10 Amendments of Enrique CALVET CHAMBON related to 2015/2006(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas young people benefit immensely from practical entrepreneurial experience, which contributes to new business creation andsome Member States have a youth unemployment rate of more than 50%; whereas entrepreneurship should be regarded as a cross-cutting competence and an additional option for creating new businesses and, above all, more jobs, in particular for young people, and whereas it is essential to increase opportunities for practical training in businesses, in particular by offering more incentives for partnerships between businesses and universities, as this contributes to employability and boosts innovation in the wider organisations in which they are employed;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas social businesses contribute to innovative sustainable growth andgreater social cohesion with society and local communities, and create employment opportunities for young people, includingthe most disadvantaged young peoplegroups and those furthest from the labour market, focusing on young people in particular;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Member States to use existing EU-level funding resources more effectively to support initiatives pursuing links with businesses and offering entrepreneurship education tomore effective and better targeted links between businesses and the education sector and foster an entrepreneurial spirit among young people, in particular those with low- income young peoples, school dropouts, young people in danger of long-term unemployment and young people with disabilities; calls on the Commission to look into how such funding is actually used; points out that a young, experienced and appropriately skilled workforce is of essential importance to EU competitiveness and will help to speed up the economic recovery process and create jobs in all the Member States;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Member States to be proactive in simplifying the regulatory frameworks of businesses, in particular SMEs and social businesses, and to promote them and monitor the quality of the employment practices of such businesses; calls on the Commission to determine the extent to which such simplification and tax- and credit-related and other incentives result in more jobs and more wealth creation in the EU economy;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to offer micro-scholarships and micro-loans schemes to innovative students in secondary and tertiary education respectively in order to start their own ventures or projects; to promote the use of crowdfunding, developing partnerships between the local economy, businesses and universities; to enhance the role of businesses in integrating young people within the labour market, consolidating the ESP (entrepreneurial skills pass) at the various stages of school and university and especially in partnership with SMEs;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to improve the entrepreneurial culture within tertiary education, bearing in mind that not all young people currently possess a business profile, by establishing the conditions to support the creation of new companies based on academic research (spin-offs), reducing the bureaucratic burden involved and giving young people the necessary tools to forge deeper links with the busin establishs world, bringing such companies and promoting the benefits of commercialising researchools and universities more closely into line with business needs;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges the role of lifelong learning and international mobility as a key measure in Europe’s response to globalisation and the shift to knowledge- based economies, and specifically the importance of ‘a sense of initiative and entrepreneurship’, which is among the eight ‘Key Competences for Lifelong Learning ‒ A European Reference Framework’ which are needed by all individuals for personal fulfilment and development, active European citizenship and participation, social inclusion and employment;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on Members States to promote entrepreneurial skills for young people through legislative actions towards quality traineeships, focusing on quality learning and adequate working conditions as tools to foster employability, as put forward by the Council Recommendation on a Quality Framework for Traineeships;
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to monitor closely the concrete measures implemented by Member States to support entrepreneurship among young people and to devote special attention to the promotion and publication of information about results and best practice; welcomes the creation of the 'Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs' programme leading to greater harmonization between Member States; asks the Commission to ensure that companies are complying with rules applicable to this programme and not simply using it as a source of cheap labour;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to promote the development of training for launching and managing start-ups, including expert mentorship, incubators and accelerators and all entrepreneurship- friendly environments which will facilitate young people’s start-ups and enable quick recovery from initial failures;