2016/2060(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. having regard to the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) (1979);

Amendment 10 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls for representation of women at all levels of government~~, if necessary with the use of quotas,~~ and for women’'s systematic inclusion in transitional institutions; supports electoral systems that ~~requir~~encourage voters to select both male and female candidates; stresses the importance of women’'s equal, full and active participation in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, and supports empowerment projects aimed at training women to negotiate women-related issues;

Amendment 11 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls for representation of women at all levels of government, if necessary with the use of quotas, and for women’s systematic inclusion in transitional institutions; ~~supports electoral systems that require voters to select both male and female candidates;~~ stresses the importance of women’s equal, full and active participation in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, and supports ~~empowerment~~ projects aimed at training women to negotiate women-related issues;

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls for representation of women at all levels of government~~, if necessary with the use of quotas,~~ and for women’s systematic inclusion in transitional institutions; strongly supports electoral systems that require voters to select both male and female candidates; stresses the importance of women’s equal, full and active participation in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, and strongly supports empowerment projects aimed at training women to negotiate women-related issues;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls for representation of women at all levels of government~~, if necessary with the~~ and/or decision-taking, if feasible with the potential use of quotas, and for women’s systematic inclusion in transitional institutions; ~~supports electoral systems that require voters to select both male and female candidates;~~ stresses the importance of women’s equal, full and active participation in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, and supports empowerment projects aimed at training women to negotiate women-related issues;

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls for the equal allocation of power and representation ofbetween women and men at all levels of government, if necessary with the use of quotas, and for women’'s systematic inclusion in transitional institutions; supports electoral systems that require voters to select both male and female candidates; stresses the importance of women’'s equal, full and active participation in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, and supports empowerment projects aimed at training women to negotiate women-related issues;

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls for representation of women at all levels of government, if necessary with the use of quotas, and for women’s systematic inclusion in transitional institutions; supports electoral systems that require voters to select both male and female candidates; stresses the importance of women’s equal, full and active participation in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, and supports empowerment projects aimed at training women to negotiate women-related issuesupports empowerment projects aimed at promoting the participation of women in local elections such as the WILD Project (Woman in Local Democracy), which has guaranteed the election of the 70% of the female beneficiaries of the project during the 2013 and 2014 elections in Armenia;

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls for the systematic representation of women at all levels of government, ~~if necessary with the use of quotas, and for women’s systematic inclusion in transitional institutions; supports electoral systems that require voters to select both male and female candidates;~~electoral processes and institutions based on such principles as gender equality and non-discrimination, if necessary with the use of quotas, stresses the importance of women’s systematic equal, full and active participation in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, ~~and supports empowerment projects aimed at training women to negotiate women-related issue~~promotion of human rights and democratic reforms, as well as in peacekeeping operations, humanitarian assistance and post-conflict reconstruction and democratic transition processes leading to lasting and stable political solutions;

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls for representation of women at all levels of government and decision- making, if necessary with the use of quotas, and for women’s systematic inclusion in transitional institutions; supports electoral systems that require voters to select both male and female candidates; stresses the importance of women’s equal, full and active participation in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, stresses the need for women's active involvement in initiatives relating to democratisation processes and human rights, and supports empowerment projects aimed at training women to negotiate women-related issues;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Points out that overall political stability and respect for human rights are generally the necessary pre-condition for enhancing women rights and improving their situation in the respective countries;

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)

-1a. having regard to the UN Beijing Platform for Action (1995) for equality, development and peace;

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses the importance of women's equal, full and active participation in the prevention and resolution of conflicts;

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Supports empowerment projects by raising women´s self-confidence, guaranteeing their participation, and increasing their power and authority to take decisions in all areas affecting their lives; points special attention to the role of freedom of expression and opinion in women´s empowerment;

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

~~2. Underlines the need for gender mainstreaming and positive action in the National Action Plans of the European Neighbourhood Policy;~~deleted

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

~~2. Underlines the need for gender mainstreaming and positive action in the National Action Plans of the European Neighbourhood Policy;~~deleted

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines the urgent need for gender mainstreaming and positive action in the National Action Plans of the European Neighbourhood Policy;

Amendment 25 #

Kati PIRI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines the need for gender mainstreaming as a strategy towards realising gender equality and positive action in the National Action Plans of the European Neighbourhood Policy;

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls for access to education for children of both sexes, including secondary and university education, paying particular attention to their education ~~of girls~~;

Amendment 27 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Calls for~~Urges that real access to education ~~for children~~, including ~~secondary~~higher and university education, ~~paying particular attention to the education of girls~~be afforded to all women, including those living in rural areas, and to children in general;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls for access to education for all children, including secondary, technological and university education, paying particular attention to ~~the~~ education ~~of girls~~and training for girls in areas that represent a break with convention;

Amendment 29 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls for the equal access to education for all children, including secondary ~~and university~~ education, paying particular attention to the education of girls; calls for the importance of equal opportunities for women to access higher education as well as creating other forms of adult education.

