Activities of Marie PANAYOTOPOULOS-CASSIOTOU related to 2008/2026(BUD)
Legal basis opinions (0)
Amendments (13)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Commission to increase efforts in order to make more rapid progress towards the general implementation of principle of gender budgetmainstreaming as essential means in promoting equality between men and women; welcomes the Commission's willingness to systematically apply gender mainstreaming in the budgetary process and awaits the study on theits feasibility of gender budgeting in the EU budgetary process;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the fact that, by way of preparation for European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion in– 2010, a new budget heading has been created with an allocation of EUR 6.5 m (04 04 12);
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – indent 1
Paragraph 2 – indent 1
– Points out that, although for 2009 the commitments for Section 5 "Equality between women and men" of the PROGRESS programme (item 04 04 01 05) have reached 12 % level, overall commitments and payments for the period 2007-2009 are between 11.1 % and 11.2 %, falling short of 12 % allocation to Section 5; moreover, total appropriations for the PROGRESS programme are below average multi-annual level; therefore urges the Commission to bring those figures, especially in Section 5, into line with Decision 1672/2006/EC, and the horizontal application of equality to the other 4 sectors of the PROGRESS programme: employment, social protection and social inclusion, working conditions, non discrimination and diversity;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2α Calls for the effective use of the amount of € 130 000 earmarked for the administrative organisation of the Community Progress programme to fully implement the European Employment Strategy and promote social solidarity, protection and cohesion;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – indent 2
Paragraph 2 – indent 2
– Observes that the Daphne III programme (Fight against violence, item 18 04 07) has not taken full advantage of the increase in its budget, therefore urges the Commission to increase commitment levels in line with the average level foreseen in the multi- annual programme envelope (EUR 116.85 millon for 2007-2013, Decision 779/2007/EC); invites the Commission to evaluate the budget allocated to the human resources responsible for the evaluation of the projects, in order to increase the efficiency of the programme;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – indent 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 – indent 2 a (new)
– Invites the Commission to urge Member States to increase the use of Structural Funds, in the framework of the European Social Fund, as a means of promoting equality between men and women;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Deplores the Commission's inefficiencdelay in recruiting the director of the European Institute for Equality between men and women, established by the Regulation (EC) No 1922/2006 from 20 December 2006; considers that the grade AD13 is sufficient to lead the Institute, and that raising the grade of the post of director could affect more women than men (by progressively diminishing proportion of women in the highest grades), which means that it is not gender neutral; rejects the Commission's proposal to change the grade of the post from AD13 to AD14;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines the added value of pilot projects launched by associations that promote equal opportunities between men and women; calls, hence, for further attention to avoid the creation of monopolies and abuse of a dominant position in the framework of the execution of the budget of pilot projects so that access to the Community budgetary lines is not hindered for associations active in local networks;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14α. Approves the projected allocation of € 953 363 000 to promote the lifelong learning programme and hopes that the funds will be allocated equitably for lifelong learning, adult retraining and teacher training, in accordance with the principle of non-discrimination and equal opportunities for all, so as to assist those belonging to the most vulnerable categories or resident in less-favoured areas of the EU;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls for a more balanced distribution of the budget lines in order to avoid budgetary monopolies; underlines that numerous associations at a European level are efficient in promoting equal opportunities between men and women; therefore calls for the budget lines related to associations promoting equality between men and women at a European level to be merged so as to ensure that the budget is fairly accessible to all associations;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls for the launch of pilot projects in the following fields: solidarity between generations, and especially carers, the input of men in the education of children and the reconciliation between family life and professional life, the acknowledgement of the informal labour of women within the framework of intergenerational networks in order to highlight the economic value of women's informal work;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Calls for the budget lines related to the development of policies in favour of 'DYS' (dysphasia, dyspraxia, dyslexia, dyscalculia or attention deficit disorder, etc.) and disabled persons to be maintained, especially regarding an improved support towards women and men whose children suffer from disabilities and 'DYS' disorders, as well as towards the transition of DYS and disabled individuals from school to professional integration;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Recognises the need to support those persons affected by 'DYS' disabilities and disorders from their childhood to their social and professional integration; considers that the current support provided by the Community and the Member States to persons taking care of DYS individuals is not sufficient, while the responsibility is taken more often by women than by men; calls for appropriate action in order to ensure that women and men taking care of DYS individuals benefit from equal opportunities and supports the pilot project aiming at implementing financing in order to guarantee the promotion of better support for the educators and parents of DYS individuals respecting equal opportunities between women and men;