Activities of Patricija ŠULIN related to 2016/2144(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on EU funds for gender equality
Amendments (11)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the Strategic Engagement for Gender Equality 2016-2019 published in December 2015 reaffirmed commitment to continue work to promote equality between men and women;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas one of the most telling measures of gender equality is equal pay; but equally important are EU efforts and their results in increasing female labour- market participation and the equal economic independence of women and men; in promoting equality between women and men in decision-making; combating gender-based violence and protecting and supporting victims; and promoting gender equality and women's rights across the world;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the lack of specific gender indicators and of collection of gender-data disaggregated databy sex makes it impossible to achieve correct financial and budgetary accountability with a view to evaluating the gender equality impact of EU policies;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. recalls the Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016 that supports establishing monitoring requirements including measurable indicators as a basis on which to collect evidence of the effects of legislation on the ground and to support further action while avoiding administrative burdens;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. Recalls the Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016, especially articles 20 to 24 on ex-post evaluation of existing legislation as a basis for further action
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
D b. Welcomes efforts done in introducing gender specific indicators and collection of gender-disaggregated data in some EU legislative and policies, like e.g. in the ESF
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for all budget titles to pursue equally strong gender targets and gender mainstreaming standards, 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 objectives;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for gender-specific indicators 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 but avoiding overregulation and administrative burdens;
Amendment 27 #
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 as a first step, and asks for an increase in this amount in the next MFF; while the future actions including funding allocation should be guided based on the evaluation of existing legislation as agreed in the Interinstitutional Agreement between the EP, the Council and the European Commission on Better Law- Making ;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for strongeffective gender budgeting and gender mainstreaming to be taken into account in preparing the post-2020 generation of EU funding programmes.
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets the lack of gender- aggregated data and gender-specific indicators required to monitor and evaluate the action receiving funding from the EU budget to tackle gender equality; welcomes efforts done in introducing gender specific indicators and collection of gender-dissaggreated data in some EU legislative and policies, like e.g. in the ESF; believes it is important to intensify efforts to develop those indicators to monitor all key areas of EU of gender- equality policy; welcomes and supports committment in the Strategic Engagement for Gender Equality 2016-2019 2016 to improve data collection with the support of Eurostat, the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), Eurofound, the Council of Europe (CoE) and the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA);