8 Amendments of Franc BOGOVIČ related to 2021/2101(INI)
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to provide support and assistance to existing platforms and projects in the field of inclusive and fair digitalisation as instruments to bring all areas of the Union, including remote and rural areas, into the 21st century;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Welcomes the objective of the 2030 Digital Policy Programme that by the end of the decade all populated areas in the EU should be covered by 5G; calls on the Commission to promote, as part of upcoming legislation, measures that ease the roll-out of 5G networks in rural areas, in particular through reducing or removing burdensome administrative procedures;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States to use cohesion policy resourcesthe resources of cohesion policy, Common Agricultural Policy, as well as the NextGenerationEU recovery instrument, to roll out smart villages post-2020, which will contribute to the digitalisation of rural areas;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Member States to use the financial resources available through both the ERDF-CF and the NextGenerationEU recovery instrument to the fullest extent possible to give regions that are lagging behind the targeted support that they need to overcome the digital divide, including support for the roll-out of very high capacity networks through adequate public funding schemes in areas not served by the market;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Member States to use the financial resources available through both the ERDF-CF and the NextGenerationEU recovery instrument to the fullest extent possible to give regions that are lagging behind the targeted support that they need to overcome the digital divide by providing cross-sectoral and comprehensive solutions, for instance smart villages and rural innovation hubs;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes with concern that the expanded use of digital solutions and TICTM as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated the pre-existing inequalities caused by digital divides across population groups; stresses, however, that digitalisation has the potential to benefit vulnerable groups; underlines that smart villages in particular could serve as a practical solution tool that is able to dramatically increase services offered in rural areas and thereby decrease existing inequalities;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes a critical digital skills divide between adults residing in rural areas and those living in cities; notes, furthermore, the disproportionate prevalence of TICTM among city-based, well-educated, service sector employees with strong digital skills; notes that smart villages could serve as a practical solution, because they incorporate digital learning instruments in the digital bottom-up approach they apply;