29 Amendments of Mara BIZZOTTO related to 2018/0206(COD)
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The Council of […] adopted revised guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States to align the text with the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights, with a view to improving Europe's competitiveness and making it a better place to invest, create jobs and foster social cohesion. In order to ensure the full alignment of the ESF+ with the objectives of these guidelines, particularly as regards employment, education, training and the fight against social exclusion, poverty and discrimination, the ESF+ should support Member States, taking account of the relevant Integrated Guidelines and relevant country-specific recommendations adopted in accordance with Article 121(2) TFEU and Article 148(4) TFEU and, where appropriate, at national level, the national reform programmes underpinned by national strategies. The ESF+ should also contribute to relevant aspects of the implementation of key Union initiatives and activities, in particular the "Skills Agenda for Europe" and the European Education Area, relevant Council Recommendations and other initiatives such as the Youth Guarantee, Upskilling Pathways and on Integration of the long- term unemployed.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The Union isand the Member States are confronted with structural challenges arising from economic globalisation, the management of migration flows and and dematerialisation, which are responsible for the substantial increase in immigration, the increased security threat, clean energy transition, technological change and, the declining birth rate, an increasingly ageing workforce and growing skills and labour shortages in some sectors and regions, experienced especially by SMEs. Taking into account the changing realities of the world of work, and the Union should be prepared for the current and future challenges bynew challenges that they present in terms of employment protection, it is necessary to investing in relevant skills, making growth more inclusive and by improving employment and social policies, including in view of labour mobilitygrowth and social and employment policies.
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The types of financing and the methods of implementation under this Regulation should be chosen on the basis of their ability to achieve the specific objectives of the actions and to deliver resultpractical results which accord with the interests, and meet the needs, of European citizens, taking into account, in particular, the costs of controls, the administrative burden, and the expected risk of non- compliance. For grants, this should include consideration of the use of lump sums, flat rates and unit costs, as well as financing not linked to costs as envisaged in Article 125(1) of the Financial Regulation. To implement measures linked to the socio- economic integration of third country nationalscitizens legally resident in the European Union, and in accordance with Article 88 of the Common Provisions Regulation, the Commission may reimburse Member States using simplified cost options including the use of lump sums.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The ESF+ should aim to promote employment through active interventions enabling (re)integration into the labour market, notably for youth, the long-term unemployed and the inactive, as well as through promoting self–employment and the social economy. The ESF+ should aim to improve the functioning of labour markets by supporting the modernisation of labour market institutions such as the Public Employment Services in order to improve their capacity to provide intensified targeted counselling and guidance during the job search and the transition to employment and to enhance workers’ mobility. The ESF+ should promote women's participation in the labour market through measures aiming to ensure, amongst others, improved work/life balance and access to childcare. The ESF + should promote full and complete educational (at school level), professional and social inclusion of persons with disabilities by means of measures designed to ensure their independence and practical and effective support at all stages of life. The ESF+ should also aim to provide a healthy and well-adapted working environment in order to respond to health risks related to changing forms of work and the needs of the ageing workforce.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Support through the ESF+ should be used to promote equal access for all, in particular for disadvantaged groups, to quality, non-segregated and inclusive education and training, from early childhood education and care through general and vocational education and training and to tertiary level, as well as adult education and learning, thereby fostering permeability between education and training sectors, preventing early school leaving, improving health literacy, reinforcing links with non-formal and informal learning and facilitating learning mobility for all. Synergies with the Erasmus programme, notably to facilitate the participation of disadvantaged learners in learning mobility, should be supported within this context.
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) The ESF+ should support Member States’ efforts to tackle poverty with a view to breaking the cycle of disadvantage across generations and promote social inclusion by ensuring equal opportunities for all, tackling discrimination and addressing health inequalities. This implies mobilising a range of policies targeting the most disadvantaged people regardless of their age, including children, marginalised communities such as the Roma, and the working poor. The ESF+ should promote the active inclusion of people far from the labour market with a view to ensuring their socio-economic integration. The ESF+ should be also used to enhance timely and equal access to affordable, sustainable and high quality services such as healthcare and long-term care, in particular family and community-based care services. The ESF+ should contribute to the modernisdissemination of social protection systems with a view in particular to promoting their accessibility.
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) Given the diversity of the level of development in the regions and different social realities across Europe, the degree of flexibility of the ESF+ should be sufficient to take the regional and territorial specificities into account.
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) The ESF+ should not under any circumstances be used to give an incentive, directly or indirectly, to new illegal migration flows to the EU, but should remain a useful tool to promote the social and economic integration and employment of European citizens, in particular young people who, residing legally in the Union, experience poverty, material deprivation and social exclusion and who face difficulties in retaining a permanent place within the European labour market.