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)

-1b. having regard to UN Security Council Resolutions 1820 (2008), 1325 (2000) and the recent Resolution 2242 (2015) on Women, Peace and Security;

Amendment 30 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls for access to education for children, including childcare, early school education, primary, secondary and university education, paying particular attention to the education of girls; calls for opening of all educational trajectories for women as well as their better access to higher education and to professions which remain banned for women;

Amendment 31 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls for access to education for children, including secondary and university education, paying particular attention to the education of girls; in this regard welcomes projects like the Sumy State University's project implemented in Ukraine to support equal opportunities for young mother-students in getting profession in higher educational establishment;

Amendment 32 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls for access to education for children, including secondary and university education, paying particular attention to the education of girls; calls also for the eradication of early and forced marriage and genital mutilation;

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls for access to education for children, including secondary and university education, paying particular attention to the education of girls and to equal opportunities for boys and girls;

Amendment 34 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Underlines that child labour remains a critical issue in some Eastern Partnership countries especially in Moldova, Georgia and Azerbaijan; calls on these countries to set specific targets for eliminating all forms of child labour and ensure the full enforcement of relevant existing laws;

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Encourages the development of a social economy ~~for women~~ and the use of microcredits as a tool for economic independence;

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Encourages the development of ~~a social economy for women and~~professionalism and business networks serving to bring about social inclusion and gender equality at work and in economic terms, thereby averting the possible threat of poverty in retirement, to which women are too often still exposed; calls for investment to boost the growth of a social economy and for the use of microcredits as a tool for women’s economic independence;

Amendment 37 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Encourages the development of a social economy for women and the use of ~~micro~~credits ~~as a tool for~~to fund economic independence, social integration and lifelong learning programmes;

Amendment 38 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Encourages the ~~develop~~enhancement of ~~a social economy~~economic policies for women and the use of microcredits as a tool for economic independence;

Amendment 39 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Encourages the development of a social economy for women and the use of microcredits as a tool for economic independence as well as the promotion of entrepreneurship skills;

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 c (new)

-1c. having regard to the FEMM Committee resolutions;

Amendment 40 #

Kati PIRI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Encourages the development of a social economy for women and the use of microcredits as a tool for economic independence; Stresses the need to provide guidance and clarification to women on how macroeconomic policies can support their rights.

Amendment 41 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Encourages the development of a social economy for women and the use of microcredits as a tool for economic independence, while bearing in mind that policies of that kind have in some cases failed (Côte d’Ivoire, Morocco, India) and the necessary lessons need to be learned;

Amendment 42 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Calls for women’s~~Urges that women be taken into account and involve~~ment~~d in decision-making and in the process of implementing economic policies, ~~for~~and insists on the promotion of business programmes for the involvement of women in companies and enterprises, and ~~for~~on the implementation of local development projects aimed at the economic emancipation of women in Eastern Partnership States;

Amendment 43 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for women’'s involvement in decision-making and in the process of implementing economic policies, for the promotion of business programmes for the involvement of women in companies and enterprises, and for the implementation of local development projects aimed at the economic em~~ancipation~~powerment of women in Eastern Partnership States;

Amendment 44 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for women’s involvement in decision-making and in the process of implementing economic policies, for the promotion of business and sustainable development programmes for the involvement of women in companies and enterprises, and for the implementation of local development projects aimed at the economic emancipation of women in Eastern Partnership States;

Amendment 45 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for women’s involvement in decision-making and in the process of implementing economic policies, for the promotion of business programmes for ~~the involvement of~~equal opportunities for men and women in companies and enterprises, and for the implementation of local development projects aimed at the economic emancipation of women in Eastern Partnership States;

Amendment 46 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for women’s involvement in decision-making and in the process of implementing economic policies, for the promotion of business programmes for the involvement of women in companies and enterprises, and for the implementation of local development projects aimed at the economic emancipation of women in Eastern Partnership States, to be achieved not least by pursuing and adopting specific economic policies to help women attain work-life balance, and welfare and flexibility measures enabling working mothers to manage their career without being forced to scale down their family life or vice versa;

Amendment 47 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for women’s involvement in decision-making and in the process of implementing economic policies, for the promotion of business programmes for the involvement of women in companies and enterprises, and for the implementation of local development projects aimed at the economic emancipation of women in Eastern Partnership States, such as the UNDP's project currently implemented in Azerbaijan to support the establishment of women-led businesses in the Masalli region;

Amendment 48 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for women’s involvement in decision-making and in the process of implementing economic policies, for the promotion of business programmes for the involvement of women in companies and enterprises, and for the implementation of local development projects aimed at the economic emancipation of women in Eastern Partnership States; calls for vocational training projects for women, and young women in particular, to be drawn up and implemented with a view to guaranteeing their economic independence and their competitiveness on the labour market;

Amendment 49 #

Andi CRISTEA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses the necessity to promote women's entrepreneurship and access to finance, and more broadly women's participation in business, through the development of a strong women in business SME sector in the EaP countries, by facilitating access to finance and advice for women-led SMEs;

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 d (new)

-1d. having regard to the Istanbul Convention (2011) of the Council of Europe;

Amendment 50 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Welcomes the EU contribution to the EBRD's Women in Business Programme in Eastern Partnership countries which offers women-led access to business advice;

Amendment 51 #

Laurenţiu REBEGA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Would encourage women to join state military and security forces (army, police and gendarmerie) because those traditionally male organisations perpetuate a traditional male vision of society.

