14 Amendments of Klára DOBREV related to 2024/2077(INI)
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the number of women in poverty is higher than the number of men in poverty and women continue to be more affected by poverty and the risk of social exclusion than men, in particular women who experience intersectional forms of discrimination; whereas almost half of the single mothers live in poverty or at risk of poverty or social exclusion;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the youth unemployment rate in the European Union is nearly 15%; whereas being unemployed in particular in the time of youth can lead to financial problems, as well as less happiness, social isolation and mental health issues;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas the digital and green transitions are much needed and at the same time bring challenges along, such as the need to reskill the workforce, investment in new technologies, the digital skills gap and the digital gender divide; whereas these transitions can only be successful if we do not leave the people and the workers necessary for these transitions out of sight by ensuring a just transition;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)
Recital C e (new)
Ce. whereas the European Care Strategy aims to ensure quality, affordable and accessible care services with better working conditions and work- life balance for carers across the European Union;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights that the availability and equal access to free and quality public services such as early childhood education and care, education, health, as well as access to adequate, affordable and decent housing and essential services such as affordable energy, sanitation, water and healthy nutrition are necessary conditions for ensuring equal opportunities and improving employment levels, for the improvement of living and working conditions and to fight poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Insists that the specific needs of remote, rural and sparsely populated regions are addressed in the ESF+ post- 2027, ensuring equal access to social projects and essential services. Calls for increased support for community-based initiatives that enhance quality of life and foster social inclusion in these regions.
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses the importance of the social inclusion of people with disabilities and insists therefore that the ESF+ supports the employment of people with disabilities through work and training placements, especially in facilitating transitions from sheltered workshops to the open labour market; underlines that the ESF+ should support community- based services and independent living and facilitate home support and personal assistance schemes;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Stresses that the ESF+ should invest in projects targeting the employment and social and economic inclusion of women, with special attention to female headed households; insists that the ESF+ supports women who are as a consequence of gender based violence having difficulties to (re)integrate in society and need extra support to be socially included; repeats its call to have an intersectional approach in this matter;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Reminds that the ESF+ should also aim to provide a healthy and well- adapted working environment in order to respond to health risks related to changing forms of work, and the needs of the ageing workforce; stresses that the pandemic has accelerated new realities, new forms of work brought by digitalisation, including artificial intelligence (AI), that have affected workers’ occupational safety and health; in this light calls to support and fund sufficiently the Directive on the right to disconnect and teleworking rules, a Directive on AI at workplace and the Directive on psychosocial risks and well- being at work, as well as an increased funding for an effective work on the protection of workers against dangerous and harmful substances;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Stresses the need for the ESF+ to support projects that create sustainable local employment opportunities in rural areas, particularly through investments in green jobs, renewable energy, and sustainable tourism, fostering economic resilience;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission, in the light of current challenges, to include in the specific objectives of the ESF+ the promotion of the just transition, the socio- economic integration of migrants, including labour migrants, the social inclusion of women who are victims of gender-based violence, including economic violence, and the integration of older people;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for a strengthening of efforts to support the implementation of the Youth Guarantee with an increased earmarking for all Member States that dedicate at least 15 % of their ESF+ resources to support the targeted actions and structural reforms to support quality youth employment, vocational education and training, in particular traineeships and apprenticeships, and the transition from school to work, pathways to reintegrate into education or training and second chance education ; repeats in this context its call on the Member States to ban unpaid traineeships;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29 a. Urges that ESF+ funds include resources for enhancing access to employment, education, and essential services.
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 b (new)
Paragraph 29 b (new)
29 b. Calls for future ESF+ fund to support Member States, regions and local authorities to design and implement smart, sustainable and socially responsible reforms with a view to addressing the multiple challenges they are facing, including depopulation, ageing populations and skills shortages; calls for the instrument to include specific support on the gender-related challenges that currently prevent young people from tapping into their full potential;