2 Amendments of Momchil NEKOV related to 2017/2136(DEC)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
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1. Welcomes the fact that Erasmus+ enabled 500,000 people to study, train or volunteer abroad in 2016 and is on track to achieve its target of 4 million participants by 2020; stresses that Erasmus+ students tend to develop a large set of transferable skills, competences and knowledge and enjoy better career prospects than non- mobile students and that the programme delivers as a strategic investment in Europe’s young people; points out, however, the need to ensure wider accessibility of the programme in particular for young people with fewer opportunities;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
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3. Is alarmed by the chronically low project success rates under the Europe for Citizens programme and the Creative Europe Culture sub-programme (16% and 11% respectively in 2016); stresses that low success rates cause frustration among applicants and are symptomatic of inadequate levels of financing., which does not correspond to the ambitious goals of the programmes;