15 Amendments of Rosa D'AMATO related to 2017/0102(COD)
Amendment 33 #
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 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 schemes for young people, and the European Solidarity Corps should be ensured, building on good practices where appropriate. _________________ 19Council Recommendation of 22 April 2013 on establishing a Youth Guarantee (2013/C 120/01).
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The European Solidarity Corps should open up new opportunities for young people to carry out volunteering, traineeship or job placements in solidarity- related areas as well as to devise and develop solidarity projects based on their own initiative. Those opportunities should contribute to enhancing their personal, educational, social, civic and professional development. The European Solidarity Corps should also support networking activities for European Solidarity Corps participants and organisations as well as measures to ensure the quality of the supported activities and to enhance the validation of their learning outcomes.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) To ensure the impact of European Solidarity Corps placements on the personal, educational, social, civic and professional development of the participants, a system to recognise the skills acquired through ESC voluntary work should be developed, and the knowledge, skills and competences that are the learning outcomes of the placement should be properly identified and documented, in accordance with national circumstances and specificities, as recommended in the Council Recommendation of 20 December 2012 on the validation of non-formal and informal learning22 . _________________ 22 Council Recommendation of 20 December 2012 on the validation of non- formal and informal learning, OJ C 398, 22.12.2012, p. 1.
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) Civil protection and humanitarian aid cannot be dependent on young people via the European Solidarity Corps; Commission and the Member States should guarantee continued investments in structured civil protection and humanitarian aid;
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) The European Solidarity Corps should target young people aged 18-30. Participation in the activities offered by the European Solidarity Corps should require prior registration in the European Solidarity Corps Portal. Other tools that complement this means of registration should be provided, in order to facilitate the participation of all young people, especially those in the most vulnerable situations and those who are not digitally literate.
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) It is fundamental to promote a wider policy strategy aimed at creating a conducive environment for volunteering in Europe, aimed at not overlapping with but rather strengthening successful existing initiatives, such as the EVS;
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Any entity willing to participate in the European Solidarity Corps, whether funded by the European Solidarity Corps budget, by another Union programme or by a different funding source, should receive a quality label provided that the appropriate conditions are fulfilled. The process that leads to the attribution of a quality label should be carried out on a continuous basis by the implementing structures of the European Solidarity Corps. The attributed quality label should be reassessed periodically and couldat least every year and shall be revoked if, in the context of the checks to be performed, the conditions that led to its attribution were found to be no longer fulfilled.
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 a (new)
Recital 27 a (new)
(27a) Local communities' needs and expectations should be an important criterion when evaluating the quality of projects; accordingly, appropriate indicators should be put in place and re- assessed every year;
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) “solidarity placement” means a volunteering activity, traineeship or job in a solidarity-related area, which is organised by a participating organisation and which contributes to addressing key societal challenges while enhancing the personal, educational, social, civic and professional development and the employability of the European Solidarity Corps participant who undertakes it, either in a country other than the country of residence (cross-border) or in the country of residence of the participant (in-country);
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Amendment 148 #
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 165 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3