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The ESF+ should support policy and system reforms in the fields of employment, social inclusion, healthcare and long-term care, and education and training. In order to strengthen alignment with the European Semester, Member States should allocate an appropriate amount of their resources of the ESF+ strand under shared management to implement relevant country-specific recommendations relating to structural challenges which it is appropriate to address through multiannual investments falling within the scope of the ESF+. The Commission and the Member States should ensure coherence, coordination and complementarity between the shared- management and Health strands of ESF+ and the Reform Support Programme, including the Reform Delivery Tool and the Technical Support Instrument. In particular, the Commission and the Member State should ensure, in all stages of the process, effective coordination in order to safeguard the consistency, coherence, complementarity and synergy among sources of funding, including technical assistance thereofMember States in the fields of employment, social inclusion, healthcare and long-term care, and education and training.
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Member States, in cooperation with the competent regional and local authorities, should ensure coordination and complementarity between the actions supported by these funds.
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) In accordance with Articles 349 and 174 TFEU and Article 2 of Protocol No 6 to the 1994 Act of Accession, the outermost regions, islands and the northern sparsely populated regions are entitled to specific measures under common policies and EU programmes. Due to the permanent constraints these regions require specific support.
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25 a (new)
Recital 25 a (new)
(25a) The structural conditions in rural, mountainous and island areas require a targeted and specific ESF+ commitment to promote employment and training in these areas, in close cooperation with national, regional and local authorities, social and economic actors and the social partners, in order to support their competitiveness and to prevent depopulation.
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Efficient and effective implementation of actions supported by the ESF+ depends on good governance and partnership between all actors at the relevant territorial levels andEU institutions and local, regional and national authorities, together with the socio- economic actors, in particular the social partners and civil society. It is therefore essential that Member States encourage the participation of regional and local authorities, social partners and civil society in the implementation of the ESF+ under shared management.
Amendment 190 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26 a (new)
Recital 26 a (new)
(26a) The achievement of the objectives of the ESF+ and access to its resources in the Member States are still very difficult, which significantly reduces its impact. It is therefore necessary to further simplify the administrative and bureaucratic burdens and complexities which hamper the use of the ESF+ in the Member States, in particular for SMEs and local administrative authorities.
Amendment 282 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The ESF+ aims to support Member States to achieve highat national, regional and local level to achieve high levels of quality employment levels, fair social protection and a skilled and resilient workforce ready for the future world of work, in line with the principles set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights proclaimed by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on 17 November 2017.
Amendment 307 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) improving access to quality employment (in terms of combating precarious employment and protecting rights) of all jobseekers, in particular youth and long- term unemployed, persons with disabilities and of inactive people, promoting self-employment and the social economy;
Amendment 317 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point ii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point ii
(ii) modernising labour market institutions and services to assess and anticipate skills needs and ensure timely and tailor-made assistance and support to labour market matching, transitions and mobility, improving job quality and combating precarious employment;
Amendment 322 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point iii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point iii
(iii) promoting women’s labour market participation, combating the declining birth rate, promoting a better work/life balance including access to childcare, a healthy and well–adapted working environment addressing health riskspromoting measures to support family carers, improving the quality of employment and of the condition of the environment, employment, health and job security, adaptation of workers, enterprises and entrepreneurs to change, and active and healthy ageing;
Amendment 347 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point v a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point v a (new)
(va) promoting inclusion in schooling, and occupational and social inclusion, of persons with disabilities, improving the skills of teachers and all school staff, reducing resistance and prejudice regarding the employability of persons with disabilities and at the same time supporting the emergence of new outlets and job profiles;
Amendment 349 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point vi
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point vi
(vi) promoting lifelong learning, notably flexible upskilling and reskilling opportunities for all taking into account digital skills, better anticipating change and new skills requirements based on labour market needs, facilitating career transitions and promoting professional mobility; promoting and supporting research into and dissemination and appreciation of the cultural and linguistic heritage of the regional languages spoken in the Union and recognised by UNESCO, and promoting the learning and teaching of these languages at schools of all types and levels;
Amendment 359 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point viii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point viii
(viii) promoting socio-economic integration of third country nationals and of marginalised communities such as the Romacitizens legally resident in the European Union;
Amendment 437 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States and, where appropriate the Commission, shall foster synergies and ensure coordination, complementarity and coherence between the ESF+ and other Union funds, programmes and instruments such as Erasmus, and the Asylum and Migration Fund and the Reform Support Programme, including the Reform Delivery Tool and the Technical Support Instrument, both in the planning phase and during implementation. Member States and, where appropriate the Commission, together with the competent regional, local and urban authorities, shall optimise mechanisms for coordination to avoid duplication of effort and ensure close cooperation between those responsible for implementation to deliver coherent and streamlined support actions.
Amendment 445 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Amendment 463 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall allocate at least 25 % of their ESF+ resources under shared management to the specific objectives for the social inclusion policy area set out in points (vii) to (xi) of Article 4(1), including the promotion of the socio- economic integration of third country nationalscitizens legally resident in the European Union.
Amendment 504 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall ensure adequate participation of regional and local authorities, social partners and civil society organisations in the delivery of employment, education and social inclusion policies supported by the ESF+ strand under shared management.
Amendment 513 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall allocate an appropriate amount of ESF+ resources under shared management in each programme for the capacity building of local and regional authorities, social partners and civil society organisations.
Amendment 532 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1