16 Amendments of Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH related to 2015/2147(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Communication on ‘A Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe’; emphasises that the implementation of digitisation and the enhanced deployment of interoperable Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) will bare key tools to make the European transport system more efficient and productive, and as a result daily transport and logistics will be more fluid, safe, resource-wise and sustainable;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
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1. Stresses that whilst it is impossible to hold back the digital revolution, it is possible to shapWelcomes the Commission's Digital Single Market Strategy; underlines the great employment potential of the digital revolution, particularly concerning the inclusion of the elderly and people wits courseh disabilities;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights that interoperability and standardisation are basic elements for a digital single market and asks therefore the Commission to identify existing shortcomings in this regard;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 2
2. Points out that employment and social policy need to keep pace with the digitalisation of socithe labour markety;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines that EU-wide multimodal travel information, planning and ticketing services enabling smart and seamless door-to-door mobility constitute a major contribution to a globally competitive European Digital Single Market;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Underlines that fair and equal access to multimodal travel and traffic data is a prerequisite for EU-wide multimodal travel information, planning and ticketing services and asks therefore the Commission to present a proposal requiring all providers to make available all the information needed for putting in place a comprehensive service allowing the travellers a choice between the most sustainable, best-value or fastest connection;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Emphasises that comprehensive, reliable real-time information enabling travellers to be informed about possible disruption and alternative travel options before and during the journeys is of outmost importance and calls thereby for more attention to be paid to the needs of people with disabilities or limited mobility as well as to the special requirements of elderly people;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Stresses that costumers should be able to make ticket reservations and payments online for national and cross-border journeys and is therefore of the opinion that existing fragmentation and limitations have to be set aside and geo- blocking should not be permitted;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
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3. Calls on the Commission to undertake a thorough assessment of the impact which digitalisation will have on the number and types of jobs available and to gather information on new forms of employment, such as crowdsourcing and crowdworking; and on the effects of new forms of employment on working and family life;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
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4. Points out that as job and skills profiles become more complexchange, new demands are being placed on training and further education; emphasises the importance ofpoints out that digital skills are constantly developing and must be kept up to date through lifelong learning; emphasises the importance of new job-related teaching and learning models, further teacher training and social dialogue in efforts to bringadapt course content and bring it up to date and develop skills strategies;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Calls on Member States to make appropriations available to employers from all possible funds in order to invest more in the digital training off their less qualified staff or to recruit low-qualified staff with a promise of further training financed from these sources;
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Calls on the Commission and Member States, jointly with private industry, to develop free, freely accessible, standardised and certified on-line training courses in order to teach participants a minimum of digital skills;
Amendment 119 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the establishment of the Europe-wide grand coalition for digital jobs, and encourages businesses to join; observes that SMEs and micro undertakings require special support for training and the application of digital skills, and encourages the Commission and Member States to create appropriate instruments for active participation by SMEs in this coalition;
Amendment 124 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 6
Amendment 158 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that freedom of association must apply in the context of new forms of employmentcompany-level agreements are an important instrument for dealing with changing requirements within firms; stresses the importance of freedom of association as a fundamental right enshrined in national legislation;
Amendment 193 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the Commission to arrange for a study to be produced on the spillover effects of digitalisation, such as greater labour intensity, on workers' psychological wellbeing and family life and on the development of cognitive abilities in children.