Activities of Jean-Marie CAVADA related to 2015/2088(INI)
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Amendments (17)
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas delays in access to the labour market and long periods of unemployment adversely affect career prospects, pay, health and social mobility;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas young people are an asset to the European economy and whereas they should commit themselves to acquiring the skills sought by the labour market, anticipating tomorrow’s needs;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas young people fall into three main groups – students, workers and the unemployed – and whereas distinct political approaches should be adopted for each of these groups in order to ensure that members of the group always have access to the labour market, which means that young students must have the skills needed by the labour market, young workers must update their skills and training throughout their careers and, in the case of young unemployed people, the distinction must take into account the fact that they are active job-seekers or NEETs;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas the financial crisis of 2008 created additional problems in the access of young people to the jobs market, as youth unemployment is more sensitive to the economic cycle than overall unemployment because young people are generally less experienced;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas disadvantaged people may beare often excluded from the possibility of developing their talents and skills;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that skills development is one of the key elements of integrated employment and social policies and that it can make it possible to generate long-term growth, promote European competitiveness, combat unemployment and build a more inclusive European society;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that providers of education and training and businesses should work together to devise qualifications which faithfully reflect the actual skills that holders of those qualifications have acquired throughout their lives;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to build up partnerships between local authorities, education and employment services and the business community to support the creation, implementation and monitoring of employment strategies and action plans; calls for closer co-operation between schooling and vocational education, public administration, business and civil society, especially youth organisations;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that the promotion of entrepreneurship is an important factor in promoting an active approach towards one’s own carrier; believes that it is the responsibility of public bodies, businesses and the media to promote entrepreneurship; reiterates the need to develop mobility within businesses;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that training in the workplace and high-quality apprenticeships, backed by partnerships between schools, training establishments and businesses, are ways of improving youth access to the labour market and a better use of these opportunities could enlarge the pool of potential candidates for vacancies and also improve their preparedness for work;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recalls that good quality educational and training guidance at all stages of education is necessary and can lower the risk of early school-leaving as well as help to overcome difficulties in accessing the labour market; stresses that language learning and digital literacy are fundamental;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Urges that a system of training and studies be established which adopts innovative but accessible approaches, and which focuses on developing basic skills as well as intellectual and technical capacities;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the Quality Framework for Traineeships and the European Alliance for Apprenticeships; calls for additional measures to be taken to provide compulsory social protection;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Stresses the need to provide high- quality careers guidance services based on reliable information about careers and job prospects, to help young people to make the best career choices;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that the dual model of education as well as the acquisition of practical, social and communication skills is of high importance; emphasises that these accomplishments will increase young people’s confidence in the system, make it easier for them to enter the labour market and improve their training and their predisposition to work;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls for the development of a single European framework for apprenticeship in order to train young people who have chosen technical training in readiness for European mobility;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recalls that traineeships and apprenticeships should lead to employment and condemns the abuse of such arrangements; calls for Member States to withdraw the incentives which they give to businesses if the latter use traineeships and apprenticeship contracts merely to obtain cheap labour;