13 Amendments of Andrea BOCSKOR related to 2015/2088(INI)
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need to introduce or to further develop dual VET systems or its elements in order to facilitate the acquisition of core employability and job- specific skills, while ensuring quality control by public institutions over its general content, implementation and certification procedure;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need to introduce or to further develop dual VET systems in order to facilitate the acquisition of core employability and job-specific skills, while ensuring quality control by public institutions over its general content, implementation and certification procedure; highlights the importance of exchange of best practices related to the dual education systems which could contribute to structural changes in the labour market and lead to higher levels of youth employment;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the importance of addressing skills shortages and mismatches by facilitating the mobility of learners in VET, through a better use of tools such as the European Qualifications Framework, the European Skills Passport, the Youth Guarantee and the European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training; and cross-border recognition of qualifications acquired in VET or higher education, or by promoting entrepreneurship education and related skills and competences, through a better use of tools such as the European Qualifications Framework, the European Skills Passport, the Youth Guarantee, Europass-CV, Entrepreneurial Skills Pass, EURES, Knowledge Alliances, European Alliance for Apprenticeships, the European Credit Transfer System and the European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training; highlights the importance of ESCO which identifies and categorises the skills, competences and qualifications relevant for the EU labour market and education and training, in 25 European languages; calls for a better promotion of these initiatives in order to improve the labour market in Europe;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes the transformation of the existing EU Skills Panorama website which provides a more comprehensive and user-friendly central access point for information and intelligence on skill needs in occupations and sectors in Europe, and which helps policy-makers, experts, employment agencies, career advisers and individuals to take better and more informed decisions;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Member States to encourage a cross-sectoral approach between different areas within educational institutions, such as joint programmes between arts, science, ICT, engineering, business and other relevant fields;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Highlights the importance of internships as part of secondary and higher education curricula for the acquisition of work experience and transversal skills;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls on the Member States to facilitate the involvement of young people in voluntary activities within youth organisations and grassroots sport as a method of non-formal and informal learning to help young people acquire skills and transversal competences that complement formal education and enhance their employability;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the constant evolution of the labour market and stresses the importance of meeting labour market demands with appropriate qualifications and skills, by revising and developing existing curricula and by addressing technological, social and environmental changes in close cooperation with employers, professional organisations, local authorities, education and employment services and business communities;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the constant evolution of the labour market and stresses the importance of meeting labour market demands with appropriate qualifications and skills, by revising and developing existing curricula and by addressing technological, social and environmental changes in close cooperation with employers, professional organisations and business communities; stresses that it is necessary, in this context, to provide and develop quality career advisory services helping future students to choose well their field of study with regards to their work preferences and the needs of the labour market;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States to act, as soon as possible, on education- and labour market-related country-specific recommendations in the European Semester and other Commission recommendations;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the Member States to incorporate new technologies in the learning process and, to intensify ICT training at all levels and types of education and training, to provide more digitally aligned degrees and curricula and to motivate young people to study ICT and pursue related careers; emphasises the need for the development of entrepreneurial and transversal skills within the framework of Youth Guarantee schemes;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for a forward-looking and output-oriented European Skills Strategy to guide national skills strategies and integrate them in the National Employment Plans while providing a comprehensive framework for the sectoral action plans proposed in the Employment Package.
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that humanities and general humanistic knowledge are indispensable in making effective use of the opportunities presented by STEM disciplines and thus should receive effective support within their institutions and play an explicit role in developing institutional curricula;