9 Amendments of Joëlle MÉLIN related to 2015/2257(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that Erasmus and other mobility programmes have fostered European integration and strengthened the idea of citizenship; notes that these programmes have had an indirect impact on employment; points out that mobility in the context of vocational education and training (VET) is fundamental to the fight against unemployment, enhances employability and reduces the skills gapenables both skills and the global working culture to be enhanced through making comparisons between oneself and others in an international context and , enhances employability when the student returns to his or her home country ;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that beyond the sensitive principle of adding value to national education, it seems necessary to put measures in place to prevent the Erasmus+ programme from facilitating a brain drain;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that, despite improvements to the arrangements for the recognition of diplomas, credits, skills certificates, competency accreditations and acquired expertise in the context of VET, a legal basis applicable throughout the EU is needed have led to a levelling-down of the recognition of the quality of certificates issued in States in which certification standards are demanding.; It is therefore necessary to reject the automatic recognition of diplomas, credits and skills certificates in the EU;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3 a. Points out that people with disabilities have special requirements, and thus need appropriate support in order to access Erasmus+ scholarship programmes; calls therefore on the Commission to introduce further measures to grant people with disabilities barrier-free and non- discriminatory access to all scholarship programmes in the framework of Erasmus+;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges that the industrial and craftmanufacturing sector, including SMUs, should be more closely involved in the framing, implementation and funding of VET mobility programmes; believes that flexible and constructive dialogue between training centres and firms will ensure that VET is a success;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that participation in this programme by the industrial and craft manufacturing sector will require the value of that sector and indeed the value of apprenticeship to be reappraised, these having been neglected in favour of the tertiary sector and the pathway through bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees;
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes pilot projects such as that recently approved by Parliament, entitled ‘European framework for the mobility of apprentices’, as the basis for a specific mobility programme in the context of VET , on condition that such measures are not manipulated so as to displace low-cost labour and do not transform, to the detriment of the learners, into de-facto instruments of social dumping;
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for social measures concerning apprentices' pay and the associated salary deductions to be calculated to the advantage of the student or apprentice, so that they are not exploited for the purposes of labour displacement and unfair competition;
Amendment 132 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points out, having regard to the very poor results achieved by anti- unemployment policy, that it is necessary to verify that the funds for the various items are well used, so as to determine which are the least efficient;