29 Amendments of Cornelia ERNST related to 2010/2276(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Stresses that access for the Roma people to high-quality education and vocational training, the sharing and understanding of their culture, their values and their cultural heritage, their involvement in associations and better representation for their community are essential strands of a holistic approach to the implementation of national and European strategies for their inclusion and involvement in society;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that an individual’s education influences his or her future life opportunities, and that it is therefore essential to ensure that education systems and standards are equitable, so that everyone can benefit from quality educationhigh-quality education and training has an influence on an individual's future life, in both personal and professional terms, and on his or her involvement in society, and that it is therefore essential to ensure that everyone has the same access to education and training without discrimination of any kind;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that cultural diversity and action to combat stereotypes should be included in school curricula from a very early age;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission to collect and disseminate information on experience and action in the various Member States, in particular in the educational and cultural spheres;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that a better future for the Roma people can be ensured through education, and that investing in the education of Roma children and youth isby affording them easier access to education at all levels and to vocational training, and that investing in education and training and, in particular, providing training to teachers and vocational trainers, providing extra- curricular support services and ensuring easier access to grants are therefore essential;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers itStresses that it is crucial that the Member States keep up their efforts to involve Roma children and youth in education, and to ensure their long-term participation therein, for instance by offering special training for school staff and providing after-school support and scholarshipsreally do implement national and European programmes for the benefit of the Roma in order to combat the discrimination of which they are victims, promote their integration in the communal and cultural life of the places and countries in which they live, and ensure their long-term participation and representation therein;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that low, in order to encourage school attendance and highcombat absenteeism rates in schools may indicate that pupils and parents are unaware of the importancby Roma children, it is important to meet with all the educational players, the parents of Roma children and representatives of the broader Roma community in order to initiate an ongoing, regular dialogue ofn education; underlines, therefore, the importance of involving the parents of Roma children and the Roma community in an ongoing dialogue on educational mattersal matters; stresses, above and beyond the clichés, the need to study all the causes of absenteeism from school by Roma children in order to determine the real obstacles to their regular school attendance (insufficient resources, health problems, lack of access to accommodation and public services, expulsions, etc.) and to find practical solutions to them;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reminds that the primary prerequirement of successful integration is joint efforts made both by the mainstream society and by the Roma community; therefore urges Member States to help improve Roma people's housing and employment situation, provide inclusive school climate with actively involving parents, and calls for Roma communities' social commitment and appropriate participation in improving their housing, employment and educational situation in order to ensure their real, effective and sustainable integration.
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Supports the promotion of teacher training programmes that enhance teachers’ ability to engage with children and youth with a Roma background, as well as with their parents;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas non-discrimination legislation - although indispensable - is not by itself enough to overcome the historic disadvantages of the Roma,still an inadequate answer to a situation of structural discrimination and whereas it is therefore necessary to complement equality legislation and policies by addressing the specific needs of the Roma regarding the fulfilment of and access to their human rights to employment, housing, healthcare and education by means of an EU-level strategymeasures to prevent or compensate for disadvantages linked to racial or ethnic origin,
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Views the Roma culture as an integral part of Europe’s cultural mosaice; points out that a key means of understanding the Roma peoples and their way of life is to increafamiliarise other Europeans’ awareness of with their heritage, traditions and, language of the Roma, as well as of contemporary Roma culture. , culture (for example by spotlighting well-known Roma artists such as the Hungarian Roma painters, singers and musicians such as Esma Redžepova, Monika Miczura and Django Reinhardt, and film-makers such as Tony Gatlif) and history (including the genocide of which they were victims in the Second World War); calls on the Commission to give financial support of whatever kind it deems appropriate to the Roma Pavilion at the Venice Biennale of 4 June to 27 November 2011;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to propose and the Council to adopt an EU Strategy on Roma Inclusion (hereinafter: ‘the Strategy’) as an indicative, inclusive and place-based action plan, which is prepared and implemented on a multi-level basis and can evolve as needed; it should be based on the tasks, objectives, principles and instruments defined by; it should be based on the Treaties and the Charter of Fundamental Rights, as referred to above, and on the shared competences, as well as the supporting, coordinating and complementary actions, of the Union;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point b – indent 4
Paragraph 2 – point b – indent 4
– equal access to quality education,
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point b – indent 5
Paragraph 2 – point b – indent 5
– equal access to adult vocational training and access to lifelong learning,
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point b – indent 6
Paragraph 2 – point b – indent 6
– equal access to basic care infrastructure,
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point b – indent 6 a (new)
Paragraph 2 – point b – indent 6 a (new)
- equal access to social services,
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point b – indent 7
Paragraph 2 – point b – indent 7
– abolishment of school desegregation,
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point b – indent 8
Paragraph 2 – point b – indent 8
– equal access to early childhood education,
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point b – indent 11
Paragraph 2 – point b – indent 11
– equal access to secondary and higher education,
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point b – indent 14
Paragraph 2 – point b – indent 14
– housing andequal access to housing and abolishment of territorial desegregation,
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point b – indent 16
Paragraph 2 – point b – indent 16
– equal access to quality healthcare and preventive measures,
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point b – indent 17
Paragraph 2 – point b – indent 17
– reduction ofcombating health inequalities,
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point b – indent 17 a (new)
Paragraph 2 – point b – indent 17 a (new)
- combating discrimination in the issuing of administrative documents,
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of endorsing and controlling the Strategy in a transparent manner, with the primary responsibility falling on democratically accountable ministers within the Council, and emphasises that the Strategy should in no way be divisive for the EU, creating splits among Member States;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – indent 2 a (new)
Paragraph 4 – indent 2 a (new)
- ensure the application of indicators and benchmarks when the implementation of the Strategy is monitored,
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – indent 3 a (new)
Paragraph 4 – indent 3 a (new)
- provide a database collecting best practices on Roma inclusion,
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Urges the Commission to support programmes fostering positive action for Roma in the fields of secondary and higher education, including vocational training, adult education, life-long learning and university education; urges the Commission to support other programmes providing positive and successful models of desegregation;