Activities of Marie PANAYOTOPOULOS-CASSIOTOU related to 2008/2122(INI)
Legal basis opinions (0)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas self-employment through micro and small, small, individual or family businesses gives women the opportunity to improve their status in economic terms and the possibility to combine professional and family life,
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the provision of micro-credits is an important tool to improve the status of women, giving women a start-up possibility, encouraging female entrepreneurship, access to the, active participation in and continuing presence on the labour market, helping them to become economically independent and is therefore not only an issue of entrepreneurship and economic growth but also of social inclusion and a measure against poverty,
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses, in particular, the importance of publicising the possibilities of micro- credits through the education process and their use by bodies or non-governmental women's organisation that work to link up graduates and school-leavers at all levels with the labour market;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to link micro-credit schemes and schemes to improve competitiveness, particularly for undertakings run by women and young people, placing the emphasis on their equipment and the use of new information and communication technologies;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to raise awareness of the potentials of micro-credits through publicity and awareness-raising programmes targeted, among others, at young women, ethnic minorities and particularly underlining the importance of programmes at schoolswomen of all ages and without discrimination on grounds of origin;