Amendment 52 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Welcomes the Council of Europe project aiming at identifying and supporting the removal of obstacles for women's equal access to justice in the Eastern Partnership countries;

Amendment 53 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Stresses the necessity for women to participate actively in trade unions, and h~~Highlights the need to overcome legal and practical discriminatory barriers for women in the work environment in order to achieve equal pay for equal work; stresses the need for women to have access to information on their social and economic rights;

Amendment 54 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the necessity ~~for~~to enforce accessibility that enables women to participate actively in trade unions, and highlights the need to overcome legal and ~~practic~~structural discriminatory barriers for women in the work environment in order to achieve equal pay for equal work;

Amendment 55 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the necessity for women to be able to participate actively in trade unions, and highlights the need to overcome legal and practical discriminatory barriers for women in the work environment in order to achieve equal pay for equal work;

Amendment 56 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the necessity for women to participate actively in trade unions, and highlights the urgent need to overcome legal and practical discriminatory barriers for women in the work environment in order to achieve equal pay for equal work; urges the Eastern Partnership States to ensure that working conditions are such as to enable women to perform their essential family role and afford the necessary special protection to mothers and children;

Amendment 57 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the necessity for women to participate actively in trade unions, and highlights the need to overcome legal and practical discriminatory barriers for women in the work environment in order to achieve naturally equal pay for equal work;

Amendment 58 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

Amendment 59 #

Urmas PAET

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Considers it essential to devise practices and legislation whereby jobs may be preserved for women during their pregnancy and for a given period thereafter in order, by means of state support, to maintain income at its earlier level for persons whose earnings are reduced because they are bringing up children, and to facilitate work-life balance;

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 e (new)

-1e. having regard to the ILO gender equality conventions, namely the Equal Remuneration Convention (No.100), Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention (No. 111), Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention (No. 156) and Maternity Protection Convention (No. 183);

Amendment 60 #

Andi CRISTEA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Eastern Partnership countries to encourage the media to pursue policies to promote equality between women and men and to combat gender stereotypes;

Amendment 61 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Urges the Eastern Partnership States to ratify the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, and c~~Calls on the authorities to put in place national strategies to combat violence against women;

Amendment 62 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Eastern Partnership States to ratify the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, since none of the concerning countries has signed and ratified it, and calls on the authorities to put in place national strategies to ~~combat~~prevent, investigate and punish acts of violence against women;

Amendment 63 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Eastern Partnership States to ratify the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, and calls on the authorities to put in place national strategies to combat violence against women, promote protection and assistance for victims, and ensure social reintegration;

Amendment 64 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Eastern Partnership States to ratify the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, and calls on the authorities to put in place more effective national strategies to combat violence against women;

Amendment 65 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

Amendment 66 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

Amendment 67 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Condemns the use of sexual violence against women and ~~girls~~children as weapons of war, including crimes such as mass rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, gender-based forms of persecution including trafficking, sex tourism, and early and forced marriages, and all other forms of sexual violence;

Amendment 68 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Condemns the use of sexual violence against women and girls as weapons of war, including ~~crimes such as~~ mass rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, gender-based forms of persecution including trafficking, sex tourism, and early and forced marriages, and all other forms of sexual violence;

Amendment 69 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 70 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Condemns the use of sexual violence against women and girls as weapons of war, including crimes such as mass rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, gender-based forms of persecution including trafficking, sex tourism, and early and forced marriages, and all other forms of sexual violence, and calls on the Eastern Partnership States to take steps, as a matter of urgency, to prevent and prosecute serious crimes of this kind committed within their jurisdiction, even outside their own territory;

Amendment 71 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Condemns the use of sexual 8. violence against women and girls as weapons of war, including crimes such as mass rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, gender-based forms of persecution including trafficking, sex tourism, and early and forced marriages, and all other forms of sexual violence; underlines that early marriage remains an issue in Georgia and Moldova, where the existing data shows that about 17-19% of women were married before the age of 18; draws attention to the fact that gender- related crimes and crimes of sexual violence are classified in the Rome Statute as war crimes, crimes against humanity or constitutive acts with respect to genocide or torture; welcomes, in this context, UN Security Council Resolution 2106 on the prevention of sexual violence in conflict, adopted on 24 June 2013,

Amendment 72 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Condemns the use of sexual violence against women and girls as weapons of war, including crimes such as mass rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, gender-based forms of persecution including trafficking, sex tourism, and early and forced marriages, and all other forms of sexual violence, and calls on the governments of the Eastern Partnership states to proceed with the imposition of genuine legal punishments on those who have committed this kind of crime;

