27 Amendments of Viorica DĂNCILĂ related to 2017/0102(COD)
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) In its Communication “A European Solidarity Corps” of 7 December 201618, the Commission emphasised the need to strengthen the foundations for solidarity work across Europe, to provide young people with more and better opportunities for solidarity activities covering a broad range of areas, and to support national and local actors, in their efforts to cope with different challenges and crises. The Communication launched a first phase of the European Solidarity Corps whereby different Union programmes and initiatives have been mobilised designed to offer volunteeringmore opportunities for young people not only to carry out volunteering activities, but also to obtain a job, traineeship or job opportuniapprentices to young people across the EUhip with an activity which entails solidarity – at home or abroad. These activities, whether implemented before or after the entry into force of this Regulation, should continue to apply the rules and conditions set by the respective Union programmes that have financed them under the first phase of the European Solidarity Corps. _________________ 18 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions A European Solidarity Corps, COM(2016) 942 final of 7.12.2016.
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Young people should be provided with easily accessible opportunities to engage in solidarity activities, which could enable them to express their commitment to the benefit of communities while acquiring useful experience, skills and competences for their personal, educational, social, civic and professional development, thereby improving their employability. Those activities would also support the mobility of young volunteers, trainees and workers and bolster the European solidarity initiative targeting young people from rural communities.
Amendment 6 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The European Solidarity Corps should provide young people with an opportunity to gain invaluable experience, develop their skills and contribute to society, involving more and better opportunities covering a broad range of activities, while at the same time providing access to proper training, followed by formal recognition of the skills and experience gained.
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) A number of common agricultural policy projects and programmes should benefit from this initiative. National and regional authorities may already, on a voluntary basis, use CAP resources to recruit participants in the European Solidarity Corps. Volunteers may participate, as part of the scheme, in activities carried out by the applicants in schools. Volunteers may help to distribute fruit, vegetables and milk and contribute to educational activities, as well as information and public relations activities. Under Pillar 2 of the CAP, rural development programmes could support the recruitment of European Solidarity Corps volunteers for certain tasks and projects.
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 b (new)
Recital 11 b (new)
(11b) The European activity of the European Solidarity Corps, through the programmes on environmental and climate change and funding programmes for rural development (LIFE and the EAFRD) should focus on exploring the potential for using voluntary work for environmental protection activities in the Natura 2000 network. Activities could include reforestation and planting of trees, identification and eradication of invasive alien species or ecological restoration. In this way, volunteers could help to protect basic habitats or to support sustainable farming and forestry activities.
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 c (new)
Recital 11 c (new)
(11c) LEADER is a clear example that already implements several projects with a significant solidarity component (integration of migrants and refugees, prevention of natural disasters, etc.). LEADER, a community-led local development measure, thus plays an active role in the implementation on the ground, in rural areas, of the Solidarity Corps initiative and other potential rural development measures that can be used for the benefit of this solidarity initiative, such as cooperation measures, some activities relating to basic services, village renewal, technical assistance, etc.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The solidarity activities offered to young people should be of high quality, take account of their skills and be closely correlated to society’s development, in the sense that they should respond to unmet societal needs, contribute to strengthening communities, offer young people the opportunity to acquire valuable knowledge and competences, be financially accessible to young people, and be implemented in safe and healthy conditions.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The European Solidarity Corps should open up new opportunities for young people to carry out volunteering, traineeship or job placements in solidarity- related areas as well as to devise and develop solidarity projects based on their own initiative. Those opportunities should contribute to enhancing their personal, educational, social, civic and professional development, with a view to improving their subsequent access to the labour market. The European Solidarity Corps should also support networking activities for European Solidarity Corps participants and organisations enabling them to exchange best practices, as well as measures to ensure the quality of the supported activities and to enhance the validation of their learning outcomes.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Traineeships and jobs in solidarity- related areas can offer additional opportunities for young people to make a start on the labour market while contributing to addressing key societal challenges. This can help foster the employability and productivity of young people, also based on each individual’s personal skills, while easing their transition from education to employment, which is key to enhancing their chances on the labour market. The traineeship placements offered under the European Solidarity Corps should be remunerated by the participating organisation and follow the quality principles outlined in the Council Recommendation on establishing a Quality Framework for Traineeships of 10 March 201421 . The traineeships and jobs offered should constitute a stepping stone for young people to enter the labour market and should therefore be accompanied by adequate post-placement support. The traineeship and job placements should be facilitated by relevant labour market actors, in particular public and private employment services, social partners and Chambers of Commerce. As participating organisations, they should be able to apply for funding via the competent implementing structure of the European Solidarity Corps in view of intermediating between the young participants and employers offering traineeship and job placements in solidarity sectors. _________________ 21 Council Recommendation of 10 March 2014 on a Quality Framework for Traineeships, OJ C 88, 27.3.2014, p. 1.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Young people’s spirit of initiative is an important asset for society and for the labour market. The European Solidarity Corps should contribute to fostering this aspect by offering young people the opportunity to devise and implement their own projects aimed at addressing specific challenges to the benefit of their local communities, particularly communities located in isolated or marginalised areas. Those projects should be an opportunity to try out ideas and support young people to be themselves drivers of solidarity actions. They could also serve as a springboard for further engagement in solidarity activities and could be a first step towards encouraging European Solidarity Corps participants to engage in self- employment or setting up associations, NGOs or other bodies active in the solidarity, non-profit and youth sectors.