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272 Amendments of Irena JOVEVA related to 2023/2051(INL)

Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Heading 1
with recommendations to the Commission on an EU framework for the social and professional situation of artists and workers in the cultural and creative sectors and industries
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Heading 1
with recommendations to the Commission on an EU framework for the social and professional situation of artists and workers in the cultural and creative sectors and industries
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
– having regard to Articles 6, 46, 153, 157, 165, 167 and 225 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
– having regard to Articles 6, 46, 153, 157, 165, 167 and 225 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
– having regard to the report by the OMC Working Group of Member States’ Experts of 4 June 2021 entitled ‘Towards gender equality in the cultural and creative sectors’,
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
– having regard to the report by the OMC Working Group of Member States’ Experts of 4 June 2021 entitled ‘Towards gender equality in the cultural and creative sectors’,
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
– having regard to the Council Recommendation of 30 January 2023 on adequate minimum income ensuring active inclusion,
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
– having regard to the Council Recommendation of 30 January 2023 on adequate minimum income ensuring active inclusion,
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 b (new)
– having regard to the Council Recommendation of 12 June 2023 on strengthening social dialogue in the European Union,
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 b (new)
– having regard to the Council Recommendation of 12 June 2023 on strengthening social dialogue in the European Union,
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 c (new)
– having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights and its Action Plan,
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 c (new)
– having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights and its Action Plan,
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 11 November 2021 on the European Education Area: a shared holistic approach (2020/2243(INI)),
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 11 November 2021 on the European Education Area: a shared holistic approach (2020/2243(INI)),
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 b (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 13 December 2016 on a coherent EU policy for cultural and creative industries1a, _________________ 1a OJ C 238, 6.7.2018, p. 28.
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 b (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 13 December 2016 on a coherent EU policy for cultural and creative industries1a, _________________ 1a OJ C 238, 6.7.2018, p. 28.
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication of 22 May 2018 entitled ‘Building a Stronger Europe: the role of youth, education and culture policies’ (COM(2018)0268),
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication of 22 May 2018 entitled ‘Building a Stronger Europe: the role of youth, education and culture policies’ (COM(2018)0268),
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 b (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication of 30 September 2020 entitled ‘Digital Education Action Plan 2021-2027: Resetting education and training for the digital age’ (COM(2020)0624),
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 b (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication of 30 September 2020 entitled ‘Digital Education Action Plan 2021-2027: Resetting education and training for the digital age’ (COM(2020)0624),
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 c (new)
– having regard to the Council Recommendation of 16 June 2022 on a European approach to micro-credentials for lifelong learning and employability,
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 c (new)
– having regard to the Council Recommendation of 16 June 2022 on a European approach to micro-credentials for lifelong learning and employability,
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 d (new)
– having regard to the Council Recommendation of 16 June 2022 on individual learning accounts,
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 d (new)
– having regard to the Council Recommendation of 16 June 2022 on individual learning accounts,
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21
– having regard to its resolution of 23 November 2021 on EU sports policy: assessment and possible ways forward (2021/2058(INI)),deleted
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21
– having regard to its resolution of 23 November 2021 on EU sports policy: assessment and possible ways forward (2021/2058(INI)),deleted
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 23
– having regard to its resolution of 15 March 2023 on the European Semester for economic policy coordination: Employment and social priorities for 2023 (2022/2151(INI)),deleted
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 23
– having regard to its resolution of 15 March 2023 on the European Semester for economic policy coordination: Employment and social priorities for 2023 (2022/2151(INI)),deleted
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25
– having regard to its resolution of 29 March 2007 on the future of professional football in Europe (2006/2130(INI)),deleted
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25
– having regard to its resolution of 29 March 2007 on the future of professional football in Europe (2006/2130(INI)),deleted
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 26
– having regard to its resolution of 8 May 2008 on the White Paper on Sport (2007/2261(INI)),deleted
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 26
– having regard to its resolution of 8 May 2008 on the White Paper on Sport (2007/2261(INI)),deleted
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27
– having regard to its resolution of 2 February 2012 on the European dimension in sport (2011/2087(INI)),deleted
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27
– having regard to its resolution of 2 February 2012 on the European dimension in sport (2011/2087(INI)),deleted
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 28
– having regard to relevant Union legal acts in the area of labour and social policy, such as Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services1 , Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems2 , Directive 2003/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time3 , and Directive (EU) 2019/1152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union4 , and Directive (EU) 2022/2041 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on adequate minimum wages in the European Union4a , _________________ 1 OJ L 18, 21.1.1997, p. 1. 2 OJ L 166, 30.4.2004, p. 1. 3 OJ L 299, 18.11.2003, p. 9. 4 OJ L 186, 11.7.2019, p. 105. 4a OJ L 275, 25.10.2022, p. 33.
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 28
– having regard to relevant Union legal acts in the area of labour and social policy, such as Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services1 , Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems2 , Directive 2003/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time3 , and Directive (EU) 2019/1152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union4 , and Directive (EU) 2022/2041 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on adequate minimum wages in the European Union4a , _________________ 1 OJ L 18, 21.1.1997, p. 1. 2 OJ L 166, 30.4.2004, p. 1. 3 OJ L 299, 18.11.2003, p. 9. 4 OJ L 186, 11.7.2019, p. 105. 4a OJ L 275, 25.10.2022, p. 33.
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 a (new)
– having regard to Directive (EU) 2019/790 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market1a and of Directive (EU) 2019/789 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the exercise of copyright and related rights applicable to certain online transmissions of broadcasting organisations and retransmissions of television and radio programmes, _________________ 1a OJ L 130, 17.5.2019, p. 92.
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 a (new)
– having regard to Directive (EU) 2019/790 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market1a and of Directive (EU) 2019/789 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the exercise of copyright and related rights applicable to certain online transmissions of broadcasting organisations and retransmissions of television and radio programmes, _________________ 1a OJ L 130, 17.5.2019, p. 92.
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 29 a (new)
– having regard to Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive)1a, _________________ 1a OJ L 95, 15.4.2010, p. 1.
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 29 a (new)
– having regard to Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive)1a, _________________ 1a OJ L 95, 15.4.2010, p. 1.
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 31 a (new)
– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/523 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 March 2021 establishing the InvestEU Programme and amending Regulation (EU) 2015/10171a, _________________ 1a OJ L 107, 26.3.2021, p. 30.
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 31 a (new)
– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/523 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 March 2021 establishing the InvestEU Programme and amending Regulation (EU) 2015/10171a, _________________ 1a OJ L 107, 26.3.2021, p. 30.
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 31 b (new)
– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 February 2021 establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility1a, _________________ 1a OJ L 57, 18.2.2021, p. 17–75
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 31 b (new)
– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 February 2021 establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility1a, _________________ 1a OJ L 57, 18.2.2021, p. 17–75
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 43
– having regard to Articles 6, 46, 153, 157, 165, 167 and 225 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,deleted
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 43
– having regard to Articles 6, 46, 153, 157, 165, 167 and 225 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,deleted
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 46 a (new)
– having regard to the Final Declaration approved on 28-30 September 2022 by the UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development - MONDIACULT 2022,
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 46 a (new)
– having regard to the Final Declaration approved on 28-30 September 2022 by the UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development - MONDIACULT 2022,
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas the cultural and creative sectors and industries play an essential role in ensuring the delivery of culture as a public good and should therefore be supported by sufficient public and private funding and ambitious policy frameworks;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas the cultural and creative sectors and industries play an essential role in ensuring the delivery of culture as a public good and should therefore be supported by sufficient public and private funding and ambitious policy frameworks;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)
-Aa. Whereas culture, arts, cultural heritage, and cultural diversity are of great value to European society from a cultural, educational, democratic, environmental, social, human rights and economic point of view and should be promoted and supported;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)
-Aa. Whereas culture, arts, cultural heritage, and cultural diversity are of great value to European society from a cultural, educational, democratic, environmental, social, human rights and economic point of view and should be promoted and supported;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A b (new)
-Ab. whereas the European Parliament Resolution of 13 December 2016 on a coherent EU policy for cultural and creative industries (2016/2072(INI)) defines the cultural and creative industries (CCIs) as those industries that are based on cultural values, cultural diversity, individual and/or collective creativity, skills and talent with the potential to generate innovation, wealth and jobs through the creation of social and economic value, in particular from intellectual property; whereas they include sectors relying on cultural and creative inputs, such as architecture, archives and libraries, artistic crafts, audiovisual (including film, television, software and video games, and multimedia and recorded music), cultural heritage, design, creativity-driven high- end industries and fashion, festivals, live music, performing arts, books and publishing (newspapers and magazines), radio and visual arts, and advertising;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A b (new)
-Ab. whereas the European Parliament Resolution of 13 December 2016 on a coherent EU policy for cultural and creative industries (2016/2072(INI)) defines the cultural and creative industries (CCIs) as those industries that are based on cultural values, cultural diversity, individual and/or collective creativity, skills and talent with the potential to generate innovation, wealth and jobs through the creation of social and economic value, in particular from intellectual property; whereas they include sectors relying on cultural and creative inputs, such as architecture, archives and libraries, artistic crafts, audiovisual (including film, television, software and video games, and multimedia and recorded music), cultural heritage, design, creativity-driven high- end industries and fashion, festivals, live music, performing arts, books and publishing (newspapers and magazines), radio and visual arts, and advertising;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas artists, authors, performers and all cultural creators are the creative source of our European culture that our society and democracy is built upon; whereas cultural and creative expressions and works are often the result of the essential contributions of persons working in the cultural and creative sectors (‘CCS professionals’) in different functions, roles and capacities, ranging from creative input to technical support; whereas the existence of such expressions and works depends, thus, on whether all CCS professionals receive adequate recognition and support;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas artists, authors, performers and all cultural creators are the creative source of our European culture that our society and democracy is built upon; whereas cultural and creative expressions and works are often the result of the essential contributions of persons working in the cultural and creative sectors (‘CCS professionals’) in different functions, roles and capacities, ranging from creative input to technical support; whereas the existence of such expressions and works depends, thus, on whether all CCS professionals receive adequate recognition and support;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas cultural and creative expressions and works are often the result of the essential contributions of persons working in the cultural and creative sectors (‘CCS professionals’) in different functions, roles and capacities, ranging from creative input to technical support; whereas the existence of such expressions and works depends, thus, on whether all CCS professionals receive adequate recognition and support; whereas 7.4 million people were in cultural employment across the Member States in 2021, amounting to 3.7% of total employment12a; _________________ 12a Eurostat
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas cultural and creative expressions and works are often the result of the essential contributions of persons working in the cultural and creative sectors (‘CCS professionals’) in different functions, roles and capacities, ranging from creative input to technical support; whereas the existence of such expressions and works depends, thus, on whether all CCS professionals receive adequate recognition and support; whereas 7.4 million people were in cultural employment across the Member States in 2021, amounting to 3.7% of total employment12a; _________________ 12a Eurostat
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas cultural and creative expressions and works are often the result of the essential contributions of persons working in the cultural and creative sectors and industries (‘CCSI professionals’) in different functions, roles and capacities, ranging from creative input to technical support; whereas the existence of such expressions and works depends, thus, on whether all CCSI professionals receive adequate recognition and support;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas cultural and creative expressions and works are often the result of the essential contributions of persons working in the cultural and creative sectors and industries (‘CCSI professionals’) in different functions, roles and capacities, ranging from creative input to technical support; whereas the existence of such expressions and works depends, thus, on whether all CCSI professionals receive adequate recognition and support;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the importance of CCSI and creative professionals and businesses was surmised as cultures’ intrinsic value as a driver for sustainable development, fostering resilience and regeneration of our societies and economies by the Rome G20 Leaders Declaration of October 20211a; whereas the same declaration highlighted the need to support CCSI workers, facilitation of employment, social protection, digitalisation and business support in the sector; _________________ 1a https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/5 2730/g20-leaders-declaration-final.pdf
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the importance of CCSI and creative professionals and businesses was surmised as cultures’ intrinsic value as a driver for sustainable development, fostering resilience and regeneration of our societies and economies by the Rome G20 Leaders Declaration of October 20211a; whereas the same declaration highlighted the need to support CCSI workers, facilitation of employment, social protection, digitalisation and business support in the sector; _________________ 1a https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/5 2730/g20-leaders-declaration-final.pdf
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas culture creates social and economic benefits, both inside and outside of the Union, and has an important function in the economy and in job creation; whereas the CCSI represent at least 4,4 % of EU GDP and employed around 7,6 million people before the pandemic1a, thus having the potential to be drivers of local and regional development; _________________ 1a Ernst & Young, Rebuilding Europe: The cultural and creative economy before and after the COVID-19 crisis, January 2021.