Amendment 73 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses the importance of the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly SDG target 5(2), which calls for the elimination of all forms of violence against women and ~~girls~~children in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation;

Amendment 74 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses the importance of the Sustainable Development Goals, SDG target 5 on gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls and particularly SDG target 5(2), which calls for the elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation;

Amendment 75 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

Amendment 76 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Calls for specific protection for women seeking asylum, including mothers with small children, because women in particular may be fleeing gender-based violence but may be unable or unwilling to disclose relevant information during the Refugee Status Determination process;

Amendment 77 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Calls for specific protection for women seeking asylum, because women in particular may be fleeing gender-based violence but may be unable or unwilling to disclose relevant information during the Refugee Status Determination process; in this regard, calls on the European Commission to implement projects aimed at protecting vulnerable groups as already done in Georgia in 2012-2014 with an EU-financed project;

Amendment 78 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

Amendment 79 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

Amendment 8 #

Urmas PAET

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls for representation of women at all levels of government~~, if necessary with the use of quotas,~~ and for women’s systematic inclusion in transitional institutions; ~~supports electoral systems that require voters to select both male and female candidates;~~ stresses the importance of women’s equal, full and active participation in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, and supports empowerment projects aimed at training women to negotiate women-related issues;

Amendment 80 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

11. Calls for ~~the application of the Beijing Platform for Action for education and health as basic human rights, and calls for~~ access for women to sexual and reproductive health services; stresses family planning, maternal health, ~~easy~~ access to contraception and access to ~~the full range of~~ sexual and reproductive health services as important elements in saving women’s lives;

Amendment 81 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

11. Calls for the application of the Beijing Platform for Action for education and health as basic human rights, and calls for access for women to sexual and reproductive health services including legal abortion; stresses family planning, maternal health, easy access to contraception a~~nd access to the full r~~s important elements in saving women’s lives; underlines the importangce of ~~sexual and reproductive health services as important elements in saving women’s live~~the EU-financed project implemented in Moldova to strengthening civil society organizations in HIV/AIDS prevention and care for women and juvenile prisoners;

Amendment 82 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

11. Calls for the application of the Beijing Platform for Action and the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development for education and health as basic human rights, ~~and~~ calls for universal access for women to sexual and reproductive health services; stresses family planning, maternal health, easy access to contraception and access to the full range of sexual and reproductive health services as important elements in saving women’s lives;

Amendment 83 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

11. Calls for the application of the Beijing Platform for Action for education and health as basic human rights~~, and~~; calls for access for women to sexual and reproductive health services and for the eradication of domestic violence; stresses family planning, maternal health, easy access to contraception and access to the full range of sexual and reproductive health services as important elements in saving women’s lives;

Amendment 84 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

Amendment 85 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12

12. Condemns human trafficking and any other exploitative practice which violates the right to bodily integrity and inflicts violence; stresses the need to tackle human trafficking, the majority of victims of which are women, who are exploited for sexual purposes; ~~supports the placing of these policies at the core of development cooperation in the EU neighbourhood policies;~~

Amendment 86 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12

12. CFiercely condemns human trafficking and any other exploitative practice which violates the right to bodily integrity and inflicts violence; stresses the need to tackle human trafficking, the majority of victims of which are women, who are exploited for sexual purposes; supports the placing of these policies at the core of development cooperation in the EU neighbourhood policies;

Amendment 87 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12

12. Condemns human trafficking and any other exploitative practice which violates the right to bodily integrity and inflicts violence; stresses the need to tackle human trafficking, the majority of victims of which are women, who are exploited for sexual or work purposes; supports the placing of these policies at the core of development cooperation in the EU neighbourhood policies;

Amendment 88 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12

12. Condemns human trafficking and any other exploitative practice which violates the right to bodily integrity and inflicts violence; stresses the need to tackle human trafficking, the majority of victims of which are women, who are exploited for sexual purposes which constitutes the most lucrative form of human trafficking; supports the placing of these policies at the core of development cooperation in the EU neighbourhood policies;

Amendment 89 #

Andi CRISTEA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Calls on the Eastern Partnership countries to design measures to ensure that the justice chain is gender-responsive and addresses the needs of the most disadvantaged women (poor, illiterate, from rural areas, minorities and disabled);

Amendment 9 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls for representation of women at all levels of government~~, if necessary with the use of quotas,~~ and for women’s systematic inclusion in transitional institutions; s~~upports electoral systems that require voters to select bo~~tresses, that in those appointments as public representatives neither sex should be more or less privileged and the whole recruitment process must be done objectively, on the m~~ale and female candidates~~erit base exclusively; stresses the importance of women’s equal, full and active participation in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, and supports empowerment projects aimed at training women to negotiate women- related issues;

Amendment 90 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Underlines the need for effective protection mechanisms for women human rights defenders;

Amendment 91 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 13

13. Underlines the role of ~~parliamentary~~Member State diplomacy in all of the above areas and the need to exchange best practices;

Amendment 92 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 13

13. Underlines the important role of parliamentary diplomacy in all of the above areas and the need to exchange best practices;

Amendment 93 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 13

13. Underlines the role of parliamentary diplomacy in all of the above areas and the need to exchange best practices and calls for the active participation of MEPs at information actions, meetings, fora and discussions in this connection;

Amendment 94 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 14

~~14. Urges that gender issues be systematically included in political and human rights dialogues with Eastern Partnership States.~~deleted

Amendment 95 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 14

14. Urges that ~~gender issues~~equality between women and men be systematically included in political and human rights dialogues with Eastern Partnership States.

