Activities of Jutta STEINRUCK related to 2010/2156(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on unlocking the potential of cultural and creative industries
Amendments (6)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises the need to reduce the inequalities faced by practitioners in the cultural and creative sector and to fight discrimination in these sectors, especially as regards pay, access to the labour market, jobs that match the level of qualifications, and social security and unemployment and maternity benefits; calls on the Member States to introduce changes to their social security systemsystems of social protection to meet the needs of practitioners in the cultural and creative sectors;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the need to exchange information and good practice, to step up education and training provision, especially in the fields of computer studies and business management, to foster new skills and to promote lifelong learning, for example by facilitating access to the existing European programmes and funds, thereby making decent jobs more accessible and enhancing and acknowledging the skills of creators and workers in the cultural and creative sector, who feel the impact of economic and technological change particularly strongly;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Advocates the mobilisation of, and simplified application for, EU funds and programmes for the development of the cultural and creative sector;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that a high level of social protection, and a sufficient minimum level of resources, in particular in terms of unemployment insurance, is and health insurance, are necessary to provide a guaranteed income for those periods without employment natural to the cultural and creative sector, and enable personal and collective emancipation.
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Calls on the Commission to increase support for small and micro-sized enterprises and to facilitate start-ups, since most enterprises in the cultural and creative industries are of this type, and to ease access to microcredits by these enterprises;