9 Amendments of Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI related to 2015/2257(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points outAffirms that Erasmus+ and other mobility programmes have fosteredcontributed to the European integration and strengthened the idea of citizenship; notes that these programmes have had an indirect positive impact on employment; points outstates that mobility in the context of vocational education and training (VET) is fundamental to the fight against unemployment, enhances employability and reduces the skills gaschool drop-out, improving employability, motivating further learning mobility and reducing the skills gap, as it leads to the development of both specific professional skills, as well as of transversal and transferable sets of skills and competencies like critical thinking and entrepreneurship;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Highlights that VET has a vital economic and social role in Europe as a mechanism leading to equal opportunities for all citizens, including from socially vulnerable and disadvantaged groups, unemployed youth, the long-term unemployed, including second-generation unemployed, job seekers close to retirement age, immigrants, people with disabilities, as well as women, which are under-represented in VET;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls on the European Commission, and the Member States to position VET and VET mobility as an important choice leading to a promising career and thus to increase the visibility of VET programmes, make them accessible to all, ensure gender balance and non- discrimination, and guarantee sufficient financing;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the European Commission, the Member States and the agencies to revise the requirements of the VET mobility programmes to make them relevant as regardskey stakeholders to continue their collaboration on improving VET mobility programmes in terms of duration and, content, combining periods ofpetencies and learning outcomes, combining mobility both in training centres and at workplace;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the European Commission to keep track of the demand and supply on the labour market within the European Union, as well as the geographic and occupational mobility, and to collaborate closer with the Members States, business environment and vocational education and training facilities in order to match the needs of the labour market;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. WelcomesValues positively the launch of pilot projects such, as well as thate recently approved by Parliament, entitled ‘'European framework for the mobility of apprentices’,' as thea basis for a specific mobility programme in the context of VETimprovements in the Erasmus+ programme aimed at enabling more and better VET mobility of long-term duration; urges the creation of a framework for long-term initiatives as opposed to solely project-focused actions, in order to establish a permanent and sustainable system that is fully operational that is predictable and that encourages free movement of skills across Europe;
Amendment 142 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Notes that, in a transition towards a more digitised economy, a redefinition of jobs and skills is taking place; calls, in consequence, on the Member States and the European Commission to work in conjunction with the private sector and develop skilling strategies and VET programmes for the requalification of workers;
Amendment 145 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7 e. Calls on the European Commission to work on an overview of the countries involved in cross-border vocational education and training programmes, as well as to analyse why some countries are applying for more VET work and learning experiences abroad, and build a plan on how to increase their involvement;
Amendment 147 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 g (new)
Paragraph 7 g (new)
7 g. Suggests that all of the stakeholders such as education institutions, public administration, private sector and civil society, work on joint strategies aimed at enhancing the return of the vocational education and training students, trainees, and apprentices that carried out work experiences abroad, in order to combat skills and workforce imbalances across Europe;