Amendment 96 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 14

14. Urges that gender inequality issues be systematically included in political and human rights dialogues with Eastern Partnership States.

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2016/10/18 FEMM 85 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)

- having regard to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action of September 1995, and International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action (Cairo Conference) of September 1994 and the outcomes of their review conferences,

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas surrogate motherhood always means violence against women, and Ukraine and other eastern neighbours of the EU are among the global focal points of this practice;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

Ka. whereas the on-going conflict in eastern Ukraine has deepened gender stereotypes that emphasize men as protectors and women as caring supporters and limited women´s engagement and involvement in conflict resolution;

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)

Kb. whereas in Ukraine, more than 1.5 million people - two-thirds of them women and children - have been internally displaced since the conflict and suffer from impeded access to healthcare, housing and employment;

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K c (new)

Kc. whereas Roma girls in Moldova spend on average less than four years in school, compared to 11 years for non- Roma girls due to child and early marriages, unplanned pregnancies and childcare responsibilities;

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)

Na. whereas prenatal care, skilled birth attendance at delivery, with backup emergency obstetric care and essential supplies in place are crucial in reducing maternal mortality. EaP countries are still lagging behind in reaching all women, even those in the poorest, most remote areas, and those belonging to marginalised groups such as national minorities, migrants and women with disabilities;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Considers the situation in the area of women’s rights in the EaP countries to be stable; points out, however,~~Points out that profound economic changes and economic uncertainty have had a negative effect on the economic situation of women~~, leading to shortcomings in their de facto equality~~;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Considers the situation in the area of women’s rights in the EaP countries ~~to be stable~~is in need of improvement; points out~~, however,~~ that profound economic changes and economic uncertainty have had a negative effect on the economic situation of women, leading to shortcomings in their de facto equality;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Welcomes all efforts made by~~Expresses the need for the EaP countries to take immediate action to increase equality between women and men in society, including adoption of national action plans and cooperation with international organisations and civil society stakeholders;

Amendment 18 #

Mariya GABRIEL, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Barbara MATERA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the EaP countries to overcome gaps in their anti-discrimination frameworks, and for greater use of anti- discrimination legislation on the grounds of sex, including greater use of international standards in judicial decisions, in order to increase the enforceability of laws and for an end to violations of women's rights in these countries;

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Acknowledges the essential role of civil society organisations and international NGOs to boost positive reforms and measures to protect women's rights and improve their participation to political and economic activities;

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)

- having regard to the OECD’s Istanbul Anti-corruption Action Plan country reports and progress reports for the EaP countries,

Amendment 20 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Condemns in the strongest terms all forms of discrimination and violence against lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and intersex people (LGBTI), calls upon the national authorities to adopt laws and policies to combat homophobia and transphobia;

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Calls on the national authorities to be vigilant and firm and to impose penalties on people who insult or stigmatise LGBTI people, especially in public service, and public space;

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

~~5. Not~~Deplores that women are noticeably 5. absent from the structures of power in the EaP States;

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Notes that women are significantly and noticeably absent from the structures of power in the EaP States;

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the EaP States to promote and strengthen political participation and leadership by women; underlines that increased participation of women in administrations leading key reforms, such as anti-corruption and economic reforms, would be beneficial; welcomes all efforts aimed at reaching this goal, such as obligatory ~~or voluntary~~ quotas for the lists of candidates, grants, training and support provided to female politicians and activists, and mentoring programmes and awareness- raising campaigns changing the image of women in the media;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the EaP States to promote and strengthen the political participation and access of women to power structures and leadership ~~by women~~positions; underlines that increased participation of women in administrations leading key reforms, such as anti-corruption and economic reforms, would be beneficial; welcomes all efforts aimed at reaching this goal, such as obligatory or voluntary quotas for the lists of candidates, grants, training and support provided to female politicians and activists, and mentoring programmes and awareness- raising campaigns changing the image of women in the media;

Amendment 26 #

Mariya GABRIEL, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Barbara MATERA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the EaP States to promote and strengthen political participation ~~and~~by women and their representation at all levels of government to support their leadership ~~by women~~role; underlines that increased participation of women in administrations leading key reforms, such as anti- corruption and economic reforms, would be beneficial; welcomes all efforts aimed at reaching this goal, such as obligatory or voluntary quotas for the lists of candidates, grants, training and support provided to female politicians and activists, and mentoring programmes and awareness- raising campaigns changing the image of women in the media;

