Activities of Damian DRĂGHICI related to 2015/2257(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Erasmus+ and other tools to foster mobility in vocational education and training (A8-0049/2016 - Ernest Maragall)
Amendments (15)
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes the economic and social advantages of international mobility in VET which can at a later stage facilitate workers' mobility as well as contribute to increasing European competitiveness by helping to develop a highly skilled workforce and knowledge-based society;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the role of educational systems in better equipping students with both academic and transversal skills, and thereby enhancing their aptitude to match labour market needs as well as increasing their participation in transnational mobility programmes;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes the numerous benefits of transnational placement opportunities for VET institutions including making them more attractive for students, giving the possibility to increase cooperation among partners from different EU countries as well as helping to improve linguistic and intercultural skills of their staff and students;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Encourages a holistic approach to VET and apprenticeships, leading to enhanced personal development, and gaining employability skills and occupational competences, as well as encouraging the promotion of vocational education as an equivalent and valid option to academic education;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Encourages flexible pathways between VET, general education and higher education, as well as strengthening tertiary VET as a means to address social inclusion, increase participation in higher education, and promote student success;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Encourages a more complete and effective integration of practical skills and knowledge with traditional academic programmes of higher learning;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 e (new)
Paragraph 8 e (new)
8e. Notes that improving the quality in VET, in cooperation with social partners and public employment services, through enhanced practical education and apprenticeships, is necessary to meet the labour market needs and societal demands and should facilitate mobility in the lifelong learning process;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 f (new)
Paragraph 8 f (new)
8f. Underlines the benefits of a dual system of vocational education and training as an important part of general education, and aimed at reducing youth unemployment and linking vocational training to current and future labour market needs;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls to improve the access to high quality information on VET possibilities for young people and businesses via available and targeted specialised guidance and counselling services;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Acknowledges the importance of European Alliance for Apprenticeships to improve the quality and availability of apprenticeships in the EU, and ask the European Commission to give its financial support and strategic priority to encourage all related stakeholders to improve conditions for apprenticeships;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Enhances mobility in employment, education, apprenticeships and traineeships in national European Youth Guarantee Schemes in order to improve the skills of young people, as well as reduce the geographical skills mismatch in the EU;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Encourages further measures to facilitate access by disadvantaged groups and people with special needs to Erasmus+ mobility actions and to create more flexible and individualised training and learning pathways adapted to people with disabilities;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Encourages the Commission to examine existing geographic disparities among countries and regions in the participation of VET institutions in the EU mobility programmes, and to address these disparities by enhancing cooperation and the exchange of best practises among national agencies for Erasmus+, promoting team actions among VET institutions (linking experienced VET institutions with other institutions), providing policy support measures and tailor-made advice to VET institutions, and strengthening the existing support networks for VET institutions;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Encourages the Commission to promote VET mobility programmes to new bodies and smaller institutions within the VET system, as well as to help them apply for relevant funding by providing more guidance, on- line trainings, and individualised assistance via national agencies for the Erasmus+ programme on the preparation of high quality applications for funding;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)
Paragraph 22 c (new)
22c. Encourages the Commission to boost its efforts to promote the Erasmus+ programme to VET institutions and to increase its effectiveness and accessibility by making it more flexible and simplifying its application process;