23 Amendments of Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN related to 2021/2080(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3
Citation 3
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6
Citation 6
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11
Citation 11
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12
Citation 12
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13
Citation 13
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18
Citation 18
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas it may be the case that women 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;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas there are statistics that show that female entrepreneurs have more difficulties than men in raising finance; whereas women-led companies still account for a very small 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 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas six Member States have created 11 private funds to fill the gap in funding for female entrepreneurs and these funds use gender considerations that support women in their investment criteria; whereas some of these funds have received national or EU support, which shows the important role of public policies in promoting entrepreneurship11 ; _________________ 11 Eurofound, Female entrepreneurship: Public and private funding, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2019.
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas starting and running a business is becoming increasingly complex in Europe because the bureaucratic and legislative requirements and procedures are a disincentive or make it impossible to see projects through;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Recital K b (new)
Kb. whereas entrepreneurship requires knowledge and specific technical skills;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K c (new)
Recital K c (new)
Kc. whereas entrepreneurship among older people is not being promoted despite the fact that the labour market does not take advantage of the profiles of older people, whose livelihoods and future pensions may be at risk;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K d (new)
Recital K d (new)
Kd. whereas the current situation corresponds to one of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA), in which a high level of training is required in skills relating to creativity and the ability to cope with change;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes the fact that it is possible to step up specific training in entrepreneurship, and that it is also possible to obtain a university degree in the subject;
Amendment 125 #
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 women 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 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes the fact that efforts are being made to promote support from experts and consultants who can build up entrepreneurs’ confidence and help them at all stages of the process, taking account of all the aspects involved in entrepreneurship, including issues relating to legislation, tax, administration, economics, and accounting, as well as legal, formal, labour and recruitment issues, and so on;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Commission to establish programmes that foster creativity in innovation, to ensure that entrepreneurship can cope with the high level of volatility in the labour market, and to ensure that women can bring added value to society in pursuit of the common good;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls on the Commission to ensure that entrepreneurship programmes are not affected by a biased, ideological approach that stifles the desire to do business and makes it less likely that the future will be an innovative one in which women will be able to make full use of their talents;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Calls on the Commission to promote entrepreneurship support programmes for older people, especially women, who have been left out of the labour market on the grounds of age;
Amendment 145 #
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 women; urges the Commission to establish a European network of gender- conscious investorsinvestors who are attuned to the world of women; considers that such a network will be able to provide women-led companies with relevant connections, networks and funding opportunities;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the efforts by the dedicated private investment funds that incorporate gender criteriaan awareness of the world of women into their investment assessments to address the underfunding of women-led enterprises; calls on the Commission to support 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 action to nurture the ecosystem from the ground up;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission and Member States to systematically track and monitor gendersex-disaggregated data across the whole Union to ensure high-quality data on EU and national funding programmes; highlights that this could serve as a basis for more informed policy decisions in the future;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States not to make the financing of women’s business ventures conditional upon being consistent with ideological criteria;