43 Amendments of Andrew LEWER related to 2016/0304(COD)
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Differences in language, definitions, document formats, as well as assessment and qualification validation methods, allcan pose considerable challenges for individuals, employers and competent authorities. These challenges arise especially where individuals move between countries, including third countries, but also when looking for a new job or engaging in learning. Clear information and shared, improved transparency and better understanding is necessary to address these challenges.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Decision No 2241/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council24 established a framework to address these challenges. It aimhelped to achieve better transparency and comparability of qualifications and competences through a portfolio of documents known as ‘'Europass’', which individuals can use on a voluntary basis. Decision No 2241/2004/EC, a feature of Europass that should be retained. Decision No 2241/2004/EC, which respects national structures and governance arrangements, also established national bodies, known as National Europass Centres, to implement the Europass framework. _________________ 24 OJ L 390, 31.12.2004, p. 6.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) A European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations framework (ESCO) has been piloted by the Commission as a possible common language and operational tool for education/training and work30 . ESCO. However, ESCO, which aims to structures concepts that are relevant for the EUMember State labour markets and education and training in three interlinked pillars: i) occupations, ii) knowledge, skills and competences and iii) qualifications. The ESCO pillars can be complemented by auxiliary vocabularies covering related domains, such as work context, fields of education and training or economic sectorss not yet sufficiently developed or tested in order to employ it as the basis for Europass referencing terminology. _________________ 30 The Europe 2020 Strategy announced that the Commission would work on such framework, Communication from the Commission on "Europe 2020 - A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth", COM(2010) 2020 final.
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Regulation (EU) 2016/589 of the European Parliament and of the Council31 establishes European Employment Services (EURES), a network of employment services and a mechanism for an automated matching of people to jobs through the EURES common IT platform. To enable the exchange and the matching of job vacancies with candidates, this mechanism needsmight benefit from a common and multilingual list of skills, competences and occupations. By developing ESCO the Commission isaims to providinge a multilingual classification system ofor occupations, skills and competences and qualifications that iswould be suited to this purpose. _________________ 31 OJ L 107, 22.4.2016, p. 1.
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) There is an acknowledgedWhilst basic literacy and numeracy skills should remain a priority, there is acknowledgement of the growing importance of transversal or 'soft' skills that, which can be applied in different fields. Individuals requirecould benefit from tools and guidance on self-assessing and describing these and other skills, for example digital or language.
Amendment 97 #
(16) Analysis of vacancies, and other labour market trends, is an established way ofor Member States to developing skills intelligence in order to understand issues of skills gaps and shortages, as well as qualifications mismatches. The use of information technology, such as web crawling and big data, can helps to improve skills intelligence and therefore tackle skills mismatches.
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The revised Europass framework approach should consider the needs of all potential users, including learners, job seekers, workers, employers, guidance practitioners, public employment services, social partners, education and training providers, youth work organisations and policy makers, whilst retaining its voluntary nature and respecting the principle of subsidiarity.
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Services should be provided online at Union level. Services should also include the development and use of open standards, metadata schemata and semantic assets to facilitate the effective exchange of information, appropriate authentication measures to ensure trust of digital documents, and skills intelligence and information. Such services should comply with Union and, where necessary, third- country law on data protection and privacy. In addition, support services at national level should promote and ensure access to a wide range of users, including third country nationals.
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The Europass framework established by Decision No 2241/2004/EC should therefore be replaced by a new, updated framework to address evolving needs and technological advances.
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 24
Recital 24
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Since the objective of this Decision, namely the establishment of a comprehensive, effective and interoperable framework of tools, simplified and accessible services and clear information for employment and learning purposes, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States alone but can rather, by reason of the effects of the action, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt implementing measures, while respecting the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Decision does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective.
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Decision establishes a European framework, founded on a voluntary portfolio of personal documents, which comprisinges web- based tools, information and the development of open standards to better support the transparency and understanding of skills and qualifications between Member States. The framework shall be known as ‘'Europass’'.
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. Europass shall be managed by the Commission and supported by the National Skills Coordination PoiEuropass Centres, respecting Member State structures and administrative arrangements.
