13 Amendments of Carlos ZORRINHO related to 2021/2209(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Recalls that education is a fundamental human right and must be guaranteed. Emphasises that the principle of the best interest of the child must always be safeguarded; in this context, calls on the EU to put children' rights at the core of its efforts and policies to mitigate, at the global level, the effects of the COVID19 pandemic;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
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1. Notes that the lack of adequate national regulations and strategies, as well as the lack of trained professionals, of the necessary infrastructure, physical and IT, and of proper equipment and facilities, are barriers to the right of education and the access to quality education in several developing countries;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Takes note of the fact that the world’s population is projected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion by 2100, with a particular population increase in developing countries and in Africa first and foremost; notes that the number of youth in the world is projected to grow to 1.3 billion by 2030 and that Central, Southern and Eastern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa are home to the largest number of youth; underlines that young people are the most valuable assets for boosting developing countries’ economic development;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
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3. Emphasises that the COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the existing vulnerabilities in social services in Africa and in many developing countries, in particular in the field of education; underlines that the cost of school closures on students’ learning, health and well- being has been devastating and that the repercussions on children, their family, their community and economies could last for years;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
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4. Acknowledges that education is a cross-cutting issue relevant to all dimensions of sustainable development; points out that education is also a tool to empower young people and to support sustainable economic growth in Africa and in all developing countries, and that in the long term, it indirectly paves the way to eradicating povertyand strongly contributes to eradicating poverty, and to closing the education gender gap and to reducing child marriage and child labour;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that the lack of access to education, and the resulting educational poverty, has both short and long-term consequences, leading both to higher drop-out rates and increased risks of labour and sexual exploitation, and, in the long term, to socio-economic consequences, increasing the risks of poverty and inequality, and undermining the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
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5. Underlines that access to quality education for all must be ensured regardless of socio-economic status, gender, cultural and geographical background, religion and the rural- urban divide; notes the particular importance of supporting girlsa gender equality based approach in accessing quality education and of addressing the issue of girls dropping out of school at an early stage; underlines that a special attention should be given to disadvantaged groups in order to guarantee the right to education for all, also through support for the most vulnerable families;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines the importance of building resilience and disaster preparedness directly into health, social protection, WASH and education systems to ensure that people are more protected not only from pandemics but also from the effects of climate change and environmental degradation; improvements in the resilience of water, health and education have the potential to decrease climate risk for more than 400 million children;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Underlines that to date 17.7 million children lack access to basic vaccinations, an increase of 3.1 million due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its negative impact on progress that had been achieved; calls for an integrated and gender equality based approach between education and child immunization policies, which also takes into account the fact that, in some contexts, schools are essential in the distribution strategy for basic vaccines;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Underlines that the right to education is closely linked to the right of health and nutrition, given the fact that school nutrition programmes contribute to feeding millions of children;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
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7. Considers that in the context of the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, particular efforts must be undertaken to invest in well-trained teachers in order to equip children with skills which are relevant tofor the job marketir future;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recalls that the right to connect is not yet a right within everyone's reach and that the lack of access to an Internet connection is, today more than ever, a major obstacle to learning for children;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
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9. Calls on the Commission to take the absorption capacities of partner countries into account in the context of increased funding for education; emphasises the need to engage with reliable local partners, particularly with local faith-based organisationcivil society and NGOs, in the implementation of education funding.