Activities of Anne-Sophie PELLETIER related to 2022/2013(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
AccessibleEU Centre in support of accessibility policies in the EU internal market (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on AccessibleEU Centre in support of accessibility policies in the EU internal market
Amendments (7)
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to ensure adequate and sufficient funding for the functioning of the Centre, both in terms of financial and human resources, and calls on the Member States to significantly increase resources for the enforcement of accessibility policies, including through EU funds; stresses that a sufficient and ambitious funding is an imperative for effective public policies on accessibility as well as for achieving progress on a wide range of topics such as visibility of invisible disabilities, harmonisation of national disability cards or accessibility standards.
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to provide the Centre with sufficient resources to promote its activities and to have efficient communication actions towards various audiences, in particular organisations representing persons with disabilities and civil society in general; stresses that the Centre should become a key reference and a major player at a European level on disability policies and issues;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to establish a secretariat and a forum to steer and lead the work of the Centre; underlines that the forumse bodies should guarantee the balanced participation of stakeholders and right-holders with suitable experience in the field of accessibility; stresses that equal gender representation should be ensured;, in particular of persons with disabilities to be fully involved in the functioning of the Centre; stresses that equal gender representation should be ensured; stresses that the Centre should use an understandable, easy-to- read and accessible language.
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that the Centre should function as a hub which provides relevant EU institutions and bodies and its Member States when implementing Union law with regular assistance and expertise relating to accessibility policies and technical requirements; believes that the Centre should establish a cooperation framework that would bring together the relevant national and Union bodies with all users groups, in particular organisations representing persons with disabilities, civil society organisations, academia and professionals from all areas of accessibility, in order to guarantee harmonised enforcement across the EU, provide guidance and training, and to inspire policy learning and innovation at national and EU level, including through the identification and sharing of best practices; believes that the Centre should also conduct audits and provide advice to other European institutions and bodies on their internal accessibility policies and practises;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that the role of the Centre would be essential in providing Member States, stakeholders and right- holders with constant support for the implementation, monitoring and enforcement of accessibility policies, including through training and guidance documents in all EUt least all official EU languages; and written in an accessible, understandable and easy-to-read language.
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that implementing accessibility policies requires a high degree of technical expertise and is not sufficiently included in higher education programmes, thus leading to a lack of qualified accessibility experts in the public and private sectors across domains; stresses that the Centre should provide training to professionals, EU and national public officials and to relevant stakeholders and right-holders; stresses also the importance of raising awareness and insisting on education and training on disability and accessibility issues from the earliest age;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Regrets that the standardisation system does not adequately allow persons with disabilities and their representative organisations to participate on an equal footing with other stakeholders when drafting accessibility standards; regrets the over-representation of business interests among designated experts that influences the outcome of Union's accessibility legislation and standards; considers that the Centre should appoint technical experts to the standardisation committees and, where possible, should assist the Commission in drafting technical specifications by involving all relevant stakeholders and right-holders;