European Solidarity Corps participants to engage in self- employment or setting up associations, NGOs or other bodies active in the solidarity, non-profit and youth sectors.
Amendment 228 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) A European Solidarity Corps Portal, accessible to people with disabilities, should continuously be developed in order to contribute to ensureing easy access to the European Solidarity Corps and to provide a one-stop shopn interactive platform for both interested individuals and organisations as regards, inter alia, registration, identification and matching of profiles and opportunities, networking and virtual exchanges, online training, language and post-placement support as well as other useful functionalities, which may arise in the future.
Amendment 275 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) Effective performance management, including monitoring and evaluation, requires the development of specific, measurable and realistic qualitative and quantitative indicators which can be measured over time and which reflect the logic of the intervention.
Amendment 296 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) For reasons of efficiency and effectiveness, a dedicated sub-committee of the committee established under Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 should also assist the Commission in the implementation of this Regulation. With respect to the European Solidarity Corps, that committee should convene in a specific configuration and its mandate should be aligned in order to fulfil this new role. It should be for the participating countries to appoint the relevant representatives for those meetings, taking into account the volunteering and occupational dimensions of the European Solidarity Corps.
Amendment 310 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
(-1) “solidarity” means a sense of responsibility on the part of everyone with regard to everyone to commit oneself to the common good to the benefit of a vulnerable person, a community in need or the society as a whole, which is expressed in concrete actions without consideration of return service;
Amendment 321 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) “solidarity activity” means an activity aimed at addressing unmesignificant societal needchallenges to the benefit of a communitysociety as a whole while also fostering the individual’s personal, educational, social, civic and professional development, which may take the form of placements, projects or networking activities, developed in relation to different areas, such as education and training, employment, gender equality, entrepreneurship, in particular social entrepreneurship, citizenship and democratic participation, environment and nature protection, climate action, disaster prevention, preparedness and recovery, agriculture and rural development, provision of food and non-food items, health and wellbeing, creativity and culture, physical education and sport, social assistance and welfare, reception and integration of third-country nationals, territorial cooperation and cohesion;
Amendment 322 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) “solidarity activity” means an activity aimed at addressing unmetackling significant societal needchallenges to the benefit of a community and the society as a whole while also fostering the individual’s personal, educational, social, civic and professional development, which may take the form of placements, projects or networking activities, developed in relation to different areas, such as education and training, employment, gender equality, entrepreneurship, in particular social entrepreneurship, citizenship and democratic participation, youth work, environment and nature protection, climate action, disaster prevention, preparedness and recovery, agriculture and rural development, provision of food and non- food items, health and wellbeing, creativity and culture, physical education and sport, social assistance and welfare, reception and integration of third-country nationals, territorial cooperation and cohesion;
Amendment 331 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) “disadvantaged young people” means individuals who need additional support because of disability, educational difficulties, economic obstacles, cultural differences, health problems, social obstacles, geographical obstacles or other exclusion factors;
Amendment 333 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) “participatreceiving organisation” means any public or private entitynot-for-profit entity including youth organisations, Churches and religious associations or communities that hasve been attributed the European Solidarity Corps quality label, whichand offers a placement to a participant in the European Solidarity Corps or implements other activities in the framework of the European Solidarity Corps;
Amendment 342 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
(4a) “sending organisation” means a not-for-profit entity that plays a fundamental role in encouraging, promoting and facilitating accessibility to and partnerships in the volunteering sector such as trade unions, youth organisations, Churches and religious associations or communities, NGOs or other actors from civil society;
Amendment 351 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) “volunteering” means a full-time32n unpaid voluntary serviceplacement undertaken for a period of uptwo to twelve months, either on a full-time basis or on a flexible basis of at least 10 hours per week which provides young people with the opportunity to contribute to the daily work of not-for- profit organisations active in solidarity- related fields, to the ultimate benefit of the communities within which the activities are carried outy in general and, in particular, for the good of the most vulnerable, including a solid learning and training dimension in order to enable the young volunteer(s) to gain skills and competences, which will be useful for their personal, educational, social and professional development, and which will also contribute to improving their employability; __________________ 32As a general principle, an activity carried out continuously, 5 days a week for 7 hours a day.for young disadvantaged people, adapted resources and formats, such as short-term placements of less than two months and in-country placements, shall be provided;
Amendment 383 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
(11) “quality label” means the certification attributed to a public or private entity or an internationalny sending and receiving organisation willing to provide placements under the European Solidarity Corps following a procedure aimed at ensuring compliance with the principles and requirements of the European Solidarity Corps Charter;
Amendment 403 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The objective of the European Solidarity Corps is to promote European Solidarity; it shall enhance the engagement of young people and organisations in accessible and high quality solidarity activities as a means to contribute to strengthening cohesion and solidarity in Europe, supporting communitiescitizenship in Europe, as well as existing actions and structures of organizations in this regard, supporting communities and individuals, in particular the most vulnerable, and responding to societal challenges.
