12 Amendments of Ilana CICUREL related to 2020/2131(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that the COVID-19 crisis has had an unprecedented socio- economic impact on SMEs, especially in the cultural and creative sectors, education, youth, sports and media. The cultural and creative industries contribute alone to more than 8.7 million fulltime jobs, from which many are SMEs (3.8 percent of the EU’s workforce), additionally the cultural and creative industries’ turnover was €375 billion in total in 2018; calls on the European Commission to revise its SME strategy for sustainable and digital Europe, ensuring that funds allocated to European SMEs are widely and readily accessible across Member States, and reach these sectors in order to enable them to address current challenges, and maintain high levels of employment;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the decisive contribution of SMEs to innovation, including to social innovation, job creation and an inclusive labour market; is extremely concerned about the rising unemployment rates in the EU and the risk of millions of people losing their jobs as a result of the COVID-19 crisis; recognises that at present SMEs are faced with severe liquidity problems and, in this context, highlightsstresses the importance of wide-ranging and coordinated action to secure Europe’s industrial fabric, stimulate the economy and support employment; highlights, moreover, the need for sustainable finance to bridge the current investment gap and to reinforce SMEs’ ability to innovate and move towards more sustainable, resource- efficient, circular and climate-neutral solutions, ensuring the successful implementation of the European Green Deal and the related just transition, in order to ensure that no one is left behind; considers also that the development of the circular economy represents an opportunity for SMEs by creating jobs and new markets, as well as increased business efficiency;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates the importance of accessible funding for SMEs across Europe, especially in the cultural, creative, educational, youth, media and sports sectors; calls on the European Commission to increase the accessibility of funding, in particular in the upcoming InvestEU programme, and to provide equal financial opportunities in all EU Member States; highlights the need for appropriate and effective rules for implementation and utilization of cohesion policies for SMEs in the Cultural and Creative Industries;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the budget of the Cultural And Creative Sector Guarantee Facility, which during the last budget period from 2014- 2020 has benefitted SMEs by securing loans for initiatives in the cultural and creative industry. The Cultural And Creative Sector Guarantee Facility could be included under the InvestEU Program;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Emphasizes the important role of Horizon Europe in helping the CCI to innovate and develop new technologies, that can have a positive impact on an open and pluralistic cultural creative participation; in this regard welcomes the creation of CCI KIC under the EIT strategy; Underlines the need to simplify the procedures for SMEs in CCI, when applying for funds and calls for a one- stop-shop solution for SMEs applying for funds under Union programmes;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. RStrongly regrets the lack of ambition of the revised proposal on the next MFF concerning sufficient funding for the cultural and creative industry, and the lack of specific financial support for these sectors in the new Recovery Plan; urges, in this context, the Commission and Member States to increase the budget of the Creative Europe, Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps programmessome of the most successful Union programmes: Creative Europe and Erasmus+;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the EU recovery instruments and the relevant MFF programmes should be fully utilised to complement national schemes, supporting SMEs, particularly in the sectors most affected by the pandemic, preserving jobs, income and know-how, and striving to ensure the EU’s industrial independence through such measures as onshoring strategic industrial activities; Recalls, furthermore, that these instruments must contribute to achieving the objectives of sustainable development, the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights and the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the need for further investment in digitalisation of European SMEs across sectors, as well as in skills, in particular digital and entrepreneurial skills in order to ensure a comprehensive and sustainable digital transformation process, thereby protecting employment and enhancing social inclusion; calls for a European initiative on entrepreneurial education in order to prepare the next generation of European SMEs, and also to provide guidance and support to existing SMEs in adapting to current challenges; reiterates the importance of Erasmus+ apprenticeship and entrepreneur exchanges, and calls for more, similar initiatives using new formats and tools.
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that SME-related actions should be at the core of the EU’s industrial and green recovery plans and initiatives and should go hand in hand with measures to protect workers; considers the strengthening of EU rules on coordination of social security systems and the portability of rights as essential for fair labour mobility and protecting workers, in particular those in precarious situations; stresses, in this regard, the need to ensure respect for the principle of equal treatment of workers and fair and equitable working conditions for mobile workers within the Union;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the systematic application of health and safety measures in the workplace, and welcomes the guidelines of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) on adapting workplaces and protecting workers in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic; considers that such guidelines should be further developed in order to provide a coordinated and efficient response in case of future cross-border threats to public health; stresses the need to ensure the efficient and rapid implementation of health protocols, as well as their adoption by workers in the various occupational sectors, in particular through on-the-job training;
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the EU to support the digital and green transitions by investing in artificial intelligence and in lifelong learning, reskilling and upskilling initiatives to foster digital literacy, the uptake of human, social and advanced digital skills and the new skills for new occupations and sectors that will emerge from the transition to a sustainable, carbon- neutral economy; highlights the need to adopt a forward-looking approach to vocational education and training and skills, in particular digital skills; stresses, as a matter of priority, the need to address the mismatch between skills/qualifications and the needs of the labour market. calls, in this regard, on the Commission and the Member States to promote, reinforce and support apprenticeships in order to facilitate the sustainable integration of young people into the labour market;
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage and support female entrepreneurship, in particular through easier access to finance or training and by ensuring a better work- life balance;