18 Amendments of Karima DELLI related to 2014/2236(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the social and solidarity-based economy provides employment for more than 14 million people, representing around 6.5% of workers in the EU; whereas there are 2 million social and solidarity-based economy enterprises in the EU, representing 10% of EU undertakings; (This is a cross-cutting amendment to replace the term ‘social economy’ with ‘social and solidarity-based economy’ throughout the text.)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, as a consequence of the economic and financial crisis, levels of poverty and social exclusion have increased, as has long-term unemployment; whereas the economic and financial crisis should serve as an opportunity to develop the European Union’s economic model so as to make it more sustainable with greater regard for human, social and environmental balance;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the social and solidarity- based economy places people before profit and prioritises meeting collective needs over pursuing targets, and whereas it should therefore be recognised, not as an economic sector concerned with production, but rather as a driver of transition towards a more sustainable model with greater regard for human, social and environmental balance;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas social economy enterprises are more flexible and innovative, can offer favourable working conditions and arcan be better at adapting to economic and social circumstances;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas cooperatives are providing high-quality jobs that are not vulnerable to relocation, are open to everyone and are surviving the crisis; whereas, thanks to their cooperative business model, they increased turnover and growth during the crisis, with fewer bankruptcies and redundancies,
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the lfack of recognition that frequently faces social economy enterpriset that social economy enterprises are frequently not recognised as economic stakeholders makes it even more difficult for them to access both public and private financing; whereas social economy enterprises are chiefly SMEs and micro- enterprises;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas the social and solidarity- based economy is self organising and the public authorities’ task is to support its development by fostering an environment conducive to it in terms of policy and legislation; whereas, in order to avoid hampering the development of social and solidarity-based enterprises, the public authorities should thus be concerned not to place them in a technocratic straitjacket;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that social innovation, provided it is geared to improving the quality of services rather than cutting their cost at the expense of quality, makes a significant contribution towards laying the foundations for a type of growth which serves a more sustainable, inclusive society generating social cohesion;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that, in order to strengthen entrepreneurial skills, professionalisation, the conditions enabling social economy enterprises to develop and grow and the creation of social innovation poles, it is vital to promote exchanges with other innovative social enterprises, with the academic world and with social investors, with social investors and with those who benefit from the social enterprises in question;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recognises that the EU is a long way away from achieving the targets set in the 2020 Strategy, particularly those relating to high-quality employment, innovation and poverty reduction, and that the social economy contributes to a sustainable, smart and inclusive economic model in line with the objectives of the 2020 Strategy; calls on Member States to promote the cooperative enterprise model, which is based on democratic decision making and enables the members of a cooperative to become responsible employers, employees and consumers; points out that cooperatives and other social economy enterprises are part of the European social model and the single market and therefore deserve strong recognition and support, as provided for in the constitutions of some Member States and various key EU documents;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and Member States to include social economy enterprises and social services more effectively in action plans for employment and social integration, in order to release the potential for job creation which this sector offers;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on Member States to include measures to promote social entrepreneurship and social innovation in their national Youth Guarantee schemes; points out that the pre-financing budget for the European Youth Initiative has been increased by 30 % in 2015 in order to speed up the implementation by the Member States of projects to help young people find a job;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Points out that social economy enterprises face difficulties in accessing public procurement; calls for action to facilitate their participation in public procurement by providing appropriate advice and simplifying the procedures and by implementing in full the new provisions adopted in 2014 concerning the earmarking of contracts for enterprises from the social and solidarity-based economy; calls for bids to be rewarded that offer most economic and social value rather than the lowest price in public procurement, with social or environmental criteria being included in public procurement contracts;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights the need to support social economy enterprises with sufficient financial resources at local, regional, national and EU level; considers it necessary to improve access to financing for the social economy through various forms of financing, such as European funds, risk capital funds, micro-credit and crowdfunding; draws attention to the key role played by the public authorities in guaranteeing that the provision of funding of all kinds fosters the public interest, as exemplified by the activities of this sector, and is not guided solely by the profit motive; calls on the Member States to support the establishment of investment funds which place the emphasis on social value, not profitability;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on Member States to include the entrepreneurial spirit and the principles of the social economy in education and training curricula; calls on Member States, further, to encourage the establishment in universities of incubators for social and solidarity-based enterprises and to open them up to all students;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 25 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Protection of rights
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 25 – point 1 (new)
(1) Calls on the Commission to monitor closely the practical measures taken by the Member States to guarantee people who have opted for social and solidarity- based entrepreneurship the same rights as other workers in the areas of social and health protection and job security;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – point 2 (new)
Paragraph 25 – point 2 (new)
(2) Calls on the Commission to ensure that no measure taken by the Member States poses an obstacle to the free movement of workers, so that people who have opted for social and solidarity-based entrepreneurship can carry on their activities wherever they wish on the territory of the European Union;