Amendment 418 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to provide young people, with the support of participating organisations, with easily accessible opportunities for engagement in solidarity activities while improving their skills and competences for personal, educational, social, civic and professional development, as well as their employability and facilitating transition into the labour market, including by supporting the mobility of young volunteers, trainees and workers;
Amendment 426 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to ensure that the solidarity activities that are offered to the European Solidarity Corps participants contribute to addressing concrete, unmet societal challenges and needs and to strengthening communities, are of high quality and properly validated.
Amendment 430 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission and the participating countries shall cooperate to achieve efficiency and effectiveness, by ensuring coherence between national programmes and schemes related to solidarity, volunteering, civil service, education, vocational training and youth on the one hand and actions under the European Solidarity Corps on the other hand. Those actions shall build on relevant good practices and existing programmes.
Amendment 459 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) solidarity placements in the form of volunteering, traineeships or jobs, including individual cross- border and in- country placements as well as volunteering teams’ placements;
Amendment 481 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) activities and measures performed by sending and receiving organisations that support young people in accessing and developing solidarity placements and projects;
Amendment 483 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) the development of a European framework for volunteering actions which identifies rights and responsibilities and facilitates mobility and recognition of skills;
Amendment 548 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – title
Article 13 – title
Amendment 549 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. The European Solidarity Corps shall be open to the participation of public or private entnot- for-profit entities including youth organisations, churches and religious associations or communities, or international organisations, provided that they have received a European Solidarity Corps quality label and that the activity they offer corresponds to the definition of solidarity established within this regulation or that it does not fall under the list of excluded activities.
Amendment 560 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The receiving organisation shall ensure safe and decent living conditions for the participants throughout the entire activity related period. It shall provide adequate personal, linguistic and task- related support, including the identification of a mentor for each volunteer.
Amendment 563 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. The sending organisation is in charge of the preparation and support of the participants before, during and after the solidarity placement.
Amendment 580 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Any public or private entity established sending a participating country as well as international organisations carrying out solidarity activitiesnd receiving organisation established in thea participating countriesy may apply for funding under the European Solidarity Corps. In the case of the activities referred to in point (a) of Article 7(1), a quality label shall be obtained by the participating organisation as a pre- condition for receiving funding under the European Solidarity Corps. In the case of the solidarity projects referred to in point (b) of Article 7(1), natural persons may also apply for funding on behalf of informal groups of European Solidarity Corps participants.
Amendment 585 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission, in cooperation with the participating countries, the implementing agencies, and sending and receiving organisations, shall regularly monitor the performance of the European Solidarity Corps towards achieving its objectives. To this end, an accompanying programme committee will be set up at EU level with the above-mentioned actors.
Amendment 591 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Progress on the specific objectives shall be measured by using a set of qualitative and quantitative indicators, such as:
Amendment 616 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) quality of the placements;
Amendment 621 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e b (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e b (new)
(eb) quality and effectiveness of the whole procedure;
Amendment 665 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 7
Article 21 – paragraph 7
7. The Commission shall organise regular meetings with the network of national agencies, sending and receiving organisations, in order to ensure coherent implementation of the European Solidarity Corps across all participating countries.
Amendment 679 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be assisted by a dedicated sub-committee of the committee established by Article 36 of Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.