11 Amendments of Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU related to 2010/0242(COD)
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Successive European Councils have recognised the need to tackle the effect of ageing populations on European social models, especially in times of economic slowdown and increased budgetary constraints. A key response to this rapid change in the age structure consists in promoting active ageing and thus ensuring that the baby boom cohorts, who are, on the whole, healthier and better educated than any such cohort before them, have good opportunities for employment and active participation in society.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Healthy ageing should be a process of enabling people to take control over and to improve their health, through equitable access to quality healthcare and long-term care. Healthy ageing may be attained through engaging in appropriate physical activity, eating healthily and taking correct medication in older age, as well as eliminating elder abuse, including physical, sexual, psychological and financial abuse and neglect.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The conference ‘Together for Mental Health and Well-being’, which was held during the Slovenian Presidency of the EU, on 12-13 June 2008, launched the European Pact for Mental Health and Well-being.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) The Conference on ‘Active and Healthy Ageing’, which was held under the Spanish Presidency of the EU, on 29- 30 April 2010, presented good practices carried out in Europe in the field of social participation and intergenerational solidarity.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Active ageing is targeted by several Union programmes, such as the European Social Fund, the European Regional and Development Fund, the PROGRESS programme, the Life Long Learning Programme, the Public Health ProgrammeDirective on Cross-Border Healthcare and the Programme of Community Action in the Field of Health 2008-2013, the specific programmes on information and communication technologies and on socio-economic sciences and humanities in the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development, the Action Plan on ‘Ageing well in the information society’, the Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) Joint Programme for research and innovation, the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme with pilot deployment projects on ICT for Ageing Well and the Action Plan on urban mobility. Union co- financing of European Year activities will be in accordance with the priorities and rules applying, on an annual or multi- annual basis, to existing programmes and autonomous budget lines in the field of employment, social affairs and equal opportunities. Where appropriate, programmes and policies in other fields, such as education and culture, health, research, the information society, regional policy and transport policy, may support the European Year.
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The overall purpose of the European Year shall be to encourage and support the efforts of Member States, their regional and local authorities, social partners and civil society to promote active ageing and to do more to mobilise the potential of the rapidly growing population in their late 50s and above, thereby preserving solidarity between generations. Active ageing means creating better opportunities and working conditions to enable older workers to play their part in the labour market, according to their capabilities and preferences, combating social exclusion by fostering active participation in society, and encouraging healthy ageingdelaying disabilities and chronic diseases that are costly to individuals and the healthcare system and encouraging healthy ageing. Active ageing will help eliminate all existing negative stereotypes in which older people are considered to be vulnerable and a financial burden to society. On this basis, the objectives shall be:
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) to raise general awareness of the value of active ageing in order to highlight the useful contribution older persons make to society and the economy, to promote active ageing and to do more to mobilise the potential of older persons, by providing education and lifelong learning opportunities throughout the course of their lives, by enabling the active participation of older people in economic development and voluntary activities and by encouraging the participation of older persons in family and community life, as they grow older;
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
– conferences, events, cultural forums, workshops and initiatives to promote debate, raise awareness and foster the making of specific commitments;
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
– exchange of information, experience and good practices within the framework of the Open Method of Coordination (OMC), aiming, in particular, to ensure social inclusion for all and access to high quality health and long-term care;
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission and the Member States shall take account of gender mainstreaming in the running of the European Year, focusing mainly on the particular needs of both women and men, and especially the needs of single elderly women (inter alia chronic diseases, poverty etc).
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall convene meetings of the national coordinators for the purpose of coordination at Union level and to exchange information, including on commitments made and their implementation in the Member States. The Commission shall monitor the developments at national, regional and local level by assessment methods, including the use of comparative indicators, and may introduce, where appropriate, new pathways and tools for the achievement of policy goals.