Activities of Marina YANNAKOUDAKIS related to 2011/0270(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a European Union Programme for Social Change and Innovation
Amendments (1)
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) The Commission, Member States and regional and local authorities should make better use of the funding opportunities that are available to female entrepreneurs through special grants, venture capital, social security provisions and interest rate rebates that will allow fair and equal access to finance, such as the European Progress Microfinance Facility, which provides micro-credits of up to EUR 25 000 to micro-enterprises and to those who want to start their own small business but who do not have access to traditional banking services, such as the unemployed;