Activities of Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ related to 2014/2236(INI)
Reports (1)
REPORT on Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation in combating unemployment PDF (165 KB) DOC (119 KB)
Amendments (17)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the conference ‘Unlocking the potential of the social economy for EU growth’, held in Rome on 17 and 18 November 2014, recognised that the social economy plays a key role in European countries and contributes to achieving a number of key EU goals, such as the creation and retention of employment, social cohesion, social innovation, rural and regional development and environmental protection;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the Strasbourg Declaration of January 2014 states that social enterprises must play a greater role in the future of Europe;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas the EU is the region which has the most elderly population and the lowest population growth in the world; whereas, according to forecasts, by 2050 the average age of EU citizens will be over 50; whereas the ageing population and demographic change pose a challenge to social welfare systems;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the social economy enterprises, and in particular training and placement enterprises, offer job opportunities for people who are furthest away from the labour market;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that social economy enterprises are enterprises whose main purpose is to achieve their social objective, which may be to create jobs for vulnerable groups, provide services for their members, or more generally to create a positive social and environmental impact, over and above maximising profits for their members or partners, and which reinvest their profits in order to achieve those objectives; points out that, despite legal disparities and the different activities carried out by social economy enterprises across the EU, they share a series of common recognisable features;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to propose plans and measures to improve territorial organisation, especially in areas with permanent natural or demographic handicaps, which will not only help to establish and develop social economy enterprises and the promotion of social innovation and entrepreneurship, but will also help to strengthen social and territorial cohesion in the EU and meet the demographic challenges facing the EU;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the fact that four EU Member States (Spain, France, Portugal and Belgium) have national legislation concerning the social economy, that Poland has launched a strategy to develop the social economy and that Romania is discussing the adoption of legislation to regulate the social economy;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Highlights the role to be played by the social entrepreneurship axis of the EaSI and the remaining structural funds and European programmes in improving their financing;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for investment inprojects relating to the social economy to be taken into account when assessing European Strategic Investment Fund projects;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Regrets that training and placement enterprises established by social economy enterprises are often excluded from funds for SMEs; calls on the Commission to propose a new exception to the definition of associated enterprise along the lines of that which already exists for universities or non-profit research centres, institutional investors and certain autonomous local authorities;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on Member States to include the entrepreneurial spirit and social entrepreneurship, in addition to the principles of the social economy, in education and training curricula;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Points out that the social economy could help considerably to reduce the number of young unemployed people in the EU; calls on the Member States to promote greater participation of social economy enterprises in education and training programmes in the Member States, in particular through dual training systems;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Points out that some social economy enterprises are competitive and are at the forefront of their sector, while others require specialised knowledge in order to launch, develop and manage their enterprises; calls on the Member States to develop training programmes targeted at and specifically tailored to entrepreneurs in the social sector with a view to developing basic business management skills and knowledge;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to fully exploit the potential of programmes such as Erasmus +, thereby encouraging exchanges of students and teachers as well as other innovative entrepreneurs;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Points out that sectors with a wide margin for growth and job creation, such as the white sector or the green sector are those in which the social economy is very much present; accordingly, urges Member States to promote education and training in these sectors;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on Member States to take account of best practice with regard to adapting national tax systems to favour social economy enterprises and social investment;