24 Amendments of Andrea BOCSKOR related to 2020/2011(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that in some Member States, as monitored by the FRA agency, only limited progress has been achieved over previous years in the education of socially disadvantaged Roma children, and that due to the lack of political will, in particular, the gap between Roma and non-Roma pupils and students remains high; urges Member States to adopt a holistic approach across all policy areas, and to place the education of Roma children high on governments’ agendas in order to fight effectively against the poverty and social exclusion they experience;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that only limited progress has been achieved over previous years in the education of socially disadvantaged Roma children, and that - in some cases - due to the lack of political will, in particular, the gap between Roma and non-Roma pupils and students in educational outcomes remains high; urges Member States to adopt a holistic approach across all policy areas, and to place the education of Roma children high on governments’ agendas in order to fight effectively against the poverty and social exclusion they experience;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recalls that the role of Roma educators in desegregating education is essential and that they should be part of the solution for geographically segregated schools, moreover, stresses that it is of utmost importance to strengthen their presence in the educational bodies in order to help the process of desegregation, to reduce analphabetism and to encourage in lifelong learning programs and adult education;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes the effort of some Member States who have adopted legislative tools with a view to ensure compliance between quality to equality of education, while introducing inclusive education; the aim of such measures is to integrate Roma children as well as all other disadvantaged groups as much as possible into the education system from the early childhood education until upper secondary education, which is a condition for personal development and career;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Insists that Roma children should stay in education until at least the endcompletion of upper secondary education; to this end, urges Member States to ensure sufficient financing so that mainstream education policies reinforce schools’ and teachers’ capacities to respond appropriately to Roma pupils’ learning needs; stresses the need to eliminate grade repetition and reduce the dropout rate by providing both appropriate teacher training and early, regular and timely support for Roma pupils and students, including after- school learning;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas one third of Roma households do not have tap water, just over half have an indoor flush toilet or shower, and 78 % of Roma lived in overcrowded housing4 in 20164; _________________ 4European Commission, 2019 Report on National Roma Integration Strategies: Key Conclusions, p. 6.
Amendment 31 #
5a. Recommends the Commission to facilitate exchange of best practices between Member States and monitor the situation in order to provide regular assessment;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Notes that culture and its services including intercultural/multicultural activities may contribute to decreasing negative attitudes towards people with Romani background;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the fact that Roma are one of the minority groups in Europe that face the highest rates of poverty and social exclusion; notes with regret that despite measures introduced in the last decade, measurable progress in the areas of housing, employment, education and healthcare has been limited; calls on local authorities and governments to single out as a priority the implementation of the National Roma Integration Strategies (NRIS); stresses that it is important to measure the progress and to create a robust monitoring system using relevant indicators;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Highlights the need to break the vicious circle of poverty of those Roma concerned by taking effective targeted actions from the earliest possible age, because targeted measures at all level of education can be effective tools in fighting poverty, stresses the need to enhance transitions to higher levels of education as well as by supporting these measures by social investment;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Reminds that Member States have taken several measures promoting the school attendance of Roma children, such as providing free meal and free textbooks in schools as well as extending the obligation of attendance in kindergarten / pre-school education from an earlier age for all children. These good practices should be continued;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Recommends the Commission to facilitate exchange of best practices between Member States and monitor the situation in order to provide regular assessment;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the need for an urgent and thorough commitment by the relevant state authorities to the desegregation of Roma pupils in schools and to securing the same quality and inclusive mainstream learning as the non-Roma pupils, as Roma children are often educated in segregated environments, while the misdiagnosis of Roma children as having special educational needs is still a common discriminatory practice;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Recalls that the role of Roma educators in desegregating education is essential and that they should be part of the solution for geographically segregated schools, moreover, stresses that it is of utmost importance to strengthen their presence in the educational bodies in order to help the process of desegregation, to reduce analphabetism and to encourage in lifelong learning programs and adult education;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Welcomes the effort of some Member States who have adopted legislative tools with a view to ensure compliance between quality to equality of education, while introducing inclusive education; the aim of such measures is to integrate Roma children as well as all other disadvantaged groups as much as possible into the education system from the early childhood education until upper secondary education, which is a condition for personal development and career;
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to ensure that the competent regional and local authorities implement Roma-focused employment and social policies and monitor their results, while at the same time not excluding other societal groups in similar situations; calls on them, furthermore, to make the empowerment of Roma job seekers a priority for public employment services and employers, and to provide parallel job placement support or internships with IT and language training; stresses the key role of public employment services in promoting Roma employment in the civil service and reaching out to disadvantaged Roma job seekers;
Amendment 110 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Member States to improve the employment of Roma by taking different actions including active labour market measures as well as promoting social economy;
Amendment 111 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Commission to facilitate an exchange of best practices between Member States and to monitor the progress;
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Calls on the Member States to make the greatest effort in order to sensitise public opinion concerning Roma inclusion;
Amendment 135 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the Member States to refer to territorial inequalities, residential segregation, and the comprehensive and multiple trait of disadvantages in the planning, targeting and implementation of Roma inclusion measures as territorial approach can be relevant in the planning and implementation of measures on social inclusion.
Amendment 153 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls the attention of the Member States to develop mentor-programmes, tertiary education, leader academies and to foster local emancipation for young leaders as integrator actor, as well as grassroot Roma NGOs instead of pro Roma international NGOs; urges the creation of an effective monitoring system of EU money; recalls that not only clear desegregatory benchmarks and solutions for geographical segregation are needed but highlights that elementary changes should take effect first in public education as well; insists moreover that, in order to achieve an advanced level of solidarity, national curricula should be modified; stresses that structural changes are essential e.g. lowering kindergarten age and that in order to prevent segregating pupils in elementary schools, modern integral local schools should be developed and be given extra resources to transform into model schools; underlines that proper infrastructure is needed in order to make these institutions reachable to all students including non-Roma as well; highlights the fact, that by adding quality dual vocational training and encouraging carrier path development for Roma students, companies would get quality work force;
Amendment 157 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Is of the opinion that mainstreaming is still relevant, as only targeted measures cannot be effective enough, therefore enhances the further mainstreaming of the aspects of Roma integration in EU and national policy measures;
Amendment 159 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Calls on the Commission as well as the Member States to evaluate the consequences of pandemic COVID-19 to the situation of Roma communities and to take effective measures using EU Funds in order to answer the identified challenges because the new framework strategy should be in line with the current situation in order to prevent increasing poverty and exclusion of communities;