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Committee / Commission

FEMMMeeting of / Réunion du

14/07/2015

BUDGETARY AMENDMENTS (2016 Procedure)

AMENDEMENTS BUDGÉTAIRES (Procédure 2016)

Rapporteur: Barbara MATERA

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Draft amendment 6000 === FEMM/6000 ===

Tabled by Barbara Matera, rapporteur, Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality

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SECTION III — COMMISSION

Article 02 02 01 — Promoting entrepreneurship and improving the competitiveness and access to markets of Union enterprises

Amend remarks as follows:Budget 2015 Draft budget 2016 Difference New amount

Commitments Payments Commitments Payments Commitments Payments Commitments Payments

02 02 01 108 561 823 72 183 633 108 375 000 47 905 000 108 375 000 47 905 000

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Total 108 561 823 72 183 633 108 375 000 47 905 000 108 375 000 47 905 000

Remarks:

After paragraph:

The Erasmus for Entrepreneurs programme aims to encourage .......... the creation of valuable networks and partnerships.

Amend text as follows:

Due to the currently difficult economic situation it is indispensable to support European enterprises, in particular young innovative start-ups, and female entrepreneurs as well to foster entrepreneurship by assigning enough funds to programmes like the programme for the competitiveness of enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises (COSME). In particular the programme ‘Erasmus for young entrepreneurs’ has been very successful and can contribute successfully to fight unemployment across Europe. With regard to under-representation of women among entrepreneurs, special attention should be paid to involve in the programme young female entrepreneurs in order to encourage them to pursue their entrepreneurial career and to gain experience on how to overcome gender-specific hurdles they may face.

Justification:

Encouraging young people to pursuing entrepreneurial career helps to tackle important problem of high unemployment rate of young people and they contribute to economic growth. It is equally important to include also young women in the programme, as the proportion of female entrepreneurs in the EU is still significantly lower than that of male entrepreneurs and they might face specific hurdles while pursuing their careers.

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Article 02 02 02 — Improving access to finance for small and middle-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the form of equity and debt



02 02 02 174 791 725 99 027 161 160 447 967 100 000 000 160 447 967 100 000 000

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Budget 2015 Draft budget 2016 Difference New amount


Total 174 791 725 99 027 161 160 447 967 100 000 000 160 447 967 100 000 000

Remarks:

Before paragraph:

A loan guarantee facility (LGF) shall provide counter-guarantees, .......... for securitisation of SME debt finance portfolios.


This appropriation is to be used to improve access to finance for SMEs, including companies of female entrepreneurs, in the form of equity and debt in their start-up, growth and transfer phase.

Justification:

One of the biggest hurdles for female entrepreneurs is still the access to finance, especially the venture capital finance, with venture capital industry being male dominated. Therefore it is important to ensure that also women will have the opportunity to access the available financing, in order to foster female entrepreneurship, as the proportion of female entrepreneurs in the EU is still significantly lower than that of male entrepreneurs.

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Add: 02 02 77 22Budget 2015 Draft budget 2016 Difference New amount


02 02 77 22 1 000 000 1 000 000 1 000 000 1 000 000

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Total 1 000 000 1 000 000 1 000 000 1 000 000

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Pilot project — Increasing competitiveness of SMEs with training women after maternity leave

Remarks:

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The aim of the pilot project is to increase the competitiveness of the SMEs by giving them opportunity to profit from a training program for their employees after returning from maternity leave. The pilot project will give women all relevant information and training, after maternity leave is taken in order to facilitate their return to work and thus help the SMEs employing them to take advantage of continuity of workforce, using their previous work experience in the company and their updated skills and competences after maternity leave. The project would consist in supporting creation of financial programmes focusing on SMEs establishing schemes or re-entry programmes providing for training and helping to recruit the trained women after maternity leave, and thus helping mitigate the difficulties women face when returning to labour market. The schemes would aim at keeping contact between the employees having left for maternity leave and their firm as well as providing training which could help mothers regain their job while catching up with colleagues and workers of the same firm.

The beneficiaries (i.e. applicants) of the pilot project would be stakeholders, for example public bodies, chambers of commerce, associations, NGOs or education institutions, which would either re-grant the funds to SMEs or develop programmes of needed training for SMEs employees returning from maternity

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leave, and guidance programmes for the SMEs on how to use the full potential of these employees. The SMEs could sign up to these programmes and trainings and possibly receive from the programs direct financial contribution to send the employees to trainings offered under the programme or do some specialised part of the training by themselves.

The funds should therefore aim at:

1. Offering seminars which will help returning women-returners to catch-up with the latest developments both in the firm concerned and in the area of its activity in general (new procedures, know-how, technologies etc.);

2. Offering social seminars when mothers are coming back to work from maternity leave, providing an opportunity to meet other working mothers and discuss nurseries, healthcare, working options and any other issues of concern;

3. Providing all information needed detailing all the steps employees should take before their departure, before and during their return;

4. Setting up a website for women returners, covering maternity/paternity, work/life balance, career progression, childcare, women’s network, maternity mentoring, employees’ rights and research;

5. Keeping in touch with women who have left the workplace to raise a family to remain the first choice employee when they do decide to return to work;

6. Designing recruitment programmes to attract talented women returners by providing networking opportunities and workshops;

7. In attracting women who have been out of the workforce for some time, bear in mind the need to provide a more supportive environment, subsidised travel and childcare costs.

In particular training should mean:

1. Use best practices in the field while adapting them to purposes and needs of the given firm;

2. Make the scheme and training voluntary and as accessible as possible, while using both ICT tools and classical seminars and meetings;

3. Provide online support through the intranet and a newsletter;

4. Where possible, deliver any face to face training in modules and as flexibly as possible so it can be fitted around commitments outside work;

5. Consider funding distance learning for employees on maternity leave;

6. For those who have been out of the workforce for some time, provide training in softer skills, such as, confidence building, team working and effective communications; and in workplace issues such as stereotyping in the workplace, work/life balance options, and perceived barriers to employment.

Legal basis:

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Pilot project within the meaning of Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1).

Justification:

The EP stresses the need for the EU to support those SMEs that elaborate a plan for employees who become mothers. Evidence shows that when women feel supported during one of the most challenging transitional periods of their career they feel valued, are more likely to stay with their employer and are more productive on their return. Similar schemes or re-entry programmes exist in big companies or are offered by renowned

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education and training institutions on commercial basis. This pilot project would be flexible and should be tailored to SMEs and targeted to their women-employees.

