15 Amendments of Hannu TAKKULA related to 2013/2167(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Whereas culture is a facilitator for development, inclusion, democracy, human rights, trade, innovation, education, conflict prevention and reconciliation, mutual understanding, creativity and entrepreneurship;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. Whereas the internet can facilitate freedom of expression, pluralism, exchange of information, access to cultural content, education, human rights, development, freedom of assembly, democracy, and intercultural and interreligious interaction and inclusion;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that all types of learning are prerequisites forcan enable accessing to culture and knowledge and promotinge mobility; highlights the importance of area studies in providing comprehensive knowledge of cultural and religious heritage;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that all types of learning are prerequisites for accessing culture and promoting mobility; highlights the importance of area studies in providing comprehensive knowledge of cultural and religious heritage; highlights public diplomacy efforts that present a well- informed view of the Union to third and neighbourhood countries;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that democratic and fundamental freedoms such as freedom of expression, press freedom, access to information and communication, freedom of religion or belief, freedom from want and freedom from fear, and freedom to connect, online and offline, are preconditions for cultural expression;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the importance of cultural and public diplomacy; welcomes the Erasmus+ and Europe for Citizens programmes, which will contribute to enhancing linguistic competence, cultural awareness, active citizenship and mutual understanding; stresses the importance of the Creative Europe programme in the cultural and creative sectors, in particular the audiovisual sector;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the importance of cultural diplomacy in advancing the EU's interests and values in the world, and underlines the need for the EU to act as a global player; welcomes the Erasmus+ and Europe for Citizens programmes, which will contribute to enhancing linguistic competence, cultural awareness, active citizenship and mutual understanding; stresses the importance of the Creative Europe programme in the cultural and creative sectors, in particular the audiovisual sector;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recalls that a common EU strategy on culture in the EU's external actions coordinated by the European External Action Service (EEAS) is necessary in order to enable strategic and efficient use of cultural resources and budgets;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines that digitisation, virtual exchanges, eTwinning and Open Educational Resources offer unprecedented opportunities to further develop interaction with third and neighbourhood countries in the field of culture and education;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the role of new technologies as instruments for promoting interconnecting people around culturale and interreligious dialoguediversity; stresses the importance of the new media in providing access to cultural goods, as demonstrated by key projects such as Europeana; regrets that repressive regimes increasingly censor and monitor the internet; urges the Commission to implement the recommendations set out in the European Parliament resolution on a Digital Freedom Strategy in EU Foreign Policy1; __________________ 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2012)0470.
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the role of new technologies as instruments for promoting intercultural and interreligious dialogue between EU citizens and citizens of third and neighbourhood countries; stresses the importance of the new media in providing access to cultural goods, as demonstrated by key projects such as Europeana.
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Promotes the use of social media and other forms of interactive cultural dialogue to engage youth with the common values of the European Union, including human rights, rule of law, democracy and good governance; highlights the importance of youth-led initiatives to promote youth participation and citizenship;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recognises the link between cultural rights and human rights and meanwhile objects to the use of cultural or religious arguments to justify human rights violations;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Encourages the EEAS to integrate the cultural dimension in its external policies;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Encourages the EEAS to establish a contact point specifically tasked with coordinating culture diplomacy.