Activities of Marco SCURRIA related to 2011/0370(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Erasmus for all programme (debate)
Amendments (20)
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) One of the general objectives of the Framework Programme established by this Regulation is to safeguard and enhance Europe’s cultural heritage, the right to which has also been recognised as being inherent in the right to participate in cultural life enshrined in the Council of Europe Framework Convention on Cultural Heritage for Society, which entered into force on 1 June 2011. This Convention highlights the role of cultural heritage in the building of a peaceful and democratic society and in the sustainable development process, the promotion of cultural diversity, the development of a common European identity and keeping its memory alive.
Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The European cultural and creative sectors are inherently fragmented along national and linguistic lines. On the one hand, fragmentation results in a culturally diverse and highly independent cultural landscape, providing a voice for the different cultural traditions forming the diversity of our European heritage. On the other hand, fragmentation leads to limited and sub-optimal transnational circulation of cultural and creative works and operators within and outside the Union, to geographical imbalances and - subsequently - to a limited choice for the consumeraudience.
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) In order to confront these challenges, the sector needs to improve its audience development skills, which can bring cultural, social and economic benefits: cultural, in the sense of helping European works reach larger audiences and fostering meaningful engagement; social, by helping to reach young people and the disadvantaged; and economic, by helping to create new revenue streams.
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) One of the greatest challenges of the cultural and creative sectors, especially small operators including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and micro-enterprises, is their difficulty accessing the funds they need to finance their activities, grow, maintain their competitiveness or internationalise. While this is a common challenge for SMEs in general, the situation is significantly more difficult in the cultural and creative sectors due to the intangible nature of many of their assets, the prototype profile of their activities and their intrinsic need to take risks and experiment in order to innovate, the lack of investment-readiness of the operators in the sectors as well as the insufficient investor-readiness of financial institutions.
Amendment 263 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) With regard to the implementation of the Programme, the specific nature of the cultural and creative sectors should be taken into account, inter alia by consulting those sectors through the appropriate channels, and particular care should be taken to ensure that administrative and financial procedures are simplified.
Amendment 279 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 1
Article 2 – point 1
1. 'cultural and creative sectors' means all sectors whose activities are based on cultural values and/or artistic and creative expressions, whether these activities are market or non-market oriented and whatever the type of structure that carries them out. These activities include the creation, the production, the dissemination and the preservation of goods and services which embody cultural, artistic or creative expressions, as well as related functions such as education, management or regulation. The cultural and creative sectors include in particular architecture, archives and libraries, artistic crafts, audiovisual (including film, television, video games and multimedia), parlour and board games, cultural heritage, design, festivals, music, performing arts, publishing, radio and visual arts;
Amendment 295 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the transnational character of its activitiescultural and creative activities, in particular in the audiovisual sector, and their impact, which will complement national, international and other Union programmes;
Amendment 305 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) transnational cooperation stimulating more comprehensive, rapid and effective responses to global challenges and innovation and creating long-term systemic effects on the sectors;
Amendment 327 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – point b
Article 5 – point b
(b) to promote the transnational circulation of cultural Europeand creative works and operators and reach new audiences in Europe and beyondthe mobility of operators in the above- mentioned sectors, in particular artists and creative professionals (especially women and young people), as well as to reach new audiences and improve access to cultural and creative works in the Union and beyond, in particular for children, young persons, disabled persons and under-represented groups;
Amendment 334 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – point b a (new)
Article 5 – point b a (new)
(ba) to improve access to culture for citizens, with particular reference to people belonging to minorities, disadvantaged groups and young people;
Amendment 337 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – point c
Article 5 – point c
(c) to strengthen the financial capacity of the cultural and creative sectors, and in particular small and medium-sized enterprises and organisa, organisations and local public institutions;
Amendment 349 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – point d
Article 5 – point d
(d) to support transnational policy cooperation in order to foster policy development, innovation, audience building and new businessentrepreneurial models.
Amendment 355 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – point a
Article 6 – point a
(a) an Cross-sectoral Strand addressed to all cultural and creative sectors;
Amendment 369 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory wording
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory wording
1. The Commission shall establish a Facility targeting the cultural and creative sectors and operated within the context of a Union debt instrument for small and medium-sized enterprises and organisations. This facility shall have the following priorities:
Amendment 413 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – point e
Article 8 – point e
(e) conferences, training, seminars and policy dialogue including in the field of cultural and media literacyon cultural, media and digital literacy as well as film education, in cooperation with, inter alia, media organisations such as broadcasting organisations, universities, and other cultural institutions;
Amendment 465 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) supporting actions providing operators with skills and know-how encouraging the adaption to digital technologies, including the testing of new approaches to audience- building and businessentrepreneurial models;
Amendment 489 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) supporting the circulation of European literaturecultural and creative works and products, such as literature, with a view to ensuring its widest possible accessibility;
Amendment 582 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – point i a (new)
Article 12 – point i a (new)
(ia) activities designed to promote film and media literacy, in particular in cooperation with cultural institutions, broadcasting and other media organisations and universities;
Amendment 652 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
In order to implement the programme, the Commission shall adopt annual work programmes by way of implementing acts in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 18 (2)(1a) and with the principles laid down in this Regulation. The annual work programmes shall set out the objectives pursued, the expected results, the method of implementation and the total amount of the financing plan. They shall also contain a description of the actions to be financed, an indication of the amount allocated to each action and an indicative implementation timetable. For grants they shall include the priorities, the essential evaluation criteria and the maximum rate of co-financing.
Amendment 666 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission or its representatives and the Court of Auditors shall have the power of audit, on the basis of documents and on-the-spot, over all grant beneficiaries, contractors and subcontractors who have received Union funds. The European Anti-fraud Office (OLAF) may be authorised to carry out on- the-spot checks and inspections on economic operators concerned directly or indirectly by such funding obtained under the Programme in question, in accordance with the procedures laid down in the Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 with a view to establishing that there has been fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity affecting the financial interests of the European Union in connection with a grant agreement or decision or a contract concerning Union funding.