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas culture creates social and economic benefits, both inside and outside of the Union, and has an important function in the economy and in job creation; whereas the CCSI represent at least 4,4 % of EU GDP and employed around 7,6 million people before the pandemic1a, thus having the potential to be drivers of local and regional development; _________________ 1a Ernst & Young, Rebuilding Europe: The cultural and creative economy before and after the COVID-19 crisis, January 2021.
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas, regardless of their role or their status as a worker or self-employed person, the living and working conditions of CCSI professionals can often be characterised by precariousness and instability, with unpredictable incomes, short-term contracts, weak or no social security coverage, and a lack of access to unemployment support; whereas the extent of social security coverage of CCSI professionals varies between countries, sectors and types of work within the sectors and may lead to differences in living and working conditions;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas, regardless of their role or their status as a worker or self-employed person, the living and working conditions of CCSI professionals can often be characterised by precariousness and instability, with unpredictable incomes, short-term contracts, weak or no social security coverage, and a lack of access to unemployment support; whereas the extent of social security coverage of CCSI professionals varies between countries, sectors and types of work within the sectors and may lead to differences in living and working conditions;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas artists and cultural and creative professionals from marginalised groups, including women, young people, people from ethnic and geographic minorities or those with different residency status, people with vulnerable socio-economic backgrounds, persons with disabilities and LGBTIQ+ people, have less access to artistic and cultural careers and fewer opportunities to develop long-term careers in the sector;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas artists and cultural and creative professionals from marginalised groups, including women, young people, people from ethnic and geographic minorities or those with different residency status, people with vulnerable socio-economic backgrounds, persons with disabilities and LGBTIQ+ people, have less access to artistic and cultural careers and fewer opportunities to develop long-term careers in the sector;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Bb. Whereas the workers in the CCSI belong to an atypical sector, which is composed mostly of individuals as well as micro and small sized organisations and enterprises, particularly in certain countries and regions, and often depending on irregular income and lacking long-term financial predictability;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Bb. Whereas the workers in the CCSI belong to an atypical sector, which is composed mostly of individuals as well as micro and small sized organisations and enterprises, particularly in certain countries and regions, and often depending on irregular income and lacking long-term financial predictability;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas more than double the number of CCSI professionals is self- employed than in the general population (32 % compared to 14 %); whereas artists and professionals within the CCSI have low instances of ‘standard’ employment and are highly likely to have an atypical form of employment, such as solo self- employment, freelance, project-based, fixed-term, part-time, intermittent or temporary work, often having to combine two or more jobs;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas more than double the number of CCSI professionals is self- employed than in the general population (32 % compared to 14 %); whereas artists and professionals within the CCSI have low instances of ‘standard’ employment and are highly likely to have an atypical form of employment, such as solo self- employment, freelance, project-based, fixed-term, part-time, intermittent or temporary work, often having to combine two or more jobs;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas more than double the number of CCS professionals is self- employed than in the general population (32 % compared to 14 %) and CCS professionals are less likely to have a permanent job, to be employed, work full time or have one job than the average working person; whereas CCS professionals tend to have project-based careers and a high degree of mobility;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas more than double the number of CCS professionals is self- employed than in the general population (32 % compared to 14 %) and CCS professionals are less likely to have a permanent job, to be employed, work full time or have one job than the average working person; whereas CCS professionals tend to have project-based careers and a high degree of mobility;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas many cultural workers, due to insufficient income, often as a result of unpredictable or intermittent atypical employment, have to have a secondary job to supply them with additional, or some cases primary, income; whereas having two or more jobs can severely affect work-life balance;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas many cultural workers, due to insufficient income, often as a result of unpredictable or intermittent atypical employment, have to have a secondary job to supply them with additional, or some cases primary, income; whereas having two or more jobs can severely affect work-life balance;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas theseclassification of employment status under national law and atypical working arrangements, often interrupted by significant periods of non- remunerated time spent on artistic research or rehearsing, can severely limit the effective access of CCSI professionals to social protection and their access to relevrelevant benefits antd entitlements,; whereas, even when coverage is available on a voluntary basis, self- employed CCSI professionals have a low coverage rate;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas theseclassification of employment status under national law and atypical working arrangements, often interrupted by significant periods of non- remunerated time spent on artistic research or rehearsing, can severely limit the effective access of CCSI professionals to social protection and their access to relevrelevant benefits antd entitlements,; whereas, even when coverage is available on a voluntary basis, self- employed CCSI professionals have a low coverage rate;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas career sustainability in the cultural and creative sectors is challenging and career prospects tend to worsen with ageprogression and career sustainability in the CCS are often dependent on socio-economic characteristics and conditioned by age, gender, race, disability and class; whereas mid-career CCS workers, disabled workers, workers from minorities ethnic groups and from working-class backgrounds may face worse job quality conditions; whereas career sustainability in the cultural and creative sectors is challenging and career prospects tend to worsen with age; whereas specifically workers of older age in the CCS may be forced into self-employment because of their age, putting them at higher risk of precariousness;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas career sustainability in the cultural and creative sectors is challenging and career prospects tend to worsen with ageprogression and career sustainability in the CCS are often dependent on socio-economic characteristics and conditioned by age, gender, race, disability and class; whereas mid-career CCS workers, disabled workers, workers from minorities ethnic groups and from working-class backgrounds may face worse job quality conditions; whereas career sustainability in the cultural and creative sectors is challenging and career prospects tend to worsen with age; whereas specifically workers of older age in the CCS may be forced into self-employment because of their age, putting them at higher risk of precariousness;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas career progression and sustainability in the cultural and creative sectors is challengingand industries is challenging and often dependant on socio-economic status and intersecting identities such as gender, ethnic origins, age or disability; whereas a higher rate of self-employed is evident for older CCSI professionals and career prospects tend to worsen with age;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas career progression and sustainability in the cultural and creative sectors is challengingand industries is challenging and often dependant on socio-economic status and intersecting identities such as gender, ethnic origins, age or disability; whereas a higher rate of self-employed is evident for older CCSI professionals and career prospects tend to worsen with age;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas CCS professionals have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has exposed their precarious living and working conditions; whereas the CCS have not fully recovered from losses incurred during the pandemic, with an enduring impact on the livelihoods of the persons working in the sectors; whereas the COVID-19 crisis underlined the fragility of pre-existing organisational structures and working practices, in particular for vulnerable professionals with precarious employment status;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas CCS professionals have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has exposed their precarious living and working conditions; whereas the CCS have not fully recovered from losses incurred during the pandemic, with an enduring impact on the livelihoods of the persons working in the sectors; whereas the COVID-19 crisis underlined the fragility of pre-existing organisational structures and working practices, in particular for vulnerable professionals with precarious employment status;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas CCSI professionals tend to have low retirement savings as a result of the atypical and sometime precarious nature of their work which can impact the level of contributions or other eligibility criteria required;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas CCSI professionals tend to have low retirement savings as a result of the atypical and sometime precarious nature of their work which can impact the level of contributions or other eligibility criteria required;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas CCSI professionals have been among the most affected during the COVID-19 pandemic as a result of lockdowns and closure of production; whereas UNESCO estimated that more than 10 million workers in the CCSI lost their jobs in 20201a, which resulted in a fragmented landscape affecting various subsectors differently; whereas workers and enterprises engaged in publicly funded institutions as well as in the private sector, including micro, small and medium enterprises and solo self- employed independent contractors were impacted; whereas the sector has not yet recovered from the long-lasting effects of the pandemic, particularly the most vulnerable groups of CCSI professionals working on the basis of atypical or project-based employment contracts that provide irregular income and lack long- term financial predictability; _________________ 1a UNESCO, Re |Shaping Policies for Creativity.
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas CCSI professionals have been among the most affected during the COVID-19 pandemic as a result of lockdowns and closure of production; whereas UNESCO estimated that more than 10 million workers in the CCSI lost their jobs in 20201a, which resulted in a fragmented landscape affecting various subsectors differently; whereas workers and enterprises engaged in publicly funded institutions as well as in the private sector, including micro, small and medium enterprises and solo self- employed independent contractors were impacted; whereas the sector has not yet recovered from the long-lasting effects of the pandemic, particularly the most vulnerable groups of CCSI professionals working on the basis of atypical or project-based employment contracts that provide irregular income and lack long- term financial predictability; _________________ 1a UNESCO, Re |Shaping Policies for Creativity.
