22 Amendments of Christine ANDERSON related to 2021/2080(INI)
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas female entrepreneurs and self-employed pare an under-utilised source ofticipate in economic growth and job creation; whereas supporting this group can strengthen EU competitiveness;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the relative scarcity of women entrepreneurs swhould be considered an untapped have a real interest in STEM fields is a source for innovation and development, especially in the context of Europe’s green and digital transformations and its economic recovery following the COVID-19 crisis; whereas the European economy has the potential to benefit from a growth in GDP of EUR 16 billion by encouraging moresuch women to fulfil their desire to enter the digital jobs market;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas women onlyare estimated to constitute 34.4 % of the self-employed in the EU and 30 % of its start-up entrepreneurs;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas some women may face more difficulties in pursuing entrepreneurship than men; whereas barriers include a lack of specific training, a lower level of self- confidence, less access to social and business networks and difficulties in reconciling work and family life; whereas other women simply prioritise their family life or engage in less demanding careers by choice;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas statistics are interpreted as a way to show that female entrepreneurs would have more difficulties than men in raising finance; whereas women-led companies still account for a very smaller portion of investment recipients; whereas all-male founding teams received 93 % of all capital invested in European tech in 20188 ; _________________ 8 Skonieczna, A. and Castellano, L., 'Gender Smart Financing. Investing In and With Women: Opportunities for Europe', European Economy Discussion Papers, No 129, July 2020, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas data shows that women entrepreneurs generate more revenue despite receiving lowerspecific and fully contextualised data is needed to show women entrepreneurs' revenue and financial backing;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas onlywomen officially account for 10 % of business angels in Europe are women9 and onlynd 10 % of all senior positions in private equity and venture capital firms globally10 are occupied by women; whereas several studies show that investment managers tend to provide capital to those who are similar to themselves; whereas developing the ecosystem is key to improving funding conditions sustainably for women-led companies and creating a reliable network of female investors; _________________ 10 International Finance Corporation, Moving Towards Gender Balance in Private Equity and Venture Capital, International Finance Corporation, Washington DC, 2019. 9 EBAN, Statistics Compendium – European Early Stage Market Statistics, EBAN, Brussels, 2019.
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas 59 % of scientists and engineers in the EU in 2018 were men and only 41 % were women, representing a gap of 18 %12 ; _________________ 12 Eurostat, 'Women in science and technology', Products Eurostat News, 2 October 2020.in comparison with 41 % of women;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesTakes note of the Commission initiatives such as Women TechEU and the European Innovation Council Women Leadership Programme and the creation of various European networks for female entrepreneurs; urginvites the Commission to promote such initiatives more actively by focusrespectfully take into account individual choices as well as domestic laws when working on the EU growth potential and to support the achievements of women entrepreneurs;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the necessity and importance of recognising and promoting women entrepreneurs as role models; notes, in this regard, the European Network of Female Entrepreneurship Ambassadors and/or any relevant national or local organisation, which encourages women, who so wish, to consider entrepreneurship as a career;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes public and private women entrepreneurship programmes in the Member States that include elements of networking, mentoring and training to support and advise women entrepreneurs; notes that publicly available reports and testimonials in seven Member States suggest the positive impact of these programmes; urges the Commission to collect data from all Member States and analyse the impact of female entrepreneurship programmes; calls the Commission to share best practices to strengthen and increase the share of women entrepreneurs and self-employed in the Member States;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls the Commission to make specific, up- to-date, contextualised and comparable statistics available for the purpose of analysing the economic significance of entrepreneurs and self- employed, and the various categories within entrepreneurship and self-employed with respect to industry and gender to identify the share of women entrepreneurs and self-employed;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls, in particular, for greater women- focused promotion of STEM subjects, digital education and financial literacy in order to combat prevailing stereotypes and ensure that more womensupport STEM loving women to enter these sectors and contribute to their development; highlights the importance of promoting education and careers in finance to women to support the development of a reliable network of female investors;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises the need to rRecognises women entrepreneurship and self- employment as potentially profitable investment cases and as potential sources ofon the same level as entrepreneurship led by men, and as contributors to economic growth and job creation;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on Member States and the Commission to facilitate access to funds for women entrepreneurs and self- employed; urges the Commission to establish a European network of gender- conscious investors; considers that such a network will be able to provide women-led companies with relevant connections, networks and funding opportunitie, to the extent of their means and in accordance with national laws;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. WelcomNotes the efforts by the dedicated private investment funds that incorporate gender criteria in their investment assessments to address the perceived underfunding of women-led enterprises; calls the Commission to supportencourages the Member States to support, to the extent of their means an in accordance with national laws, co- investment programmes with venture capital funds and business angels that have an investment focus on women and mentorship programmes for women entrepreneurs; considers that this would be a powerful actionn action that would contribute to nurtureing the ecosystem from the ground up;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes public and private funds that implement diversity policies; notes, in this regard, the diversity commitment initiative, which is the first initiative in the world where private funds have committed to measuring and tracking representation on gender and to reporting annually and in public on their findings; notes that diversity also includes diversity of opinions and political views; also, stresses that individual merit and performance should not be overlooked for the sake of filling quotas
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises the need to remove administrative barriers to starting a business in order to make becoming an entrepreneur or self-employed more attractive to women; calls on Member States to consider developing standardised administrative packages for entrepreneurs to follow in the early stages of starting a business; believes that this will ease the administrative burden in interactions with local authorities such as tax authorities, municipalities, etc.;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises the need to remove administrative barriers to starting a business in order to make becoming an entrepreneur or self-employed more attractive to women who so wish; calls on Member States to, if possible and beneficial in the long term, consider developing standardised administrative packages for entrepreneurs to follow in the early stages of starting a business; believes that this will ease the administrative burden in interactions with local authorities such as tax authorities, municipalities, etc.;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights the importance of work- life balance for women entrepreneurs and self-employed; calls on Member States to support social frameworks, such as flexible childcare, that are essential to encouraging more womenthers to take part in entrepreneurship if they so wish; welcomes actions already taken by Member States on this matter; recognises national differences in social policy and respect for subsidiarity;