Activities of Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS related to 2015/2039(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Implementation of the Bologna process (A8-0121/2015 - Krystyna Łybacka) ES
Amendments (24)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the importance of the Bologna Process in the current economic situation should lie in pursuing the goals of growth baseddeveloping the highest possible level onf knowledge and innovation for citizens through broad access to education and its constant updating, and whereas this should be reflected in the revision of the Europe 2020 strategy, and in the implementation of the Juncker Investment Plan for Europe;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas valuable efforts of this intergovernmental initiative, carried out in close cooperation with academia, have been made to provide a common European response to serious problems in many countries, but these have been insufficient;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the real purpose of the Bologna Process is to ensure compatibility and comparability in standards and quality of different higher educational systems while respecting the autonomy of universities and thus contributing to the creation of an authentically democratic European area that offers equal opportunities for citizens;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas an assessment is needed of the progress made over the past 15 years that takes into account both the success story, in terms of intra-regional cooperation, and the persistent problems encountered and the uneven achievements of the stated goals, as well as the shortcomings in the initial design, which were strongly criticised by all of Europe’s university communities;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas it is important to acknowledge the pan-European character of the Bologna Process, as well as the involvement of all its actors, including students, teachers, researchers and staff, and this acknowledgement has not been given;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas continuous and increased financial support for education and, training, knowledge and research is crucial;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that education and research is one of the main pillars of our society when it comes to promoting growth and jobs, and that greater investment in education is crucial to tackling youth unempovercoming social inequalities and thereby promoting countries’ develoypment at all levels;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importantnadequate role of the Bologna Process in the creation of a Europe of Knowledge, as the various university communities have been pointing out since the process was launched;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the Bologna reforms resulted in the launching of a European Higher Education Area (EHEA), and have allowed significant achievements in the past 15 years in making higher education structures more comparable, increasing mobility, adjusting educational systems to labour market needs, and improving overall employability and competitiveness as well as the attractiveness of higher education in Europe;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the goals for the coming years, and the national priorities for actions to be taken by 2015, outlined by the 2012 EHEA Ministerial Conference Bucharest, as well as its recommendations for the 2020 EHEA mobility strategy, advocating the creation of new observatories, new approaches to the various European university communities and new systems for integrating the members of those university communities into the reform process for this Plan;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States, and on the EU as a whole, to foster public understanding of, and support for, the Bologna Process, including action at grass-roots level to achieve more effective and dynamic involvement in reaching the Process goalsprovide the Bologna Plan with sufficient funding to enable its objectives in relation to convergence and development of the Community’s various university systems to be pursued and achieved;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages both top-down and bottom- up approaches, involving the whole academic community, and calls for the political engagement and cooperation of EHEA ministers in developing a common strategy for the achievereassessment of the Bologna reforms;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for the further development of study programmes with clearly defined objectives, providing the knowledge and mix of skills needed not only to prepare graduates for the requirements of the labour market and to build their capacity for LLL, but also and crucially to integrate citizens;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes that the mobility of students, teachers, researchers and staff is one of the main priorities of the Bologna Process, and highlights in this regard the crucial role of the Erasmus+ Programme, whose funding should be boosted so that travel and subsistence expenses are better covered;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Member States, and on the EU as a whole, to strengthen mobility by removing administrative obstacles, providing adequate financial support mechanism and guaranteeing the transferability of grants and credits; , while also encouraging the equalisation of fees, modelled on the free or symbolic price of tuition applied in various EU countries;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for more flexible learning paths that promote joint degree programmes and interdisciplinary studies, and that support innovation, creativity, vocational education and training (VET), dual education, and entrepreneurship in higher and dual education, and calls for the potential offered by new technologies and digitalisation to be explored;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses that the Member States, the Union and the HEIs are responsible for providing quality education that responds to social challenges and the new inequalities that have arisen following the financial and economic crisis of recent years;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls for economic and social efforts to improve social inclusion by providing fair and open access to quality education for all, by facilitating recognition of academic and professional qualifications, as well as study periods abroad and prior learning, and by providing relevant education to a diversified student population through LLL;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Urges the Member States to harmonise real economic conditions for access to higher education as far as possible;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for efforts to develop a strategy for the external dimension of the EHEA, through cooperation with other regions of the world, in order to increase itsnter- university comopetitivenessration in a global setting;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses the importance of the next EHEA Ministerial Conference, to be held in Yerevan in May 2015, to review the progresobjectively and critically the progress and setbacks made in achieving the priorities set out for 2012-2015, with a view of boosting and further consolidatto reassessing the EHEA with the full support of the Union;