Amendment 175 #
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Europass shall provide information on the followingthe following information, in cooperation with, and after consulting, Member States:
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) opportunities to validate non-formal and informal learning, as appropriate;
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) comparability or recognition practices and decisions in different countries, including third countries, to help individuals and other stakeholders understand qualifications;
Amendment 201 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) appropriate analysis of trends in skills supply and demand and other types of skills intelligence including at geographical and sectoral level, using technological means such as big data analysis and web crawling;
Amendment 206 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) any additional information on skills and qualifications that could be relevant to the particular needs of migrantthird-country nationals arriving or residing in the Union, by legal means, to support their integration.
Amendment 209 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. Europass shallmay support cooperation on the development, use and dissemination of open standards, comprising metadata schemata and semantic assets, to facilitate more effective exchange of information on skills and qualifications at EU level and by Member States and third parties. The multilingual classification system ESCO (European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations) referred to in article 6 shall be used to support this work.
Amendment 216 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The iInformation and open standards offered through Europass shall be published, free of charge, for reuse by Member States and other stakeholders on a voluntary basis.
Amendment 227 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. The European Qualifications Framework (EQF) shallmay be used as a supporting framework to provide information in Europass. The EQF will be referred to in information on qualifications, descriptions of national education and training systems and other relevant topics.
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. Once fully tested and approved by Member States, Europass shallmay use the European Classification of Skills/Competences, Qualifications and Occupations (ESCO) established in Article 6 to ensure semantic interoperability between the tools for documentation and information. ESCO shallmay also provide a platform for interoperability with other relevant services such as those developed by the labour market.
Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 10
Article 4 – paragraph 10
10. Europass shall be operated to support and ensure synergies with other instruments and services offered at Union level and national level. The development of open metadata schemata shall be compatible with the technical standards applied under Regulation (EU) 2016/589.
Amendment 261 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. All Europass Qualification Supplement documents issued by authorised bodies shall be issued automatically and free of charge in electronic form, in the national language and/or in a major European language, in accordance with the procedures agreed between the issuing bodies and the National Skills Coordination Points referred to in Article 8Europass Centres, and in conformity with any procedures agreed between the European Commission and stakeholders.
Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 6
Article 6
Amendment 275 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Commission shall, in cooperation with, and after consulting, the Member States:
Amendment 284 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) ensure that adequate promotion and information activities are carried out at Union and national level in order to reach relevant users and stakeholders, including persons with disabilities;
Amendment 288 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 295 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 303 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) support the implementation of article 14 of the Regulation (EU) 2016/589 in relation to the ESCO classification, and support the continuous update of ESCOdevelopment and further testing of ESCO following further assessment of its impact and added value;
Amendment 307 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point e
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point e
(e) support the exchange of information on comparability and recognition practices and decisions;
Amendment 313 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point g
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point g
(g) monitor the activities of the National Skills Coordination Points,Europass Centres and the consistency of information they provide for the analysis of trends in skills supply and demand, and the information provided on learning opportunities to the relevant portal at Union level;
Amendment 317 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point h
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point h
(h) set up peer reviews and best practice exchanges between Member States.
Amendment 321 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) designate and manage, in accordance with national circumstances, a National Skills Coordination PointEuropass Centre, to support the coordination and cooperation among the national serviceof activities relating to the Europass framework, as referred to in this Decision;
Amendment 327 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) ensure, through the National Skills Coordination PointEuropass Centres, the timely and effective provision of data and information available at national level for the updating of the Europass framework;
Amendment 331 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) provide Europass users with simple and cost-effective access to the relevant information or data available within the Member State, in particular access to information on learning opportunities, qualifications and qualification systems and to semantic assets on national level;
Amendment 338 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Each National Skills Coordination PointEuropass Centre shall:
Amendment 341 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) promote and, where appropriate, provide information on guidance for learning and career purposes and make information on learning opportunities publicly available, in an accessible manner, at national level and in the Union web-based tool;
Amendment 342 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) monitor the collection and dissemination of evidence based and real- time information on skills at national and regional level, as appropriate;
Amendment 343 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) support the transparent referencing of levels of qualifications within national qualifications frameworks to the EQF, provide information on the EQF to national stakeholders and communicate the results of the referencing process and on qualifications to the Union web-based tool, as appropriate, taking into account cost and administrative burden;
Amendment 352 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. The National Skills Coordination PointEuropass Centres shall be the beneficiary of Union financing awarded for the implementation of this Decision.
Amendment 360 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
The implementation of this Decision shall be co-financed through Union programmes. Annual appropriations shall be authorised by the European Parliament and the Council within the limits of the financial frameworkmulti-annual operational grants to the National Europass Centres.