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Item 02 03 02 01 — Support to standardisation activities performed by CEN, Cenelec and ETSI



02 03 02 01 17 843 714 16 100 331 17 970 000 18 100 000 17 970 000 18 100 000

Reserve

Total 17 843 714 16 100 331 17 970 000 18 100 000 17 970 000 18 100 000

Remarks:

After paragraph:

In accordance with the general aim of maintaining .......... suitable cases, this appropriation is intended to cover:


– financial obligations arising from contracts to be signed with the European standardisation organisations (such as ETSI, CEN and Cenelec), for the development of standards,

– checking and certifying conformity with the standards, and demonstration projects,

– contract expenditure for the execution of the programme and projects indicated above. The contracts in question cover the following: research, association, evaluation, technical operations, coordination, scholarships, grants, training and mobility of scientific staff, participation in international agreements and participation in expenditure on equipment,

– improving the performance of standards bodies,

– promoting quality in standardisation, and the verification thereof,

– supporting the transposition of European standards into national standards, particularly by having them translated,

– measures relating to information, promotion and profile-raising of standardisation and the promotion of European interests in international standardisation,

– secretarial services for the technical committees,

– technical projects in the field of tests for compliance with the standards,

– examination of the compliance of draft standards to the relevant mandates,

– programmes of cooperation with and assistance to third countries,

– carrying out the work needed to apply international information technology standards uniformly throughout the Union,

– specifying methods of certification and laying down technical methods of certification,

– encouraging use of these standards in public procurement contracts,

– coordinating the various operations to prepare the standards and doing more to implement them (user guides, demonstrations, etc.). While preparing the standards, possible gender-related specificities

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should be considered.

Union finance is to be used to frame and implement the standardisation operation in consultation with the main participants: industry, workers’ representatives, consumers, when relevant including women’s organisations, small and medium-sized enterprises, the national and European standardisation institutions, the public procurement agencies in the Member States, all users and industrial policymakers at national and Union levels.

Justification:

The preparation of standards should take into account the analysis of possible gender-specific differences, in order to take into account the needs of different parts of population. To this end, also organisations of women should be consulted, when relevant, as part of the consumers with specific needs.

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Chapter 02 04 — Horizon 2020 — Research related to enterprises

Amend remarks as follows:

Remarks:

After paragraph:

This appropriation will be used for the Horizon 2020 .......... Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP).


Horizon 2020 shall play a central role in the implementation of the Europe 2020 flagship initiative ‘Innovation Union’ and other flagship initiatives, notably ‘Resource efficient Europe’, ‘An industrial policy for the globalisation era’, and ‘A digital agenda for Europe’, as well as in the development and functioning of the European Research Area (ERA). Horizon 2020 shall contribute to building an economy based on knowledge and innovation across the whole Union by leveraging sufficient additional research, development and innovation funding. It will be carried out in order to pursue the general objectives set out in Article 179 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, in order to contribute to the creation of a society of knowledge, based on the European Research Area, i.e. supporting transnational cooperation at all levels throughout the Union, taking the dynamism, creativity and the excellence of European research to the limits of knowledge, strengthening human resources for research and for technology in Europe, quantitatively and qualitatively and research and innovation capacities in the whole of Europe and ensuring optimum use thereof. Particular attention will be paid to the involvement of female entrepreneurs and female researchers, in order to strengthen their participation in innovation and knowledge-based economy.

Justification:

According to the statistics, the percentage of female researchers is the lowest in the Business Enterprise sector, were only 19% of all researchers were women. The proportion of women researchers is also in general low in the fields of technology and engineering. At the same time, the proportion of female entrepreneurs in technology and engineering sector is significantly lower than the one of male entrepreneurs.

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Item 02 04 02 02 — Enhancing access to risk finance for investing in research and innovation



02 04 02 02 p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m.

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Total p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m.

Remarks:

Before paragraph:

Any repayment from financial instruments pursuant .......... with Article 21(3)(i) of the Financial Regulation.


The aim of this appropriation is to help remedy market deficiencies in accessing risk finance for research and innovation. In particular, the equity facility will target investments in risk capital funds which make early stage investments. It shall enable equity investments in, amongst others, seed capital funds, cross-border seed funds, business angel co-investment vehicles and early-stage venture capital funds. The equity facility, which will be demand-driven, shall use a portfolio approach, where venture capital funds and other comparable intermediaries select the firms to be invested in. Special attention should be paid to encouraging female entrepreneurs to participate in the schemes.

Justification:

One of the biggest hurdles for female entrepreneurs is still the access to finance, especially the venture capital finance, with venture capital industry being male dominated. Therefore it is important to ensure that also women will have the opportunity to access the available financing, in order to foster female entrepreneurship, as the proportion of female entrepreneurs in the EU is still significantly lower than that of male entrepreneurs and even more in the technology and engineering sector.

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Item 02 04 02 03 — Increasing innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)



02 04 02 03 34 105 989 17 650 787 35 643 862 18 500 000 35 643 862 18 500 000

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Total 34 105 989 17 650 787 35 643 862 18 500 000 35 643 862 18 500 000

Remarks:

After paragraph:

The aim of this appropriation is to:


– provide financing to the Enterprise Europe Network established under the COSME programme for their

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reinforced services linked to Horizon 2020. The support could range from improved information and advisory services through partner search activities for SMEs wishing to develop cross-border innovation projects, to providing innovation support services,

– support the implementation and complementing the SME specific measures across Horizon 2020, notably to enhance the innovation capacity of SMEs. Activities may include awareness raising, information and dissemination, training and mobility activities, networking and exchange of best practices, developing high quality innovation support mechanisms and services with strong Union added value for SMEs (e.g. intellectual property and innovation management, knowledge transfer), as well as assisting SMEs to connect to research and innovation partners across the Union, allowing them to spin in technology and develop their innovation capacity. Awareness-raising campaigns to encourage female entrepreneurs to take part in the projects should be included among the activities. Intermediary organisations representing groups of innovative SMEs shall be invited to conduct cross-sectoral and cross-regional innovation activities with SMEs having mutually reinforcing competences, in order to develop new industrial value chains,

– support market-driven innovation in view of enhancing the innovation capacity of firms by improving the framework conditions for innovation as well as tackling the specific barriers preventing the growth of innovative firms, in particular SMEs and enterprises of intermediate size with potential for fast growth. Specialised innovation support (e.g. IP exploitation, networks of procurers, support to technology transfer offices, strategic design) and reviews of public policies in relation to innovation may be supported.

Justification:

The proportion of female entrepreneurs in technology and engineering sector is significantly lower than the one of male entrepreneurs (e.g. in information and communications sector less than 20 per cent of all entrepreneurs) and also lower in the economy in general. Female entrepreneurs should be encouraged to participate in the innovation and knowledge-based sectors of the economy.

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Article 04 02 64 — Youth Employment Initiative



04 02 64 1 504 571 025 1 026 479 465 — 1 050 000 000 — 1 050 000 000

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Total 1 504 571 025 1 026 479 465 — 1 050 000 000 — 1 050 000 000

Remarks:

Before paragraph:

The margins available below the multiannual financial .......... multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020.


This appropriation is intended to provide additional support to measures against youth unemployment financed by the ESF. It represents the specific allocation to the Youth Employment Initiative under the Investment for growth and jobs goal in regions with a level of youth unemployment exceeding 25 % in 2012 or for Member States where the youth unemployment rate has increased by more than 30 % in 2012, regions

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that have a youth unemployment rate of more than 20 % in 2012 (‘eligible regions’). The additional EUR 3 000 000 000 allocated to this line for the 2014-2020 period is intended to provide match funding to ESF interventions in the eligible regions. This appropriation is intended to finance the creation of decent jobs.While promoting gender equality, special attention should be paid to the situation of young women who can face gender-specific obstacles to get good quality offer of employment, continued education, an apprenticeship or a traineeship.

