16 Amendments of Brigitte VAN DEN BERG related to 2023/0404(COD)
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Union and individual Member States are facing shortages in a wide range of sectors and occupations of different levels of qualifications, including in those relevant for the green and digital transitions. Extensive shortages in construction, healthcare, hospitality, transport, information and communications technology and in science technology, engineering and mathematics, are long- standing and have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the acceleration of the green and digital transitions. Labour shortages are expected to persist and potentially aggravate in the light of demographic challenges.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) In order to facilitate fair international recruitment and provide opportunities for third-country nationals to work in EU-wide shortage occupations, an EU Talent Pool should be established in the form of a Union-wide platform that brings together and supports the matching of profiles of registered jobseekers from third countries residing outside the Union and job vacancies of employof all qualification levels and job vacancies of registered employers or labour recruiters established in the participating Member States.
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The format of jobseekers' profiles and job vacancies should be established using the existing European classification of occupations, skills, competencies and qualifications (ESCO) as foreseen in Regulation (EU) 2016/5898 which provides for a standardised terminology for occupations, skills and competences and facilitates the transparency of skills and qualifications. The ESCO classification should support jobseekers from third countries, employers, labour recruiters and the EU Talent Pool National Contact Points in providing comparable information on work experiences, occupations covered by a vacancy, as well as the skills offered by the jobseekers and required by the employers or labour recruiters, thereby enabling a high-quality matching process. In line with Commission Recommendation (EU) 2023/26118a, a ‘Skills First’ approach should be applied in the matching process whereby all types of qualifications and skills are taken into account, such as vocational education and training, degrees, certification of skills and competences gained in non-formal and informal settings or specific certificates ('micro-credentials'). Where applicable, the EU Talent Pool National Contact Points should use the ESCO format for the transfer of job vacancies to the EU Talent Pool IT platform. Member States not adopting the ESCO classification for national job vacancies, should produce mapping tables comparing the classification used in the national systems and the ESCO classification to allow interoperability. The mapping tables should be made available to the Commission and should be used for automatic transcoding of information on job vacancies or jobseekers’ profiles for the purpose of automated matching through the common IT platform. __________________ 8 Regulation (EU) 2016/589 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 April 2016 on a European network of employment services (EURES), workers' access to mobility services and the further integration of labour markets and amending Regulations (EU) No 492/2011 and (EU) No 1296/2013 (OJ L 107, 22.4.2016, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/589/oj). 8a Commission Recommendation (EU) 2023/2611 of 15 November 2023 on the recognition of qualifications of third- country nationals (OJ L, 2023/2611, 24.11.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reco/2023/2611/o j).
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Where necessary, the recognition of qualifications and validation of skills from formal, non-formal learning, work experiences and qualifications such as degrees, vocational education diplomas, or specific certificates, such as micro- credentials, of registered jobseekers from third countries should be conducted in the participating Member States upon request of the jobseeker or the employer in accordance with the national law and practices, and with any relevant international agreements, including Mutual Recognition Arrangements for professional qualifications. Personalised assistance and oThe European Commission Recommendation (EU) 2023/2611 on the recognition of qualifications of third country nationals should be applied. Online information on existing recognition and validation procedures at national level should be available in the EU Talent Pool IT platform and it should be provided by the EU Talent Pool National Contact Points. Instructions on how to access this information should be provided to jobseekers from third countries at the time of their registration.
Amendment 170 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) In the context of Talent Partnerships, nationals of selected third countries receive support for the development and validation of skills in a framework endorsed by Member States taking part in a Talent Partnership and partner countries. Therefore, the skills developed or validated in the framework of a Talent Partnership should be certified by the ‘EU Talent Partnership pass’ which is visible in the context of the EU Talent Pool. Employers participatingRegistered employers and labour recruiters in the EU Talent Pool should be able to filter the profiles of registered jobseekers from third countries as to visualise those having obtained an ‘EU Talent Partnership pass’. This could encourage employers to offer a job placement in the Union. Member States, in the framework of a Talent Partnership, should determine the conditions for the issuing of the ‘EU Talent Partnership pass’ for the purpose of the EU Talent Pool, including whether a partner country’s national authority, an international organisation or other stakeholder should support its delivery, as well as the provisions on comparability and recognition of qualifications. The issuing of a ‘EU Talent Partnership pass’ is without prejudice to European and national rules on access to regulated professions.
Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31 a (new)
Recital 31 a (new)
(31a) To make the recruitment of jobseekers from third countries residing outside the Union easier and faster for employers and labour recruiters, participating Member States may put in place accelerated recognition of qualification procedures, in particular as regards the validation procedures to issue a statement of equivalence or comparability of the skills and qualifications, the formal recognition of foreign professional qualifications in case of regulated professions and the qualifications of jobseekers from third countries whose skills were developed or validated in the framework of a Talent Partnership. The implementation of accelerated recognition of qualifications procedures could be discussed in the context of the EU Talent Pool Steering Group, notably in view of supporting the exchange of best practices among Member States. Information on these accelerated procedures should be duly communicated and made available both to registered jobseekers from third countries, employers and labour recruiters in an early stage of the recruitment process.
Amendment 262 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation applies to jobseekers from third countries residing outside the Union and employof all qualification levels, employers and labour recruiters established in the participating Member States.
Amendment 306 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Profiles of registered jobseekers from third countries shall include the name, surname, contact details, date of birth and nationality, information on academic and professional qualifications, work experience, other skills and language knowledge. Job vacancies ofcompetences acquired in volunteering, non-formal learning, or specific certificates such as micro-credentials and language knowledge. Profiles of registered employers and labour recruiters shall include the name of the employer or the labour recruiter, the name, surname, title, contact details of its representative, registration number, sector of activity and a brief description of the employer’s participating in the EU Talent Pool shall include the name, surname and contact detailsor labour recruiter’s operations. Job vacancies of registered employers and labour recruiters in the EU Talent Pool shall include the name, surname, contact details, information on the place and type of work, working hours, duration of employment, remuneration practices, description of main tasks, qualification requirements, language requirements, as well as relevant information on working conditions, including benefits. When job vacancies are transferred by labour recruiters, the name of the employer on behalf of whom the recruitment is being carried out shall also be clearly indicated.
Amendment 327 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) discussing the implementation of accelerated recognition of qualifications procedures to facilitate the recruitment of registered jobseekers from third countries pursuant to Article 19a (new) and facilitating the exchange of best practices among participating Member States in that respect.
Amendment 365 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) providing information to the EU Talent Pool Secretariat on recruitment, immigration and recognition of qualifications procedures at national level pursuant to Article 17(1), including with regard to the implementation of the principle of preference for Union citizens and relevant data for the monitoring of the EU Talent Pool as set out in Article 20;
Amendment 401 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5
Article 12 – paragraph 5
5. The conditions for the issuance of the ‘EU Talent Partnership pass’ shall be determined by the Member States in the framework of the Talent Partnership in which they are participating, including provisions on comparability and recognition of qualifications. The Commission shall publish information on those conditions on the EU Talent Pool IT platform.
Amendment 465 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. Employers participatingRegistered employers and labour recruiters in the EU Talent Pool may use a specific filter available on the EU Talent Pool IT platform to search for profiles of registered jobseekers having obtained an ‘EU Talent Partnership pass’, or identify profiles with specific skills, language skills and education level.
Amendment 475 #
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter V – title
Chapter V – title
Amendment 485 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) information concerning recognition of qualifications procedures and validation of skills;
Amendment 504 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) specific information on third- country nationals’ rights and obligations including working conditions, access to social benefits, health care and assistance, education, training, housing, recognition of skills and qualifications and, the complaint mechanism pursuant to Article 18 and labour mobility within the EU;
Amendment 544 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 a (new)
Article 19 a (new)
Article19a Accelerated recognition of qualifications procedures 1. Participating Member States may decide to put in place accelerated recognition of qualifications procedures to allow for a faster recruitment of registered jobseekers from third countries who have been selected for a job vacancy in the EU Talent Pool. Information on these accelerated procedures shall be duly communicated and made available both to jobseekers, employers and labour recruiters in an early stage of the recruitment process. 2. The procedure referred to paragraph 1 may cover: (a) the validation procedures to issue a statement of equivalence or comparability of the skills and qualifications; (b) the formal recognition of foreign professional qualifications in case of regulated professions. (c) the qualifications of jobseekers from third countries whose skills were developed or validated in the framework of a Talent Partnership.