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1 European Parliament Committee on Employment and Social Affairs 2015/2224(INI) AMDMTS 1-45 Michaela Šojdrová (PE v01-00) New territorial development tools in Cohesion policy : Integrated Territorial Investment (ITI) and Community-Led Local Development (CLLD) (2015/2224(INI)) AM\ doc PE v01-00 United in diversity

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3 1 Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto, Georgi Pirinski Recital A (new) A. whereas according to Eurostat, in 2014 there were 61 European regions in 8 EU countries with unemployment rates between 14% and 34.8% and 63 regions in seven EU countries with unemployment rates between 2.5% and 4.9%.; whereas furthermore, there are 7 countries with more than 30% of unemployment. 2 Jane Collins Paragraph 1 1. Highlights the potential of cohesion policy to improve employment opportunities and growth, thereby contributing to poverty reduction and social inclusion; deleted 3 Joëlle Mélin, Dominique Martin Paragraph 1 AM\ doc 3/23 PE v01-00

4 1. Highlights the potential of cohesion policy to improve employment opportunities and growth, thereby contributing to poverty reduction and social inclusion; 1. Highlights the potential of cohesion policy to improve employment opportunities and growth, thereby contributing to poverty reduction and social inclusion, but points out that the policy is currently unpopular and ineffective, and therefore questions its legitimacy and visibility as matters currently stand; Or. fr 4 Tatjana Ždanoka on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group Paragraph 1 1. Highlights the potential of cohesion policy to improve employment opportunities and growth, thereby contributing to poverty reduction and social inclusion; 1. Highlights the potential of cohesion policy to improve employment opportunities, sustainable growth and to contribute to poverty reduction and social inclusion; Points out in this regard the importance of integrated funding, and especially the combination of ESF and ERDF; 5 Laura Agea, Tiziana Beghin Paragraph 1 1. Highlights the potential of cohesion policy to improve employment 1. Highlights the potential of cohesion policy to improve employment PE v /23 AM\ doc

5 opportunities and growth, thereby contributing to poverty reduction and social inclusion; opportunities and sustainable and inclusive growth, thereby fostering poverty reduction and social inclusion; Or. it 6 Marian Harkin, Renate Weber, Martina Dlabajová Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Believes that ITI and CLLD have the potential to respond directly to local needs and challenges in a more focused and appropriate way and therefore they contribute to the sustainability of employment initiatives; 7 Jane Collins Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the Commission s vision of CLLD and ITI as instruments and delivery mechanisms for empowering local communities and developing local economy and social entrepreneurship as well as instruments designed for smooth and efficient spending of the available funds by local actors; deleted AM\ doc 5/23 PE v01-00

6 8 Laura Agea, Tiziana Beghin Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the Commission s vision of CLLD and ITI as instruments and delivery mechanisms for empowering local communities and developing local economy and social entrepreneurship as well as instruments designed for smooth and efficient spending of the available funds by local actors; 2. Notes the Commission s vision of CLLD and ITI as instruments and delivery mechanisms for empowering local communities and developing local economy and social entrepreneurship as well as instruments designed for smooth and efficient spending of the available funds by local actors; considers it necessary in this regard to transmit accurate information regarding specific funds and to strengthen information desks in order to provide adequate technical support to those who wish to use the funds; stresses, in addition, the importance of carefully and constantly monitoring resources, with an ex ante analysis to assess the sectors requiring greater funding in order to create quality employment and an ex-post analysis aiming to monitor the effectiveness of the results achieved; Or. it 9 Tatjana Ždanoka on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the Commission s vision of CLLD and ITI as instruments and delivery mechanisms for empowering local communities and developing local economy and social entrepreneurship as well as instruments designed for smooth 2. Welcomes the Commission s vision of CLLD and ITI as instruments and delivery mechanisms for empowering local communities and developing local economy and social entrepreneurship as well as instruments designed for smooth PE v /23 AM\ doc

7 and efficient spending of the available funds by local actors; and efficient spending of the available funds by local actors; Underlines that targeted capacity building is necessary to facilitate the pooling of funds from different resources; 10 Joëlle Mélin, Dominique Martin Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the Commission s vision of CLLD and ITI as instruments and delivery mechanisms for empowering local communities and developing local economy and social entrepreneurship as well as instruments designed for smooth and efficient spending of the available funds by local actors; 2. Welcomes the Commission s vision of CLLD and ITI as instruments and delivery mechanisms for empowering local communities and developing local economy and social entrepreneurship as well as instruments designed for smooth and efficient spending of the available funds by local actors themselves, while taking into account the specific local and national circumstances pertaining in each case; Or. fr 11 Verónica Lope Fontagné Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Asks the Commission and the Member States to pay particular attention, in accordance with Article 174 TFEU, to regions which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps, improving their territorial cohesion in order to foster development of AM\ doc 7/23 PE v01-00

