Activities of Vicky FORD related to 2012/2004(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on Social Business Initiative - Creating a favourable climate for social enterprises, key stakeholders in the social economy and innovation
Amendments (2)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission's proposal on increasing access to financing for social enterprises by establishing a regulatory framework for introducing investment instruments at EU level; points out that the introduction of new forms of financial support will be preceded by an analysis of current instruments in order to verify their efficiency; firmly believes that the proposal to create a system of European social entrepreneurship funds or European venture capital funds constitutes a chance to develop social enterprises; takes the view that initiatives encouraging specific Business Angels to get involved in the field of social business could also be promoted;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that one of the fundamental problems in the social enterprises market is the lack of appropriate know-how when it comes to establishing and managing such enterprises, and that therefore it is important not only to create an international knowledge baseshare knowledge internationally, where appropriate, as well as in individual Member States, but also to ensure that advice, training and information is available in this context;