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) A quality label should be put in place to ensure compliance of the participating organisations with the principles and requirements of the European Solidarity Corps Charter, as regards their rights and responsibilities during all stages of the solidarity experience. Obtaining a quality label, based on common criteria recognised at European level, should be a precondition for participation but should not automatically lead to funding under the European Solidarity Corps.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) A European Solidarity Corps Portal should continuously be developed in order to ensure easy access to the European Solidarity Corps and to provide a one-stop shop for both interested individuals and organisations as regards, inter alia, registration, identification and matching of profiles and opportunities, networking and virtual exchanges, online training, language and post-placement support as well as other useful functionalities, which may arise in the future, which should be correlated to society’s development.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Regulation (UE) No 1305/2013
Article 51 – Paragraph 1
Article 51 – Paragraph 1
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) In addition to the Member States, the European Solidarity Corps should also be open to the participation of other countries on the basis of bilateral agreements, particularly in the case of cross-border programmes. This participation should be based, where relevant, on additional appropriations to be made available in accordance with the procedures to be agreed with the concerned countries.
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) “solidarity activity” means an activity aimed at addressing unmet societal needs to the benefit of a community while also fostering the individual’s personal, educational, social, civic and professional development, which may take the form of placements, projects or networking activities, developed in relation to different areas, such as education and training, including in new technologies, employment, gender equality, entrepreneurship, in particular social entrepreneurship, citizenship and democratic participation, environment and nature protection, climate action, disaster prevention, preparedness and recovery, agriculture and rural development, provision of food and non-food items, health and wellbeing, creativity and culture, physical education and sport, social assistance and welfare, reception and integration of third-country nationals, territorial cooperation and cohesion;
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) “participating organisation” means any public or private entity that has been attributed the European Solidarity Corps quality label, based on common criteria recognised at European level, which offers a placement to a participant in the European Solidarity Corps or implements other activities in the framework of the European Solidarity Corps;
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) “solidarity project” means a local and/or regional or indeed cross-border initiative for a period from two to twelve months, which is set up and carried out by groups of at least five European Solidarity Corps participants, with a view to addressing key challenges within their local community while linking them to a broader European perspective;
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
(11) “quality label” means the certification attributed to a public or private entity or an international organisation willing to provide placements under the European Solidarity Corps, based on common criteria recognised at European level and following a procedure aimed at ensuring compliance with the principles and requirements of the European Solidarity Corps Charter;
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The objective of the European Solidarity Corps is to enhance the engagement of young people and organisations in accessible and high quality solidarity activities as a means to contribute to strengthening cohesion and solidarity in Europe, supporting communities and responding to societal challenges, in correlation with society’s development.
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) measures aimed at ensuring the quality of solidarity placements, including training, language support, administrative support for participants and participating organisations, insurance, post-placement support as well as the development of a certificate recognised at European level that identifies and documents the knowledge, skills and competences acquired during the placement;
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the development and maintenance of a quality label awarded on the basis of common criteria recognised at European level for entities willing to provide placements for the European Solidarity Corps in order to ensure compliance with the principles and requirements of the European Solidarity Corps Charter;
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the establishment, maintenance and updating of the European Solidarity Corps Portal and other relevant online services, which shall be available in all official languages of the Union, as well as the necessary IT support systems and web- based tools.
Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. The European Solidarity Corps shall be open for the participation of other countries on the basis of bilateral agreementnd multilateral agreements for cross-border projects with non-EU European countries. Cooperation shall be based, where relevant, on additional appropriations to be made available in accordance with the procedures to be agreed with those countries.
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. An application from a young person for a longer-term programme may not be rejected if he or she will reach the age of 30 during the lifetime of the project.
Amendment 186 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. As a result of the assessment the entity may be attributed the European Solidarity Corps quality label. The obtained label shall be re-assessed periodically and may be revoked, but it may then be re-attributed following a further assessment.
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission, in cooperation with the participating countries, shall ensure the dissemination of information, publicity and follow-up with regard to all actions supported in the framework of the European Solidarity Corps, in particular through the portal available in all official languages of the Union.
Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. In order to implement this Regulation, the Commission shall adopt work programmes by way of implementing acts. Each work programme shall ensure that the general and specific objectives set out in Articles 3 and 4 are implemented in a consistent manner and shall outline the expected results, the method of implementation and its total amount. The work programmes shall also contain a description of the actions to be financed, including joint actions at cross-border level, an indication of the amount allocated to each action, an indication of the distribution of funds between the participating countries for the actions to be managed through the national agencies and an indicative implementation timetable.