Justification:

Good quality start employment can help young women to start their careers and provides them with more opportunities to return to work after possible family related care obligations, e.g. maternity and parental leave and thus might help to reduce long-term the gender pay gap and pension gap. It can also help to foster the entrepreneurship of women.

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Item 04 03 01 03 — Free movement of workers, coordination of social security schemes and measures for migrants, including migrants from third countries



04 03 01 03 8 000 000 5 482 852 8 589 000 6 200 000 8 589 000 6 200 000

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Total 8 000 000 5 482 852 8 589 000 6 200 000 8 589 000 6 200 000

Remarks:

After paragraph:

This appropriation is intended to cover in particular:


– expenditure on studies, meetings of experts, information and publications directly linked to the achievement of the objectives of the programme or measures falling under this item, and any other expenditure on technical and administrative assistance not involving public authority tasks outsourced by the Commission under ad hoc service contracts,

– the analysis and evaluation of the major trends in legislation of the Member States with regard to the free movement of workers, and coordination of social security systems, as well as the financing of networks of experts in those fields,

– the analysis and research on new policy developments in the domain of free movement of workers linked for example to the end of transitional periods and modernisation of social security coordination provisions,

– support for the work of the Administrative Commission and its sub-groups and follow-up of the decisions taken, as well as support for the work of the Technical and Advisory Committees on free movement of workers,

– support for actions preparing for the application of the new regulations on social security, including transnational exchanges of experience and information and training initiatives developed at national level,

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– the financing of actions aimed at providing a better service and raising public awareness, including measures aimed at identifying migrant workers’ social security problems, and measures speeding up and simplifying administrative procedures, gender-sensitive analysis of the barriers to free movement of workers and lack of coordination of social security systems and their impact on people with disabilities, including adaptation of administrative procedures to new information-processing techniques, in order to improve the system for acquiring rights and the calculation and payment of benefits pursuant to Regulations (EEC) No 1408/71, (EEC) No 574/72, Regulation (EC) No 859/2003 as well as Regulation (EC) No 883/2004, its implementing Regulation (EC) No 987/2009, and Regulation (EU) No 1231/2010,

– the development of information and actions to make members of the public aware of their rights on free movement of workers and coordination of social security schemes,

– the support of the electronic exchange of social security information among Member States, with a view to facilitating the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 and its implementing Regulation (EC) No 987/2009. This includes the maintenance of the central node of the EESSI system, testing system components, helpdesk activities, support for further development of the system and training.

Justification:

Gender-specific reasons that might prevent or influence the mobility of women should be analysed, as well as the impacts of mobility on balancing the work and family life.

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Tabled by Biljana Borzan, Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality

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Item 04 03 01 05 — Information and training measures for workers’ organisations



04 03 01 05 18 257 000 12 793 321 18 758 200 16 500 000 18 758 200 16 500 000

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Total 18 257 000 12 793 321 18 758 200 16 500 000 18 758 200 16 500 000

Remarks:

Before paragraph:

This appropriation is intended to cover in particular the following activities:


This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure on information and training measures for workers’ organisations, including representatives of workers’ organisations in the candidate countries, deriving from Union action in the framework of the implementation of the Union social dimension. Those measures should help workers’ organisations to address the overarching challenges facing European employment and social policy as laid down in the Europe 2020 strategy and within the context of Union initiatives to address the consequences of the economic crisis. Special attention will be given to training on gender challenges at work.

Justification:

Europe 2020 strategy has laid down specific gender objectives on workers market. Those goals cannot be achieved without strong gender dimension in the structure and work of workers organizations. Special gender issues can be tackled by empowering and educating workers through their organizations.

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Item 04 03 02 03 — Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship — Increasing access, and the availability of, financing for legal and physical persons, especially those furthest from the labour market, and social enterprises



04 03 02 03 26 457 000 11 815 018 25 624 200 17 000 000 25 624 200 17 000 000

Reserve

Total 26 457 000 11 815 018 25 624 200 17 000 000 25 624 200 17 000 000

Remarks:

After paragraph:

To achieve the general objectives of EaSI in particular .......... Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship axis are to:


– increase access to, and the availability of, microfinance for persons who have lost or are at risk of losing their jobs, or who have difficulty in entering or re-entering the labour market, persons at risk of social exclusion and vulnerable persons, including women wishing to start entrepreneurial career, who are in a disadvantaged position with regard to access to the conventional credit market and who wish to start up or develop their own micro-enterprises; and for micro-enterprises, especially those which employ these persons as referred to,

– build up the institutional capacity of microcredit providers,

– support the development of social enterprises.

Justification:

One of the biggest hurdles for female entrepreneurs is still the access to finance. Provision of micro-finance assistance can help women to embark on entrepreneurial career and in that way help to reduce unemployment and increase economic growth.

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Article 04 03 11 — European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions



04 03 11 20 371 000 20 371 000 20 360 000 20 360 000 20 360 000 20 360 000

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Total 20 371 000 20 371 000 20 360 000 20 360 000 20 360 000 20 360 000

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Remarks:

After paragraph:

Part of this appropriation is intended to cover also .......... topics of importance in relation to family policies:


– family-friendly policies in the workplace (balance between work and family life, working conditions, etc.), This will include conducting a study that would compare the respective situations of working mothers, mothers who choose to stay at home, and women without children, so as to shed more light on the position of each of these groups of women on the labour market, specifically looking at levels of employment, pay and pension gaps and career development,

– factors influencing the situation of families with regard to community housing (access to decent housing for families),

– lifelong family support concerning, for example, childcare and other issues that fall within the Foundation’s forms of reference.

Justification:

Important part of balancing the work and family life is the decision to have children and take care for them. Analysis should be conducted with regard to the effects of family choices on the subsequent career, including possible effects on the gender pay gap and pension gap.

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Article 04 03 12 — European Agency for Safety and Health at Work



04 03 12 14 534 000 14 534 000 14 663 000 14 663 000 14 663 000 14 663 000

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Total 14 534 000 14 534 000 14 663 000 14 663 000 14 663 000 14 663 000

Remarks:

After paragraph:

The Agency must inform the European Parliament and .......... between operational and administrative expenditure.


The Agency’s objective is to provide the Union institutions, Member States and interested parties with technical, scientific and economic information of use in the area of health and safety at work. Special attention has to be given to the gender aspects in the area of health and safety at work.

Justification:

The area of health and safety of work includes gender challenges that cannot be ignored such as employment segregation, pay gap, working time, working premises, precarious working conditions, domestic division of labour, sexism and sex discrimination as well as women's and men's physical difference, including in regard to reproduction are factors affecting the hazards women face at work. That gender related factors must be tackled in improving health and safety at work.

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04 03 77 25 300 000 300 000 300 000 300 000

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Total 300 000 300 000 300 000 300 000

Heading:

Pilot project — Tackling the STEM skilled labour shortage by encouraging girls into engineering

Remarks:

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An education and networking project focused on encouraging more school age girls into engineering. This will be achieved through establishing long lasting mentoring relationships with women professionals in this sector.

