26 Amendments of Franc BOGOVIČ related to 2020/2040(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the principle of equality between women and men is a core value of the EU, enshrined in the Treaties and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; whereas gender mainstreaming should therefore be implemented and integrated as a horizontal principle in all EU activities and policies;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas Article 174 TFEU provides that 'in order to promote its overall harmonious development, the Union shall develop and pursue its actions leading to the strengthening of its economic, social and territorial cohesion. In particular, the Union shall aim at reducing disparities between the levels of development of the various regions and the backwardness of the least favoured regions';
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas cohesion policy is as an important policy tool to support gender equalityhat has proven its relevance by achieving significant progress towards equality between citizens and territorial balance;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas promoting gender equalityequality, be it between men and women, regions or generations, among others, is important to reduce regional economic and social disparities and for ensuring the long-term sustainable development of regions;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas gender-disaggregated datathe study and comparison of disaggregated data, based on reliable and verified sources, and the adoption of appropriate selection procedures are considered useful for promoting gender equalitythe identification of possible inequalities or injustices on which to act and also to develop effective policies to uphold equal rights and freedoms among citizens;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the EU Recovery Fund focuses on economic stimuli for sectors with a high share of male employment, which risks increasing gender inequalities in employmentthat have been hit particularly hard by the health crisis and the subsequent economic crisis and whereas the impact on European society as a whole will therefore have long-term effects on the education, employability and future of these citizens; commends the rapid response of the European institutions and the willingness to support European society;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas recent decades have seen the greatest ever progress in the area of equality between men and women thanks to the project of rights and freedoms on which the European Union is founded, that is our liberal democracies;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
H b. whereas as European citizens we should be proud of having achieved equal rights and obligations, freedoms and opportunities between men and women, and whereas we should therefore promote this successful model across the world, especially where such inequalities persist, where women are persecuted and their rights are violated simply because they are women;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)
Recital H c (new)
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H d (new)
Recital H d (new)
H d. whereas it is important that today women lead some of the most important institutions and hold some of the most prominent political posts in Europe, symbolising the equal opportunities that we have achieved in our society, doing away with the role of women as victims or as supporting actors;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of cohesion policy in promoting gender equalityequal opportunities between people and between regions and the EU Gender Equality Strategy; recalls that all policy goals need appropriate resources dedicated to their implementation;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. BelieveConsiders that EU rules should be written in a clear and explicit way, and be binding in relation to gender equalityway that facilitates their application always for the benefit of citizens;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the regprettable the downgrading of gender equality in the public debate andsentativeness of all social groups is adequately reflected in the public sphere, although it might be appropriate to highlight the disappearance from the debate of the elderly, who are not consulted or represented to an extent commensurate with the impact that public policies have on their daily lives, and calls for this to be taken into account in the policy agenda at EU and national level in post-2020 cohesion policy;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises the importance of a coordinated governance framework on gender equalitybetween all administrations involved as well as managers, national guidelines and technical support, and stronger scrutiny at EU level after the adoption of operational programmes; calls, furthermore, for account to be taken of the connection with the national plans resulting from the recovery plan for the development of the economic and social development objectives of these programmes;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Points out the insufficient trainingConsiders it necessary to boost skills and capacity-building ofin Managing Authorities and implementing partners as regards the gender dimension ofevaluation of comparative equality data from the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds), as well as the insufficient gender-oriented monitoring and evaluation systems as regards managing and disaggregating useful data aimed at identifying possible inequalities between citizens;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the lack of a binding gender equality strategy at national and regional level and a lack of awareness as regards the benefits of pursuing gender equalityequal opportunities for women and men for socio-economic growth and sustainable development;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that programme stakeholders and monitoring committees still lack expertise on the implementation of a gender perspective in concrete projects, especially in European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) interventions; considers there to be a lack of guidelines, training programmes and concrete examples of good practice to address thihould be equipped with clearer indicators of programme efficiency and effectiveness, in line with the objectives set, especially in European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) interventions;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines the crucial role of cohesion policy in investing in high-quality public services, both for combating genderthe various inequalities that may exist and for building social resilience and coping with economic, social and health crises;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Recalls that cohesion policy aims at the harmonious development of the regions through the objective of economic convergence, thus contributing to the well-being of citizens; believes that the reality of European citizens depends on the different contexts in which they develop and that giving preference to some groups over others can give rise to undesirable effects and new forms of discrimination.
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for compulsory requirements on gender equality objectives to be introducedareful account to continue to be taken of the objectives of equality and of greater opportunities in all post-2020 operational programmes, with specific and interdisciplinary measures to be translated into all operations;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Strongly supports the ex ante requirement ofpossibility for each Member State, in the free exercise of its powers, to developing a national gender equality strategy to underpinhat can be taken into account in connection with cohesion policy interventions;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the importance of partnerships with gender equality bodies and their involvement in all programme phases; believes that all bodies created in the area of cohesion policy should be gender balancedthe cooperation of civil society and its involvement in all programme phases;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines that a gender impact assessment should be a mandatn assessment of possible inequalities should forym part of Member States’ evaluations on how the funds are spent and whether compliance with gender equalityestablished targets is respected;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on all institutions to provide guidance documents and training sessions, so as to disseminate concrete examples of good practices on gender mainstreaming; stresses, moreover, that at the project selecintegration, stage the criteria for gender mainstreaming should be strengthened through higher scoring and requirements for more practical actions; recommends making use of the existing tools developed by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) such as its toolkit for gender budgeting in the ESI Fundsound management and equality;