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20 Amendments of Louise BOURS related to 2015/2329(INI)

Amendment 4 #
Louise BOURS
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the Europe for Citizens programme is a unique and highly symbolic programme, as it is a listening exercise on civil society’s debate and critical thinking about the European project;deleted
2016/11/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 10 #
Louise BOURS
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the Europe for Citizens programme aims tohas a budget of EUR 185 468 000, but is failing as a programme to achieve its aims of strengthening a sense of European citizenship, enhance mutual tolerance and promote a better understanding of the EUwhich was reflected within the result of Brexit, showing the discontent amongst the people;
2016/11/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 22 #
Louise BOURS
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the current rise of ‘Euroscepticism’ – which culminated recently in the vote in favour of Brexit – reinforces the need to encourage civic participation and to launch an in-depth debate on European values, while highlighting the opportunities brought about by belonging to the EUidea that citizens should not need to be enticed by 'opportunities' in order to support the EU; whereas Euroscepticism does not equate to lack of knowledge of the EU, but is merely acceptant of the EU's flaws;
2016/11/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 32 #
Louise BOURS
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas Article 20 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) establishes the fundamental status of Union citizenship and details the rights attached to it, and whereas in order to empower citizens to fully enjoy these rights, a better understanding of the EU is an importanat 'Citizenship of the Union shall be additional to and not preconditionplace national citizenship';
2016/11/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 39 #
Louise BOURS
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the ex-post evaluation conducted by the Commission confirmed the relevance of the programme’s objectives and the fact that, as it is distinct from other programmes in terms of its scope, objectives, activities and target groups, it enabled initiatives that could not have been funded elsewhere;deleted
2016/11/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 41 #
Louise BOURS
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas following the budgetary cuts resulting from the negotiations on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2014-2020, the financial envelope for the Europe for Citizens programme was reduced by around EUR 29.5 million, and whereas the limited financial envelope of EUR 185.47 million for the programme only represents 0.0171 % of the MFF;deleted
2016/11/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 45 #
Louise BOURS
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas as a consequence of the reduction in the financial envelope, the number of projects that were able to be financed in 2014 fell by almost 25% compared to the previous programme;deleted
2016/11/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 48 #
Louise BOURS
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas further synergies with other programmes and better communication with other DGs are needed in order to reduce overlap and reinforce the impact of the programme;deleted
2016/11/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 56 #
Louise BOURS
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that the overall funding available (of EUR 185.47 million) to the only programme entirely dedicated to European citizenship, i.e. the Europe for Citizens programme, is negligible in comparison with other education and culture programmes, such as Creative Europe (EUR 1.46 billion) and Erasmus + (EUR 14.7 billion)Europe for Citizens programme, is a vast amount of taxpayers money, and is completely unnecessary;
2016/11/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 60 #
Louise BOURS
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that the main obstacle to the successful implementation of the programme is the insufficient financial allocation and deeply regrets that it was cut by 13.7 % under the MFF 2014-2020, which has dramatically reduced the number of financeable projects and means that the high demand cannot be met, causing frustration among candidates with valuable projects;deleted
2016/11/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 66 #
Louise BOURS
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that, owing to budgetary constraints, the total number of funded projects is too small to achieve the programme’s ambitious goals and that only around 6 % of the European Remembrance and Civil Society projects were able to be financed in 2015, which is very low in comparison to the Creative Europe programme results for the same year (19.64 % for Culture and 45.6 % for MEDIA); indicates that the funding for these two strands of the Europe for Citizens programme should be substantially increased;deleted
2016/11/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 74 #
Louise BOURS
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. WelcomesDisapproves of the Europe for Citizens newsletter and the database on funded projects, launched by the Commission, as this amounts to waste of resources;
2016/11/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 77 #
Louise BOURS
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the fact that the Europe for Citizens’ National Contact Points (NCPs) have an important role in raising awareness and providing support and guidance to potential applicants (in particular first-time applicants in target countries);deleted
2016/11/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 79 #
Louise BOURS
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the multidisciplinary approach of the programme, its clear and simple application form and reporting requirements and its focus on specific activities;deleted
2016/11/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 89 #
Louise BOURS
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that, given the low rate of success of the European Remembrance and Civil Society projects in the Europe for Citizens programme (6 %, as against 19.64 % for Culture and 45.6 % for MEDIA in the Creative Europe programme), a 60 % increase in the current budget would be necessary in order to achieve a target rate of 20 % of funded projects; calls, therefore, on the Commission, the Council and the Member States to consider a total financial envelope of approximately EUR 300 million for the Europe for Citizens programme under the next MFF;deleted
2016/11/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 98 #
Louise BOURS
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Recommends that another source of funding be found for the Europe for Citizens Initiative (ECI), which is currently financed under the Europe for Citizens budget;deleted
2016/11/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 108 #
Louise BOURS
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to gather together all useful information regarding the Europe for Citizens programme (programme guide, priorities, calls for proposals, ongoing and past projects, outcome and lessons learned, newsletter), along with all the programmes, actions, grants and structural funds that come under the umbrella of European citizenship (such as the European Citizens’ Initiative and the European Voluntary Service), in a unique, user- friendly communication portal (one-stop- shop online platform); recommends that this platform should be used as a public register of the beneficiaries’ contact details and as a tool to access the projects’ descriptions and to find partners in other countries;deleted
2016/11/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 112 #
Louise BOURS
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to implement an engaging communication strategy for European citizenship by using social networks, constantly updating the content and reaching new audiences in the participating countries, especially those in which the level of participation is lower;deleted
2016/11/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 119 #
Louise BOURS
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Urges the participating countries which have not yet done so to designate a national contact point; recommends reinforcing the coordination and synergy among these countries, the Member States and the Commission;deleted
2016/11/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 154 #
Louise BOURS
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Recommends more internationalisation of the programme and proposes to promote cooperation between organisations in the EU and in neighbouring countries;deleted
2016/11/21
Committee: CULT
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