The project will connect schools and women engineers from across the EU and deliver seminars and workshops focused on engineering aimed at girls in secondary schools. These courses would last for an 18 to 24 month period and would be facilitated in schools, with external partners to ensure access to resources and offer practical skills training and harness creative thinking. The project will span five Member States to establish a network of professionals and enable an exchange of expertise, shared resources and best practices.

Several conferences would be held at different stages in the project to help grow and foster this network. Using the model established by the European Coding Initiative this network of schools would be administered by European Schoolsnet.

Firstly, this pilot project offers an opportunity to create a supply of skills in engineering to match the demand for labour. This in turn will increase the competitiveness of the European labour markets and aid recovery from the crisis.

Secondly, the supply of STEM skills are explicitly attributed to an underrepresentation of women. This pilot project focuses on the encouragement of women into engineering in order to counter this shortage and promote gender equality in the workplace. This in turn will help to close the pay gap, a major priority in the Commission's Europe 2020 strategy.

Legal basis:

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Justification:

A stable and growing workforce equipped with STEM skills is crucial to implement the European Agenda for Growth and Jobs. Huge concerns from both industry and government exist about the combined problem of a labour shortage and a skills gap in STEM fields. This problem is amplified when considering the lack of

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female participation in this job sector. Coupled with current STEM workers approaching retirement age, a labour shortage of around 7 million jobs is forecasted by 2025.

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04 03 77 24 500 000 250 000 500 000 250 000

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Total 500 000 250 000 500 000 250 000

Heading:

Pilot project — Securing a Social Standard For Female Workers in precarious and disadvantaged working conditions across the EU - best practises, existing tools and policies

Remarks:

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The appropriation is intended to fund Europe-wide workshops with all stakeholders for exchange of experience and best practises in tackling precarious working and living conditions for female workers. The basis of the workshops should be a sociological study on undeclared work amongst the female citizens. An initial study should be carried out in 6 Member states (for example France, Greece, Germany, Belgium, Spain, and Poland). Following the development of the project the study should gradually encompass all 28 Member states.

The workshops are intended to develop two main lines of action: on the one hand, highlighting and understanding the existing tools, instruments, expertise and targeted policies for protection of female workers in the informal sector. On the other hand - encouragement and facilitation to improve the transition from informal to formal employment.

The project shall engage in the following activities:

Phase 1 Mapping of gender mainstreamed quantitative data on undeclared work - domestic workers, seasonal workers, toll manufacturing workers

Phase 2 Identifying relevant stakeholders to launch a dialogue

Phase 3 Launching workshops to present the outcome of the study, elaborating on mechanisms for successful transition from informal to formal economy and determining the state agencies and social actors who can provide assistance for abused female workers in undeclared work conditions

Phase 4 On the basis of the pilot project conduct an extended survey in all 28 Member states as well as gather the information from the various workshops and draft a booklet to disseminate the information to stakeholders on good practises and common principles, as well as tools and mechanisms implemented on a national and European level that highlight the protection of women workers in a disadvantaged working situation.

Legal basis:

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Pilot project within the meaning of Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the

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general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1).

Justification:

Undeclared work is a widely spread phenomenon in Member states which affects a large proportion of women and has serious negative impacts on women's income, social security, rights at workplace, access to healthcare, as well as skills development and life-long learning opportunities. Moving from informal or undeclared work to regular employment can greatly contribute to achieving two of the main targets of the Europe 2020 Strategy such as reduction of unemployment as well as lowering the risk of poverty and social exclusion in the EU.

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04 03 77 23 700 000 700 000 700 000 700 000

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Total 700 000 700 000 700 000 700 000

Heading:

Pilot project — Female entrepreneurship education

Remarks:

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The PP is aimed at organizing awareness campaigns and creating temporary information desks (active at the time when students are selecting Universities) targeting girls about to enter universities. The campaign should in particular focus on opportunities and available universities programs in the field of business, innovation and research, sectors which are man dominated. The general scope of the program is also to empower and boost the self-confidence of the new generation of women.

Legal basis:

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Justification:

More education programs focusing on entrepreneurship should be available to girls who are still in schools. Entrepreneurship education should be proposed to schoolgirls at an early stage in order to help them discover other career options than those which are traditionally male-dominated.

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05 08 77 12 1 000 000 1 000 000 1 000 000 1 000 000

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Total 1 000 000 1 000 000 1 000 000 1 000 000

Heading:

Pilot project — Creation of European Rural Women Award

Remarks:

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The pilot project should be established on European Rural Women Award inviting rural women Europe -wide to present themselves and their success stories based on their current achievements and vision of future development of their rural farm or rural business, by a set of criteria described in the Call for Proposals.

The title of the European Rural Woman Award should be given to:

- A woman between 25 and 65 years old living in a village;

- Which has an inspiring family farm/business and household, produces agricultural products, handcrafts or works of art;

- The nominee has to be recognized by her community as a promoter of development and improvement of social, cultural and economic conditions in her local area, supported by her family and community. Sheshould be recognized for her support to the local fellow women and to community;

- She should be involved in activities which are promoting worth and value of rural areas and quality of life in villages;

- She should also provide more detailed description of her plan for improvement of her family farm/business and thus give to her family business a vision for development as an added value which could be measurable;

The competition should be EU-wide and promoted once a year.

The competition should consist in the following steps:

1. Publishing of the tender to open the competition for European Rural Women Award;

2. Candidates need to apply according to specified conditions elaborating on her achievement so far and giving a vision for development of her farm or rural business in the future. The Award would aim to further promote rural women in Europe and would be supported by the European parliament;

3. Award ceremony would be given in the European parliament with special attention to the media promotion of the Call and of the award ceremony Europe - wide as well as means for further follow up of the winners in between the time until the next annual competition;

4. European Rural Woman Award will be awarded to the best nominee, and to the 3 candidates who scored appropriate number of points after the best one. The Award would consist of a financial prize amounting from 30.000 to 10.000 Euro for the winners in order to give them means to further develop their family farms and rural businesses;

By this Award women will be given practical means to truly implement change in their local areas and their countries which would add to best practice examples at the EU level. This approach will also benefit to the promotion of rural women and networking at the EU level and among member states. By sharing

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these best practice examples in the long term the project shall contribute to creating strong and enduring rural environments.

Legal basis:

Add following text:


Justification:

In order for people to remain living in rural areas they need to have good living conditions and opportunities which would enable a descent life for them. Women still have particular difficulties living in villages as they are involved in all activities of a family farm or family rural business, household, family and local community. Public promotion of successful stories of women in rural areas opens a space to promote gender equality, women's emancipation in family and local community, women's health, education and women employment and self-employment opportunities in rural areas.

