Traduction de «comité du fonds social européen » (Français → Anglais) :

– having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee of 22 May 2013 on the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Towards Social Investment for Growth and Cohesion – including implementing the European Social Fund 2014-2020 (CESE 1557/2013 – SOC/481),

– having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the future of the European Union Solidarity Fund ,

– having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the future of the European Union Solidarity Fund,

14. Bearing in mind that the ESF is a basic tool for combating poverty, gender inequalities, social discrimination (against people with disabilities, migrants, older people, etc.) by getting people into jobs, and for tackling social exclusion and unemployment, calls on the Commission to strengthen the ESF’s potential and its financial autonomy in relation to the pursuit of economic and social cohesion, to make it more flexible so that current and future employment challenges can be addressed, to simplify project management and harmonise and improve procedures and controls, taking account of social sustainability, and to follow up ongoing ...[+++] projects more effectively; points to the positive experiences that project organisers have gained with global grants and welcomes the positive assessment of global grants in the Ecosoc report on efficient partnership (Jan Olsson, ECO/258); calls for the introduction of new conditionality of non-discrimination and desegregation, in order to provide support for those who need it the most, targeting explicitly but not exclusively the Roma communities as well; emphasises the ESF's role in strengthening the social integration dimension; underlines the need for more transparent ESF policies on allocation of funds and detailed evaluation and scrutiny of tangible results achieved, in terms of employment;

After consulting the Monitoring Committee referred to in Article 47 of Regulation (EC) No ./2005 [laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund], the managing authority shall choose the themes for the funding of innovation in accordance with the European employment guidelines and shall define the appropriate modalities of implementation.

The report was presented to the European Social Fund Committee at its meeting on 15 December 2000.