47 Amendments of Eleftherios SYNADINOS related to 2016/2144(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Heading 1
Heading 1
on EU funds forgender equality between women and men
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital Γ
Recital Γ
C. whereas one of the most telling measures of gender equality between men and women is equal pay;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas gender equality budgeting implies the introduction of the gender equality perspective at all levels of the budgetary process;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Β
Recital Β
B. whereas the Commission’s Strategic Engagement for Gender Equality 2016-2019, published in December 2015, highlights the key role of EU funding in support for gender equality between women and men;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the lack of specific gender indicators and of collection of gender- disaggregseparated data for men and women respectively makes it impossible to achieve correct financial and budgetary accountability with a view to evaluating the gender equality impact of EU policies;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that gender budgeting should be an suitable instrument of democratic governance that will help to ensure that gender equalityto ensure that equality between men and women becomes a reality; is of the opinion that the current gulf between male and female pay for the same work is totally unacceptableand equivalent work cannot be justified;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Γ
Recital Γ
C. whereas in order to balance professional and private life affordable and accessible public care facilities have to be provided and expenditures for these facilities are to be considered as part of infrastructure investments; whereas these services are a precondition for women’s participation in the labour market, in leading positions, in science and research and thus for gender equality between women and men;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for all budget titles to pursue equally strong gender targets and gender mainstreaming standards,hat might relate to gender equality to pursue equally strong gender equality targets and to specify the amount to be allocated to individual policy objectives and actions in order to become more transparent and not to overshadow gender equality objectives;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Δ
Recital Δ
D. whereas the Joint Declaration of the European Parliament, the European Commission and the European Council calls for the annual budgetary procedures applied for the MFF 2014-2020 to integrate, as appropriate, gender-responsive elements, taking into account the ways in which the overall financial framework of the Union contributes to increased gender equality between women and men and ensures gender mainstreaming;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that gender budgeting is considered in certain policy areas (employment, social affairs and inclusion, home affairs, justice, development and cooperation, research and innovation, education and culture), but believes it shcould be included in allextended to other policy areas also;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for gender-specific indicatorsindicators relating specifically to men and women respectively to be applied in the project selection, monitoring and evaluation phases of all actions that receive funding from the EU budget, and for the systematic collection of gender-disaggregated data on beneficiaries and participants;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Ε
Recital Ε
E. whereas since the 2008 crisis a downgrading of gender equality between women and men in the public debate and policy agenda is evident both at EU and national level; whereas the fiscal consolidation and budget constraints imposed by the crisis are likely to further reduce the available resources for gender equality strategies and bodies that promote equality between women and men;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Looks upon the EU-level funding of EUR 6.17 billion allocated in the current MFF to achieving the objectives of this gender-strategic engagement for gender equality as a first step, and asks for an increase in this amount in the next MFF;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that properly implemented gender budgeting has a positive effect, improving employment prospects and remuneration for women generally, while also broadening the labour base accordingly;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that gender equality goals are too often subsumed by other policy goals that are addressed within the same budget line;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for strong gender equality budgeting and gender mainstreaming to be taken into account in preparing the post-2020 generation of EU funding programmes.
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the intended mainstreaming of gender equality between women and men as a cross-cutting policy choice objective of the EU budget in EU funds and programmes;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets the lack of gender- aggregated data and gender-specific indicatorsdata and indicators for males and females respectively that are required to monitor and evaluate the action receiving funding from the EU budget to tackle gender equality;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores, however, the factNotes that the EU’s political commitment to gender equality and gender mainstreaming is not yet internalised in the budget allocations and spending decisions of all EU policy areas because universal and compulsory mainstreaming would be counterproductive, ineffective and mainly inappropriate for a large share of spending;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Asks the Commission and the Member States to promote a holistic debate on policies and budgetary choices with a view to strengthening the policies contributing to gender equality between men and women and eventually achieving the ultimate goal of equal pay for equal work for all.
