11 Amendments of Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ related to 2010/2275(INI)
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas women entrepreneurs are a heterogeneous group, varying in terms of age, background and education, and they are active in a wide range of sectors and businesses; whereas women are often unjustifiably perceived to lack entrepreneurial characteristics and propensities such as self-confidence, assertiveness and risk- taking,
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Encourages Member States and regional and local authorities to make better use of the funding opportunities that are available to female entrepreneurs through special grants, venture capital, social security provisions and interest rate rebates that will allow fair and equal access to finance, such as the European Progress Microfinance Facility, which provides micro-credits of up to EUR 25 000 to micro-enterprises and to those who want to start their own small business without access to traditional banking services, such as those who are unemployed;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges Member States toConsiders that it should be ensured that women who have become insolvent or bankrupt have access to financial recovery assistance and support in order that they may continue with their business aspirations;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on Member States to introduceestablish, together with business schools and organisations and national organisations for women, investment readiness programmes that can help women create viable business plans that provide investors with appropriately structured and relevant information;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on Member States to consider the creation ofonsiders it important to create mentoring schemes making particular use of active ageing schemes that harness the advice and experience of retired male and female entrepreneurial professionals;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on Member States to embraceand regional authorities to look at the possibility of including national educational concepts for ‘young entrepreneurship’ in upper secondary schools so that over the course of a school year female students can, if they wish to do so, experience the lifecycle of a business through the start-up, running and winding up of a company, linking to this process mentoring from teachers and ‘active ageing’ advisors from the local business community;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Asks Member Statthe EU institutions, Member States and regional authorities to encourage female one-year entrepreneurship or apprenticeship programmes at universities, where students conduct development projects based on real business concepts with the objective to already start a viable and profitable company during the years of education; considers furthermore that alumni and student association activities should form an integral part of this process to instil confidence and a ‘role model’ mentality in students; asks the Commission to encourage the exchange of best practices in this field;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Asks Member States to take accountStresses the importance of the European entrepreneur exchange programme ‘Erasmus for young entrepreneurs’, the specific objective of which is to contribute to enhancing entrepreneurship, internationalisation and competitiveness of potential start-up entrepreneurs in the EU and newly established micro and small enterprises, and which offers new entrepreneurs the possibility to work for up to 6 months with an experienced entrepreneur in his/her SME in another EU country; recommends specific scholarships to be provided for female students with outstanding potential, culminating in ‘best practice’ award ceremonies for successful graduates;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on Member States to encourage females to become involvedEmphasises that there is a need to promote women's participation in local chambers of commerce, lobbying groups and industry-based organisations that form the mainstream business community so that they can develop and strengthen competitive business skills;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Asks the Commission to promote the exchange of best practices in order to encourage entrepreneurship amongst women; asks Member States to encourage and make provisions for female leaders of SMEs to be linked with the appropriate business leaders in other fields so that they may have the opportunity to share experiences and practices and gain a better understanding of the wider business world;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for measures to be taken by Member States and regional and local authorities to improve the social, cultural and legal position of female co- entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs in SMEs, especially in science, engineering and industrial sectors in urban and rural areas;