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the EaP States to promote and strengthen political participation and leadership by women; underlines that increased participation of women in administrations leading key reforms, such as anti-corruption and economic reforms, would be beneficial; welcomes all efforts aimed at reaching this goal, such as obligatory or voluntary quotas for the lists of candidates, grants, training and support provided to female politicians and activists, and mentoring programmes and awareness- raising campaigns changing the image of women in the media; remarks that in general, an increase of women's participation to the political life and to high administration of EaP countries would contribute to the renewal of the political class and thus to the ongoing political transitions;

Amendment 28 #

Mariya GABRIEL, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Barbara MATERA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Underlines the positive role that the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly can play to promote women's political participation and their visibility in the Eastern Partnership; welcomes the first meeting of the Euronest Women's Forum which took place in March 2016; also encourages, more generally, the creation and the support by the EU of transnational networks of women's in politics;

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Strongly supports women’s participation and role in governmental and non-governmental anti-corruption organizations, actions and programmes; emphasises that broad public engagement, engaged civil society and support for the implementation of the anticorruption reforms is needed in order to send strong messages to citizens about intolerance of corruption;

Amendment 3 #

Mariya GABRIEL, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Barbara MATERA

Motion for a resolution
Recital Γ

C. whereas gender equality between C. women and men is enshrined in the constitutions and legal systems of all the EaP countries, and all the countries have ratified most of the important international conventions in this area without reservations; ~~whereas~~deploring the fact that women are still subject to social discrimination in the EaP countries;

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Encourages exchanges of best practices on the promotion of women's political participation in decentralised institutions and local authorities; also highlights that sustainable results in increasing women’s political participation are best achieved when led by political parties; therefore underlines the key role of European political parties and their women’s sections;

Amendment 31 #

Mariya GABRIEL, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Barbara MATERA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Strongly encourages women’s public participation in the fight against corruption;

Amendment 32 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7c. Recalls that EU Electoral Observation Missions and of other international electoral observation missions provide, in their reports, recommendations regarding women’s participation to the electoral process; calls on the EU to make full use of these recommendations in the framework of the European Neighbourhood Policy;

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Calls for women’s involvement in decision-making and in the process of implementing economic policies, for the promotion of business programmes for the integration and promotion of women in companies and enterprises, and for the implementation of local development projects aimed at the economic emancipation of women in Eastern Partnership States;

Amendment 34 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Notes that gender stereotypes and constant discrimination against women prevent greater inclusion of women in the labour market and are at the root of additional barriers to female entrepreneurship activities;

Amendment 35 #

Miroslav POCHE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Encourages a targeted approach to ensure more female role models in leadership and managerial positions, increasing the leadership numbers in the private sector and in parliaments, to allow for the younger generation to believe in their ability to be leaders in all sectors of work;

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. ~~Highlights~~Deplores the fact that women are employed to a much higher extent in services and state sectors with significantly lower wages than in the sectors employing a majority of males, that the gender pay gap remains high and can be as much as 50 %, and that women encounter cultural and sociological barriers in their access to managerial positions, as is also often the case in the EU where the wage and pension gap between men and women is quite wide;

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Regrets the fact that women are predominantly active in low-paying sectors despite their higher levels of education in all EaP Countries and emphasizes the importance of supporting successful women role-models and entrepreneurs sensitively appropriated to individual EaP country’s needs; takes the view that availability of childcare infrastructure for children is a crucial step in improving the career prospects of women;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Stresses the necessity for women to participate actively in trade unions, and highlights the need to overcome legal and practical discriminatory barriers for women in the work environment in order to achieve equal pay for equal work and work of equal value;

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Notes that affordable childcare services and clear parental leave provisions are decisive in improving the participation of women in the labour market; notes that in some cases the lack thereof impacts girls’ and young women’s access to education because they have to take care of their siblings;

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas stereotypes widely conveyed by society leave women in a subordinate role; whereas these stereotypes start to develop during childhood and are reflected in educational and training choices and continue into the labour market;

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Notes that affordable childcare services and parental leave provisions are decisive in improving the participation of women in the labour market; notes that in ~~some~~various cases the lack thereof impacts girls’ and young women’s access to education because they have to take care of their siblings;

Amendment 41 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

Amendment 42 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Notes that affordable childcare services and parental leave provisions are decisive in improving the participation of women in the labour market; notes that in some cases the lack thereof impacts girls’ and young women’s access to education because they have to take care of their siblings; underlines that women most often bear the responsibility of care for elderly and dependent persons; underlines that an equal share between men and women of unpaid work such as care and domestic responsibilities is a precondition for women's participation in the labour market and their economic independence;

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Urges the national authorities to further strengthen the network of quality care facilities for elderly and dependent people;

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Stresses the lack of non- discriminatory recognition of mothers' input in raising children and a balanced participation of their fathers in the EU's eastern neighbours, and that women with children are often hindered in their professional reintegration;

