21 Amendments of Viorica DĂNCILĂ related to 2015/2280(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 23 a (new)
Citation 23 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication of 22 February 2016 entitled ‘An Investment Plan for Europe: new guidelines on combining European Structural and Investment Funds with the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI),
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 23 b (new)
Citation 23 b (new)
- having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions issued in May 2015 entitled ‘Financial Instruments in support of territorial development’,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)
Citation 25 a (new)
- having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions issued in December 2015 entitled ‘Territorial Vision 2050: what future?’
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas around 38 % of Europe’s population lives in border regions and whereas the EU is confronted with a major economic, financial and social crisis that particularly handicaps women on all fronts; whereas the EU must include gender equality as a main element in all ETC policies and practices;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that cross-border cooperation at local and regional level has proven to be a key tool in the development of border regions, which are considered to be true laboratories of European integration; calls on the Commission and Member States to support this with a view to strengthening cooperation in areas such as: transport, health, education, occupational mobility, employment, civil protection, etc.;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Acknowledges that transnational cooperation has helped in supporting research, innovation and the knowledge economy, adapting to climate change, and promoting sustainable transport and mobility through transnational approaches, and has contributed to enhancing institutional capacity;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Believes that efficient cross-border and transnational cooperation makes a geographical area more attractive for trading companies, by using local, regional and cross-border potential as well as the human capital as effectively as possible to better address the needs and expectations of trading companies, but also to avoid company relocation to third countries, depopulation of the EU regions and increased unemployment;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is convinced that ETC offers a significant added value, supporting peace, stability and regional integration in the framework of enlargement and neighbourhood policy, as well as across the world by dissemination of best practices; believes that cross-border cooperation can bring added value to the management of the migration crisis;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes with concern the late adoption of ETC programmes, and urges the Commission and the Member States to mobilise their efforts for their successful implementation; and for the removal of barriers to cross-border cooperation;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes with concern the late adoption of ETC programmes, and urges the Commission and the Member States to mobilise their efforts for their successful implementation; calls on the Commission to make available measures to expedite the implementation of ETC programmes;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Deplores the lack of reliable cross- border data and evidence on the effectiveness of cross-border integration with regard to reporting on performance framework; calls, accordingly, on the Commission, Eurostat and the managing authorities to jointly coordincooperate andto set out common evaluation criteria and methodologies for the provision and use of reliable data across borders;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Regrets that Integrated Territorial Investment (ITI) and Community-Led Local Development (CLLD) are not widely implemented in the ETC programmes for 2014-2020, and encourages Member States to make greater use of them; Criticises, at the same time, the fact that some Member States have prevented local authorities from using ITI;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to pay particular attention to the use of the funds for the border regions situated next to third countries and for Europe’s outermost regions with a view to improving the implementation of cross-border projects funded by it;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that some regions face serious migration challenges, and encourages the exchange of good practices between local and regional authorities in border areas, including third countries, in tackling them;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses the need to create cross-border innovation policy approaches, such as joint research programmes, joint research infrastructures, partnerships and cooperation networks; draws attention to the fact that differing legislation across Member States is hampering joint efforts to extend research and innovation across borders;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Urges that synergies between Horizon 2020, the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) and the European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds should aim at maximising the quantity, quality and impact of research and innovation investments; recommends that local and regional authorities take full advantage of the possibilities of combining those funds to support SMEs, research and innovation projects, including cross-border projects, where appropriate; calls on SMEs to make full use of the opportunities offered by those funds to contribute to the implementation of those ETC programmes;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses that financial instruments need to be an integral part of ETC programmes through complementing grants with a view to supporting SMEs, research and innovation and improving SME access to funding, taking account the needs of the various target groups, so as to avoid the risk of discrimination of any sort;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Welcomes the simplifications brought by amending the EGTC Regulation of 2013, but regrets their slow adoption by Member States; In this context, calls on Member States to intensify their efforts, together with the Committee of the Regions, to apply the regulation with a view to making the establishment and operation of EGTCs more flexible and to better defining their tasks in order to more adequately address local needs in border regions;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make full use of the opportunities provided by the ETC programmes to facilitate cross-border labour mobility, including by promoting the principle of equal opportunities, by adjusting, if necessary, the administrative and social regulatory framework and, where appropriate, the measures being taken to ensure gender mainstreaming at planning and operational level;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)
Paragraph 42 a (new)
42a. Calls for a territorial vision of the EU based on the Green Paper on territorial cohesion(COM (2008) 616 final) and notes that the future White Paper on Territorial Cohesion could also be important for the next programming period after 2020;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)
Paragraph 43 a (new)
43a. Notes that good cooperation between the EC, the EIB and local and regional authorities is essential to ensure the successful use of financial instruments in territorial development and the entire cohesion policy; Stresses, in this context, the need to intensify the exchange of experience and knowledge between the EC and the EIB, on the one hand, and local and regional authorities, on the other;