7 Amendments of Isabella ADINOLFI related to 2015/2088(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Member States to implement urgswiftly implement structural reforms of vocational education and training (VET), including apprenticeships and internships that include a strong work-based learning component, in orderaimed both at maximising the efficiency in the use of available funds and increasing public financial support for public education and training sectors with a view to facilitate school- to-work transitionhieving EU 2020 education and employment goals;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights the fact that youth unemployment remains at a very alarming level in the EU and in particular in some Member States; calls on the Member States and the EU to put an end to this situation, by immediately delivering social protection measures to counter the economic and social effects of unemployment;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need to introduce or to further develop dual VET systems in order to facilitate the acquisition of core employability and job-specific skillsfurther develop lifelong learning systems providing for an equal access for all to education and training opportunities, including complementary forms of learning such as non-formal and informal education which play a key role in soft skills development, while ensuring quality control by public institutions over its general content, implementation and certification procedure;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the importance of addressing skills shortages and mismatches by facilitating theensuring an equal and non- discriminatory access to mobility ofor learners in VET, through a better use of tools such as the European Qualifications Framework, the European Skills Passport, the Youth Guarantee and the European Credit System for Vocational Educand therefore calls on the Member States and the EU, in their respective remits, to effectively tackle the persistent obstacles in terms of financial issues, social rights limitations and Trainingsocio- cultural stereotypes affecting youth;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Regrets that the European tools designed to face youth unemployment, such as Youth Guarantee, have not produced the expected results; asks for their overall revision to effectively address the huge financial and economic crisis and the alarming youth unemployment rates in the EU, above all in some Members States; asks for an economically ambitious, coordinated and effective policy action both on European and national level;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 4
4. Notes the constant evolution of the labour market and stresses the importance of meeting labour market demands with appropriate qualifications and skills, by revising and developing existing curricula and bythe economic shocks that many Member States are experiencing as a result of the economic crisis; stresses the importance of addressing social, technological, social and environmental changes in close cooperation with employers, professional organisations and business communitieenvironmental changes; underlines furthermore the importance of introducing, at national level, a guaranteed minimum income, also to be considered as a tool for stimulating unemployed youth to pursue education or training activities, equipping them with appropriate qualifications and skills;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the essential role of competent and supportive teachers and trainers in reducing early school leaving and improving the employability of young people; stresses that teachers need to be better supported by schools, training institutions, local communities, and educational policies, e.g. through easier access to training opportunities and improved systems of continuous VETlifelong learning systems; strongly opposes any cutbacks in education budgets, especially when combined with the reduction of scholarships and grants and the rising of educational fees.