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas social dialogue and collective bargaining play an essential role in building a professional and sustainable industry by facilitating an inclusive labour market which fosters decent working conditions as well as elaborating strategies to address the impacts of the twin transition, particularly technological developments closely related to job creation in the sector; whereas during the COVID-19 pandemic, the unprecedented cooperation between governments, employers’ and workers’ organisations demonstrated the importance of social dialogue for a human-centred, resilient and sustainable recovery, thus highlighting the central role of collective bargaining for ensuring a decent future of the sector;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas social dialogue and collective bargaining play an essential role in building a professional and sustainable industry by facilitating an inclusive labour market which fosters decent working conditions as well as elaborating strategies to address the impacts of the twin transition, particularly technological developments closely related to job creation in the sector; whereas during the COVID-19 pandemic, the unprecedented cooperation between governments, employers’ and workers’ organisations demonstrated the importance of social dialogue for a human-centred, resilient and sustainable recovery, thus highlighting the central role of collective bargaining for ensuring a decent future of the sector;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Fc. whereas a significant number of organisations that represent self- employed, freelance workers and other workers in the CCSI consider themselves as professional organisations and not trade unions, and as a result tend not to participate in collective bargaining; whereas CCSI workers usually organise themselves according to specific subsectors as sectorial occupational categories are very diverse; whereas, however, many occupational groups still remain unrepresented1a; _________________ 1a ILO, The Future of Work in the Arts and Entertainment Sector, Report for the Technical Meeting on the Future of Work in the Arts and Entertainment sector, Geneva 13-17 February 2023.
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Fc. whereas a significant number of organisations that represent self- employed, freelance workers and other workers in the CCSI consider themselves as professional organisations and not trade unions, and as a result tend not to participate in collective bargaining; whereas CCSI workers usually organise themselves according to specific subsectors as sectorial occupational categories are very diverse; whereas, however, many occupational groups still remain unrepresented1a; _________________ 1a ILO, The Future of Work in the Arts and Entertainment Sector, Report for the Technical Meeting on the Future of Work in the Arts and Entertainment sector, Geneva 13-17 February 2023.
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the limited collective bargaining practices in the cultural and creative sectors15 in several Member States contribute to poor job quality, low income and limited access to social protection; whereas trade unions face challenges in organizing CCS workers due to intermittent work patterns, changing work places, the combination of professional activities and in view of the higher number of self-employed professionals in the sector; _________________ 15 Eurofound note on employment trends and working conditions in the creative sectors provided at the request of the rapporteurs, 29 May 2023.
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the limited collective bargaining practices in the cultural and creative sectors15 in several Member States contribute to poor job quality, low income and limited access to social protection; whereas trade unions face challenges in organizing CCS workers due to intermittent work patterns, changing work places, the combination of professional activities and in view of the higher number of self-employed professionals in the sector; _________________ 15 Eurofound note on employment trends and working conditions in the creative sectors provided at the request of the rapporteurs, 29 May 2023.
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas CCSI is no exception to gender inequality that persists despite an increase in women’s employment rates; whereas gender inequalities are noticeable in the lower representation of women in CCSI, income differences as women tend to be paid less in the same occupation as their male counterparts, and in types of contracts that can severely affect the work-life balance, showcasing the persistent gender stereotypes pervading the sector;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas CCSI is no exception to gender inequality that persists despite an increase in women’s employment rates; whereas gender inequalities are noticeable in the lower representation of women in CCSI, income differences as women tend to be paid less in the same occupation as their male counterparts, and in types of contracts that can severely affect the work-life balance, showcasing the persistent gender stereotypes pervading the sector;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas women are in a minority when it comes to holding managerial and leadership positions14a; whereas women on average earn less than their male counterparts15a and often have comparatively shorter careers, especially in the audiovisual sector, and insufficient work-life balance opportunities; _________________ 14a http://www.womarts.eu/upload/01-LI- WOMART-1-20-6.pdf , p. 34 and s. 15a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/ view/EARN_GR_GPGR2__custom_63504 17/default/table?lang=en [PMMR1]PAG. 60 https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public /---ed_dialogue/--- sector/documents/publication/wcms_8653 23.pdf
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas women are in a minority when it comes to holding managerial and leadership positions14a; whereas women on average earn less than their male counterparts15a and often have comparatively shorter careers, especially in the audiovisual sector, and insufficient work-life balance opportunities; _________________ 14a http://www.womarts.eu/upload/01-LI- WOMART-1-20-6.pdf , p. 34 and s. 15a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/ view/EARN_GR_GPGR2__custom_63504 17/default/table?lang=en [PMMR1]PAG. 60 https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public /---ed_dialogue/--- sector/documents/publication/wcms_8653 23.pdf
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas sexual harassment in the cultural and creative sectors and industries is three times higher16 than in the average workforce; whereas gender-based violence and incidents of sexual harassment reinforce gender inequalities16a; whereas systemic barriers that make workers vulnerable in the CCSI still exist and will need an integrated approach for addressing, tackling, preventing and eliminating violence and harassment; _________________ 16 Eurofound note on employment trends and working conditions in the creative sectors provided at the request of the rapporteurs, 29 May 2023. 16a ILO, Policy Brief on sexual harassment in the entertainment industry, November 2020.
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas sexual harassment in the cultural and creative sectors and industries is three times higher16 than in the average workforce; whereas gender-based violence and incidents of sexual harassment reinforce gender inequalities16a; whereas systemic barriers that make workers vulnerable in the CCSI still exist and will need an integrated approach for addressing, tackling, preventing and eliminating violence and harassment; _________________ 16 Eurofound note on employment trends and working conditions in the creative sectors provided at the request of the rapporteurs, 29 May 2023. 16a ILO, Policy Brief on sexual harassment in the entertainment industry, November 2020.
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas sexual harassment in the cultural and creative sectors is three times higher16 than in the average workforce; whereas women suffer disproportionally from harassment and abuse, also online; whereas this entails the risk of self- censorship, which negatively impacts the type of artistic expressions women produce, curtails their freedom of expression and their career progression; _________________ 16 Eurofound note on employment trends and working conditions in the creative sectors provided at the request of the rapporteurs, 29 May 2023.
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas sexual harassment in the cultural and creative sectors is three times higher16 than in the average workforce; whereas women suffer disproportionally from harassment and abuse, also online; whereas this entails the risk of self- censorship, which negatively impacts the type of artistic expressions women produce, curtails their freedom of expression and their career progression; _________________ 16 Eurofound note on employment trends and working conditions in the creative sectors provided at the request of the rapporteurs, 29 May 2023.
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas as a result of poor working conditions, young professionals may not consider accessing the sector or abandon their careers early on, increasing the risk of a lack of a generational replacement in the cultural and creative sectors;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas as a result of poor working conditions, young professionals may not consider accessing the sector or abandon their careers early on, increasing the risk of a lack of a generational replacement in the cultural and creative sectors;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas there is no specific legal status in a number of Member States for any categories of CCS professionals; whereas a number of Member States are in the process of updating their legal framework in order to protect the rights of CCS professionals by taking into account the specificities of the cultural and creative sectors; whereas several Member States have included in their recovery and resilience plans legislative reforms to improve the working conditions of artists and cultural workers;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas there is no specific legal status in a number of Member States for any categories of CCS professionals; whereas a number of Member States are in the process of updating their legal framework in order to protect the rights of CCS professionals by taking into account the specificities of the cultural and creative sectors; whereas several Member States have included in their recovery and resilience plans legislative reforms to improve the working conditions of artists and cultural workers;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas several definitions of artists and cultural workers coexist in the EU, both within and between Member States, making harmonisation of social and professional standards challenging;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas several definitions of artists and cultural workers coexist in the EU, both within and between Member States, making harmonisation of social and professional standards challenging;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas mobility is an important element of professional artistic activity and career development and contributes to increasing income and reducing precariousnessprofessional development; whereas many artists frequently move between Member States; whereas artistic mobility entails specific challenges, in particular in relation to social protection and taxation, which require specific measures;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas mobility is an important element of professional artistic activity and career development and contributes to increasing income and reducing precariousnessprofessional development; whereas many artists frequently move between Member States; whereas artistic mobility entails specific challenges, in particular in relation to social protection and taxation, which require specific measures;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas mobility is an integral part of the professional survival of artists, providing them with new career opportunities, audiences and markets and enabling them to build new partnerships; whereas mobility is important for students and young professionals in the CCSI to broaden their education, obtain diversified skills sets and recognise a wider range of attractive career prospects through a diverse range of cultural activities;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas mobility is an integral part of the professional survival of artists, providing them with new career opportunities, audiences and markets and enabling them to build new partnerships; whereas mobility is important for students and young professionals in the CCSI to broaden their education, obtain diversified skills sets and recognise a wider range of attractive career prospects through a diverse range of cultural activities;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas ongoing technological developments such as digitalization, particularly the recent progress in the field of artificial intelligence, are not only creating new opportunities and new jobs, but also bringing along many challenges, uncertainties and even existential distress for many cultural creators and entire professions;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas ongoing technological developments such as digitalization, particularly the recent progress in the field of artificial intelligence, are not only creating new opportunities and new jobs, but also bringing along many challenges, uncertainties and even existential distress for many cultural creators and entire professions;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas artistic productions frequently involve not only European but also third-country CCS professionals whose mobility can be restricted by difficulties in obtaining medium-term visas;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas artistic productions frequently involve not only European but also third-country CCS professionals whose mobility can be restricted by difficulties in obtaining medium-term visas;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)
Jb. whereas CCSI is a diverse sector, requiring different skillsets depending on the subcategory and type of employment; whereas the sector has been experiencing significant changes resulting in the need for skills needs assessment to identify and address developing skills gaps; whereas the CCSI faces skills shortages, hampering its recovery after the COVID- 19 pandemic, as well as its long-term sustainability;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)
Jb. whereas CCSI is a diverse sector, requiring different skillsets depending on the subcategory and type of employment; whereas the sector has been experiencing significant changes resulting in the need for skills needs assessment to identify and address developing skills gaps; whereas the CCSI faces skills shortages, hampering its recovery after the COVID- 19 pandemic, as well as its long-term sustainability;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J c (new)
Jc. whereas skills integration into educational systems, especially for digital skills, is essential for developing talent and career transition through technical and vocational skills; whereas the 2020 Pact for Skills and the Large-scale Skills Partnership for Cultural and Creative Industries in the EU promote skills partnerships by a collaboration of workers, employers, business and education providers to improve digital skills, entrepreneurial, innovation, technical skills and skills geared towards the green transition;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J c (new)
Jc. whereas skills integration into educational systems, especially for digital skills, is essential for developing talent and career transition through technical and vocational skills; whereas the 2020 Pact for Skills and the Large-scale Skills Partnership for Cultural and Creative Industries in the EU promote skills partnerships by a collaboration of workers, employers, business and education providers to improve digital skills, entrepreneurial, innovation, technical skills and skills geared towards the green transition;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J c (new)
Jc. whereas the Stuttgart Declaration reflects a united European vision, whereby leaders expressed their will to work together towards a common destiny and the wish to affirm European identity and to progress towards an ever closer union among its peoples; whereas the Declaration sees the role of culture as an important component to achieve this goal;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J c (new)
Jc. whereas the Stuttgart Declaration reflects a united European vision, whereby leaders expressed their will to work together towards a common destiny and the wish to affirm European identity and to progress towards an ever closer union among its peoples; whereas the Declaration sees the role of culture as an important component to achieve this goal;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J d (new)
Jd. whereas micro-credentials are important for ensuring an effective culture of lifelong learning that will provide everyone with knowledge, skills and competencies needed to thrive in their personal and professional lives; whereas micro-credentials certify the learning outcomes of short-term learning experiences and provide alternative opportunities to traditional qualifications as a more flexible, learner-centred form of education and training that can help improve the sustainability of CCSI while providing the sector with needed flexibility to adapt to arising skills and competences for the future development;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J d (new)
