Activities of Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET related to 2017/0102(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
European Solidarity Corps (debate) ES
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the legal framework of the European Solidarity Corps and amending Regulations (EU) No 1288/2013, (EU) No 1293/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1305/2013, (EU) No 1306/2013 and Decision No 1313/2013/EU
Amendments (25)
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) In cases where the actions of the European Solidarity Corps are not directly related with the specific funds and programmes referred to in the previous recital, the Commission should ensure that new additional funding is available;
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In order to maximise the impact of the European Solidarity Corps, provisions should be made to allow Member States - and where applicable competent sub-state bodies with their own exclusive legislative powers - and participating countries to make additional national funding available in accordance with the rules of the European Solidarity Corps.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Special attention should be paid to ensuring that the activities supported by the European Solidarity Corps are accessible to all young people, notably the most disadvantaged ones. Special measures should therefore be put in place to promote social inclusion, the participation of disadvantaged young people, as well as to take into account the constraints imposed by the remoteness of the outermost regions of the Union and the Overseas Countries and Territories24. Similarly, the Member States and the participating countries should endeavour to adopt all appropriate measures to remove legal and administrative obstacles to the proper functioning of the European Solidarity Corps. This includes resolving, where possible, and without prejudice to the Schengen acquis and Union law on the entry and residence of third-country nationals, administrative issues that create difficulties in obtaining visas and residence permits. _________________ 24 Individuals from an overseas country or territory (OCT) and competent public and /or private bodies and institutions from an OCT may participate in the programmes in accordance with Council Decision 2001/822/EC of 27 November 2001 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Community, OJ L314, 30.11.2001, p.1.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Appropriate outreach, publicity and dissemination of the opportunities and results of the actions supported by the European Solidarity Corps should be ensured at European, national, regional and local level. The outreach, publicity and dissemination activities should rely on all the implementing bodies of the European Solidarity Corps, including, when relevant, with the support of other key stakeholders.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) In order to ensure greater efficiency in communication to the public at large, and stronger synergies between the communication activities undertaken at the initiative of the Commission, the resources allocated to communication under this Regulation should also contribute to covering the corporate communication of the political priorities of the Union, provided that these areas set by the Commission, relateding to the general objectives of this Regulation and related with the objectives of the sources of financing of the European Solidarity Corps.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) For reasons of efficiency and effectiveness, the committee established under Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 should also assist the Commission in the implementation of this Regulation. With respect to the European Solidarity Corps, that committee should convene in a specific configuration and its mandate should be aligned in order to fulfil this new role. It should be for the Member States and participating countries to appoint the relevant representatives for those meetings, taking into account the volunteering and occupational dimensions of the European Solidarity Corps.
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) “disadvantaged young people” means individuals who need additional support because of disability, educational or integration difficulties, economic obstacles, cultural differences, health problems, social obstacles, geographical obstacles;
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) “volunteering” means a full- time32 unpaid voluntary service32 for a period of up to twelve months, which provides young people with the opportunity to contribute to the daily work of organisations active in solidarity-related fields, to the ultimate benefit of the communities within which the activities are carried out, including a solid learning and training dimension in order to enable the young volunteer(s) to gain skills and competences, which will be useful for their personal, educational, social and professional development, and which will also contribute thence also improvinge their employability; _________________ 32 As a general principle, an activity carried out continuously, 5 days a week for 7 hours a day.