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that some EU programmes (e.g. ESF, REC, Horizon 2020, IPA II, Humanitarian aid, DCI and EIDHR) include specific actions related to gender equality between women and men, while others (e.g. EaSI, FEAD, EMFF, and EGF) contain references to the general principles, of gender equality between women and men, but very few programmes lay down clear targets and dedicated resources or provide for systematic implementation and monitoring;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that gender equality between women and men is not recognised as a policy objective in all EU budget titles, and that several of those titles are not fully transparent in the sense that they do not specify the amount allocated to individual policy objectives and actions;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. RegretNotes that tools for gender mainstreaming such as gender indicators, gender impact assessment (GIA) and gender budgeting (GB) are very rarely used in policy design and implementation, whether at EU level or by national institutions; highlights the fact that the lack of specific gender indicators and of collection of gender-disaggregated data makes it impossibledifficult to estimate the gender equality impact of EU policies on equality between women and men;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights the fact that no clear gender equality strategystrategy for equality between women and men with specific objectives, concrete targets and allocations, has emerged from the MFF 2014-2020;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
EU funding forgender equality between women and men in employment, social affairs and inclusion through the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds)
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Points out that the ESI Funds constitute the most important financial support for the implementation of gender equality policythe policy for equality between women and men in the EU, especially in the case of the ESF (European Social Fund), which aims to foster the full integration of women in the labour market; underlines that Regulation 1304/2013 makes gender mainstreaming a compulsory part of all phases of programmes and projects financed by the ESF, including preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that ensuring the necessary infrastructure funding for quality, affordable and accessible care services for children and the elderly will support female participation in the labour market and women’s economic independence, and thus foster gender equality between women and men;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that EUR 5.85 billion EUR will be spent in 2014-2020 on measures promoting gender equality between women and men, of which 1.6% under the ESF for the specific investment priority ‘Equality between men and women in all areas including access to employment, career progression, reconciliation of work and private life and promotion of equal pay for equal work’;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls the importance of close monitoring and evaluation of the Operational Programmes of the ESI Funds, in order to avoid the downgrading of gender equality between women and men in the implementation phase;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Deplores that despite efforts to create a ‘standard’ in this field, a systematic method for the implementation of gender mainstreaming within the ESF has not yet been established; calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase resources for gender equality assessthe assessment of equality between women and ment and to follow consistently the implementation of gender mainstreaming;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for the creation of permanent gendebodies for equality bodiesetween women and men at Member State level, which would provide technical support for gender mainstreaming at the planning and implementation stages, and strongly welcomes, in this context, national best practices such as the Gender CoP network in Swedenwelcomes the existence of national best practices;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
EU funding forgender equality between women and men in the area of fundamental rights, equality and citizenship via the Rights, Equality and Citizenship 2014-2020 Programme (REC)
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that the two objectives related to gender equality between women and men and to the Daphne programme for combating violence against women currently account for around 35 % of the REC funds; points out that a majority of funds have been allocated under the Daphne objective compared to the gender equality objectiveobjective of equality between women and men;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that under the gender equality objectiveobjective of equality between women and men, the following priorities were addressed: equal economic independence of women and men and work-life balance (44 % of resources earmarked); promoting good practices regarding genderthe roles of women and men and overcoming gender stereotypes in education and training and in the workplace (44 %) and support for EU-level networks on genderthemes of equality themesbetween women and men (12 %);
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Subheading 4
EU funding forgender equality between women and men in the area of research and innovation via Horizon 2020
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Highlights the fact that the Horizon 2020 programme (hereinafter ‘this programme’), in line with the requirements of Article 16 of its Regulation, mainstreams gender equality between women and men and the gender dimension in research as a cross- cutting issue in each of the different parts of the work programme;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Draws attention to the threeprincipal mainstreaming objectives under this programme, namely:which should be to foster equal opportunities and gender balancefor women and men in project teams; and to ensure gender balance in decision-making; and to integrate a gender dimension in research contentthat both women and men are represented in decision-making;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Welcomes the fact that this programme provides support for research bodies in implementing gendeplans for equality plans; also welcomes the joint projectbetween women and men; also refers to the endeavour of the Commission and the European Institute for with the joint project of "Gender Equality" for creating an on-line tool for gendeplans for equality plansbetween women and men, as a means of identifying and sharing best practices with relevant stakeholders;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Welcomes the specific indicators used to monitor the implementation of a gender equality perspectiveperspective for equality between women and men in Horizon 2020, as well as the fact that, regarding genderthe balance between women and men in Horizon 2020 advisory groups in 2014, women’s participation was 52 %4 ; _________________ 4 Commission staff working document ‘Horizon 2020 annual monitoring report 2014’
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls for gender mainstreaming to be further strengthened under all pillars of Horizon 2020, and for the development of gendetargets for equality targetsbetween women and men in strategies, programmes and projects at all stages of the research cycle;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls for the maintenance of an independent line of funding for gender- specific structural change projects (such as GERI for 2014-2016), as well as of other gender equality topicstopics relating to equality between women and men in research and innovation;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. OpposesCalls for a re-examination of the changes envisaged in the ‘New Science with and for Society Scoping Paper 2018- 2020’ subsuming gender equality funding under the more general heading of RRI (Responsible Research and Innovation), as being inconsistent with the specific and distinct requirements for gender equality between women and men in the Horizon 2020 regulation;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5
Subheading 5
Other programmes and funds including specific objectives ongender equality between women and men
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Notes that in the field of external actions and development cooperation, the Gender Action Plan (GAP) established for the period 2016-2020 covers the EU’s activities in third countries, and that there are several external assistance instruments that support gender equality objectivesthe objectives of equality between women and men;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Calls for the amount to be allocated to individual policy objectives and actions dedicated to gender equality between women and men to be clearly specified in order to increase transparency and accountability;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Looks upon the EU-level funding of EUR 6.17 billion allocated in the current MFF to achieving the objectives of gender-a strategic engagement for equality between women and men as a first step, and asks for an increase in this amount in the next MFF;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Believes that the mid-term review of the MFF could have been an opportunity to improve the results achieved by the EU budget in the pursuit of gender equality between women and men, and to demonstrate those achievements to the public;