6 Amendments of Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN related to 2018/0206(COD)
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The Union is confronted with structural challenges arising from economic globalisation, the management of migration flows and the increased security threat, clean energy transition, technological change and an increasingly ageing workforce and growing skills and labour shortages in some sectors and regions, experienced especially by SMEs. Taking into account the changing realities of the world of work, the Union should be prepared for the current and future challenges by investing in relevant skills, making growth more inclusive and by improving employment, entrepreneurship including women's entrepreneurship and social policies, including in view of labour mobility.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The ESF+ should aim to promote employment through active interventions enabling (re)integration into the labour market, notably for youth, the long-term unemployed and the inactive, as well as through promoting self–employment and the social economy. The ESF+ should aim to improve the functioning of labour markets by supporting the modernisation of labour market institutions such as the Public Employment Services in order to improve their capacity to provide intensified targeted counselling and guidance during the job search and the transition to employment and to enhance workers’ mobility. The ESF+ should promote women's participation in the labour market and women entrepreneurship through measures aiming to ensure, amongst others, improved work/life balance and, access to childcare. The ESF + should also aim to provide a healthy and easier re-entry into the labour market after any extended maternity leaves. The ESF + should also aim to provide a healthy, safe and free of sexual harassment and violence either online or in the physical places of work, and well- adapted working environment in order to respond to health risks related to changing forms of work and the needs of the ageing workforce.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14 a) The ESF+ should provide targeted support to increase the number of women in STEM subjects and computing and engineering with the specific aim of increasing women's participation in the ICT and digital sector
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The ESF+ aims to support Member States to achieve high employment levels, bringing down the gender employment gap, fair social protection and a skilled and resilient workforce ready for the future world of work, in line with the principles set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights proclaimed by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on 17 November 2017.
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point iii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point iii
(iii) promoting women’s labour market participation and entrepreneurship, a better work/life balance including access to childcare, a healthy and well–adapted working environment addressing health risks, sexual abuse and harassment at the workplace, adaptation of workers, enterprises and entrepreneurs to change, and active and healthy ageing;
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. All programmes implemented under the ESF+ strand under shared management, as well as the operations supported by the Employment and Social Innovation and Health strands shall ensure equality between men and women throughout their preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. They shall also promote equal opportunities for all, without discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation throughout their preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. Programmes will adopt tools such as gender impact assessment and gender budgeting for these purposes. All monitoring and evaluation component will include indicators to monitor impact on gender equality and collect sex disaggregated data .