Jd. whereas micro-credentials are important for ensuring an effective culture of lifelong learning that will provide everyone with knowledge, skills and competencies needed to thrive in their personal and professional lives; whereas micro-credentials certify the learning outcomes of short-term learning experiences and provide alternative opportunities to traditional qualifications as a more flexible, learner-centred form of education and training that can help improve the sustainability of CCSI while providing the sector with needed flexibility to adapt to arising skills and competences for the future development;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J e (new)
Je. Whereas the CCSI have a potential to play an important role within European green and just transition, as they have the means to raise awareness and support European citizens and societies for inclusive, socially and sustainable climate transition; whereas funding from the Horizon Europe programme can help the CCSI to develop research and knowledge- based innovative business models for green and digital transition, that could make the CCSI drivers of sustainable climate transition; whereas the New European Bauhaus, as an essential, creative and interdisciplinary initiative for finding best practices for the green transition, aims to, among other things, enrich solutions inspired by art and culture, thus making the role of the CCSI in the initiative invaluable; whereas for the CCSI to fulfil their potential, new skills and competencies are essential;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J e (new)
Je. Whereas the CCSI have a potential to play an important role within European green and just transition, as they have the means to raise awareness and support European citizens and societies for inclusive, socially and sustainable climate transition; whereas funding from the Horizon Europe programme can help the CCSI to develop research and knowledge- based innovative business models for green and digital transition, that could make the CCSI drivers of sustainable climate transition; whereas the New European Bauhaus, as an essential, creative and interdisciplinary initiative for finding best practices for the green transition, aims to, among other things, enrich solutions inspired by art and culture, thus making the role of the CCSI in the initiative invaluable; whereas for the CCSI to fulfil their potential, new skills and competencies are essential;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J f (new)
Jf. whereas in the last two decades, the CCSI has undergone a significant and fast-paced transformation resulting from the digital revolution that vitally contributed to the expansion of creative and economic dimensions; whereas this shift facilitated a surge of new business models and forms of production while at the same time diversified work arrangements, which often work in connection with new digital platforms;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J f (new)
Jf. whereas in the last two decades, the CCSI has undergone a significant and fast-paced transformation resulting from the digital revolution that vitally contributed to the expansion of creative and economic dimensions; whereas this shift facilitated a surge of new business models and forms of production while at the same time diversified work arrangements, which often work in connection with new digital platforms;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J g (new)
Jg. whereas digitalisation has broadened and increased the services sector economy in cross-border trade, especially in cultural subsectors such as music, movies and videos, in which new technological applications for streaming and video-on-demand facilitate new easy ways of delivering such entertainment services across borders;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J g (new)
Jg. whereas digitalisation has broadened and increased the services sector economy in cross-border trade, especially in cultural subsectors such as music, movies and videos, in which new technological applications for streaming and video-on-demand facilitate new easy ways of delivering such entertainment services across borders;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J h (new)
Jh. whereas digitalisation in combination with artificial intelligence (AI) has significantly contributed to the dynamism of CCSI as AI has entered every level of the creative value-chain from creation, production, dissemination to consumption; whereas AI has potential to disseminate the cultural information and make art more accessible to larger audiences while at the same time creating ways for users to navigate through cultural content; whereas advances in algorithmic and AI-generated production have facilitated creation in large quantities while also resulting in new challenges connected to authorship and ownership of such creations which must be addressed;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J h (new)
Jh. whereas digitalisation in combination with artificial intelligence (AI) has significantly contributed to the dynamism of CCSI as AI has entered every level of the creative value-chain from creation, production, dissemination to consumption; whereas AI has potential to disseminate the cultural information and make art more accessible to larger audiences while at the same time creating ways for users to navigate through cultural content; whereas advances in algorithmic and AI-generated production have facilitated creation in large quantities while also resulting in new challenges connected to authorship and ownership of such creations which must be addressed;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J i (new)
Ji. whereas digital technologies have an impact on the work of artists, cultural workers, organisations and institutions, and can help them facilitate interaction with different audiences and open access to their work; whereas various EU funding programmes and initiatives are supporting the digital transition of the sector, in particular Creative Europe and Horizon Europe; whereas digitalisation in the cultural field also poses challenges to diversity, fair remuneration, access to culture, and deepens inequalities in particular due to the lack of adequate digital skills;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J i (new)
Ji. whereas digital technologies have an impact on the work of artists, cultural workers, organisations and institutions, and can help them facilitate interaction with different audiences and open access to their work; whereas various EU funding programmes and initiatives are supporting the digital transition of the sector, in particular Creative Europe and Horizon Europe; whereas digitalisation in the cultural field also poses challenges to diversity, fair remuneration, access to culture, and deepens inequalities in particular due to the lack of adequate digital skills;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Cultural and creative sectors and industries: bringing together the peoples of Europe
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Cultural and creative sectors and industries: bringing together the peoples of Europe
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the arts, the broader cultural and creative sectors, entertainment and sports play a fundamental role in human flourishing and in Europe’s social cohesion and economy; underlines that CCS professionals are key to the process of European integration and their work contributes towards building the identity of the peoples of Europe, promoting European cultural diversity and universal dialogue; believes, therefore, that working towards the full recovery and strengthening of the sectors, as well as better terms and conditions for CCS professionals in the sector, is of paramount importance;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the arts, the broader cultural and creative sectors, entertainment and sports play a fundamental role in human flourishing and in Europe’s social cohesion and economy; underlines that CCS professionals are key to the process of European integration and their work contributes towards building the identity of the peoples of Europe, promoting European cultural diversity and universal dialogue; believes, therefore, that working towards the full recovery and strengthening of the sectors, as well as better terms and conditions for CCS professionals in the sector, is of paramount importance;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the arts, the broader cultural and creative sectors, entertainment and sport and industries play a fundamental role in human flourishing and in, Europe’s social cohesion and European societies and economyies; underlines that CCSI professionals are key to the process of European integration;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the arts, the broader cultural and creative sectors, entertainment and sport and industries play a fundamental role in human flourishing and in, Europe’s social cohesion and European societies and economyies; underlines that CCSI professionals are key to the process of European integration;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines the responsibility of the Union, pursuant Article 167 TFEU, in contributing to the flowering of the cultures of the Member States and, pursuant Article 3 TEU, in safeguarding and enhancing Europe’s cultural heritage; considers that historically European cultural heritage has acted as a pole of attraction and influence worldwide, yet reclaiming this leading role requires significant investment in the cultural and creative sectors and policies strengthening them;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines the responsibility of the Union, pursuant Article 167 TFEU, in contributing to the flowering of the cultures of the Member States and, pursuant Article 3 TEU, in safeguarding and enhancing Europe’s cultural heritage; considers that historically European cultural heritage has acted as a pole of attraction and influence worldwide, yet reclaiming this leading role requires significant investment in the cultural and creative sectors and policies strengthening them;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises the importance of Union-wide cultural contests and initiatives, such as the Lux Audience Award and European Union Prize for Literature, showcasing the richness and diversity of European culture; calls on the Commission to review and further strengthen contests or initiatives organised exclusively within the Union;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises the importance of Union-wide cultural contests and initiatives, such as the Lux Audience Award and European Union Prize for Literature, showcasing the richness and diversity of European culture; calls on the Commission to review and further strengthen contests or initiatives organised exclusively within the Union;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights the need for the whole cultural ecosystem to be well-balanced in order to allow each of its parts to thrive and contribute to our European society, democracy and economy;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights the need for the whole cultural ecosystem to be well-balanced in order to allow each of its parts to thrive and contribute to our European society, democracy and economy;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses, in that regard, that the cultural and creative sectors and industries bring the people of Europe closer together through various cultural events, connecting communities with different forms of cultural expression; further highlights the need to establish systems for fostering cultural prosperity and protection and promotion of artistic freedom, thus ensuring the European citizens’ cultural rights;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses, in that regard, that the cultural and creative sectors and industries bring the people of Europe closer together through various cultural events, connecting communities with different forms of cultural expression; further highlights the need to establish systems for fostering cultural prosperity and protection and promotion of artistic freedom, thus ensuring the European citizens’ cultural rights;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that experts have identified the lack of a definition of CCSI professionals and of a specific employment status17 as one of the main factors leading to the weak social protection coverage of CCSI professionals; askscalls on the Commission to facilitate the recognition at Union level of the specific situation of CCS professionals, with the aim of ensuring, on the one hand, the unhindered application of the conditions attached to their status, for those who have such a status under national law, and of attaining convergence and of improving, on the other hand, the situation for those who are not covered by such a status, while promoting transnational work in Europe;map the existing definitions of artists and cultural workers across the Member States with a view to developing a common understanding to be reflected in EU policy-making and cultural statistics; considers that such a definition should also be aligned with the 1980 UNESCO Recommendation; _________________ 17 https://eenca.com/eenca/assets/File/EENC A%20publications/Study%20on%20the%2 0status%20and%20working%20conditions %20of%20artists%20and%20creative%20 professionals%20-%20Final%20report.pdf
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that experts have identified the lack of a definition of CCSI professionals and of a specific employment status17 as one of the main factors leading to the weak social protection coverage of CCSI professionals; askscalls on the Commission to facilitate the recognition at Union level of the specific situation of CCS professionals, with the aim of ensuring, on the one hand, the unhindered application of the conditions attached to their status, for those who have such a status under national law, and of attaining convergence and of improving, on the other hand, the situation for those who are not covered by such a status, while promoting transnational work in Europe;map the existing definitions of artists and cultural workers across the Member States with a view to developing a common understanding to be reflected in EU policy-making and cultural statistics; considers that such a definition should also be aligned with the 1980 UNESCO Recommendation; _________________ 17 https://eenca.com/eenca/assets/File/EENC A%20publications/Study%20on%20the%2 0status%20and%20working%20conditions %20of%20artists%20and%20creative%20 professionals%20-%20Final%20report.pdf
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to establish a European Status of the Artist to facilitate the recognition at Union level of the specific situation of CCSI professionals; to this end, calls on the Commission to establish a European platform on the social and professional situation of artists and CCSI workers to coordinate the development of a European definition; underlines that such a Platform could ensure a holistic approach by coordinating common understanding of the different approaches in Member States and by helping to lower the fragmentation;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to establish a European Status of the Artist to facilitate the recognition at Union level of the specific situation of CCSI professionals; to this end, calls on the Commission to establish a European platform on the social and professional situation of artists and CCSI workers to coordinate the development of a European definition; underlines that such a Platform could ensure a holistic approach by coordinating common understanding of the different approaches in Member States and by helping to lower the fragmentation;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Reiterates its calls on the Commission to develop a proposal for a European ‘Status of the Artist’ as an EU framework for the social and professional situation of artists and workers in the cultural and creative sectors;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Reiterates its calls on the Commission to develop a proposal for a European ‘Status of the Artist’ as an EU framework for the social and professional situation of artists and workers in the cultural and creative sectors;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the Member States that have not yet introduced a specific status for artists and other CCSI professionals to do so; calls on those Member States which have an ‘artist status’ in place to regularly monitor its adequacy and review it where necessary;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the Member States that have not yet introduced a specific status for artists and other CCSI professionals to do so; calls on those Member States which have an ‘artist status’ in place to regularly monitor its adequacy and review it where necessary;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Is concerned about the sustainability of the livelihood of CCSI professionals in a number of Member States; believerecalls thate reinforced action at Union lelevance of, and need to effectively is needed in that regard,mplement, the Council Recommendation on access to social protection for workers and the self- employed in particular with regard to self- employed CCSI professionals; stresses that social protection must be adequate, accessible and ensure formal and effective coverage; regrets that thus far implementation of the Recommendation has been mixed and calls for all Member States to close existing gaps in access to social protection particularly in view of the CCSI;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Is concerned about the sustainability of the livelihood of CCSI professionals in a number of Member States; believerecalls thate reinforced action at Union lelevance of, and need to effectively is needed in that regard,mplement, the Council Recommendation on access to social protection for workers and the self- employed in particular with regard to self- employed CCSI professionals; stresses that social protection must be adequate, accessible and ensure formal and effective