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) “volunteering teams’ placements” means placements allowing teams of European Solidarity Corps participants from different Member States and other participating countries to volunteer together for a common objective, by carrying out manual or intellectual tasks, on a worthwhile community service project for a period between two weeks and two months;
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The objective of the European Solidarity Corps is to enhance the engagement of young people and organisations in accessible and high quality solidarity activities as a means to contribute to strengthening cohesion and solidarity in Europe, supporting communities and responding to societal challenges, and especially those related with education, employment, agriculture and the environment.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission, the Member States and other participating countries shall cooperate to achieve efficiency and effectiveness, by ensuring coherence between national programmes and schemes related to solidarity, education, vocational training and youth - without prejudice to the legislative powers attributed to sub- state authorities - on the one hand, and actions under the European Solidarity Corps on the other hand. Those actions shall build on relevant good practices and existing programmes.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The European Solidarity Corps shall pursue its objectives through the following types of actions within the framework of the objectives of its sources of financing:
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) networking activities for individuals and organisations participating in the European Solidarity Corps, which must be entirely consistent with, and complement, proven experience on the ground at local and regional level, and in particular good volunteering and civil protection practice.
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the establishment, maintenance and updating of the European Solidarity Corps Portal, including participants' field reports, and other relevant online services as well as the necessary IT support systems and web-based tools.
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) In cases where the actions of the European Solidarity Corps are not directly related with the specific funds and programmes referred to herein above, the Commission shall ensure that new additional funding is available;
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 6
Article 9 – paragraph 6
6. A participating country mayust, to the extent of its capacities, make national funding available to beneficiaries to be managed in accordance with the rules of the European Solidarity Corps and, to this end, use the decentralised structures of the European Solidarity Corps, as long as it ensures the complementary pro rata funding of these structures. Member States may make new additional funding available.
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The Member States shall participate in the European Solidarity Corps. In Member States where powers relating to the performance of European Solidarity Corps actions have been transferred to sub-state authorities, mechanisms shall be developed, through national agencies acting as implementing bodies, to enable the direct participation of those authorities.
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. When implementing this Regulation, the Commission, the Member States and other participating countries shall ensure that particular efforts are made to promote social inclusion, in particular for the participation of disadvantaged young people.
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. As a result of the assessment the entity may be attributed the European Solidarity Corps quality label. The obtained label shall be re-assessed periodically - without the frequency or procedure for this creating an excessive administrative burden that discourages small organisations from participating - and may be revoked.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Any public or private entity established in a Member State or other participating country as well as international organisations carrying out solidarity activities in a Member State or other participating countries may apply for funding under the European Solidarity Corps. In the case of the activities referred to in point (a) of Article 7(1), a quality label shall be obtained by the participating organisation as a pre-condition for receiving funding under the European Solidarity Corps. In the case of the solidarity projects referred to in point (b) of Article 7(1), natural persons may also apply for funding on behalf of informal groups of European Solidarity Corps participants.
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission, in cooperation with the Member States and other participating countries, shall regularly monitor the performance of the European Solidarity Corps towards achieving its objectives.
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission, in cooperation with the Member States and other participating countries, shall ensure the dissemination of information, publicity and follow-up with regard to all actions supported in the framework of the European Solidarity Corps and to everything relating to registration and access to procedures.
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the national agencies at national level in ppointed in the Member States and other participating countries.
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
In each country participating in the European Solidarity Corps, the national authorities designated for the management of actions referred to in Chapter III of Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 shall also act as national authorities in the framework of the European Solidarity Corps. In Member States where powers relating to that Chapter have been transferred to sub-state authorities with their own exclusive legislative powers, mechanisms shall be developed, through national agencies acting as implementing bodies, to enable the direct participation of those authorities. Paragraphs 1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 of Article 27 of that Regulation shall apply to the European Solidarity Corps by analogy. For countries referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 11 of this Regulation, where a national authority is not identified for that country, it shall be designated in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 6 and 8 to 15 of Article 27 of Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013.
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
In each Member State and other country participating in the European Solidarity Corps, the national agencies designated for the management of the actions referred to in Chapter III of the Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 in their respective countries shall also act as national agencies in the framework of the European Solidarity Corps. In Member States where powers relating to that Chapter have been transferred to sub-state authorities with their own exclusive legislative powers, mechanisms shall be developed, through national agencies acting as implementing bodies, to enable the direct participation of those authorities.