10 Amendments of Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ related to 2016/2147(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas Horizon 2020, like all EU programmes, aims to achieve Europe 2020 as well as other international commitments such as the COP21 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including SDG 5 for gender equality; whereas these goals will not be achieved without new innovation, research and development;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the specific indicators used to monitor the implementation of a gender equality perspective in Horizon 2020, as well as the fact that, on the issue of gender balance in Horizon 2020 advisory groups, women’s participation was 52 % in 2014 and 2015; but regrets the fact that only 36.2% of the signed grants in the same period took into account the gender dimension in the research and innovation content1a; _________________ 1aHorizon 2020 Monitoring report 2015, pp. 53. 217. Available at http://ec.europa.eu/research/evaluations/p df/archive/h2020_monitoring_reports/sec ond_h2020_annual_monitoring_report.pd f
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Notes that there are currently no indicators in place1b to assess the percentage of projects specifically addressing matters of gender equality and issues closely linked to gender equality such as, inter alia, health and in particular maternal and new born health, poverty related and neglected diseases which disproportionately affect women and children1c, food and nutrition, water and sanitation, and access to resources; nor to measure the percentage of calls for proposals that solicit such projects; calls on the Commission to include indicators on this in future Horizon 2020 annual monitoring reports; _________________ 1b Íbidem 1cC.f. WHO. Sustaining the drive to overcome the global impact of neglected tropical diseases. 2013. Available at www.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/.../9789 241564540_eng.pdf
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Welcomes the fact that applicants have the possibility to include training and specific studies on gender as eligible costs in their proposals;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Welcomes that gender balance in staff is one of the ranking factors in the evaluation criteria in Horizon 2020 and that the way sex and/or gender analysis is taken into account in a proposal is assessed by the evaluators alongside the other relevant aspects of the proposal;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2 d. Welcomes that one of the objectives in 'Science with and for Society' is to ensure gender equality, in both the research process and research content; further welcomes the grants 'Support to research organisations to implement gender equality plans' and 'Promoting Gender equality in H2020 and the European Research Area'; deplores, however, that there are no specific lines in the budget for the specific objectives of this programme;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that a further review is needed in order to assess the results, based also on indicators such as the percentage of women participants and women project coordinators in Horizon 2020, and to propose adjustments to the specific actions ifwhere required;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to show a firmer commitment to ensuring that gender mainstreaming be further strengthened within Horizon 2020 and the future framework programme 9, and calls for the development of gender equality targets in strategies, programmes and projects at all stages of the research cycle;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to step up their efforts to overcome remaining structural gender inequalities among researchers, particularly in working conditions – such as pay gaps and discriminatory contractual arrangements – and in the representation of women in governing boards of research institutions and universities1d; _________________ 1d C.f. She Figures 2015. https://ec.europa.eu/research/swafs/pdf/p ub_gender_equality/she_figures_2015- final.pdf#view=fit&pagemode=none
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls for the maintenance of an independent line of funding for gender- specific structural change projects (such as GERI for 2014-2016), as well as of other gender equality topics in research and innovation;