Amendment 45 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Points out the importance of good quality education and vocational training for women and girls in order to facilitate their inclusion in the labour market, and the role of education in removing the stereotypes surrounding the role of women; highlights the need for targeted support and mentoring for women entrepreneurs, who often lack access to credit or to trade networks and face high regulatory burdens; draws attention to the facilitation of the use of microcredits as a means of stimulating business programmes that seek to involve women in companies and enterprises;

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Points out the importance of good quality education and vocational training for women and girls in order to facilitate their inclusion in the labour market, and the role of education in removing the stereotypes surrounding the role of women; highlights the need for targeted support and mentoring for women entrepreneurs, who often lack access to credit or to trade networks and face high regulatory burdens; notes in this regard the crucial importance of transparency, fair access and availability of information about the financial support instruments;

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Encourages the development of a social economy for women and the use of microcredits as a tool for economic independence of women;

Amendment 48 #

Miroslav POCHE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Emphasises the importance of encouraging a gender balance in all fields but especially in science and technology through education and encouragement at an early age, which will help foster growth in the crucial sector of economic development;

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. 1. Emphasises the problem of unauthorised forms of child labour that prevent children from being able to access adequate education or vocational training, which will subsequently have an impact on their ability to attain a good position on the labour market;

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas there is discrimination between men and women concerning labour rights and many women in rural areas lacking other possibilities tend to accept low-paid jobs in agriculture, often without official registration and without any social security rights;

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. ~~Highlights the problems of~~Expresses the need to combat domestic violence and gender-based violence, including sexual harassment, and trafficking in human beings for sexual exploitation in the EaP countries, which is often unreported owing to societal acceptance of such behaviour;

Amendment 51 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Highlights the problems of domestic violence and gender-based violence, including sexual harassment, forced surrogacy and trafficking in human beings for sexual exploitation in the EaP countries, which is often unreported owing to societal acceptance of such behaviour;

Amendment 52 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls on the EaP countries to ~~dedicat~~use the diplomatic and financial instruments at their disposal to help ensure more resources are allocated to combating all forms of violence against women, including amending legal instruments and providing assistance to victims of violence; stresses the need for institutional changes in order to combat societal stereotypes further stigmatising victims of rape and violence;

Amendment 53 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Calls on the Eastern Partnership countries to design measures to ensure that the justice chain is gender- responsive, including through the training of legal professionals;

Amendment 54 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Calls on national authorities to ensure improvements in training of police officers and other staff dealing with notifications and reports of violence against women and girls so the victims of such violence receive serious hearing, and further calls for greater co-operation and expertise from the police, the legal profession, doctors, psychologists, authorities and voluntary bodies dealing with victims of such attacks;

Amendment 55 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Stresses the need for reviewing existing legislation in EaP states regarding violence against women and girls connected to its adequacy in effectively preventing and eliminating violence against women and girls with special attention to the need for laws to address all forms of violence (physical, sexual, psychological, economic) and adequate penalties for perpetrators, as well as compensation for victims and survivors;

Amendment 56 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15b. Requests that victims of violence, particularly when they have children in their charge, should be given special treatment in vocational training programmes and that positive measures be taken as a matter of urgency to integrate them in the labour market;

Amendment 57 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)

15c. Stresses the special importance of human rights in the birth of a child and calls for guarantees for a free, self- determined birth, health protection for the mother and child and a strengthening of the role of midwives;

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Reiterates that gender-biased sex selection ~~is a~~and forced abortion are severe forms of gender-based violence and a violation of human rights; encourages public awareness campaigns in order to change the attitudes of society concerning sex selection practices and forced abortions and calls for increasing efforts to prevent them;

Amendment 59 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Reiterates that gender-biased sex selection is a severe form of gender-based violence and a violation of human rights; encourages public awareness campaigns in order to change the attitudes of society concerning sex selection practices and calls for increasing efforts to prevent and combat them;

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas many women in rural areas lacking other possibilities tend to accept low-paid jobs in agriculture, often without official registration and without any social security rights; whereas eradicating inequalities between men and women in agriculture could help ensure equal access to employment for men and women, as well as equal pay for work of equal value;

Amendment 60 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Calls on the eastern neighbours to consistently oppose any form of exploitation and abuse of women through surrogacy;

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Stresses the need to combat forced marriages, as defined by the United Nations (UN), including child/early marriage;

Amendment 62 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. ~~Urges~~Calls on the governments to increase efforts to investigate and prosecute suspected traffickers and convict labour and sex traffickers, and to support NGO partners that provide rehabilitation and reintegration services to victims;

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Urges the governments to increase efforts to investigate and prosecute suspected traffickers and convict labour and sex traffickers, to protect the integrity of the women concerned according to the 'Nordic model' and to declare prostitution as a male violence against women and children and to support NGO partners that provide rehabilitation and reintegration services to victims;

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls for greater cooperation between EaP States on the one hand and the EU agencies and Member States’ law enforcement bodies on the other hand, in order to combat trafficking in human beings, which is also one of the most profitable organised crime activities, and dismantle criminal networks;

