13 Amendments of Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN related to 2018/0207(COD)
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The Justice, Rights and Values Fund and its two underlying funding programmes will focus primarily on people and entities, which contribute to make our common values, rights and rich diversity alive and vibrant. The ultimate objective is to nurture and sustain equality and rights- based, equal, inclusive and democratic society free of violence. That includes a vibrant civil society, encouraging people’s democratic, civic and social participation and fostering the rich diversity of European society, based on our common history and memory. Article 11 of the Treaty of the European Union further specifies that the institutions shall, by appropriate means, give citizens and representative associations the opportunity to make known and publicly exchange their views in all areas of Union action.
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Rights and Values programme (the ‘Programme’) should allow developing synergies to tackle the challenges that are common to the promotion and protection of values and to reach a critical dimension to have concrete results in the field. That should be achieved by building on the positive experience of the predecessor Programmes. This will enable to fully exploit the potential of synergies, to more effectively support the policy areas covered and to increase their potential to reach people. To be effective, the Programme should take into account the specific nature of the different policies, their different target groups and their particular needs through tailor-made approachesand opportunities for participation through tailor-made and, where necessary to ensure equal participation, targeted approaches to promote all type of equality and gender- equality within.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) A strong and independent women’s rights movement is critical for improving women’s rights and gender equality. Women’s rights organisations are increasingly under attack in the EU. Therefore, it is key for the EU, in line with its core values, to provide sufficient support to women’s rights organisations, grassroots groups and defenders, particularly those working in challenging contexts.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Gender-based violence and violence against children and young people constitute a serious violation of fundamental rights, and disproportionately affects women and girls. Violence persists throughout the Union, in all social and economic contexts, and has serious repercussions on victims’ physical and psychological health and on society as a whole. Combating gender-based violence requires a multi-dimensional approach covering legal, educational, health, economic and other societal aspects. Children, young people and women are particularly vulnerable to violence, in particular in close relationships. Action should be taken to promote the rights of the child and to contribute to the protection of children from harm and violence, which pose a danger to their physical and mental health and constitute a breach of their rights to development, protection and dignity. Combating all forms of violence, promoting prevention and protecting and supporting victims are priorities of the Union which help fulfil individuals’ fundamental rights and contribute to equality between women and men. Those priorities should be supported by the Programme.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Non-discrimination is a fundamental principle of the Union. Article 19 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union provides for action to combat discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation. Non- discrimination is also enshrined in Article 21 of the Charter. The specific features of the diverse forms of discrimination should be taken into account and appropriate action should be developed in parallel to prevent and combat discrimination on one or more grounds. The Programme should support actions to prevent and combat discrimination, misogyny, ageism, racism, xenophobia, anti- semitism, anti-muslim hatred and other forms of intolerance, taking into account the multiple levels of discrimination faced by women. In that context, particular attention should also be devoted to preventing and combating all forms of violence, hatred, segregation and stigmatisation, as well as combating bullying, harassment and intolerant treatment. The Programme should be implemented in a mutually reinforcing manner with other Union activities that have the same objectives, in particular with those referred to in the Commission Communication of 5 April 2011 entitled ‘An EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies up to 202010 ’ and in the Council Recommendation of 09 December 2013 on effective Roma integration measures in the Member States11. __________________ 10 11COM(2011)173. COM(2011)173. 11 OJ C 378, 24.12.2013, p. 1. OJ C 378, 24.12.2013, p. 1.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Pursuant to Articles 8 and 10 TFEU, the Programme in all its activities should support gender mainstreaming and the mainstreaming of non-discrimination objectives, and promote the use of gender budgeting and gender impact assessment throughout and at all levels of the EU budgetary process.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) preventing and combating inequalities and discrimination on grounds of sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation,; supporting comprehensive policies to promote equality of women and men, women’s human rights and empowerment, and to promote gender mainstreaming, including in the activities of the Programme; and supporting comprehensive policies to promote gender equality and anti- discrimination and their mainstreaming as well policies to combat racism and all forms of intolerance;
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) preventing and combating all forms of harassment and violence against children, young people and women, as well as violence against other groups at risk that occur online and/or in the physical realm, including places of work and public spaces;
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. The amount referred to in paragraph 1 may be used for technical and administrative assistance for the implementation of the Programme, such as preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities including corporate information technology systems, studies, consultations with civil society including women’s organisations and networks, trainings on gender mainstreaming, gender impact assessments, meetings of experts, communications on priorities and areas related to the general objectives of the programme.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Programme shall provide the possibility to support unregistered organisations and individual human rights defenders, including through direct award and eligibility-restricted procedures; low-value grants; where appropriate without the need for co- financing, and with confidentiality where necessary, to finance actions in the most difficult conditions; re-granting mechanisms, as a way to ensure that support is provided to local and national civil society organisations and human rights defenders.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. An operating grant may be awarded without a call for proposals to The European Network of Equality Bodies (EQUINET) to cover expenditure associated to its permanent work programme provided that a gender impact assessment has been completed of their work programme.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. Indicators to report on progress of the Programme towards the achievement of the specific objectives, including those related to gender equality, set out in Article 2 are set out in Annex II.
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. The interim evaluation of the Programme shall be performed once there is sufficient information available about the implementation of the Programme, but no later than four years after the start of the programme implementation. The mid-term evaluation shall take into account the results of the evaluations of the long-term impact of the predecessor programmes (Rights Equality and Citizenship and Europe for Citizens). The interim evaluation shall include a gender impact assessment to assess the extent to which gender equality goals of the Programme are being achieved, to ensure no component of the Programme is having unintended negative impacts on gender equality and to identify recommendations for how future calls for proposals and operating grant decisions can be developed to actively promote gender equality considerations.