8 the local economy, which will ultimately make it possible for the population to remain in those regions; Or. es 12 Georgi Pirinski, Jutta Steinruck, Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Brando Benifei, Elena Gentile, Agnes Jongerius Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Recognizes that both CLLD and ITI are particularly necessary in the less developed regions and encourages the Commission and the Member States to provide support to the regional and local authorities in the design and implementation of such initiatives; 13 Joëlle Mélin, Dominique Martin Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Takes the view that territorial tools must be flexible so that they can be tailored to suit the specific local circumstances, and care must be taken to ensure the tools do not compete with other similar national ones already in place; Or. fr PE v /23 AM\ doc

9 14 Verónica Lope Fontagné Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Points out to the Commission that, in order for tangible progress to be made towards achieving the objectives of Europe 2020, more attention needs to be paid, in the review of that strategy and of the multiannual financial framework, to regional and local contexts, and to the specific circumstances of the areas concerned; Or. es 15 Georgi Pirinski, Jutta Steinruck, Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Brando Benifei, Elena Gentile, Agnes Jongerius Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Underlines that CLLD and ITI initiatives will be successful only if they manage to properly address the social and employment-related challenges facing the respective regions and communities; 16 Jane Collins Paragraph 3 3. Regrets the absence of a more deleted AM\ doc 9/23 PE v01-00

10 recognisable branding for CLLD and ITI and encourages the Commission and the Member States to make both tools as visible and understandable as possible for their users, while avoiding any additional bureaucratic burden; 17 Tatjana Ždanoka on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group Paragraph 3 3. Regrets the absence of a more recognisable branding for CLLD and ITI and encourages the Commission and the Member States to make both tools as visible and understandable as possible for their users, while avoiding any additional bureaucratic burden; 3. Regrets the absence of a more recognisable branding for CLLD and ITI and encourages the Commission and the Member States to make both tools mandatory and as visible and understandable as possible for their users, while avoiding any additional unnecessary bureaucratic burden; 18 Martina Dlabajová Paragraph 3 3. Regrets the absence of a more recognisable branding for CLLD and ITI and encourages the Commission and the Member States to make both tools as visible and understandable as possible for their users, while avoiding any additional bureaucratic burden; 3. Regrets the absence of a more recognisable branding for CLLD and ITI and encourages the Commission and the Member States to make both tools as visible and understandable as possible for their users, while avoiding any additional bureaucratic burden; stresses that more performance and added value as well as PE v /23 AM\ doc

11 more synergies could be reached when using not only ERDF in CLLD and ITI instruments and encourages the Commission to implement regulation covering also the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund to support sustainable urban CLLD and ITI instruments; 19 Michaela Šojdrová, Georges Bach, Agnieszka Kozłowska-Rajewicz, Marek Plura, Elisabeth Morin-Chartier, Claude Rolin Paragraph 3 3. Regrets the absence of a more recognisable branding for CLLD and ITI and encourages the Commission and the Member States to make both tools as visible and understandable as possible for their users, while avoiding any additional bureaucratic burden; 3. Regrets the absence of a more recognisable branding for CLLD and ITI and encourages the Commission and the Member States to make both tools as visible and understandable as possible for their users, while avoiding any additional bureaucratic burden and making further efforts in simplifying rules and procedures; 20 Georgi Pirinski, Jutta Steinruck, Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Brando Benifei, Elena Gentile, Agnes Jongerius Paragraph 3 3. Regrets the absence of a more recognisable branding for CLLD and ITI 3. Regrets the absence of a more recognisable branding for CLLD and ITI AM\ doc 11/23 PE v01-00

12 and encourages the Commission and the Member States to make both tools as visible and understandable as possible for their users, while avoiding any additional bureaucratic burden; and the lack of information about these instruments among local stakeholders; encourages the Commission and the Member States to make both tools as visible and understandable as possible for their users, while avoiding any additional bureaucratic burden; 21 Laura Agea, Tiziana Beghin Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission to organise appropriately publicised information seminars, in order to ensure that as many people as possible know about these opportunities; hopes, moreover, to see the establishment of appropriate information tools such as regularly updated mailing lists and smartphone applications; Or. it 22 Jane Collins Paragraph 4 4. Calls the Commission to create channels of communication with Member States and local agents and points out that CLLD and ITI will only achieve success with the commitment and ownership of all the stakeholders involved; deleted PE v /23 AM\ doc