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Article 08 02 01 — Excellent science


Remarks:


This priority of Horizon 2020 aims to reinforce and extend excellence in the Union’s science base and ensure a steady stream of world-class research to secure the Union’s long-term competitiveness. It will support the best ideas, develop talent within the Union, provide researchers with access to priority research infrastructure, and make the Union an attractive location for the world’s best researchers. Research actions to be funded will be determined according to the need and opportunities of science, without pre-determined thematic priorities. Attention will be paid to supporting also careers of female researchers and encouraging them to advance their careers to the highest grades, while removing cultural and institutional barriers preventing them to advance. The research agenda will be set in close liaison with the scientific community and research will be funded on the basis of excellence.

Justification:

Despite positive changes in recent years, gender equality in science and academia has still not been achieved, with the scientific careers of women being marked by vertical segregation, with only low percentage of women achieving the highest posts. Women still experience unequal access to research positions, funding, publishing and academic awards. Encouraging women to advance their careers and removing obstacles will lead to better use of human capital in research and innovation-related business and contribute to overall economic development.

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Item 08 02 02 02 — Enhancing access to risk finance for investing in research and innovation



08 02 02 02 342 534 670 282 101 522 329 381 199 337 572 482 329 381 199 337 572 482

Reserve

Total 342 534 670 282 101 522 329 381 199 337 572 482 329 381 199 337 572 482

Remarks:


The aim of this activity is to help companies and other types of organisation engaged in research and innovation (R&I) to gain easier access, via financial instruments, to loans, guarantees, counter-guarantees and hybrid, mezzanine and equity finance. Attention will be paid to access to finance for female entrepreneurs. Debt and equity facilities will be run in a demand-driven manner, though the priorities of particular sectors or of other Union programmes will be targeted if top-up funding is made available. The focus is on attracting private investments into R&I. The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Investment Fund (EIF) will play an important role, as entrusted entities, in implementing each financial instrument facility on behalf of and in partnership with the Commission. Part of this appropriation will be used to reinforce, in the form of paid-in capital, the EIF’s capital base.

Justification:

One of the biggest hurdles for female entrepreneurs is still the access to finance, especially the venture capital finance, with venture capital industry being male dominated. Therefore it is important to ensure that also women will have the opportunity to access the available financing, in order to foster female entrepreneurship, as the proportion of female entrepreneurs in the EU is still significantly lower than that of male entrepreneurs and it is even more striking in the field of technology and engineering.

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Item 15 02 01 01 — Promoting excellence and cooperation in the European education and training area and its relevance to the labour market



15 02 01 01 1 348 476 000 1 100 675 667 1 451 010 600 1 503 812 182 1 451 010 600 1 503 812 182

Reserve

Total 1 348 476 000 1 100 675 667 1 451 010 600 1 503 812 182 1 451 010 600 1 503 812 182

Remarks:

After paragraph:

In line with the general objective in particular the .......... objectives in the field of education and training:


– to improve the level of key competences and skills with particular regard to their relevance for the labour

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market and contribution to a cohesive society, notably through increased opportunities for learning mobility and strengthened cooperation between the world of education and training and the world of work, and to combat gender stereotypes and raise awareness of equal rights and equal opportunities,

– to foster quality improvements, innovation excellence and internationalisation at the level of education and training notably through enhanced transnational cooperation between education and training providers and other stakeholders,

– to promote the emergence and raise awareness of a European lifelong learning area, to complement policy reforms at national level and to support the modernisation of education and training systems, notably through enhanced policy cooperation, better use of Union transparency and recognition tools and the dissemination of good practices,

– to enhance the international dimension of education and training, notably through cooperation between Union and third country institutions in the field of vocational education and training (VET) and in higher education, by increasing the attractiveness of the European higher education institutions and supporting the Union’s external action, including its development objectives through the promotion of mobility and cooperation between the Union and third country higher education institutions and targeted capacity building in third countries,

– to improve the teaching and learning of languages and to promote the Union’s broad linguistic diversity and intercultural awareness, including minority and endangered languages,

– to support free, high-quality public education in such a way as to guarantee that no pupil is denied access to or forced to break off any level of education on economic grounds, with particular attention being paid to the first years of schooling, with a view to preventing early school-leaving and ensuring that children from the least-favoured sections of society can be fully integrated.

Justification:

Traditionally, societies often perceive some professions as being made for male and some for female. These stereotypes lead to the low representation of women in some parts of economy, including science and engineering, and thus decrease the human potential available for innovation and economic growth.

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Chapter 15 03 — Horizon 2020


Remarks:

After paragraph:

The Programme shall play a central role in the implementation .......... additional research, development and innovation funding.


It will be carried out in order to pursue the general objectives set out in Article 179 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, in order to contribute to the creation of a society of knowledge, based on the European Research Area, i.e. supporting transnational cooperation at all levels throughout the Union, taking the dynamism, creativity and the excellence of European research to the limits of knowledge, strengthening human resources for research and for technology in Europe, quantitatively and qualitatively and research and innovation capacities in the whole of Europe and ensuring optimum use thereof. Particular

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account will be taken of the need to step up efforts to enhance the participation and role of women in science and research.

Justification:

The share of female researchers is still significantly lower than those of men, even in the academic sector. Women still experience unequal access to research positions, funding, publishing and academic awards, leading to the insufficient use of their potential in research and science.

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15 03 77 02 1 000 000 1 000 000 1 000 000 1 000 000

Reserve

Total 1 000 000 1 000 000 1 000 000 1 000 000

Heading:

Pilot project — The SME instrument enhancing Women participation

Remarks:

Add following text:

Small and Medium-sized Enterprises that are EU-based or established in a country associated to Horizon 2020 can now get EU funding and support for innovation projects that will help them grow and expand their activities into other countries – in Europe and beyond. Innovation and Business development coaching is proposed in parallel throughout phases 1 and 2 to help SMEs. The Pilot Project will establish a special coaching program for Women entrepreneurs, in parallel to the existent one.

Legal basis:

Add following text:


Justification:

Whilst Europe does not have enough entrepreneurs following through on their ideas to set up in business, there are, disproportionately, even fewer women than men entrepreneurs. Europe's economy needs more entrepreneurs to take the plunge. Therefore the aim of the Pilot Project is to enhance the success of women entrepreneurs in a male dominated sector thanks to a coaching specific service tackling the biggest obstacles to women entrepreneurship.