coverage; regrets that thus far implementation of the Recommendation has been mixed and calls for all Member States to close existing gaps in access to social protection particularly in view of the CCSI;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Is concerned about the sustainability of the livelihood of CCS professionals in a number of Member States; reaffirms its position that CCS professionals within the EU should have effective access to minimum standards of social security, including employment and health insurance and pension funds according to applicable law; believes that reinforced action at Union level is needed in that regard, in particular with regard to self-employed CCS professionals;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Is concerned about the sustainability of the livelihood of CCS professionals in a number of Member States; reaffirms its position that CCS professionals within the EU should have effective access to minimum standards of social security, including employment and health insurance and pension funds according to applicable law; believes that reinforced action at Union level is needed in that regard, in particular with regard to self-employed CCS professionals;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission, following consultation with social partners, to introduce a proposal for a directive on minimum standards on working conditions for CCSI;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission, following consultation with social partners, to introduce a proposal for a directive on minimum standards on working conditions for CCSI;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that, in view of atypical work patterns in cultural and creative careers and the ensuing challenges, common throughout the Union, in accessing social protection for CCS professionals and in view of the high cross- border mobility of CCS professionals, a targeted legal act at Union level is needed to promote access to comprehensive and adequate social protection systems for all CCS professionals; insists on the need for preserving, accumulating and/or transferring rights across schemes to allow CCS professionals, who frequently combine or change jobs or pass between worker and self-employed status, to effectively access benefits, including unemployment benefits, in contribution- based social protection schemes and to have adequate coverage, as well as to facilitate their participation in the case of voluntary social protection schemes; affirms that the right to an appropriate and proportionate remuneration derived from copyright and related rights must be compatible with social protection systems, in particular access to contributory pension, as creative careers are not limited by age;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that, in view of atypical work patterns in cultural and creative careers and the ensuing challenges, common throughout the Union, in accessing social protection for CCS professionals and in view of the high cross- border mobility of CCS professionals, a targeted legal act at Union level is needed to promote access to comprehensive and adequate social protection systems for all CCS professionals; insists on the need for preserving, accumulating and/or transferring rights across schemes to allow CCS professionals, who frequently combine or change jobs or pass between worker and self-employed status, to effectively access benefits, including unemployment benefits, in contribution- based social protection schemes and to have adequate coverage, as well as to facilitate their participation in the case of voluntary social protection schemes; affirms that the right to an appropriate and proportionate remuneration derived from copyright and related rights must be compatible with social protection systems, in particular access to contributory pension, as creative careers are not limited by age;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that, in view of atypical work patterns in cultural and creative careers and the ensuing challenges, common throughout the Union, inin accessing social protection for CCSI professionals Member States must ensure full and simplified accessing to social protection for CCS professionals and in view of the high cross-border mobility of CCS professionals, a targeted legal act at Union level is needed to promote access to comprehensive and adequate social protection systems for all CCS professionalartists and cultural workers, regardless of their employment status and contractual situation, including access to unemployment allowance, healthcare and pensions; urges the Member States and the Commission to take specific measures for the different categories of creative professions in order to tackle unstable and fragmented income, unpaid work and job insecurity, and safeguard a minimum standard for their income; calls for better coordination in order to identify and exchange best practices and supportive measures for the social protection of professionals in the cultural and creative sectors and industries such as pilot projects for a basic income for artists;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that, in view of atypical work patterns in cultural and creative careers and the ensuing challenges, common throughout the Union, inin accessing social protection for CCSI professionals Member States must ensure full and simplified accessing to social protection for CCS professionals and in view of the high cross-border mobility of CCS professionals, a targeted legal act at Union level is needed to promote access to comprehensive and adequate social protection systems for all CCS professionalartists and cultural workers, regardless of their employment status and contractual situation, including access to unemployment allowance, healthcare and pensions; urges the Member States and the Commission to take specific measures for the different categories of creative professions in order to tackle unstable and fragmented income, unpaid work and job insecurity, and safeguard a minimum standard for their income; calls for better coordination in order to identify and exchange best practices and supportive measures for the social protection of professionals in the cultural and creative sectors and industries such as pilot projects for a basic income for artists;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls the important role of adequate minimum income schemes in combatting poverty and social inclusion as part of national social protection schemes and stresses their relevance for CCSI workers who often experience periods of insufficient, irregular or uncertain financial resources; further stresses the need for such schemes to be adequate and accessible in line with the Council Recommendation 30 January 20231a; _________________ 1a OJ C 41, 3.2.2023, p. 1–12
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls the important role of adequate minimum income schemes in combatting poverty and social inclusion as part of national social protection schemes and stresses their relevance for CCSI workers who often experience periods of insufficient, irregular or uncertain financial resources; further stresses the need for such schemes to be adequate and accessible in line with the Council Recommendation 30 January 20231a; _________________ 1a OJ C 41, 3.2.2023, p. 1–12
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Recalls that mobility is embedded in certain aspects of Creative Europe for the promotion of artistic work, cooperation projects, networks and platforms; welcomes the 2019 i-Portunus, an EU-funded demand-driven mobility scheme for individuals that evolved into Culture Moves Europe mobility grants for CCSI professionals available to the sector for all countries participating in Creative Europe; calls on the Commission to increase Creative Europe’s funding to enable broadening and continuation of this programme in order to reach the widest possible range of CCSI professionals and audiences;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Recalls that mobility is embedded in certain aspects of Creative Europe for the promotion of artistic work, cooperation projects, networks and platforms; welcomes the 2019 i-Portunus, an EU-funded demand-driven mobility scheme for individuals that evolved into Culture Moves Europe mobility grants for CCSI professionals available to the sector for all countries participating in Creative Europe; calls on the Commission to increase Creative Europe’s funding to enable broadening and continuation of this programme in order to reach the widest possible range of CCSI professionals and audiences;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that ensuring smooth coordination and portability of rights across the social protection systems between Member States is important to ensure effective access to social protection for CCS professionals who show a high degree of labour mobility;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that ensuring smooth coordination and portability of rights across the social protection systems between Member States is important to ensure effective access to social protection for CCS professionals who show a high degree of labour mobility;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls for the promotion of cross- border approaches to culture and the search for European partners for the creation of major European cultural co- productions, with the objective of fostering mobility opportunities for artists and creators by reinforcing cooperation of all involved actors and exchanges of best practices, including with non-EU countries;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls for the promotion of cross- border approaches to culture and the search for European partners for the creation of major European cultural co- productions, with the objective of fostering mobility opportunities for artists and creators by reinforcing cooperation of all involved actors and exchanges of best practices, including with non-EU countries;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Notes that the Commission has held thematic seminars for the Member States and the cultural sector to analyse the obstacles to mobility for CCSI professionals with a focus on administrative practices, visas, social security and cross-border taxation, however, the last such event took place in 2016; calls on the Commission to organise an exchange of views with Member States’ representatives, policy- makers and stakeholders to reflect on the persistent problems and find needed solutions for CCSI professionals mobility with an expanded focus on inclusion by including obstacles related to disability as well;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Notes that the Commission has held thematic seminars for the Member States and the cultural sector to analyse the obstacles to mobility for CCSI professionals with a focus on administrative practices, visas, social security and cross-border taxation, however, the last such event took place in 2016; calls on the Commission to organise an exchange of views with Member States’ representatives, policy- makers and stakeholders to reflect on the persistent problems and find needed solutions for CCSI professionals mobility with an expanded focus on inclusion by including obstacles related to disability as well;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Acknowledges the efforts to improve social coordination across the Union; highlights, however, that mobile CCSI professionals often face multiple payments of social and health insurance in several Member States, without being able to benefit from them; notes that administrative and fiscal obstacles to the cross-border portability of social security entitlements and double payment of social contributions are some of the most prevalent challenges encountered by CCSI professionals working abroad, often due to differences between Member States in interpreting labour law; calls for a Union- wide approach forMember States to implement Regulations 883/2004 and 987/2009 correctly and consistently to ensure CCSI professionals working in several countries to benefit from social protection as soon as social contributions are paidtheir rights and entitlements regarding the coordination of social security under EU law;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Acknowledges the efforts to improve social coordination across the Union; highlights, however, that mobile CCSI professionals often face multiple payments of social and health insurance in several Member States, without being able to benefit from them; notes that administrative and fiscal obstacles to the cross-border portability of social security entitlements and double payment of social contributions are some of the most prevalent challenges encountered by CCSI professionals working abroad, often due to differences between Member States in interpreting labour law; calls for a Union- wide approach forMember States to implement Regulations 883/2004 and 987/2009 correctly and consistently to ensure CCSI professionals working in several countries to benefit from social protection as soon as social contributions are paidtheir rights and entitlements regarding the coordination of social security under EU law;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines the overall importance of the cross-border mobility of artists and cultural workers and exchanges between them in order to facilitate their creative work and improve their opportunities to gain new professional experience abroad; welcomes in this context the new mobility action Culture Moves Europe in the frame of the Creative Europe programme which offers mobility grants to artists and cultural professionals, and calls on the Commission and the Member States to further strengthen and improve such initiatives and equip them with more adequate fundings;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines the overall importance of the cross-border mobility of artists and cultural workers and exchanges between them in order to facilitate their creative work and improve their opportunities to gain new professional experience abroad; welcomes in this context the new mobility action Culture Moves Europe in the frame of the Creative Europe programme which offers mobility grants to artists and cultural professionals, and calls on the Commission and the Member States to further strengthen and improve such initiatives and equip them with more adequate fundings;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Encourages the Member States to set up new or strengRegrets that many administrative, financial and linguistic obstacles as well as obstacles to mobility linked with disability still persist; calls furthermore on the Commission and Member States to strengthen their efforts to provide quality information withein existing mobility information pointsa one-stop-shop regarding mobility and exchange programmes for artists and other cultural workers, as well as material support, to tackle administrative, financial and linguistic obstacles to their mobility;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Encourages the Member States to set up new or strengRegrets that many administrative, financial and linguistic obstacles as well as obstacles to mobility linked with disability still persist; calls furthermore on the Commission and Member States to strengthen their efforts to provide quality information withein existing mobility information pointsa one-stop-shop regarding mobility and exchange programmes for artists and other cultural workers, as well as material support, to tackle administrative, financial and linguistic obstacles to their mobility;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Recalls that the EU has in place an automated IT system - Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information (EESSI) enabling the fast and secure exchange of information between national social security institutions for the benefit of mobile workers; further, recalls the launching of the Pilot Project for the European Social Security Pass (ESSPASS) to ensure that European citizens are able to exercise their rights for social security coverage and entitlements across borders in the form of an easy digital tool; calls on the Commission to ensure that the upcoming proposal on digitalisation of social security systems and social safety nets in support of labour mobility includes CCSI as a whole, including workers with atypical forms of employment and theself- employed;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Recalls that the EU has in place an automated IT system - Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information (EESSI) enabling the fast and secure exchange of information between national social security institutions for the benefit of mobile workers; further, recalls the launching of the Pilot Project for the European Social Security Pass (ESSPASS) to ensure that European citizens are able to exercise their rights for social security coverage and entitlements across borders in the form of an easy digital tool; calls on the Commission to ensure that the upcoming proposal on digitalisation of social security systems and social safety nets in support of labour mobility includes CCSI as a whole, including workers with atypical forms of employment and theself- employed;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Is concerned by the fact that the cultural and creative sectors and industries are considered low-wage sectors, with 38 % of CCSI professionals in the lowest three wage deciles18 ; recalls the right of all workers to fair wages that provide for a decent standard of living and welcomes the recent adoption of Directive (EU) 2022/2041 of the European Parliament and of the Council19 ; calls on the Member States to transpose that Directive swiftly, with particular consideration for the cultural and creative sectors; and industries; _________________ 18 Eurofound Labour Force Survey 19 Directive (EU) 2022/2041 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on adequate minimum wages in the European Union (OJ L 275, 25.10.2022, p. 33).
