7 Amendments of Ria OOMEN-RUIJTEN related to 2013/2176(INI)
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is concerned that Europe’s education and training systems are not adapted to businesses’ skills needs; notes with concern that in 2015 the estimated shortage of qualified ICT personnel in the EU will rise to between 384 000 and 700 000 and that the supply of science, technology, engineering and mathematics skills will not match the increasing demands of businesses in the coming years; considers, therefore, that Member States should promote retraining and further training of workers (particularly those who have become unemployed);
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Believes Member States should be encouraged, inter alia in the context of solidarity between generations, to promote the retention of older workers on the labour market by encouraging the extension of working lives, developing flexible labour markets and valuing experience; stresses that an older labour force and longer working lives can make a positive contribution to the recovery and future growth; emphasises, therefore, the importance of lifelong learning, in particular for older workers who perform physically and/or mentally demanding tasks; stresses, finally, that older people are indispensable with a view to passing on knowledge and experience to younger generations;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that the opportunities afforded, precisely, by the single market must be used to inject new life into Europe’s economies by opening up borders and creating new business opportunities;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes initiatives to make it easier for businesses to access EU support via a single multilingual portal offering information on the Structural Funds, including the ESF; believes that more must be done to disseminate information to existing and potential entrepreneurs through ‘one-stop- shops’;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Believes Member States must be more responsive to labour market needs, notably by fostering work-based learning and apprenticeships; calls on the Commission and the Member States to cooperate on achieving higher comparability of school and university curricula and more standardisation of European education; calls, therefore, also for further simplification of the mutual recognition of diplomas; welcomes the fact, in this context, that there are more and more cross-border cooperation schemes between colleges and universities;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Calls on the Member States to support self-employment, possibly across borders, especially among young people, by creating an environment that will encourage entrepreneurs to grow and create new jobs;