Amendment 65 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Strongly urges the Commission to complete gender impact assessments of all readmission agreements with EaP countries, involving the EU anti- trafficking coordination and EIGE;

Amendment 66 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)

18b. Strongly urges EU institutions not to conclude nor enforce readmission agreements with EaP countries that do not uphold EU standards for combating human trafficking and protecting its victims, or that have problems upholding women's rights on an equal basis with men, or where child marriages prevail; believes that returns to those countries cannot be considered as "safe returns";

Amendment 67 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)

18c. Urges the Commission to publish gender disaggregated data on the enforcement of readmission agreements with EaP countries;

Amendment 68 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Encourages the EaP countries to sign and ratify the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women;

Amendment 69 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Encourages the EaP countries to sign and ratify the Istanbul Convention as soon as possible;

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia decriminalized same-sex activities, but the situation of LGTBI individuals in these countries is still precarious and alarming;

Amendment 70 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Encourages the EaP countries to sign and ratify the Istanbul Convention; and calls on the authorities to put in place and strictly monitor the effective implementation of national strategies to combat violence against women;

Amendment 71 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Calls for the application of the Beijing Platform for Action for education and health as basic human rights such as access to voluntary family planning, the full range of reproductive and sexual health services including contraception and safe and legal abortion as well as sexuality education;

Amendment 72 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)

19b. Underlines that the risk of dying from cervical cancer is 10 times higher in EaP countries than in Western Europe and it is a most common cancer among women of 15-44 years of age and therefore has far-reaching effects on the fabric of society; calls for nationally organised screening programs and vaccination to combat such trends;

Amendment 73 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)

19c. Calls on Member States to ensure EaP women’s rights, such as access to visa, legal residence rights and social rights, are granted individually and not dependent on their marital status or spousal relationship;

Amendment 74 #

Mariya GABRIEL, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Barbara MATERA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 d (new)

19d. Stresses the need for family reunification procedures to afford individual rights for women and girls joining their families in the EU, in order not to have to depend on a possibly abusive relationship with a family member for access to health, education, or work;

Amendment 75 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Encourages further efforts towards peaceful resolution of conflicts and calls for greater involvement of women in such processes, in line with UN Security Council Resolutions 1325 and 2242 on Women, Peace and Security;

Amendment 76 #

Mariya GABRIEL, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Barbara MATERA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Calls for specific protection for women and girls seeking asylum, because women and girls are in particular vulnerable and may be fleeing gender- based violence but may be unable or unwilling to disclose relevant information during the Refugee Status Determination process;

Amendment 77 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Welcomes the project of the Council of Europe on Improving Women's Access to Justice in Five Eastern Partnership Countries, which aims at identifying and supporting the removal of obstacles for women's equal access to justice, and strengthening the capacity of Eastern Partnership countries to design measures to ensure that the justice chain is gender-responsive, including through the training of legal professionals;

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Stresses the need for sufficient funding related to initiatives against violence against women and girls that guarantees longer-term access to effective services for victims and survivors and should therefore be adequately staffed and capacitated;

Amendment 79 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Points out that while gender equality ishould be a horizontal principle within the ENP and the ENI, more precise and measurable targets in the area of gender equality should be pursued, also with regard to the new Gender Action Plan in Development 2016-2020;

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)

Gb. whereas women and men in EaP countries often face difficulties in accessing sexual and reproductive health services and rights (SRHR) and serious barriers still exist for poor women, migrants, ethnic minorities and those who live in rural areas. Fewer than 50 per cent of women in EaP countries use modern methods of contraceptive; in some countries, even fewer than 20 per cent. The main reasons are poor counselling, high costs, and lack of choice and unreliable supply of contraceptives;

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Calls on the Commission to impose the use of gender mainstreaming, and to implement gender budgeting and gender impact assessments in all areas of the ENP and ENI and thus ensure specific gender equality targets are developed and monitored;

Amendment 81 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Notes that within the reviewed ENP, country-specific reports should focus on priorities agreed with partners; welcomes the fact that regular reports, which will track developments in the neighbourhood, will also include a focus on gender equality; takes the view that this dimension should pay attention to women in position of power as well as women carers, domestic workers and women with disabilities;

Amendment 82 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. ~~Highlights the need to include~~Urges that women’s rights and gender equality issues are included on the agenda of regular political and human rights dialogues with the EaP partners;

Amendment 83 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Highlights the need to include women’s rights and gender equality issues on the agenda of regular political and human rights dialogues with the EaP partners together with proposed actions;

Amendment 84 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30a. Supports broader association of Partner countries' with EU Agencies and programmes, such as Horizon 2020, Creative Europe, COSME, Erasmus+ and others; strongly believes in experience gained through various forms of educational mobility;

Amendment 85 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)

30b. Encourages Member States in developing stronger bilateral and multilateral links with EaP countries and their active involvement in transitional help, technical support and experience sharing; believes in this regard that Member States in close physical proximity to the EaP countries could play an important role in facilitating stronger links and in involving other MS in EaP partnerships;

Amendment 9 #