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Is concerned by the fact that the cultural and creative sectors and industries are considered low-wage sectors, with 38 % of CCSI professionals in the lowest three wage deciles18 ; recalls the right of all workers to fair wages that provide for a decent standard of living and welcomes the recent adoption of Directive (EU) 2022/2041 of the European Parliament and of the Council19 ; calls on the Member States to transpose that Directive swiftly, with particular consideration for the cultural and creative sectors; and industries; _________________ 18 Eurofound Labour Force Survey 19 Directive (EU) 2022/2041 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on adequate minimum wages in the European Union (OJ L 275, 25.10.2022, p. 33).
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Regrets the prevalence of late payment practices in the CCSI which severely impacts the solvency of both freelancers and SMEs operating in the sector and widens socio-economic disparities among CCSI professionals; stresses the need for Member States to implement Directive 2011/7/EU including for undertakings in the CCSI and calls on the Commission to ensure that the upcoming revision of this directive addresses CCSI late payments;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Regrets the prevalence of late payment practices in the CCSI which severely impacts the solvency of both freelancers and SMEs operating in the sector and widens socio-economic disparities among CCSI professionals; stresses the need for Member States to implement Directive 2011/7/EU including for undertakings in the CCSI and calls on the Commission to ensure that the upcoming revision of this directive addresses CCSI late payments;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Deplores the practice of offering payment for cultural and creative work in the form of exposure;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Deplores the practice of offering payment for cultural and creative work in the form of exposure;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls the importance of copyright and related rights in the cultural and creative sectors and industries and of properly implementing them, as the revenue received from copyright represents the core of fair remuneration of CCSI, including micro and small enterprises and solo-self employed, thus ensuring that every type of rights-holder is fairly remunerated; in this context, encourages all Member States to implement Directive (EU) 2019/790 on copyright in the digital single market; calls on those Member States who have not yet done so, to transpose the Directive into their national laws, and to guarantee fair, appropriate and proportional remuneration of authors and performers; calls on the Commission to support the transposition and implementation efforts;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls the importance of copyright and related rights in the cultural and creative sectors and industries and of properly implementing them, as the revenue received from copyright represents the core of fair remuneration of CCSI, including micro and small enterprises and solo-self employed, thus ensuring that every type of rights-holder is fairly remunerated; in this context, encourages all Member States to implement Directive (EU) 2019/790 on copyright in the digital single market; calls on those Member States who have not yet done so, to transpose the Directive into their national laws, and to guarantee fair, appropriate and proportional remuneration of authors and performers; calls on the Commission to support the transposition and implementation efforts;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission to implement the principle of appropriate and proportionate remuneration throughout all EU legislation related to digital policies with impact on the cultural and creative sectors;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission to implement the principle of appropriate and proportionate remuneration throughout all EU legislation related to digital policies with impact on the cultural and creative sectors;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. IStresses that new business models have an immense effect on the stability of the CCSI sector including remuneration; is concerned by abusive and coercive practices that may result in unfair contractual relationships for CCSI professionals; draws attention to issues relating more specifically to ‘buy-out’ contracts; requestswork-for-hire contracts by dominant or large streaming platforms have hindered adequate and proportionate remuneration by imposing ‘buy-out’ clauses depriving authors of royalties by purchasing full copyright from them in exchange for a one-off payment, as well as hindering collective management of their rights; calls on the Commission to assess, evaluate and closely monitor the situation in that regard, to ensure the contractual arrangements are in full compliance with Articles 18, 19 and 20 of the Copyright Directive; further calls on the Commission to take necessary measures for ensuring all creators, artists and rights holders receive fair remuneration and royalties as set in the Directive 2001/84/EC and to prevent any harmful practices imposed on creators;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. IStresses that new business models have an immense effect on the stability of the CCSI sector including remuneration; is concerned by abusive and coercive practices that may result in unfair contractual relationships for CCSI professionals; draws attention to issues relating more specifically to ‘buy-out’ contracts; requestswork-for-hire contracts by dominant or large streaming platforms have hindered adequate and proportionate remuneration by imposing ‘buy-out’ clauses depriving authors of royalties by purchasing full copyright from them in exchange for a one-off payment, as well as hindering collective management of their rights; calls on the Commission to assess, evaluate and closely monitor the situation in that regard, to ensure the contractual arrangements are in full compliance with Articles 18, 19 and 20 of the Copyright Directive; further calls on the Commission to take necessary measures for ensuring all creators, artists and rights holders receive fair remuneration and royalties as set in the Directive 2001/84/EC and to prevent any harmful practices imposed on creators;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Recalls that the European Parliament called for an investment target of 2% of the Recovery and Resilience Fund for the CCSI as an investment in the EU cultural agenda to be included in Member States National Recovery and Resilience Plans (NRRP); regrets that not all Member States have included culture in their NRRP; stresses that although the average overall target of 2% on the EU level has been met, the majority of Member States remain well under this figure; in that regard, encourages all Member States to include culture in their NRRPs and ensure sufficient targeted investment to the sector;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States and social partners to commit to thein cooperation with the social partners to increase efforts to prevention of undeclared work and the eradicatione of bogus self- employment practices in the cultural and creative sectors and industries, including by strengthening the action of labour enforcement authorities; stresses the role of ELA in this regard, in particular in the provision of information for mobile CCSI workers, information exchange between Member States and risk assessments as regards sector-specific challenges of the CCSI;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. While recognising the particular working time arrangements common in the sectors, believes that safety and health in the workplace as well as work-life balance must be respected;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Reiterates its call on the Member States to diversify the sources of support to the cultural and creative sectors, to refrain from financial cuts to existing funding and to increase their financial support to the sectors;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that Union-funded programmes and projects in the cultural and creative sectors, such as Creative Europe, must and projects funded through it, should ensure complyiance with a set of fair work principles and practices for collaborations in the cultural and creative sectorll labour and social obligations under Union and national law or collective agreements; asks the Commission to ensure that the next cycle of Union programmes in the cultural and creative sectors and industries complies with such principles, in line with the European Pillar of Social Rights, including via the introduction of social conditionality;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Recalls that the procedures to apply for EU funding, including those for the Creative Europe programme, are still too burdensome and unnecessarily create obstacles for all potential beneficiaries, especially micro organisations or enterprises and self-employed in the CCSI; therefore calls on the Commission to further simplify these procedures to ensure fair access to EU funding, as part of the necessary measures to improve the overall working conditions of artists;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that sustainable public funding is fundamental to ensuring a healthy cultural and creative ecosystem; asks thefurther emphasises that public-private partnerships are crucial for ensuring sufficient funding for the sector’s economic development; encourages all Member States to set a minimum spending target of 2 % of government public expenditure in the cultural and creative sectors and industries; calls on the Member States to create a supportive environment for public-private partnerships to facilitate policy innovation that will foster the competitiveness of creative businesses, their productivity and sufficient funding;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that sustainable public funding is fundamental to ensuring a healthy cultural and creative ecosystem; calls on the Commission to propose including in the European Semester a continuous review of the indicators on public spending for culture; asks the Member States to set a minimum spending target of 2 % of government public expenditure in the cultural and creative sectors;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that CCS professionals have the freedom and right to form and join trade unions and professional organisations to represent them and to participate in the formulation of cultural and employment policies; calls on the Member States to foster an effective social dialogue and guarantee the effective application of the right to collective bargaining in the cultural and creative sectors; calls on the Commission to reinforce social dialogue at Union level, ensuring that all cultural and creative sectors are represented;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that CCS professionals have the freedom and right to form and join trade unions and professional organisations to represent them and to participate in the formulation of cultural and employment policies; calls on the Commission to reinforce social dialogue at Union level, ensuring that all cultural and creative sectors are representedMember States to involve social partners in the design and implementation of employment and social policies related to the CCSI in a systematic and meaningful way in line with the Council Recommendation on strengthening social dialogue;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Highlights that multilevel governance, effective distribution of responsibilities between existing levels and decentralised tier models enable States to maintain an active dialogue with a CCSI; calls on the Member States to support, foster and reinforce sectoral social dialogue to ensure it adequately addresses the CCSI;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that Member States’ collective bargaining coverage rates in the cultural and creative sectors and industries vary significantly; considers that strong collective bargaining decisively contributes to ensuring adequate minimum wage protection and good working conditions; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure, with the involvement of social partners, an enabling environment for collecbipartivte bargaining in the cultural and creative sectorsand tripartite social dialogue at all levels in the cultural and creative sectors and industries in line with the Council Recommendation;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the publication by the Commission of the ‘Guidelines on application of Union competition law to collective agreements regarding working conditions of solo self-employed persons’, including solo self-employed authors and performers, offering greater protection to creators and freelancers in the cultural and creative sectors; calls on national competition authorities to ensure the effective application of the Guidelines; calls on the Commission to monitor the application of the Guidelines by national competition authorities in order to ensure that they are applied consistently;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the publication by the Commission of the ‘Guidelines on application of Union competition law to collective agreements regarding working conditions of solo self-employed persons’; calls on the Member States to ensure national competition authorities to ensure the effectively application ofy the Guidelines; calls on the Commission to monitor the application of the Guidelines by national competition authorities through the European Competition Network as well as consultations with the European Social Partners in order to ensure that they are applied consistently;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Is concerned by the increasingly limited space devoted to artistic education and sports in national curricula in primary and secondary education; notes with concern that financial barriers often hinder access to higher education in the arts for young people coming from a disadvantaged background; calls on Member States to ensure equitable access to artistic education, in particular higher education; asks the Commission to assess potential models to compensate artistic and cultural organisations offering free access for young persons under 18 years, including in this analysis the social return on investment of early exposure to culture;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Is concerned by the increasingly limited space devoted to artistic education and sports in national curricula in primary and secondary education; notes with concern that financial barriers often hinder access to higher education in the arts for young people coming from a disadvantaged background; calls on Member States to ensure equitable access to artistic education, in particular higher education;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Is concerned by the lack of awareness of, and informainformation on working practices and conditions provided to, students and young graduates entering the labour market on working practices and conditions, including an understanding of worker and self-employed status; calls on Member States to put in place the necessary measures and to support and strengthen existing tools to ensure that students and young graduates have access to information about employment opportunities and their rights and obligations under Union and national labour law; stresses the importance of these mechanisms being inclusive, in order to reach groups typically disadvantaged on the labour market;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 348 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Is concerned by the lack of