Activities of Elena LIZZI related to 2022/2026(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION Towards equal rights for persons with disabilities
Amendments (8)
Amendment 121 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on Member States to implement good practices to de- institutionalise the mental health sector and encourage respect for all persons with disabilities, including children, to strengthen the transition from institutional care to services that provide support to the community, and to promote and guarantee funding for accessible and inclusive social housing for those with disabilities, including older people with disabilities;
Amendment 175 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that the acceleration in the use of information and communication technologies and remote working as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has created new forms of inclusion/exclusion in the labour market, improving opportunities for work for some but increasing the risk of exclusion for others; calls, therefore, for attention to be paid to the opportunities and, above all, the risks created by remote ways of working and ICT-based mobile working for persons with disabilities, and the digital divide;
Amendment 179 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Considers it vital for data to be collected on disabilities at EU level using a human rights-based approach, including employment, education and vocational training, disaggregated by sex, age and type of disability, as these have to date been excluded from the statistics;
Amendment 191 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on Member States to set targets for the participation of adults with disabilities in learning with a view to increasing their participation and ensuring that national skills strategies cover the specific needs of persons with disabilities, adopting targeted measures and flexible training formats to provide educational and vocational training programmes that are inclusive and accessible for persons with disabilities and to further support cooperation between the relevant social economy stakeholders, the identification of digital skills requirements and the application of assistive technologies for better employability;
Amendment 204 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on Member States to boost the capacities of services for the employment of persons with disabilities and to improve work with the social partners and organisations of persons with disabilities to that end and to facilitate self-employment and entrepreneurship, including for persons with intellectual and psycho-social disabilities, providing support on legal and commercial issues, including through the use of EU funds;
Amendment 214 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls on Member States to define measures to further tackle gaps in social protection for persons with disabilities to reduce inequalities, including by compensating extra costs linked to disability and eligibility for disability benefits.
Amendment 223 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Considers it necessary to reduce the red tape that complicates the lives of persons with disabilities and their family members, by simplifying access to services and encouraging the recognition and certification of disability status;
Amendment 228 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Notes that there is no mutual recognition of disability status between EU Member States; calls, therefore, on the Commission and Member States to extend the usage of the EU Disability Card to all the Member States and to widen its scope, allowing it to be used for the recognition of disability status and to access services throughout the EU;