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Item 18 02 01 01 — Support of border management and a common visa policy to facilitate legitimate travel



18 02 01 01 363 148 896 123 964 370 371 253 803 134 568 438 371 253 803 134 568 438

Reserve

Total 363 148 896 123 964 370 371 253 803 134 568 438 371 253 803 134 568 438

Remarks:

After paragraph:

At the Commission’s initiative, this appropriation .......... shall in particular pursue the following objectives:


– to support preparatory, monitoring, administrative and technical activities, required to implement external borders and visa policies, including to strengthen the governance of the Schengen area by developing and implementing the evaluation mechanism as established by Council Regulation (EU) No 1053/2013 of 7 October 2013 establishing an evaluation and monitoring mechanism to verify the application of the Schengen acquis and repealing the Decision of the Executive Committee of 16 September 1998 setting up a Standing Committee on the evaluation and implementation of Schengen (OJ L 295, 6.11.2013, p. 27), to verify the application of the Schengen acquis and the Schengen Borders Code in particular mission expenditure for experts of the Commission and the Member States participating in on site visits,

– to improve the knowledge and understanding of the situation prevailing in the Member States and third countries through analysis, evaluation and close monitoring of policies,

– to support the development of statistical tools, including common statistical tools, and methods and common indicators, with gender-disaggregated data,

– to support and monitor the implementation of Union law and Union policy objectives in the Member States, and assess their effectiveness and impact, including with regard to the respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms, as far as the scope of this instrument is concerned,

– to promote networking, mutual learning, identification and dissemination of best practices and innovative approaches amongst different stakeholders at European level,

– to promote projects aiming at harmonisation and interoperability of border management-related measures in accordance with common Union standards with a view to developing an integrated European border management system,

– to enhance awareness of Union policies and objectives among stakeholders and the general public, including corporate communication on the political priorities of the Union,

– to boost the capacity of European networks to assess, promote, support and further develop Union policies and objectives,

– to support particularly innovative projects developing new methods and/or technologies with a potential for transferability to other Member States, especially projects aiming at testing and validating research projects,

– to support actions in relation to and in third countries as referred to in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1053/2013,

– awareness-raising, information and communication activities in relation to Union home affairs policies, priorities and achievements.

Justification:

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The gender-disaggregated data can provide necessary information regarding migration trends, including statistical information on victims of human trafficking. Such analyses can help to prepare better tailored policy responses.

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Item 18 03 01 01 — Strengthening and developing the Common European Asylum System and enhancing solidarity and responsibility sharing between the Member States



18 03 01 01 259 483 427 134 697 433 433 487 626 188 600 000 433 487 626 188 600 000

Reserve

Total 259 483 427 134 697 433 433 487 626 188 600 000 433 487 626 188 600 000

Remarks:

After paragraph:

At the Commission's initiative, the appropriation .......... Union. These actions shall, in particular, support:


– the furthering of Union cooperation in implementing Union law and in sharing good practices in the field of asylum, while applying gender-sensitive approach, notably on resettlement and transfer of applicants for and/or beneficiaries of international protection from one Member State to another including through networking and exchanging information, including arrival support and coordination activities to promote resettlement with the local communities that are to welcome resettled refugees,

– the setting-up of transnational cooperation networks and pilot projects, including innovative projects, based on transnational partnerships between bodies located in two or more Member States designed to stimulate innovation, and to facilitate exchanges of experience and good practice,

– studies and research on possible new forms of Union cooperation in the field of asylum, and relevant Union law, the dissemination and exchange of information on best practices and on all other aspects of asylum policies, including corporate communication on the political priorities of the Union,

– development and application by Member States of common statistical tools, methods and indicators with gender-disaggregated data for measuring policy developments in the field of asylum,

– preparatory, monitoring, administrative and technical support, development of an evaluation mechanism, required to implement the policies on asylum,

– cooperation with third countries on the basis of the Union's Global Approach to Migration and Mobility, in particular in the framework of the implementation mobility partnerships, regional protection programmes,

– awareness-raising, information and communication activities in relation to Union home affairs policies, priorities and achievements,

– promotion of equal treatment, equal rights and better integration for migrant women, undocumented migrant women and women asylum seekers should be a key priority in this field, a variety of problems faced by migrant women e.g. violence against women, multiple-discrimination and challenges in employment, health and education must be properly addressed and combated. This appropriation should allocate resources to women´s rights organisations, women´s shelters and actions to prevent

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violence, protect victims, and punish perpetrators, regardless the victim's legal status. The principles of social justice, anti-racism and equality should apply to all EU residents. Member states must ensure a firewall to completely delink access to justice, support services, and shelters from immigration enforcement.

Justification:

Because of their gender, foreign origin, and often dependent or irregular status, migrant women face increased exposure to exploitation and abuse. The gender sensitive approach for migrant women is crucial if we are serious about reaching our international human rights obligations.

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Item 18 03 01 01 — Strengthening and developing the Common European Asylum System and enhancing solidarity and responsibility sharing between the Member States



18 03 01 01 259 483 427 134 697 433 433 487 626 188 600 000 433 487 626 188 600 000

Reserve

Total 259 483 427 134 697 433 433 487 626 188 600 000 433 487 626 188 600 000

Remarks:

After paragraph:

At the Commission's initiative, the appropriation .......... Union. These actions shall, in particular, support:


– the furthering of Union cooperation in implementing Union law and in sharing good practices in the field of asylum, while applying gender-sensitive approach, notably on resettlement and transfer of applicants for and/or beneficiaries of international protection from one Member State to another including through networking and exchanging information, including arrival support and coordination activities to promote resettlement with the local communities that are to welcome resettled refugees,

– the setting-up of transnational cooperation networks and pilot projects, including innovative projects, based on transnational partnerships between bodies located in two or more Member States designed to stimulate innovation, and to facilitate exchanges of experience and good practice,

– studies and research on possible new forms of Union cooperation in the field of asylum, and relevant Union law, the dissemination and exchange of information on best practices and on all other aspects of asylum policies, including corporate communication on the political priorities of the Union,

– development and application by Member States of common statistical tools, methods and indicators with gender-disaggregated data for measuring policy developments in the field of asylum,

– preparatory, monitoring, administrative and technical support, development of an evaluation mechanism, required to implement the policies on asylum,

– cooperation with third countries on the basis of the Union's Global Approach to Migration and Mobility, in particular in the framework of the implementation mobility partnerships, regional protection programmes,

– awareness-raising, information and communication activities in relation to Union home affairs policies,

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priorities and achievements.

Justification:

The gender-disaggregated data can provide necessary information regarding migration and asylum trends, which can help to prepare better tailored policy responses. The gender sensitive approach should be taken into account in activities related to the field of asylum, including arrival support and resettlement, in order to properly pay attention to the specific needs of persons which might be in a vulnerable situation.

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Article 18 03 02 — European Asylum Support Office (EASO)



18 03 02 15 123 360 15 123 360 14 765 600 14 765 600 14 765 600 14 765 600

Reserve

Total 15 123 360 15 123 360 14 765 600 14 765 600 14 765 600 14 765 600

Remarks:

After paragraph:

This appropriation is intended to cover the Office’s .......... expenditure relating to the work programme (Title 3).

Add following text:

Part of the increased budgetary and staff appropriation should contribute to the setting up of a gender support desk and cooperation programme to increase capacity for Member States to process asylum requests based on gender persecution.

Justification:

The recast CEAS enables a stronger protection for victims of gender-based persecutions. However, many Member States still lack expertise on handling it. The EASO could play a key role to enhance Member States capacities. Particular attention should be paid to the Member States that have recently seen increased number of arrivals at their borders to provide them with the needed support to identify and help victims of gender-based persecutions. This will be essential to ensure that accelerated border procedures and the enhanced principle of ‘safe country’ will not fail victims.

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Article 21 02 01 — Cooperation with Latin America



21 02 01 294 342 737 80 330 136 320 267 528 133 651 000 320 267 528 133 651 000

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Budget 2015 Draft budget 2016 Difference New amount


Reserve

Total 294 342 737 80 330 136 320 267 528 133 651 000 320 267 528 133 651 000

Remarks:

Before paragraph:

Where assistance is delivered via budget support, .......... parliamentary oversight and audit capacities and transparency.


