14 Amendments of Tom VANDENKENDELAERE related to 2015/2088(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Member States to implement urgentimmediate structural reforms of vocational education and training (VET), including apprenticeships and internships that includecontain a strong work-based learning component, in order to facilitate school-to- work transitionsimprove the employability, professional and life skills of individuals and contribute to the competitiveness of the European economy;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Encourages Member States to adopt long-term policies through effective investment, increased cooperation and strategic partnerships in order to promote innovation, competitiveness and excellence in VET;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Points to Erasmus+ as a key instrument for ensuring the quality of vocational education and training across the EU and encourages international exchanges for the purposes of professional training;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
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 skills, while ensuring quality control and guidance by public institutions over its general content, implementation, assessment and certification procedure;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the importance of addressing skills shortages and mismatches by facilitating the mobility of 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 Education and Training and the European Quality Assurance in Vocational Education and Training (EQAVET);
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that individual skills development is one of the key elements of integrated employment and social policies;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the involvement of young people, social partners and other relevant stakeholders and organisations in the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of relevant initiatives aimed at supporting youth employment at EU, national and local level is of the highest importance;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the Member States to incorporate new technologies in the learning process and to intensify ICT training at all levels of education, while also building a better technological base in schools and universities and providing the necessary infrastructure;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Encourages the integration of new teaching and training methods, developed by teachers in response to the specific needs of the class.
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Member States to examine best practices of school-career guidance system where pupils are monitored from an early school stage to the first steps on the labour market;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the key role of enterprises, including SMEs and micro-enterprises, in job creation; stresses the need to provide education for entrepreneurship more predominantly on every level, including pre-school education, by including in curricula the development in a safe environment (through games, simulations and youth projects) of the practical skills needed in starting and managing businesses;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for the removal of administrative and financial barriers to starting and managing businesses through the simplification of procedures, easier access for start-ups to credit and microfinance, multidisciplinary tailor-made counselling, peer-to-peer evaluation platforms, introduction of incentive measures for entrepreneurs employing young people; underlines the importance of microfinance and the EU Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) programme, as well as the Investment Plan for Europe, for achieving these goals;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recalls that traineeships and apprenticeships should lead to employment and condemns the abuse of such arrangementsthat the working conditions and assigned tasks should help trainees to acquire the practical experience and relevant skills to enter the labour market;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that skills development should also be considered as a mechanism leading to equal opportunities for people from disadvantaged groups, in particular for children and young people from families affected by poverty, the long-term unemployed, including second-generation unemployed, disadvantaged immigrants and people with disabilities; stresses that prevention as well as support and counselling at an early stage are of the outmost importance, because although enabling people who are at a disadvantage to develop skills and to enter the labour market requires time and resources it is also socially and economically profitable;