29 Amendments of Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT related to 2010/2157(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas demographic change in the EU and worldwide is a facttangible fact that comprises various processes such as an ageing population, problems with youth employment, the increasing integration of women into the labour market and immigration, inter alia, and handling it constitutes one of the core tasks for the future,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the ageing of Europe’s population creates new work for the regions, but which should be seen as an opportunity rather than as a threat major problem, and as such needs to be specifically addressed by regional policy,
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the competent regional authorities to put moreCommunity, national and regional authorities, within the framework of the cohesion policy and in light of the Europe 2020 strategy, to make greater efforts into analysinge the effectiveness of the introduction of equal opportunities policies for women and men, in particular within thely in view of the new context of demographic change;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas rural areas in particular face major challenges but urban areas also have to deal with new challenges such as a rise in average age, and the need for good infrastructure and services is not decreasing but, rather, subject to qualitative changes in both rural and urban areathis situation affects rural and urban areas in equal measure with implications, inter alia, as regards good infrastructure and services,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas, under the 2007-2013 operational programmes, the Member States have earmarked EUR 30 billion in structural funds for measures related to demographic change, and regional policy is therefore a key instrument for addressing this change,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the public is often only aware of the dangers and not the opportunities brought by demographic changepopulation ageing should not be seen as a challenge, but as an opportunity;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the competent regional authorities to promote an SME culture in orderCommunity, national and regional authorities, within the framework of the cohesion policy, to promote the spread of, and support for, an SME culture, as a key component of progress towards equal opportunities; considers that this culture should also be given special emphasis in the field of rural development, anchoring efforts to prevent a ‘brain drain’ of young people from rural areas to urban areas, especially young women with good university and professional training;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that demographic change has very different effects from region to region, and that population ageing is only part of the picture;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the competent regional authoritiesCommunity, national and regional authorities, acting within their respective areas of competence and as part of the cohesion policy for the next period, to put in place effective measures to enable people to reconcile work and family life, by giving them the opportunity to choose freely between genuine, equivalent alternatives, with a view to increasing the birth rate;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the growing and crucial importance of local and regional authorities in Europe in promoting equal opportunities for women and men in order to help meet the demographic challenge, and urges them to integrate a relevant policy into their decentralised cooperation projects, in order, in particular, to enable very poor to enable women to have access to new information technologies and micro- financing of business activities;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on Eurostat to include in the regional human development index (HDI) factors relating to unpaid invisible work performed by women in the absence of established, which should also be considered as a complementary element in the still inadequate regional social infrastructure;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the regions to also consider demographic indicators when allocating and distributing EU structural funds, and when defining impact indicators;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Asks Eurostat to examine and develop indicators to measure and value women’s involvement in voluntary activities in order to show what women contribute to social cohesion, by region;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to propose specific initiatives within the context of the European Year of Active Ageing and Intergenerational Solidarity 2012 dedicated to the activities of older women, in order to that enhance their contribution to social and territorial cohesion; emphasises that the principle of solidarity between generations is one of the keystones of regional social cohesion and the European social modelthe European social model and thus of economic, social and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to include demographic change as one of the ‘thematic priorities’ which it will use to shape the future cohesion policy; also calls on the Commission to insist on the inclusion of this issue when concluding investment partnerships with Member States;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to enable cancer screening for women and men i, with a special focus on regions less winadequatelly served by public health services, to be funded by means of regional development fundwithin the framework of the various cohesion policy instruments.
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Encourages the regions to use the structural funds to help address demographic challenges and remain attractive to residents, as that can stem the depopulation; of certain areas;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that, if depopulation is to be prevented, then child- and family-friendly towns and cities need to be developed,there is a need to design towns and cities so that the interests and needs of families are taken into account, and not just those of businesses and other population groups; considers that one feature of wthichs design is that everything is close at hand, withwherever possible the distances between workplaces, housing and recreational areas being close togetherare not excessive; calls on the regions to ensure, in the field of urban planning, that residential, commercial and green areas are alternated;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Points out that ERDF funds can also be used to avoid the social exclusion of the elderly, for example by buildingputting in place dedicated infrastructure suitableand services for the elderly;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the regions to develop innovative concepts for local public transport in order to address, among other things, the challenge of dwindling passenger numbers, particularly in rural areas;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Advocates the use of ERDF funds to provide loans with low interest rates which could support the adaptation of housing to the needs of the elderly; proposes that funds should be provided for sheltered housing complexes and multi-generational housing in order to guarantee a highbetter quality of life for an ageing society;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Encourages the Member States to adapt welfare benefits and healthcare benefitscover in line with needs and provide funding to ensure the availability of care at home and universal healthcare for elderly people;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that public investments in the health and care systems are importantessential for social cohesion in Europe; calls on the Member States to ensure good healthcare provision in rural areas also, for example through gateway clinics, and to use structural funds to promote additional measures in the field of telemedicine;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Warns of the danger of a lack of skilled workers in care-related professions in certain regions; believes that these regions should use ESF funds to train care workers in this sector in order to ensure a high quality of care;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Member States to agree on a common migration strategy, since Europe is reliant upon the immigration of skilled workerstrategy on migration from third countries, paying particular attention to countries fbor demographic reasonsring the EU;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Proposes that more funding should be provided forto facilitate the integration of immigrants in order to dispel prejudices, and that; therefore advocates training and communal events to encourage exchanges could be promoted;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Believes that the regions should use ESF funds in a decisive manner to combat unemployment amongst young people in order to give them the opportunity to take up a suitable profession;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Believes that support should continue to be given with a view to raising the female employment rate should be increased; demands, therefore, that more women should be given access to skilled jobs and life-long learning programmes;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Considers that demographic developments in the regions should be statistically measured; calls on the Commission to submit proposals to make local, regional and national databases on demographic development comparable, so that data can be evaluated at European level;