The purpose of development cooperation under this article is primarily its contribution to support the promotion of democracy, good governance, equality, women´s rights and gender equality, respect for human rights and for the rule of law, and fostering sustainable development and economic integration, as well as to achieving the Millennium Development Goals and post-2015 global development commitments.

The Commission must continue to report annually on the benchmark used in the past for the assistance to developing countries that is to be allocated to social infrastructure and services, recognising that the Union contribution must be seen as part of overall donor support for the social sectors and that a degree of flexibility must be the norm. Moreover, the Commission will endeavour to ensure that a benchmark of 20 % of its assistance under the DCI will be dedicated to basic social services, with a focus on health, including sexual and reproductive health and rights, and education, and to secondary education, this being an average across all geographical areas, and recognising that here too a degree of flexibility must be the norm, for example where exceptional assistance is involved. This appropriation is intended to cover cooperation schemes in developing countries, territories and regions in Latin America in order to:

– contribute to the achievement of MDGs targets in the region,

– support trade union, non-governmental organisations and local initiatives to monitor the impact to the investments on the national economy, particularly respect for labour, environmental, social and human rights standards,

– support gender equality through supporting actions to combat all forms of violence against women and girls e.g. harmful traditional practices such as FGM and child marriage and refusal of safe and legal abortions,

– foster the development of civil society,

– combat poverty and social exclusion and promote social cohesion,

– contribute to improve social standards with focus on education, including education and vocational training for employment, and health, and to the improvement of social protection schemes,

– promote a more favourable climate for economic expansion and enhanced productive sector, encourage the transfer of know-how, promote contact and collaboration between business players bi-regionally,

– promote private sector development, incl. an SME-friendly business climate via i.e. legal property rights, reducing unnecessary administrative burden, improving access to credit, improving associations of small and medium-sized enterprises,

– support efforts towards food security and combat malnutrition,

– support regional integration; in Central America, foster region’s development via enhanced benefits derived from the EU-Central America association agreement,

– promote the sustainable use of natural resources, including water, and the combating of climate change (mitigation and adaptation),

– support efforts for improving good governance and help consolidate democracy, human rights and the rule of law,

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– promote policy reform particularly in the area of justice and security and support related actions to enhance development of countries and regions,

– gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.

Justification:

Women’s and girls’ bodies, specifically with respect to their sexual health and reproductive rights, still remain an ideological battleground all over the world, women and girls rights to bodily integrity and autonomous decision-making as regards, inter alia, the right to access voluntary family planning and safe and legal abortion must be guaranteed. These rights are the pre-conditions for the achievement of the MDGs targets in all regions, including Latin America.

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Article 33 02 01 — Ensuring the protection of rights and empowering citizens



33 02 01 24 196 000 11 035 208 25 306 000 17 600 000 25 306 000 17 600 000

Reserve

Total 24 196 000 11 035 208 25 306 000 17 600 000 25 306 000 17 600 000

Remarks:

Before paragraph:

In particular, this appropriation is intended to cover the following types of action:


This appropriation is intended to contribute to preventing and combating all forms of violence against children, young people and women, as well as violence against other personsgroups at risk, e.g. LGBTI-persons and migrants, in particular groups at risk of violence in close relationships, and to protect victims of such violence (under the ‘Daphne’ specific objective); to promoting and protecting the rights of the child; to ensuring the highest level of protection of privacy and personal data; to promoting and enhancing the exercise of rights deriving from citizenship of the Union; and to enabling individuals in their capacity as consumers or entrepreneurs in the internal market to enforce their rights deriving from Union law, having regard to the projects funded under the Consumer Programme.

After paragraph:

In particular, this appropriation is intended to cover the following types of action:


– analytical activities, such as the collection of data and statistics, where appropriate disaggregated by gender; the development of common methodologies and, where appropriate, indicators or benchmarks; studies, research, analyses and surveys; evaluations; the elaboration and publication of guides, reports and educational material; workshops, seminars, experts’ meetings and conferences,

– training activities such as staff exchanges, workshops, seminars, train-the-trainer events and the development of online training tools or other training modules,

– mutual learning, cooperation, awareness-raising and dissemination activities, such as the identification of, and exchanges concerning, good practices, innovative approaches and experiences; the organisation

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of peer reviews and mutual learning; the organisation of conferences, seminars, media campaigns, including in the online media, information campaigns, including institutional communication on the political priorities of the Union as far as they relate to the objectives of the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (the ‘Programme’); the compilation and publication of materials to disseminate information about the Programme and its results; the development, operation and maintenance of systems and tools using information and communication technologies,

– support for main actors whose activities contribute to the implementation of the objectives of the Programme, such as support for NGOs in the implementation of actions with European added value, support for key European actors, European-level networks and harmonised services of social value; specially women´s rights organisations, women´s shelters, support for Member States in the implementation of Union law and policies; and support for networking activities at European level among specialised bodies and entities as well as national, regional and local authorities and NGOs, including support by way of action grants or operating grants.

Justification:

The social consequences of the crisis demand special attention to women´s situation in the EU, feminisation of poverty, child poverty and increased violence against women and girls need immediate solutions. Financial support and adequate resources to women´s rights organisations and women´s shelters are extremely important.

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Article 33 02 02 — Promoting non-discrimination and equality



33 02 02 32 073 000 16 321 307 33 546 000 23 000 000 33 546 000 23 000 000

Reserve

Total 32 073 000 16 321 307 33 546 000 23 000 000 33 546 000 23 000 000

Remarks:

After paragraph:

In particular, this appropriation is intended to cover the following types of actions:


– analytical activities, such as the collection of data and statistics; the development of common methodologies and, where appropriate, indicators or benchmarks; studies, research, analyses and surveys; evaluations; the elaboration and publication of guides, reports and educational material; workshops, seminars, experts’ meetings and conferences,

– training activities such as staff exchanges, workshops, seminars, train-the-trainer events and the development of online training tools or other training modules,

– mutual learning, cooperation, awareness-raising and dissemination activities, such as the identification of, and exchanges concerning, good practices, innovative approaches and experiences; the organisation of peer reviews and mutual learning; the organisation of conferences, seminars, media campaigns, including in the online media, information campaigns, including institutional communication on the political priorities of the Union as far as they relate to the objectives of the Rights, Equality and

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Citizenship Programme (the ‘Programme’); the compilation and publication of materials to disseminate information about the Programme and its results; the development, operation and maintenance of systems and tools using information and communication technologies,

– support for main actors whose activities contribute to the implementation of the objectives of the Programme, such as support for NGOs in the implementation of actions with European added value, support for key European actors, European-level networks and harmonised services of social value; support for Member States in the implementation of Union law and policies; and support for networking activities at European level among specialised bodies and entities as well as national, regional and local authorities and NGOs, including support by way of action grants or operating grants.

