Activities of Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS related to 2016/0304(COD)
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Europass: framework for skills and qualifications (debate) ES
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REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on a common framework for the provision of better services for skills and qualifications (Europass) and repealing Decision No 2241/2004/EC PDF (801 KB) DOC (122 KB)
Amendments (21)
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Differences in language, definitions, document formats, as well as assessment and qualification validation methods, all 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 understanding is simplification of the programme, wider dissemination of information and respect for the principles of subsidiarity and diversity, as part of a shared vision, are necessary to address these challenges.
Amendment 54 #
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 aimed to achieve better transparency of qualifications and competences through a portfolio of documents known as ‘Europass’, which individuals can usose voluntary nature must be con a voluntary basiserved at all times. Decision No 2241/2004/EC also established national bodies, known as National Europass Centres, to implement the Europass framework. _________________ 24 OJ L 390, 31.12.2004, p. 6These centres need to ensure more effective coordination so as to identify job vacancies and applications in each country for the purposes of regular exchanges of information and future evaluations of the programme.
Amendment 59 #
(4) To achieve its main objective, the Europass framework focused on tools for the documentation of skills and qualifications. These tools have achieved wide use. Activities by National Europass Centres offer support and promote the documentation of skills and qualifications25 . _________________ 25 Second evaluation of the Decision of the European Parliament and the Council on a single Community framework for the transparency of qualifications and competences (Europass), COM(2013) 899 finalhad an unequal impact in geographical terms and on age cohorts, and their take-up rate has varied widely between the various sectors of the labour market. Activities by National Europass Centres offer support and promote the documentation of skills and qualifications.
Amendment 71 #
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 common language and operational tool for education/training and work30 . ESCO structures concepts that are relevant for the EU labour market and education and training in three interlinked pillars: i) occupations, ii) knowledge, skills and competences and iii) qualifications. The ESCO pillars can be complemented, once they have been fully developed and tested in the Member States by auxiliary vocabularies covering related domains, such as work context, fields of education and training or economic sectors. _________________ 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 92 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) There is an acknowledged growing importance of transversal or 'soft' skills that can be applied in different fields of work, education and vocational training, is gradually being recognised. Individuals require tools and guidance on self-assessing and describing these and other skills, for example digital or language.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Analysis of vacancies, and other labour market trends, is an established way of developing skills intelligence to understand issues of skills gaps and shortages as well as qualifications mismatch. The use of information technology, such as web crawling and big data, helps to improve skills intelligence and therefore tackle skills mismatchesContinuous exchange of data between National Europass Centres should enable the identification of mismatches and shortages. These analyses must be made in accordance with Regulation 2016/679 on data protection.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The current focus of the Europass framework on documentation isrequires the development of a common language in the documentation, which is currently too limited to respond to current and future needs. To communicate skills and qualifications and make decisions on employment and learning opportunities users need access to relevant information and tools for understanding skills and qualifications as well as tools for documenting their own skills and qualifications.
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Therefore, with a view to developing objectives on a common language for recognition of qualification and systems of non-formal education and to addressing evolving needs, without impinging upon the framework for coordination between national authorities, the Europass framework established by Decision No 2241/2004/EC should therefore be replaced by a new framework to address evolving needs.
Amendment 168 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) 'organisations' means social partners, employers, recruiters, education and training institutions, and other stakeholders with an interest in education, training and employment issues;
Amendment 202 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) 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 crawlingsector and geographic level;
Amendment 204 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) Europass shall provide information pursuant to paragraph 2, in coordination with the Member States, while maintaining the voluntary nature of the programme;
Amendment 214 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. Europass shall 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. T, with the gradual, orderly development of the multilingual classification system ESCO (European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations) referred to in aArticle 6 shall be used to support this workbeing a priority objective.
Amendment 235 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. Europass shall useproceed with the effective development of 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 shall also provide a platform for interoperability with other relevant services such as those developed by the labour market.
Amendment 244 #
8. Europass web-based tools shall be delivered in the official languagand co-official languages of the Member States of the European Union.
Amendment 257 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) provided in the official languagand co- official languages of the Member States of the European Union;
Amendment 258 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) subject to regular revisions, which shall include user satisfaction surveys, recommendations from the National Europass Centres and expert working groups, so as to ensure relevance and usability of the supplements.
Amendment 263 #
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, one of the co-official languages of the Member States 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 8 and in conformity with any procedures agreed between the European Commission and stakeholders.
Amendment 270 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall manage, in cooperation with the National Europass Centres, a multilingual classification of concepts that are relevant for the EU labour market and education and training system known as the classification of European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations (ESCO).
Amendment 273 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The ESCO classification shall directly support the functioning of Europass by providing a common reference language for exchanging information and documents on skills and qualifications and for the purpose of job searching, job matching, searching for education and training opportunities and providing learning and career guidance.
Amendment 296 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) monitor the effectiveness of support for development of open standards, metadata schemata and semantic assets for interoperability;
Amendment 306 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point e
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point e
(e) support the exchange of information on recognition practices and decisionsprovide support in implementing Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/589 in respect of assessing the objectives of ESCO classification and the continuous updating ESCO;