13 23 Michaela Šojdrová, Georges Bach, Agnieszka Kozłowska-Rajewicz, Marek Plura, Elisabeth Morin-Chartier, Claude Rolin Paragraph 4 4. Calls the Commission to create channels of communication with Member States and local agents and points out that CLLD and ITI will only achieve success with the commitment and ownership of all the stakeholders involved; 4. Calls on the Commission to create channels of communication with Member States and local agents and points out that CLLD and ITI will only achieve success with the commitment and ownership of all the stakeholders involved; calls on the Commission to establish a coordination unit for effective implementation of CLLD and ITI; 24 Tatjana Ždanoka on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group Paragraph 4 4. Calls the Commission to create channels of communication with Member States and local agents and points out that CLLD and ITI will only achieve success with the commitment and ownership of all the stakeholders involved; 4. Calls on the Commission to create channels of communication with Member States and local agents and points out that CLLD and ITI will only achieve success with the commitment and ownership of all the stakeholders involved, including civil society; considers that the involvement of partners can also strengthen the integrated and place-based approach, in particular where take-up of CLLD and ITI is low; AM\ doc 13/23 PE v01-00

14 25 Marian Harkin, Renate Weber, Martina Dlabajová Paragraph 4 4. Calls the Commission to create channels of communication with Member States and local agents and points out that CLLD and ITI will only achieve success with the commitment and ownership of all the stakeholders involved; 4. Calls on the Commission to create channels of communication with Member States and local agents in order to ensure real and meaningful participation by local actors in the process and points out that CLLD and ITI will only achieve success with the commitment and ownership of all the stakeholders involved; 26 Georgi Pirinski, Jutta Steinruck, Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Brando Benifei, Elena Gentile, Agnes Jongerius Paragraph 4 4. Calls the Commission to create channels of communication with Member States and local agents and points out that CLLD and ITI will only achieve success with the commitment and ownership of all the stakeholders involved; 4. Calls on the Commission to create channels of communication with Member States and local agents and provide technical assistance to Member States and local authorities; points out that CLLD and ITI will only achieve success with the commitment and ownership of all the stakeholders involved; 27 Jérôme Lavrilleux Paragraph 4 PE v /23 AM\ doc

15 4. Calls the Commission to create channels of communication with Member States and local agents and points out that CLLD and ITI will only achieve success with the commitment and ownership of all the stakeholders involved; 4. Calls on the Commission to create channels of communication with Member States and local agents in order to ensure the necessary cooperation between parties at all levels, and points out that CLLD and ITI will only achieve success with the commitment and ownership of all the stakeholders involved; Or. fr 28 Joëlle Mélin, Dominique Martin Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Maintains that ITI must be run by local actors with a thorough knowledge of the area, but points out that such local management must not mean that the key role of the Member States is overlooked: the aim of ITI is not to establish a direct line between the Commission and local communities, thereby cutting out the Member States; Or. fr 29 Marian Harkin, Renate Weber, Martina Dlabajová Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Is concerned that in some Member States CLLD is sometimes a box ticking exercise rather than a genuine bottom-up AM\ doc 15/23 PE v01-00

16 approach and in this context insists that local actors have real decision making powers; 30 Joëlle Mélin, Dominique Martin Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Maintains that the Member States are best placed to establish the needs of their component communities, and therefore rejects a cross-border approach based on artificial Euroregions; Or. fr 31 Jérôme Lavrilleux Paragraph 5 5. Notes the potential of the bottom-up approach of CLLD in creating job opportunities and encouraging sustainable rural development, and would welcome the inclusion of urban areas in this mechanism; 5. Notes the potential of the bottom-up approach of CLLD in supporting local development strategies, creating job opportunities and encouraging sustainable rural development, and would welcome the inclusion of urban areas in this mechanism; Or. fr 32 Marian Harkin, Renate Weber, Martina Dlabajová PE v /23 AM\ doc

17 Paragraph 5 5. Notes the potential of the bottom-up approach of CLLD in creating job opportunities and encouraging sustainable rural development, and would welcome the inclusion of urban areas in this mechanism; 5. Notes the potential of the bottom-up approach of CLLD in creating job opportunities and encouraging sustainable rural development, and calls on the Commission to actively pursue the inclusion of urban areas in this mechanism; 33 Georgi Pirinski, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Brando Benifei, Elena Gentile, Agnes Jongerius Paragraph 5 5. Notes the potential of the bottom-up approach of CLLD in creating job opportunities and encouraging sustainable rural development, and would welcome the inclusion of urban areas in this mechanism; 5. Notes the potential of the bottom-up approach of CLLD in creating job opportunities and encouraging sustainable rural development, and insists on wider inclusion of urban areas in this mechanism; 34 Joëlle Mélin, Dominique Martin Paragraph 5 5. Notes the potential of the bottom-up approach of CLLD in creating job opportunities and encouraging sustainable rural development, and would welcome the inclusion of urban areas in this mechanism; 5. Notes the potential of the bottom-up approach of CLLD in creating job opportunities and encouraging balanced rural development of the regions; AM\ doc 17/23 PE v01-00