– design and apply a gender budgeting methodology to the EU Budget that aims at determining the following elements: i) identifying the implicit and explicit gender issues; ii) identifying – where possible - the allied resource allocations; and iii) assessing whether the policy will continue or change existing inequalities between men and women (and groups of men and women), boys and girls and patterns of gender relations.

Justification:

The implantation of gender budgeting in the EU budgetary process it is necessary to establish appropriate tools in order to achieve gender equality. Gender budgeting is the application of gender mainstreaming to the budgetary process. As gender mainstreaming should take place at all levels of the process also the analysis of the gender dimension in the budgetary process ought to take place starting from the planning phase for the subsequent adoption of the budget.

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Article 33 02 02 — Promoting non-discrimination and equality



33 02 02 32 073 000 16 321 307 33 546 000 23 000 000 33 546 000 23 000 000

Reserve

Total 32 073 000 16 321 307 33 546 000 23 000 000 33 546 000 23 000 000

Remarks:

After paragraph:



– analytical activities, such as the collection of data and statistics, where appropriate disaggregated by gender; the development of common methodologies and, where appropriate, indicators or benchmarks; studies, research, analyses and surveys; evaluations; the elaboration and publication of guides, reports and educational material; workshops, seminars, experts’ meetings and conferences,

– training activities, including from a gender sensitive perspective, such as staff exchanges, workshops, seminars, train-the-trainer events and the development of online training tools or other training modules,

– mutual learning, cooperation, awareness-raising and dissemination activities, such as the identification of, and exchanges concerning, good practices, innovative approaches and experiences; the organisation of peer reviews and mutual learning; the organisation of conferences, seminars, media campaigns,

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including in the online media, information campaigns, including institutional communication on the political priorities of the Union as far as they relate to the objectives of the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (the ‘Programme’); the compilation and publication of materials to disseminate information about the Programme and its results; the development, operation and maintenance of systems and tools using information and communication technologies,

– support for main actors whose activities contribute to the implementation of the objectives of the Programme, such as support for NGOs in the implementation of actions with European added value, support for key European actors, European-level networks and harmonised services of social value; support for Member States in the implementation of Union law and policies; and support for networking activities at European level among specialised bodies and entities as well as national, regional and local authorities and NGOs, including support by way of action grants or operating grants.

Justification:

Including a gender perspective as regards data and statistics and training activities are in close connection to the achievement of the objectives related to promoting equality between women and men and to advancing gender mainstreaming.

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Article 33 02 07 — European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)

Amend figures and remarks as follows:Budget 2015 Draft budget 2016 Difference New amount


33 02 07 7 464 000 7 464 000 7 527 000 7 527 000 88 000 88 000 7 615 000 7 615 000

Reserve

Total 7 464 000 7 464 000 7 527 000 7 527 000 88 000 88 000 7 615 000 7 615 000

Remarks:

Before paragraph:

This appropriation is intended to cover the Institute’s .......... (Titles 1 and 2), and operational expenditure (Title 3).

Add following text:

The overall objective of the Institute is to promote gender equality. EIGE serves also as European monitoring centre on gender violence.

After paragraph:

In accordance with Decision 2006/996/EC taken by common .......... 30.12.2006, p. 61), the Institute has its seat in Vilnius.


The Union contribution for 2016 amounts to a total of EUR 7 716 000.7 628 000. An amount of EUR 101 000 coming from the recovery of surplus is added to the amount of EUR 7 615 000 7 527 000 entered in the budget.

Justification:

The European Parliament in its resolution of 10 March 2015 on progress on equality between women and

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men in the European Union in 2013 called on the Commission to set up a European monitoring centre on gender violence along the lines of the current European Institute for Gender Equality, the overall objective of which is promotion of gender equality. To this end, its workforce is proposed to be increased by one AD 9 post. The amount 88.000 EUR would cover 8 months in 2016 (due to selection procedure prior his/her start of duties).

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Article 33 03 01 — Supporting and promoting judicial training and facilitating effective access to justice for all



33 03 01 30 636 000 14 993 389 33 168 000 23 210 433 33 168 000 23 210 433

Reserve

Total 30 636 000 14 993 389 33 168 000 23 210 433 33 168 000 23 210 433

Remarks:

After paragraph:



– analytical activities, such as the collection of data and statistics; where appropriate disaggregated by gender, the development of common methodologies and, where appropriate, indicators or benchmarks; studies, research, analyses and surveys; evaluations; the elaboration and publication of guides, reports and educational material; workshops, seminars, experts meetings and conferences,

– training activities, including from a gender sensitive perspective, such as staff exchanges, workshops, seminars, train-the-trainer events, including language training on legal terminology, and the development of online training tools or other training modules for members of the judiciary and judicial staff,

– mutual learning, cooperation, awareness-raising and dissemination activities, such as the identification of, and exchanges concerning, good practices, innovative approaches and experiences; the organisation of peer reviews and mutual learning; the organisation of conferences, seminars, information campaigns, including institutional communication on the political priorities of the Union as far as they relate to the objectives of the Justice Programme (the ‘Programme’); the compilation and publication of materials to disseminate information about the Programme and its results; the development, operation and maintenance of systems and tools, using information and communication technologies, including the further development of the European e-Justice portal as a tool to improve citizens’ access to justice,

– support for main actors whose activities contribute to the implementation of the objectives of the Programme, such as support for Member States in the implementation of Union law and policies, support for key European actors and European-level networks, including in the field of judicial training; and support for networking activities at European level among specialised bodies and entities as well as national, regional and local authorities and non-governmental organisations.

Justification:

Including a gender perspective in data analysis and training activities are in important in the achievement of the objectives related to promoting equality between women and men and to advancing gender

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mainstreaming.

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S 03 01 33 02 — European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)



Function group and grade

European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)

Posts

2016 2015

Authorised under the Union budgetActually filled as at 31 December

2014Authorised under the Union budget

Permanent Temporary Permanent Temporary Permanent Temporary

AD 16

AD 15

AD 14

AD 13 1 1 1

AD 12

AD 11 1 1

AD 10 1 2 1

AD 9

4

3

2

AD 8 5 4 5

AD 7 4 4 4

AD 6 4 3 3

AD 5 3 8 6

AD total 23

2222

23

AST 11

AST 10

AST 9

AST 8

AST 7 2 2

AST 6 2

AST 5 4 3

AST 4 5 1

AST 3

AST 2

AST 1

AST total 6 7 6

AST/SC 6

AST/SC 5

AST/SC 4

AST/SC 3

AST/SC 2

AST/SC 1

AST/SC total

Grand total 29

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29

Total staff 29

2829

29

Justification:

The European Parliament in its resolution of 10 March 2015 on progress on equality between women and

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men in the European Union in 2013 called on the Commission to set up a European monitoring centre on gender violence along the lines of the current European Institute for Gender Equality, to be led by a European coordinator for the prevention of violence against women and girls. To this end, its workforce is proposed to be increased by one AD 9 post.

Documents

Committee / Commission FEMM€¦ · Committee / Commission FEMM Meeting of / Réunion du 14/07/2015 BUDGETARY AMENDMENTS (2016 Procedure) AMENDEMENTS BUDGÉTAIRES (Procédure 2016)