Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-03-12-Speech-3-281"

Predicate	Value (sorted: default)
rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
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	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030312.8.3-281"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-03-12-Speech-3-2822
lpv:speaker	lp:Hans Karlsson2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-02-27--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (2002-02-13--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Socialdemokratiska arbetarepartiet (2000-08-01--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (2000-08-01--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, it is no easy task to bring about a society characterised by equality. We ourselves present the biggest obstacle. It is because of our attitudes and approaches that we are still a very long way from a genuinely equal society. The lack of equality is of course due not only to our attitudes but also to the influence of the structures on which society is based. We are now discussing one such structure, namely that formed by the European Social Fund and the Structural Funds. Cohesion policy, the European Social Fund and the Structural Funds are very important in terms of developing cooperation within the EU. It is only if everyone feels they are participating that it will be possible for European cooperation to be fully successful. What will of course be crucial to the work on equality in a number of areas is whether these tools promote increased equality or cement existing structures and attitudes. Equality has been a priority objective of the Structural Funds since 1994. The fact that more has not happened in almost ten years is, of course, worthy of note. Progress has been made, but this is insufficient. Employment is of crucial importance to the work on equality. Work opportunities and the ability to be self-supporting will determine whether it will be possible to achieve an equal society. There is also a strong link with education. The work must therefore be designed to ensure that women derive as much benefit as men from what the Structural Funds have to offer. The equality perspective must be incorporated into all the work being done on programmes. It is very important that there should be bodies committed to equality at all levels of society and that these bodies should comprise as many women as men. It is possible to exert strong pressure upon the ways in which the Community funds in question are used. If the equality perspective is insufficiently clear or if the bodies that are to manage the funds do not have an equal representation of women and men, the applications should be declined. If it is possible for the Structural Funds to be characterised by this attitude, I am sure that matters will look different the next time we debate these issues."@en1

Named graphs describing this resource:

The resource appears as object in 2 triples

Context graph