awareness of, and information provided to, students and young graduates entering the labour market on working practices and conditions, including an understanding of worker and self-employed status; invites the Commission to collect good practices on arts in education, training and skills development, and to coordinate better access to training modules, together with professional bodies and social partners;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 350 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Member States to educate and raise awareness about fair practices by providing information to students and young graduates on the different types of employment contract, remuneration models, employment rights including working time and minimum wage rights, social rights and copyright from the perspective of the rights holders and workers;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that access to the European Education Area is fundamental for artistic research and the career development of teachers and young professionals in the cultural and creative sectors and industries; calls on the Member States to ensure that higher arts education is fully integrated in the European Education Area; urges the Commission and the Member States to work towards the automatic mutual recognitionrecalls the importance of mutual recognition and cross-border portability of artistic competences and creative skills and qualifications to facilitate cross- border mobility of workers in the CCSI; urges therefore the Commission and the Member States to work towards improving the process of mutual recognition and certification systems of diplomas and other qualifications, learning outcomes and study periods abroad which allow for comparability;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Stresses the role that micro- credentials can play when used in a coherent and standardised way, also in digital and creative skills and competencies; calls on the Commission and Member States to develop a European ecosystem for micro-credentials in line with the Council Recommendation and ensure their portability across Europe with a particular focus on skills and competencies related to the cultural and creative services and industries;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Expresses concern about relegating arts and artistic disciplines in school curricula, thus hindering previously well-structured and comprehensive curricula that enhanced individual’s aptitude to engage in cultural activities; urges the Member States to promote such relevant skills by allocating appropriate financial and human resources for strengthening artistic disciplines in all stages of education in curricular and extra-curricular activities; in this regard, calls on the Commission to expand the ‘STEM approach’ by adopting the ‘STEAM’ (sciences, Technologies, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) instead;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 357 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20c. Calls on Member States and the Commission to support vocational training programmes and initiatives for the professional development of all cultural and creative workers, and in particular to support them in acquiring digital, entrepreneurial and other relevant skills for the promotion of their activity;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Is concerned by the lack of career transition support systems in place for artists and CCSI professionals in need of retraining; calls on the Member States to invest in skills development programmes, technical and vocational education, technical and vocational and training systems and, lifelong learning schemes paid quality traineeships, internships and apprenticeships, allowing those interested to develop new skills either within or outside the cultural and creative sectors and industries;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 367 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Welcomes the Pact for Skills: a new partnership to promote skills in cultural and creative industries for skills development based on ‘on the job’ training; calls on the Member States to ensure the promotion of the Pact to promote knowledge transfer, ensure retraining, upskilling and reskilling, lifelong learning and partnerships across education and training institutions, employers, businesses and students and workers;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 368 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the social partners and employers to promote training and skills development; calls on the European Commission to support cooperation between skills councils where these exist and the exchange of best practices between Member States;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 370 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Highlights that a significant transition in the sector has been made due to the COVID-19 pandemic, digitalisation and green transition, thus lifelong learning, reskilling and upskilling are essential for the sustainability of the sector; calls on the Member States to plan and promote education, training and skills development in consultation with the social partners; calls on the Commission, in this regard, to include CCSI in existing plans, programmes and initiatives, such as European Skills Agenda, ALMA and European Alliance for Apprenticeships;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 371 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Notes that the European Digital Education Action Plan 2021-2027 outlines the importance of including digital education in school curricula; in that regard welcomes the specific call for the development of the European Digital Education Content Framework that will build on cultural and creative diversity; calls on the Member States to adequately implement the recommendations into their national school and educational systems;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 372 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 8
Workplace harassment and discrimination in the cultural and creative sectors and industries
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 376 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Notes that the cultural and creative sectors show a very high dependence rate from clients and above average exposure to intimidation and discrimination; with 86 % of unions in the entertainment industry expressing concern about sexual harassment occurring at work or in work- related environments1a; notes that, within the entertainment sector, the live entertainment and film/television production sub-sectors are particularly affected1b; urges the Member States to investigate scrupulously the reported cases, to raise awareness and to establish guidelines on harassment prevention through education and training; _________________ 1a Policy Brief on sexual harassment in the entertainment industry, ILO, 2020 1b https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public /@ed_dialogue/@actrav/documents/public ation/wcms_761947.pdf
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 379 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Notes that the cultural and creative sectors show a very high dependence rate from clients andand industries show above average exposure to intimidation and discrimination;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 384 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. CStresses that sexual harassment and gender-based violence reinforce power inequalities, while the sectors and industries’ organisation and diverse employment relationships can affect the capacity of addressing, preventing and eliminating sexual and other forms of violence and harassment; calls on the Member States to redouble their efforts to eradicate sexual harassment in the cultural and creative sectors and industries and to ensure a safe and healthy work place; welcomes, in that regard, the Commission proposal for a directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence, and looks forward to its swift adoption;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 385 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Member States to redouble their efforts to eradicate sexual harassment in the cultural and creative sectors and to ensure a safe and healthy work place; welcomes, in that regard, the Commission proposal for a directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence, and looks forward to its swift adoption; asks the Commission and the Member States to put in place incentive mechanisms and support structures for ensuring equitable careers, particularly for women, persons from disadvantaged backgrounds and belonging to minorities, including, when appropriate, through funding mechanisms;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 389 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Reiterates its call on the Member States and social partners to promote social dialogue on addressing the gender inequality by ensuring equal pay for work of equal value as well protecting work-life balance; encourages social partners to promote the inclusion of women and youth in their leadership and among the negotiators; calls on the Member States in this regard to swiftly transpose the Pay Transparency and Work- life balance Directives;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 390 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Member States to work together with social partners to remove systemic barriers that make CCSI workers vulnerable and create a comprehensive and coordinated sectorial response to prevent, address and eliminate violence and harassment, and to form planned actions for tackling underlying gender imbalances in the CCSI by providing clear lines of responsibility in reporting and protection procedures;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 398 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Insists on the need to ensure freedom of artistic creation and expression throughout Europe; insists that freedom of artistic expression must remain guaranteed for all creators, ensuring a level playing field for artists to develop their activity, hence ensuring decent and sustainable level of remuneration; reiterates its call on the Commission to expand, as part of the rule of law reports, the chapter on monitoring media freedom and pluralism to cover all aspects of freedom of expression, including artistic and academic freedoms;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 399 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Insists on the need to ensure freedom of artistic creation and expression throughout Europe; reiterates its call on the Commission to expand, as part of the rule of law reports, the chapter on monitoring media freedom and pluralism to cover all aspects of freedom of expression, including artistic and academic freedoms; calls on the Commission, as part of its review of the EU Democracy Action Plan implementation, to focus further, through appropriate initiatives, on promoting and defending the freedom of artists to create without censorship or intimidation;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 401 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Notes that artistic freedom is closely linked to the social and economic conditions of cultural professionals and institutions; recalls the duty of Member States and the Union to protect, defend and assist CCS professionals in upholding their freedom of creation and expression; calls on the Member States to develop guidelines for protecting the artistic freedom as an EU value;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 402 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Recalls that artistic, cultural and academic freedoms are imperative and must be protected to shape communities, affirm democracy and contribute to solidarity and social cohesion, away from any governmental censorship, political interference or any kind of pressure;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 403 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Emphasises that inappropriate working conditions, a lack of social security and unfair remuneration, including buy-out contracts, are elements restricting the actual ability of artists to exercise their right of artistic freedom;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 405 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Invites the Commission and the EEAS to explore concrete paths to uphold the freedom of artistic expression of artists at risk, especially as consequences of wars and geopolitical instability;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 409 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Is concerned by the effects of increasing automation, whichmachine learning, robotics and other forms of technologies could pose a particular challenge to artists and other CCSI professionals at risk of losing their jobs or their remuneration rights or of suffering from deteriorating working conditions; calls on the Commission to develop a proactive strategic approach at Union level to anticipate the effects onf digitalisation and artificial intelligence on CCSI jobs;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 411 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Recognises the innovative services, new forms of work organisation and new business models boosted by digitalisation and the use of technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI); however, notes such changes urge CCSI to constantly reshape business models and risk the development of regulatory gaps with a detrimental effect on artists and CCSI workers’ intellectual property rights, revenue, remuneration and working conditions; highlights the need for licensing fees to be paid to artists whose work is used to train AI models and stresses the need for the education and upskilling of artists and CCSI workers in this regard to ensure they are adequately informed of issues arising from AI use in the sector; in line with the proposed AI Act calls on the Member States to ensure the use of AI systems in the CCSI is transparent and create sector-specific measures to help ease the impact of the digital and AI transition of the CCSI, especially in the form financial support and educational programmes for reskilling and upskilling, as well as ensuring access to adequate social protection for those affected by digitalisation and AI-related job losses;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 412 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Highlights that ongoing technological developments such as digitalization, particularly the recent progress in the field of artificial intelligence with the ability of its generative systems to generate cultural content, not only create new opportunities and new jobs, but also bring along many challenges, uncertainties and even existential distress for many cultural creators and entire professions;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 415 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Notes that CCSI can benefit from digitalisation, artificial intelligence, robotics and other forms of technological tools as they contribute to job creation, which is triggered by the emergence of new occupational profiles; highlights in that regard that such emergence can enrich sectoral opportunities for sustainable development of the sector as it will prompt lifelong learning; in that regard urges Member States to create action plans for job creation with a specific focus on the CCSI; calls on the Commission and the Member States to support measures for bridging the digital divide between regions through social dialogue, to achieve decent work and sustainable development for ensuring equal access, good working conditions and social benefits for CCSI workers;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 416 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)
