24 Amendments of Mercedes BRESSO related to 2014/2247(INI)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas cohesion policy is aimed at enhancing economic, social and territorial cohesion, including the reduction and eradication of poverty and exclusion, which calls foras well as the prevention of segregmarginalisation and for the promotion of equal access and opportunities for all citizens, in particular forcluding the most marginalised communities;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the objectiveachievement of social cohesion calls for a European role in, inter alia, actions by the European institutions to develop policies for the inclustegration of marginalised communities, and requires Member States to take responsibility for, and use their competences to change, the situation by implementing as much supportive action as possiblesupporting action by Member States acting within their powers and in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas heavy cuts to public services as a consequence of the crisis have led to numerous problems, often resulting in severe budgetary problems for municipalities, leading to a lack of options when dealing with marginalised groups and seeking to improve their inclusion and prevent further s, as a consequence of the economic crisis and resulting budget cuts, local authorities have been forced to reduce a number of public services, thereby undermining integregation policies also;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas active policies aimed at promoting integration and preventing marginalisation are chiefly, and sometimes solely, dependent on ESI funding;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas there is no EU definition of 'marginalised communities; whereas understanding the report begins by specifying certain attributes and characteristics of marginalised groups, such asy' applicable at European Union level; whereas understanding marginalisation should above all be based on an analysis of the characteristics of the groups themselves, including their living and working conditions, and limited access to education and health care systems, sometimes accompanied by structural and systemic exclusion;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the inclusion ofin order to ensure that funding reaches marginalised communities in funding requires thatalso, efforts must be made at all levels, a long-term approach, permanent solutions, empowerment, building on experience and capacity building in order to end segregation and reach normalisation in respect of governance and an integrated long-term approach;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Union’s awareness of the urgent need to tackle the issue of marginalised communities; underlines the important role of cohesion policy in supporting their economic, social, cultural and territorial inclusion;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the fact that the legislative framework for cohesion policy 2014-2020 introduced new elements whichthematic objectives which help to consolidate the initial approach to integration by extending funding opportunities and inserting mechanisms to ensure that support for marginalised communities complies with European values and objectives and takes into account the need to involve those groups in the whole process;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Finds regrettable thatCalls on the Commission failed to provide sufficient information about the take-up of funding opportunities for marginalised communities; asks for an analysis to be carried out that would allow appropriate conclusions to be drawn and the obstacles that are preventing further take-up or the best possible results to be identified;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that the horizontal principle of equal opportunities and non- discrimination must be applied, asare horizontal principles embodied in the new ESI funding rules for the purpose of eradicating the systemic causes of inequality need to be eradicated; emphasises that understanding and awareness-raising of systemic xenophobia and racism, such as anti- Gypsyismand any other form of systemic discrimination, should be a focal point when analysing the roots of exclusion;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that equality between women and men constitutes a funding principle that applies horizontally; considers that marginalised communi to cohesion policy and deplores the dual discrimination sometimes, particularly women, often face multiple forms of discrimination suffered by women within their own communities;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for anon the Commission to take action to facilitate alignment and stronger links between cohesion policy and National Roma Inclusion Strategies and Nationaland Poverty Reduction Strategies with cohesion policy;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that the partnership principle must lead to the involvement atof all levels and needs to be applied by Member States on an obligatory basisof government; stresses the importance of the implementation of the code of conduct on partnership to ensure equal participation and representation of marginalised communities; is concerned about the poor compliance with the obligatory involvement of partners in accordance with Article 5 of the CPR; calls on the Commission not to authorise payments for programmes that disregard the involvement of partners, including those most concerned;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Finds regrettable that the Commission has accepCalls on the Commission to review the decisions by which it permitted partnership agreements that do not include marginalised communities; asks the Commission to ensurnd to take measures to facilitate the inclusion of marginalithosed communities in thedeveloping and implementation ofing projects; suggests recommendations in the European Semester as a suitable tool to promote action to be taken by the Member States;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to make use of the funds; emphasises the need for a special focus onEmphasises the need to incentivise funding measures that go beyond targeted action under the thematic objective for social inclusion, combating poverty and any discrimination, thus providing for a morefavouring an integrated and systematic approach;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Underlines the need to build up the capacity of the stakeholders, including public services, administrations and civil society bodies; insists that targeted technical assistance and funding be used also to this end;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Points out that EU-funded projects must sometimes have a long-term perspective in order to be effective; warns that implementers may satisfy the criteria set for inclustegration on paper, while not investing in the actual needs of beneficiaries and not reaching target groups; calls for qualitative evaluation and monitoring mechanisms; calls on the Commission to put in place proactive and participatory monitoring and supervision of Members States’ actions in the planning and evaluation process of funds;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Emphasises that representatives of the marginalised communities need to be actively involved and enabled to participate as full members in monitoring; points out that considerable experience could have been gathered at local, regional, national and transnational levelconcerned should be appropriately involved during all the stages of planning, implementation and monitoring; underlines the need to disseminate and capitalise on best practices; calls on the Commission and Member States to initiate networking activities, including among scientists;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on all public and private stakeholders concerned to carry out awareness-raising activities ofn the fact thatimportance of combating xenophobia and racism, suwhich as anti- Gypsyism, leading to systemic exclusion must be eliminatedre often at the root of marginalisation; suggests educational and anti-discriminatory measures to be considered;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Invites the Commission to analyse the limitations of the current allocation key for determining support from cohesion policy funds based on per capita GDP; believes that additional consideration should be given toGDP, including, where appropriate, indicators capable of identifying pockets of poverty and social fragility on the Union’s territory in order to better target EU support for marginalised communities;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission to consider issueing a communication outlining its intention to ensure thatpossible measures geared to the inclusion of marginalised communities are included inthrough the use of EU funds;