4 Amendments of Stéphane BIJOUX related to 2022/0326(COD)
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Across the Union, companies report difficulties to find workers with the necessary skills. In 2021, 28 occupations were classified as having shortages, including the healthcare, hospitality, construction and service sectors, in addition to there being shortages of IT and security specialists, in particular cybersecurity experts, and workers with science, technology, engineering and mathematics background.22 Increasing the participation of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and artificial intelligence fields, as well as emphasising the importance of entrepreneurial skills, should ensure that more women enter these sectors in order to reduce the skills shortage, combat prevailing stereotypes and thereby promote women's empowerment and economic independence. Increasingly, the biggest constraint to a successful digital and green transition is the lack of workers with the right skills, as well as proper, affordable and accessible digital infrastructure and digital equipment. In many Member States, demographic ageing is expected to accelerate over the coming decade as “baby boom” cohorts retire, reinforcing the need to make use of the full potential of all working-age adults through continuous investments in their skills as well as activitating more people, in particular low-skilled, women and young people especially those not in education, employment or training (NEETs), and people belonging to vulnerable groups, marginalised persons and those living in remote and rural areas and in outermost regions. Knowledge and skills required to access employment in an innovative, rapidly changing technological landscape to all and how assistive technologies can increase accessibility to employment and be mainstreamed in the workplace. Strengthening career guidance from an early age and supporting equal opportunities and access to information and guidance for students and adult learners can help young people choose suitable educational vocational pathways leading to appropriate employment opportunities. _________________ 22 European Labour Authority, Report on labour shortages and surpluses 2021 and ENISA, Cybersecurity skills development in the EU, March 2020. The ENISA studies identify that there is a gap of 291,000 professionals in cybersecurity.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9 c (new)
Recital 9 c (new)
(9c) In its resolution of 14 September 2021, “Towards a stronger partnership with the EU outermost regions”, the European Parliament stresses the need to prioritise investment in all levels of education and lifelong training in the outermost regions as a way of preventing school drop-out by urging the Commission to regard education as a ‘key element’ in the development of the outermost regions, by helping regional and local authorities to design public policies that encourage young people and offer them new and attractive educational, training, skilling and reskilling options at local and regional level, including digital skills, whether through face-to-face learning or distance learning, so that they can build up a set of recognised skills.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) In its resolution of 5 July 2022 on mental health in the digital world of work1a, the European Parliament recalls proactive approaches to digitalisation, as improving digital skills in the workplace or allowing for flexible working hours to help mitigate work-related stress. It also expresses concerns that teleworking is not yet available to all workers and stresses the impact of the shift to teleworking on the mental health of those in danger of digital exclusion. It stresses the importance of fighting the digital divide in Europe and the necessity of retraining younger and older people in order to ensure a sufficient level of digital skills for all workers. It calls for more targeted investments in the provision of digital skills, especially groups that are more digitally excluded such as people of a low socio-economic status and a limited educational background, older people, people in rural and remote areas, people living in outermost regions and people with disabilities. The acute role of teleworking and telelearning, e.g. through a legislative European Teleworking Agenda, setting up National Digital Education Programs and investing in ethically sound programmes for European Artificial Intelligence that respect relevant data protection provisions should also be taken into account. _________________ 1a P9_TA(2022)0279.
Amendment 190 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
3. Matching people’s aspirations and skills-set with labour market opportunities especially those offered by the green and digital transitions and the core sectors in need of recovery from the pandemic. A special focus will be given to activate more people for the labour market, in particular women and young people especially those not in education, employment or training (NEETs), as well as persons with disabilities, marginalised groups and people living in remote areas and in outermost regions.