25c. Welcomes the positive effects of support from the EU Digital Innovation Hubs and the Creative Innovation Labs for the development of CCSI by providing needed skills related to digitalisation; in this regard, calls on the Member States to create national centres that would provide similar support to CCSI, to reach the broadest possible inclusion of CCSI workers;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 418 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Reiterates its call on the Commission to assess the challenges posed by AI-generated content on the cultural and creative sectors, as well as the impact of the research and development of AI and related technologies on the cultural and creative sectors; in particular with regard to authorship and fair remuneration of authors and performers; calls on the Commission to evaluate the extent to which the European General Data Protection Regulation can provide fast and effective safeguards against the unauthorized scraping of personal data by AI systems and whether existing text and data mining exceptions are adequately balanced to meet the three-step test also in the context of generative AI;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 420 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Reiterates its call on the Commission to assess the challenges posed by AI-generated content on the cultural and creative sectors and industries; calls on the Member States to adopt policies and measures to prevent all forms of discrimination in AI-based distribution platforms, as well as protecting the rights of CCSI professionals to fair remuneration by ensuring a human- centred approach;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 425 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 11
Sports and entertainment sectorsdeleted
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 430 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Believes that the entertainment sector, including the sports sector, brings the peoples of Europe closer together through the lived experiences of Union competitions and by the cohesive function of grassroots sports;deleted
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 431 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Emphasises the importance of Union-wide contests and initiatives showcasing the richness and diversity of European culture; calls on the Commission to review and further strengthen contests or initiatives organised exclusively within the Union;deleted
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 441 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Requests that the Commission submit, on the basis of Article 153(2), point (a), and Article 352 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, one or more proposals for a decision establishing a comprehensive Union framework for collecting and publishing appropriate data and for encouraging cooperation and the exchange of best practices between Member States with a view to formulating quality standards and reviewing relevant developments as regards the status, living and working conditions, including fair remuneration, access to social security and social protection, representation and collective defence in areas relevant to the living and working conditions of artists and other CCS professionals, covering both workers and the self-employed, with the full participation of the social partners, following the recommendations set out in the Annex hereto; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that this framework contributes to the elimination of all forms of discrimination and of gender-based violence in the cultural and creative sectors, and promotes gender equality and artistic freedom;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 443 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Requests that the Commission submit, on the basis of Article 153(2), points (a), and Article 352(b), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, in conjunction with points (b) and (i) of Article 153(1) TFEU, one or more proposals for a decisioncts establishing a comprehensive Union framework for collecting and publishing appropriate data and for encouraging cooperation and the exchange of best practices between Member States with a view to formulating quality standards in areas relevant to the living andquality minimum standards for working conditions of artists and other CCSI professionals, covering both workers and the self-employed, with the full participation of the social partners, as well as establishing a platform on social and professional situation of artists and CCSI workers, following the recommendations set out in the Annex I hereto;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 445 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Calls for the inclusion of culture within the European Semester, under the Semester’s education and training monitoring, of the working and living conditions in the cultural and creative sectors in the ongoing economic and social policy coordination and monitoring;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 452 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 c (new)
29c. Calls on the Member States to increase the level of ambition for the key priority ‘Artists and cultural professionals: empowering the CCS’ in the Council Work Plan for Culture 2023- 2026, with more ambitious actions and target outputs focusing on the status and working conditions of artists and other CCS professionals;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 453 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 d (new)
29d. Asks the Commission and the Member States to regularly collect and publish comprehensive and comparable data, disaggregated by gender, age, disability, company size and sector as far as available, on the social and professional situation of artists and other CCS professionals in the EU, covering both workers and the self-employed, including on their status, working conditions, including fair remuneration, access to social security and social protection, representation and collective defence, their exposure to forms of discrimination and gender-based violence, as well as gender equality and artistic freedom;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 454 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 e (new)
29e. Asks the Commission to report every second year to the European Parliament and to the Council on its analysis of the situation of artists and other CCS professionals in the EU and relevant developments on the basis of the collected data, as well as on the implementation of the Decision;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 455 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Considers that any financial implications of the requested proposals should be covered by existing budgetary allocations; stresses that, given the significance of the cultural and creative sectors for the EU and Member States’ economies, the adoption and implementation of the proposal would lead to substantial financial and efficiency gains, and will thus be beneficial both in economic and social terms, [as clearly pointed out in the European Added Value Assessment report];
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 458 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 1 – paragraph 1
The objective of the proposals is to establish a Union framework on the social and professional situation of artists and other professionals in the cultural and creative sectors (‘CCS professionals’) (the ‘Framework’). The Framework should comprise one or more decisions setting up a mechanism for structured cooperation and the exchange of best practices between Member States with a view to formulating quality standards and reviewing relevant developments in areas relevant to the living and working conditions of CCS professionals. This mechanism should include close consultation and involvement of social partners at national and European level
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 459 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 1 – paragraph 1
The objective of the proposals is to establish a Union framework on the social and professional situation of artists and other professionals in the cultural and creative sectors and industries (‘CCSI professionals’) (the ‘Framework’). The Framework should comprise one or more decisions setting up a mechanism for structured cooperation and the exchange of best practices between Member States with a view to formulating quality standards and reviewing relevant developments in areas relevant toUnion acts establishing a Europe-wide definition of a Status of the Artist; establishing a European platform on the social and professional situation of artists and CCSI workers to coordinate the development of a European definition; and establishing quality minimum standards for the living and working conditions of CCSI professionals.
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 463 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – title
Recommendation 2 Recommendation 2: the establishment of criteria for the recognition of CCS professionalsan European Status of the Artist
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 464 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – paragraph 1
The establishment ofA European Status of the Artist should be established through means of a decision, with the objective of facilitating common criteria for the recognition of CCSI professionals should facilitate the recognition at Union level ofand their specific situation of CCS professionals. Those criteria would have the aim of ensurSuch status will provide unified understanding, onf the one hand, the unhindered application of the conditions attached to CCS professionals’ status, for those who have such a status under national law, and of attaining convergence and of improving, on the other hand, the situation for those who are not covered by such a status, while promoting transnational work in Europesocial and professional situation of artists and CCSI workers and provide the development of a European definition needed for the application of the conditions attached to CCSI professionals’ status.
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 465 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 3 – title
Recommendation 3 Recommendation 3: the scope of the Union acts proposals
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 470 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 3 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
- the statusdefinition of CCSI professionals;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 483 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 3 – paragraph 2 – indent 5
- the facilitation of the coordination and portability of rights across social protection systemssocial security rights across the EU and of cross-border mobility in the cultural and creative sectors and industries;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 487 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 3 – paragraph 2 – indent 6
- the integration of higher arts education in the European Education Area, the automatic mutual recognition of diplomas and other qualifications, learning outcomes and study periods abroad in the cultural and creative sectors and the development of training opportunities and career development and transitions for CCS professionals;deleted
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 491 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 3 – paragraph 2 – indent 7
- the removal of systematic barriers to fight against all forms of discrimination and of gender-based violence and the promotion of gender equality in the cultural and creative sectors and industries;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 497 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 4 – title
Recommendation 4 Recommendation 4: the specific objectives of the proposals - the European platform on the situation of artists
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 498 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The specific objectives of the Framework should be, inter alia to establish a European platform on the social and professional situation of artists and CCSI workers to coordinate the development of a European definition. The Platform could ensure a holistic approach by coordinating common understanding of the different approaches in Member States and by helping to lower the fragmentation. The Platform should:
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 500 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 4 – paragraph 1 – indent -1 (new)
- coordinate inconsistent definitions used to describe and regulate CCSI, such as definition of an artist, creative professional, bogus self-employment, at the EU- and Member-State level, which hinders the capacity for self-learning and creates challenges for the policy process;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 501 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 4 – paragraph 1 – indent -1 a (new)
-a function as a platform for practice sharing and mutual learning between the Member States on how to limit the project-based employment, regularise employment in the sector, and bridge gaps in social security protection of self- employed CCS professionals;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 502 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 4 – paragraph 1 – indent -1 b (new)
-b facilitate issuing Country Specific Recommendations to Member States on the financial and training policies within the sector, access to social protection (together with Social Protection Committee), as well as occupational health and safety of self-employed CCSI professionals;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 503 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 4 – paragraph 1 – indent -1 c (new)
-c develop a European a strategy for education and training programmes that considers the specificities of the sector, which are overeducation, needs for re- and up-skilling, and the prevalence of self-employment.
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 504 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 4 – paragraph 1 – indent -1 d (new)
-d Furthermore, the Platform should follow specific objectives, inter alia:
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 506 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
-serve as a data-base to improve knowledge on the living - and working conditions of CCS I professionals, including with regard to the causes and regional differences, by means of evidence-based tools, comparative analysis and relevant methodological instruments for data collection building on the work of relevant actors; in that regard, it is important that Member States regularly collect and publish comprehensive and comparable data on the social and professional situation of artists and other CCSI professionals in the Union, including working conditions, levels of remuneration, access to social security and social protection, collective representation and coverage by collective agreements, exposure to forms of discrimination and gender-based violence, and gender equality and artistic freedom; such data should be disaggregated by gender, age, disability, employment status and specific sector as far as possible;
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 514 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 8
- to raise awareness on the relevant problems and available solutions among CCSI professionals, trade unions and other workers’ representativesocial partners, and relevant Member State authorities.
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPLCULT