19 Amendments of Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ related to 2021/2209(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Welcomes the commitments made at the May 2021 UNESCO World Summit on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and the adoption of the Berlin Declaration; insists on ensuring quality education for all children as an enabler for all SDGs and on the importance of integrating ESD into all levels of education and training from early childhood to tertiary and adult education, including VET, non-formal education and informal learning1a; _________________ 1a https://en.unesco.org/sites/default/files/es dfor2030-berlin-declaration-en.pdf
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1 b. Calls on the EEAS to promote coordination between educational, social and health services; recalls schools should be safe refuge for children, providing public spaces for democratic rights and freedom of expression; urges for specific attention to children with specific pedagogical needs, children from vulnerable groups, such as refugees, children in emergency situations, living in remote areas or from disadvantaged backgrounds; reaffirms that the payment of education fees should not be an obstacle to access quality education, especially since the pandemic has led to an impoverishment of children and their families;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 c (new)
Paragraph -1 c (new)
-1 c. Urges the authorities of third countries to safeguard the opening of schools as a key objective in a pandemic, if not ensuring pedagogical continuity for all children, such as with protective health and security measures, vaccination strategies and distance learning capacity, and for the EEAS to increase its guidance and support to governments around the world towards these objectives; in priority assisting low and low-middle-income countries in ensuring their educational institutions have access to basic health and sanitary infrastructures;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 d (new)
Paragraph -1 d (new)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 d (new)
Paragraph -1 d (new)
-1 d. Calls on the Commission, the Member States as well as national governments of third countries to develop strategies and guidelines for the education sector to respond to possible subsequent waves of the pandemic in a coordinated and organized manner with the aim of minimising the negative impacts on the learning process;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. BWelcomes the UNESCO Paris Declaration: 'a global call for investing in the futures of education'1b; urges countries around the world to consider education as an investment rather than an expense; believes that adequate financial assistance in education is a prerequisite to eliminate poverty and enhance human well-being, especially at a time when public resources are increasingly constrained with competing demands in sectors such as health and education; urges the European Commission and Member States to substantially increase education financing in their international development and assistance strategies; _________________ 1b https://en.unesco.org/education2030- sdg4/gem2021-paris-declaration
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Insists on the Union to act as an educational power that enables Member States to fully exercise their capacity to convince, assist and support education for children in the world; urges the European Commission for further efforts in defining a strategy in that regard, with a clear outline and objectives, and in the framework of the European Education Area;
Amendment 19 #
2. Stresses the importance of improving cost analysis when selecting and monitoring education projects, of ensuring that projects last long enough to address children’s educational needs, of avoiding excessive administrative burdens for implementing partners, and of addressing long-term sustainability in cash-for- education projects; calls for increased public-private partnerships in education for children;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls for setting up strict evaluation and control on the allocation of EU funds to educational projects in third countries to make sure assistance effectively goes to structures and non- governmental organisations that are in line with European values, serve proper training of teachers and provide children with educational material that does not incite to hatred against others;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on the Commission to take appropriate legislative measures in the field of international trade and cooperation to avoid exacerbating child labour as every child has a fundamental right to enrol in quality education; encourages countries around the world to implement legal frameworks for public school enrolment and to set a minimum school-leaving age;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. DUrges to place teachers at the heart of education systems and to promote the teaching profession and its recognition; draws attention to the potential of online platforms such as eTwinning and teacher academies under Erasmus+ in order to empower teachers, even beyond the EU, to help them communicate with their peers, exercise their professionalism and benefit from professional learning opportunities; calls for increased support for teachers continuous training, especially on digital skills; recalls the importance raising the awareness of teachers and including them in national preventive health measures and vaccination plans; urges to address the challenge of teachers replacement during a pandemic;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls for digital learning to become an emergency service in school systems around the word; stresses that it should however not replace ‘in person’ education but that hybrid learning can bring opportunities in line with the digital transition; encourages world leaders to consider connectivity and access to digital infrastructures, such as access to an affordable and quality network, as a right derived from the fundamental right to education;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. As online learning has become one of the few ways of ensuring continuity of learning during school closures, emphasizes the importance of projects aimed at providing adequate infrastructure and connectivity, especially in the most remote areas; calls on the Commission to increase the proportion of such projects, and on the Member States as well as national authorities of partner countries to take part in them more intensively;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Emphasises the role of non-formal and informal education, citizenship education and volunteering; calls on the Commission to support third countries on improving the recognition of soft skills; insists on the promotion of practices of intergenerational solidarity and mentoring to reduce inequalities, exclusion or early school leaving;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Calls for wide availability of free and open source technologies and digital tools as well as educational resources for teachers and students worldwide and emphasises the need for their further support and expansion;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the acceleration of North- South and South-North knowledge exchanges and mobility at all levels of education, while acknowledging the complex nature of the history of North- South relationships and emphasising the importance of promoting heritage, cultural identity, history and art through education; notes the potential of hybrid mobility in that regard;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. SInsists on matching educational systems with labour market needs; stresses the importance of vocational education and training, particularly for children in third countries, to help them find stable work and give them and their families a reason to finish school. ; calls for the promotion of VET as a path of excellence leading to employment; reiterates the importance of the external dimension of the European Education Area and subjacent VET Area; insists on international mobility and exchanges of best practices in the sector, also to promote intercultural and learning experiences, beyond formal education, both within the EU and with third countries;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Commits to making education a key topic of discussion in Parliamentary delegation work, especially through Joint Parliamentary Assemblies such as the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly;