Activities of Laura AGEA related to 2015/2006(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on promoting youth entrepreneurship through education and training
Amendments (4)
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Member States to use existing EU-level funding resources to support initiatives pursuing links with businesses and offering entrepreneurship education to low-income young peopleso as to encourage young people to develop creativity, initiative and a sense of responsibility, ensuring that they have the necessary knowledge and abilities to start up and manage new businesses; calls on the Member States also to offer entrepreneurship education and business culture to young people, especially those in the low-income bracket, school dropouts, young people in danger of long-term unemployment and young people with disabilities;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Member States to be proactive in simplifying the regulatory frameworks of social businesses, promote them and monitor the quality of the employment practices of such businesses and promote socially responsible practices in traditional businesses in a bid to increase youth employment;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to offer micro-scholarships and micro-loans schemes to innovative students in secondary and tertiary education respectively in order to start their own ventures or projects;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to improve the entrepreneurial culture within tertiary education by establishing the conditions to support the creation of new companies based on academic research (spin-offs), reducing the bureaucratic burden involved in establishing such companies and promoting the benefits of commercialising research; in this context, schools and universities should provide the time, space and recognition for initiatives by young people so as to give them the necessary confidence to undertake new projects that may in time prove useful for setting up independent businesses;