Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-03-12-Speech-3-272"

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dcterms:Date	"2003-03-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Equality of opportunities between women and men in the use of the Structural Funds2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030312.8.3-272"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-03-12-Speech-3-2732
lpv:speaker	lp:Regina Bastos2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine and the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and Delegation for relations with Belarus (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; EPP-ED (2000-09-01--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partido Social Democrata (2000-09-01--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"(PT) Mr President, I congratulate Mrs Avilés Perea on this report, which is an extremely timely piece of work of considerable quality. Despite the fact that obligations in the field of equal opportunities have been transposed into the regulations on the Structural Funds for the 2000-2006 period, their implementation is still weak in operations cofinanced by the Funds. The European Social Fund still plays a vital role in implementing this objective, in comparison with other funds, because most programmes cover the fields of employment and social affairs. We are forced to admit that much still remains to do in reducing segregation in the labour market and wage inequalities. The gaps are many and various: the low level of women’s participation in information and communication technologies, the low level of entrepreneurship amongst women and their lack of representation in the decision-making process. This is just to mention a few of the shortcomings and to show that the Commission must act to remedy them. We believe it is appropriate, not to say crucial, that the Commission establishes guidelines ensuring that the issue of equal opportunities is taken into account in all of the Structural Funds’ spheres of action. Member States clearly cannot remain uninvolved. It should be stated, as a matter of fact, that despite the importance of the political commitment they have given, Member States have failed appropriately to honour this commitment. The Member States must be more consistent in developing measures for the systematic integration of equal opportunities into all stages of programming and implementation of actions and in periodically submitting a report to the Commission on the progress they have made. Statistics broken down by gender must be drawn up to monitor and evaluate programmes, and raising the awareness and training of candidates and of the various parties involved, from drafting stage to implementation, is also essential. It is reasonable to give the responsible authorities the right to reject proposals or to propose their revision and to apply penalties in the event that projects do not comply with the requirements to integrate equal opportunities. A final remark to emphasise that this year the interim evaluation of the Structural Funds for the 2000-2006 period will take place. In this context, the Commission and the Member States must take the opportunity to undertake the necessary modifications so as to increase the degree of implementation of the objective of equal opportunities for men and women for the remaining programming period."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Bastos (PPE-DE )."1

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