18 Or. fr 35 Michaela Šojdrová, Georges Bach, Agnieszka Kozłowska-Rajewicz, Marek Plura, Elisabeth Morin-Chartier, Claude Rolin Paragraph 5 5. Notes the potential of the bottom-up approach of CLLD in creating job opportunities and encouraging sustainable rural development, and would welcome the inclusion of urban areas in this mechanism; 5. Notes the potential of the bottom-up approach of CLLD in creating job opportunities and encouraging sustainable rural development, and welcomes the inclusion of urban areas in this mechanism; 36 Tatjana Ždanoka on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group Paragraph 5 5. Notes the potential of the bottom-up approach of CLLD in creating job opportunities and encouraging sustainable rural development, and would welcome the inclusion of urban areas in this mechanism; 5. Stresses the potential of the bottom-up approach of CLLD in creating job opportunities and encouraging sustainable rural development, and would welcome the inclusion of urban areas in this mechanism; 37 Laura Agea, Tiziana Beghin Paragraph 5 a (new) PE v /23 AM\ doc

19 5a. Stresses the importance of incentivising sectors such as the green economy and the social economy, which can bring added value in terms of sustainable and inclusive employability; Or. it 38 Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto, Georgi Pirinski Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Considers that the Commission should encourage Member States to use these instruments on projects to create quality employment and social investment, especially in those regions and subregions where it is most needed. In this sense, calls on the Commission to develop a special investment plan, in line with the Social Investment Package, so that the regions and subregions with the highest unemployment levels can make the best use of them; 39 Joëlle Mélin, Dominique Martin Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Maintains that cohesion policy must once again focus on its original aims of restoring balance to the regions, in particular by simplifying the AM\ doc 19/23 PE v01-00

20 administrative procedures for acquiring EU funding for the most vulnerable regions via the national administrative authority; Or. fr 40 Georgi Pirinski, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Brando Benifei, Elena Gentile, Agnes Jongerius Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Notes that ITI are an effective delivery mechanism for the implementation of the Integrated Plans for Urban Regeneration and Development; 41 Georgi Pirinski, Jutta Steinruck, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Brando Benifei, Elena Gentile, Agnes Jongerius Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Recalls that the ESF Regulation allows for a specific investment priority on "community-led local development strategies" under Thematic Objective 9 and regrets that only a limited number of Member States have included it in their operational programmes; Underlines that the fund may provide vital support for territorial employment pact, urban development strategies and institutional capacity building on local and regional level and asks the Commission to provide additional assistance to the Member States in implementing these specific PE v /23 AM\ doc

21 investment priorities and to provide in its Annual Activity Reports information on the scope of such implementation; 42 Jane Collins Paragraph 6 6. Calls the Commission, in view of the limited use of the European Social Fund within the method in question and the absence of a centralised managing authority in most Member States, to use the mid-term review of the MFF to address the difficulties that have already been identified in the application of the instruments and to find sustainable solutions; deleted 43 Michaela Šojdrová, Georges Bach, Agnieszka Kozłowska-Rajewicz, Marek Plura, Elisabeth Morin-Chartier, Claude Rolin Paragraph 6 6. Calls the Commission, in view of the limited use of the European Social Fund within the method in question and the absence of a centralised managing authority in most Member States, to use the mid-term review of the MFF to address the difficulties that have already been identified in the application of the instruments and to find sustainable 6. Calls on the Commission, in view of the fact that only 13 Member States has setup CLLD funding schemes for the European Social Fund and given the absence of a centralised managing authority in most Member States, to use the mid-term review of the MFF to address the difficulties that have already been identified in the application of the AM\ doc 21/23 PE v01-00

22 solutions; instruments and to find sustainable solutions; 44 Tatjana Ždanoka on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group Paragraph 6 6. Calls the Commission, in view of the limited use of the European Social Fund within the method in question and the absence of a centralised managing authority in most Member States, to use the mid-term review of the MFF to address the difficulties that have already been identified in the application of the instruments and to find sustainable solutions; 6. Calls on the Commission, in view of the limited use of the European Social Fund within the method in question and the lack of experience in most Member States, to use the mid-term review of the MFF to address the difficulties that have already been identified in the application of the instruments and to find sustainable solutions; 45 Joëlle Mélin, Dominique Martin Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Urges the Commission to leave it to each Member State to manage as it sees fit the centralised administrative authority that it has established in advance, and not to set up a decentralised European budgetary control unit, so as to prevent any interference on its part and avoid governance problems; Or. fr PE v /23 AM\ doc

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