28 Amendments of Dragoş PÎSLARU related to 2020/2135(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas countries that have greater availability of broadband internet in homes also have a greater number of citizens with basic or advanced digital skills; whereas numerous regions suffer from low connectivity and conversely this leads to insufficient access for local citizens to opportunities for developing digital skills, creating a digital labour divide which can deepen as time passes;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas already 85% of citizens used the internet in 2019 and only 58% possessed at least basic digital skills1a; whereas the employment landscape is rapidly evolving and it is estimated that 65% of today´s children entering primary school will ultimately end up working in completely new job types that still do not exist1b; __________________ 1aDigital Economy and Society Index (DESI) 2020, European Commission 1bThe World Economic Forum, "The future of jobs" September 2018
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas vulnerable groups of European society generally suffer from a lack of access to adequate resources, including to up-to-date technology and equipment, which are costly to obtain and maintain, which leads to a widening digital access gap across the Union;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and exacerbated deep inequalities in access to education and digital connectivity in some countries and regions in the EU;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of digital skills and the need to improve them, including through education and the provision of, training, investments in digital infrastructure and equipment enabling students and teachers to participate in remote learning at home and in educational facilities;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance and shortage of digital skills and the need to improve them, including through education and the provision of equipment enabling students to participate in remote learning at home and in educational facilities;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the development of digital skills is vital in order to adapt to the changing needs of an increasingly digitised labour market and to combat job losses and adverse social phenomena, such as lack of, improve the access to basic services and address the digital and social exclusion;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the development of digital skills is vital in order to adapt to the changing needs of an increasingly digitised labour market, as well as to new working realities such as telework, and to combat job losses and adverse social phenomena, such as lack of access to basic services and digital and social exclusion;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the early and life-long development of digital skills is vital in order to adapt to the changing needs of an increasingly digitised labour market and to combat job losses and adverse social phenomena, such as lack of access to basic services and digital and social exclusion;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas digital literacy is quickly becoming an ubiquitous skill required for jobs which previously had little or no connection to the digital sphere, including vocational or manual labour jobs;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Highlights that a persistent divide still exists between and within the EU Member States with regard to digital infrastructure and digital skills, which could lead to social and digital exclusion and hinder the EU’s inclusive growth; calls on the Commission and the Members States to strengthen the investments in digital infrastructure, digital education and development of digital skills in order to ensure that EU will take a leading role in shaping the digital age;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Stresses that the Member States should ensure that educational institutions and educators are well prepared to provide distance learning; invites the Member States and the relevant national and regional authorities to provide adequate digital infrastructure, teaching materials and skilled teachers which is a precondition for delivering online learning efficiently;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need to train teachers and make digital equipment available to them in order to improve their digital skills, including skills assessments and certification mechanisms, through such programmes as e-Twinning, EPALE and Erasmus+;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines that the COVID-19 pandemic showed that not all learners can access distance learning, in particular those from disadvantaged backgrounds and in remote areas; calls on the Member States to undertake immediate targeted actions in the field of digital education to ensure that people from vulnerable groups are not left with lower educational opportunities and to avoid intensifying the inequalities they already face;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the large disparities that remain between countries and regions across the EU regarding the provision of digital infrastructure and equipment in schools1a, which particularly affects remote and peripheral areas, including the outermost regions, and specially sparsely and depopulated areas; __________________ 1a‘Rethinking education in the digital age’, EPRS, March 2020
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Member States to guarantee that all educational establishments and all students have access to quality digital infrastructure and broadband internet, which is a prerequisite for the process of improving digital skills;
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. CHighlights the acute need to step up policy initiatives, which aim to reduce the digital skills gap and increase the digital literacy; calls on the Member States to remove barriers to access to education, with particular emphasis on digital education, in order to improve digital skills and address the digital exclusion;
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to remove barriers to access to education, with particular emphasis on digital education, in order to improve digital skills and to particularly focus on vulnerable groups, such as impoverished people, vulnerable youth or minorities for whom bridging the digital skills divide can represent a means to break the vicious cycle of social and labour exclusion;
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to remove barriers to access to education, with particular emphasis on digital education, in order to improve digital skills; calls on the Member States to foster adult learning that provides lifelong learning opportunities, improve their employability and ensure that all citizens fully benefit from the digital transition in the EU labour market, including vulnerable groups such as people with disabilities; Calls for accessible and affordable digital skills programs catered to the needs of the elderly;
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that Member States should pursue a more advanced integration of digital technologies in education through the development of programmes and targeted investments, with the ultimate aim of ensuring the citizens' readiness and preparation for future jobs which require digital skills, and thus seize the full potential of the digital transition in the EU labour market, as well as to fully benefit from the already existing use of new working methods by companies, such as telework;
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the importance of developing policies, which ensure that people with disabilities receive the same opportunities for qualitative digital education; encourages the Members States, together with organizations representing people with different disabilities, to examine the challenges and opportunities that digital education pose and to take into account the specific needs that people with disabilities have, when developing effective digital education policies;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on Member States to ensure, with the aid of the European Commission and, where eligible and available, European funding tools, that vulnerable children, youth and adults in the EU have access to adequate technological resources and equipment enabling them to acquire basic digital skills which can multiply their opportunities for social and economic inclusion;
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Encourages the Member States to mainstream gender equality in digital education policies in order to address the existing digital gender gap;
Amendment 136 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States to enhance their exchange of best practices in relation to creation of viable digital education policies and on how to best tackle potential challenges arising from the implementation of digital education reforms;
Amendment 141 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Encourages the Member States to support and promote collaboration between educational and training institutions, including cross-border cooperation, in the process of incorporating and up-dating the use of digital technologies in the educational and training facilities and promoting the development of more advanced digital skills;
Amendment 146 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Underlines the importance of involving companies, educational and training institutions, the research and innovation sectors in the process of bridging the digital skills gap in Europe and developing effective digital education policies;
Amendment 150 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Calls on Member States to do a mapping of existing digital education programmes and monitor who are their main beneficiaries, while paying particular attention to their accessibility for vulnerable groups;
Amendment 151 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Calls on the Member States to promote initiatives through which businesses and start-ups can present and share high-tech innovation to students, including tools and instruments that facilitate digital learning;