22 Amendments of Julie WARD related to 2016/2072(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas CCIs have dualmultiple values, as they preserve and promote cultural and linguistic diversity, and strengthen European and regional identity, while sustainingbuild social cohesion, andct as a driver of sustainable economic growth, contributinge substantially to investment, growth, innovation novation and create significandt employment opportunities in the EU economy;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas CCIs have dual value, as they preserve and promote cultural and linguistic diversity, and strengthen European and regional identity, while sustaining social cohesion and contributing substantially to investment, sustainable growth, innovation and employment in the EU economy;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas creative industries in Europe provide more than 12 million full- time jobs, which amounts to 7.5 % of the EU’'s work force, creating approximately EUR 509 billion in value added to GDP (5.3 % of the EU’'s total GVA) and in specific regions, creative industries represent a significantly higher percentage of GDP and employ a higher percentage of the local workforce;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas CCIs play an important role in creating vibrant and distinctive regions, which can help to improve the quality of life of citizens and be an important inward investment factor;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas employment in the cultural sector is unlikely to be offshored, as it is connected to specific cultural and historical competences; whereas CCIs contribute significantly and more than any other sector to youth employment and have proved to be most resilient during the post- 2008 economic crisis; recognises the important role of the European Social Fund in promoting youth employment and skills development;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas culture-based initiatives and industries have a multiple role to play in local and regional development, traditionally playing a role in raising the attractiveness of regions, ensuring the economic and social development of rural and isolated areas and allowing an integrated sustainable urban regeneration;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas CCIs play a key role in reindustrialising Europe, are a driver for growth and are in a strategic position to trigger innovative spill-overs in other industrial sectors, such as tourism, retail, and digital technologies, in both rural and urban areas;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas creative industries are amongst the most entrepreneurial sectors, developing transferable skills such as creative thinking, problem-solving, teamwork, and resourcefulness;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas despite the fact that more creative content is being consumed today than ever before, in particular on services such as user-uploaded content platforms and content aggregation services, the cultural and creative sector has not seen a comparable increase in revenues from this increase in consumption and artists and primary creators do not benefit from it in a fair manner;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that technology and infrastructure rely on the content provided by creators; calls, therefore, on the Commission to establish a legal framework for the value chain in the digital age that takes into account the specificities of the sector and leads to an significant improvement in the remuneration of authors and creators and greater public awareness;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, in their respective spheres of competences, to promote cross-sectorial cooperation by establishing ‘learning labs’, creative hubs, co-working spaces, networking programmes and cultural and creative clusters and networks at regional, national, European and international level in order to foster interaction between micro-, small, medium and large enterprises in the CCS, traditional craftsmanship, research centreheritage organisations, tourism sector, research centres, vocational education, schools, universities, investors and policy makers; asks, moreover, for support for the development of new business models, products and services through strategic partnerships and for support for the activities of business incubators;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to promote and support the creation, improvement and expansion of infrastructure which is key to supporting creative industries in Europe, particularly ensuring the expansion of high speed broadband to rural and remote areas;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Recognises that many cities and regions across Europe have developed substantial plans for their local CCIs; calls on the Commission to draw on best practice from these strategies;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that creative skills need to be learnt from an early age in order to lay the foundations for the continuous renewal of creative talents; encouragesstresses that learners of all ages should also be able to refresh and update their skills and achieve new ones, notably through lifelong learning programmes; encourages therefore the Member States to improve their training, learning and qualification systems, enabling students in cultural and arts disciplinof all ages to acquire comprehensive training in creative arts disciplines;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Highlights the potential of CCIs regarding youthe employment andof disadvantaged individuals, including young people, as well as reindustrialisation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to include the CCIs in the Youth Employment Initiative and to provide funds to facilitate careers and training in this sector;
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to raise awareness about career opportunities in manufacturing jobs linked to CCS through awareness campaigns and policies promoting the transmission of knowledge in order to preserve craftsmanship in these sectors;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Encourages the Members States to promote cross-sectorial approaches between different areas in formal education, non-formal and in non-formal learning; recommends the creation within higher education institutions of joint programmes between arts and culture, science, engineering, technology, business and other relevant fields; stresses the need to support centres of excellence;
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Encourages the Members States to promote cooperation between artistic schoolss education and businesses in the field of CCS, including through artists residencies in business settings and education settings; recommends the development of work- learn trajectoridual education schemes;
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Reiterates the enormous potential of synergies between STEM and ICT sectors and the fields of arts and design, and the creative industries, making STEM education into STEAM education, emphasizing the potential of such synergies bringing more young people, particularly women and girls into STEM fields;
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that participation in all EU funded programmes is open to CCIs, but that this participation should still to be considered below its potential; asks the Commission as a first step to create a one stop shop – e.g. a website – highlighting different funding opportunities for CCIs and collecting and promoting best practices examples, as this would increase awareness and accessibility of funding for CCIs;
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recognises the important role played by not-for-profit, cooperative and social enterprises in the CCIs and therefore, calls for any distinction in EU structural and social funding, which could limit the eligibility of these structures, to be avoided;
Amendment 358 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Recognises the vital multiplier effect that EU funding can have for CCIs, particularly in specific regions; Calls on the Commission to establish the cultural and creative industries as a horizontal priority within EU funding schemes, in particular Horizon 2020 and the ESIFs;