23 Amendments of Heinz K. BECKER related to 2016/0304(COD)
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Differences in language, definitions, document formats, as well as assessment and qualification validation methods, all pose considerable challenges for individuals, employers and competent authorities. These challenges arise especially where individuals move between countries, including third countries, but also when looking for a new job or engaging in learning. Clear information and shared understanding isare necessary to address these challenges, while respecting subsidiarity and diversity and providing clarity on responsibilities.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3 a) The new Europass framework adapts the existing Europass services to the needs and expectations of users and providers: learners, job-seekers, workers, employers - in particular small and medium-sized enterprises -, public employment services, guidance practitioners, education and training providers, social partners, volunteers, youth organizations, youth work providers, National Europass Centres and the national authorities responsible. While respecting national structures and administrative arrangements, simplification, effectiveness and efficiency are the main objectives of this Decision. All instruments should be designed and aligned appropriately and without unnecessary overlap in their specific goals and tools and should not overstretch Europass.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10 a) Currently, ESCO cannot be considered as basis for a Europass reference terminology. ESCO is an instrument, which is currently a project that has been neither fully developed or tested nor has been approved by the Member States. The use of ESCO as reference terminology is, therefore, conditional on an effort by the Commission to assess its acceptance by and usefulness to users and other stakeholders, as well as on an effort to show the positioning of ESCO within the space of EU instruments, in order to show the value added of its use to labour markets, employers, employees and job- seekers, and the synergies created by the use of ESCO in in a way that is consistent with the EQF in Europass. Once ESCO is recognized to be an acceptable reference terminology for Europass, it is to be regularly updated, in close cooperation with Member States and with stakeholders, such as social partners, professional associations, education and training institutes, research institutes, statistics institutes and employment services.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Regulation (EU) 2016/589 of the European Parliament and of the Council31 establishes European Employment Services (EURES), a network of employment services and a mechanism for an automated matching of people to jobs through the EURES common IT platform. To enable the exchange and the matching of job vacancies with candidates, this mechanism needs a common and multilingual list of skills, competences and occupations. By developing ESCO the Commission is providing a multilingual classification system of occupations, skills and competences and qualifications that is suited to this purpose. _________________ 31might be suitable for this purpose after thorough review. _________________ 31 OJ L 107, 22.4.2016, p. 1. OJ L 107, 22.4.2016, p. 1.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) There is an acknowledged growing importance of transversal orand 'soft' skills that can be applied in different fields. Individuals require tools and guidance on self-assessing and describing these and other skills, for example digital or language.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The current focus of the Europass framework on documentation is too limited to respond to current and future needs. To communicate skills and qualifications and make decisions on employment and learning opportunities users need access to relevant information and tools for understanding skills and qualifications as well as tools for documenting their own skills and qualifications in accordance with the European Qualifications Framework (EQF).
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The revised Europass framework approach should respect the voluntary nature of Europass and the principle of subsidiarity and should consider the needs of all potential users, including learners, job seekers, workers, employers - especially in small and medium-sized enterprises -, guidance practitioners, public employment services, social partners, education and training providers, youth work organisations and policy makers.
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The Europass framework established by Decision No 2241/2004/EC should therefore be replaced by a new voluntary framework to address evolving needs while preserving national structures and administrative arrangements and clarifying the synergies between existing instruments.
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Decision establishes a European framework, which is founded on a voluntary personal portfolio of documents with the aim to make qualifications and competences transparent and interoperable within and between the Member States, comprising web- based tools, information and the development of open standards to support the transparency and understanding of skills and qualifications. The framework shall be known as ‘Europass’.
Amendment 183 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) tools to (self-)assess individual skills, including through questionnaires, by reference to established descriptions of skills or through the integration of data from other existing aligned and synchronized EU self-assessment tools such as the Youthpass;
Amendment 185 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) tools as necessary to support the presentation and exchange of information by organisations.
Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Europass shall include coordinated and proven tools to facilitate the understanding of skills through assessment by third parties and self-declaration by individuals.
Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. The European Qualifications Framework (EQF) shallmay be used as a supporting framework to provide information in Europass. The EQF will be referred to in information on qualifications, descriptions of national education and training systems and other relevant topics. Any dissonance between the frameworks proposed by the EQF and ESCO shall be cleared before the implementation of Europass.
Amendment 233 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. Europass shall use the European Classification of Skills/Competences, Qualifications and Occupations (ESCO) established in Article 6 to ensure semantic interoperability between the tools for documentation and information only after ESCO has been subjected to a thorough review process and has been shown to add significant value to the existing framework. ESCO shall also provide a platform for interoperability with other relevant services such as those developed by the labour market. Assessment tools need to go through a quality assurance process before being integrated in the Europass.
Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Europass Qualification Supplement(s) shall be issued by the competent national authorities in accordance with templates developed by the European Commission and other stakeholders32 such as the Council of Europe and UNESCO, insofar as these are congruent. _________________ 32 Current supplements are the Certificate Supplement and the Diploma Supplement.
Amendment 278 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) develop web-based tools for the operation of Europass. The Europass documents created under Decision No 2241/2004/EC shall be transferred to the reviewed Europass system;
Amendment 287 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 301 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point c
Amendment 322 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) designate and manage, in accordance with national circumstances, a National Skills Coordination PointEuropass Centre, to support coordination and cooperation of activities among the national services referred to in this Decision;
Amendment 330 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) provide Europass users, in a cost- efficient way, with access to the relevant information or data available within the Member State, in particular access to information on learning opportunities, qualifications and qualification systems and to semantic assets on national level;
Amendment 344 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) support the transparent referencing of levels of qualifications within national qualifications frameworks to the EQF, and provide information on the EQF to national stakeholders and communicate the results of the referencing process and on qualifications to the Union web-based tool;
Amendment 355 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
The measures provided for in this Decision shall be carried out in accordance with EU law on protection of personal data, in particular Directive 95/46/EC33 and Regulation (EC) No 45/200133 . _________________ 33Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1).
Amendment 359 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
The implementation of this Decision shall be co-financprovided through Union programmes. Annual appropriations shall be authorised by the European Parliament and the Council withmulti-annual operation grants to the National Europass Centres. The Commission shall provide a 5-year perspective comprising the limits of the financial frameworkestimated financial implications for the Member States.