6 Amendments of Maria BADIA i CUTCHET related to 2008/2098(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the key role of lifelong learning in enhancing workers' job- to-job mobilityimproving the educational level of the population as a whole, updating knowledge and reducing the risk of exclusion for workers between jobs;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
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3. Calls on the Member States actively to promote foreign language education (especially for adults), given that linguistic barriers are one of the main remaining hurdles to mobility of workers and their families;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 4
4. Considers that mobility of workers of both genders with families (e.g. children and dependent relatives) depends to a great extent on the availability and costs of services (e.g. childcare, education facilities, special services); considers, at the same time, that job mobility should promote personal fulfilment and improve quality of life and work;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that the special status and needs of young students and workers should be considered in the framework of European Employment Services (EURES), - which network needs to be promoted and strengthened - as well as the fact that many individuals working in the culture and education sectors are self-employed workers;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the need for comparable and reliable statistics on workers'the mobility flows of workers, students, teachers and researchers in order to improve the Commission's factual knowledge on mobility, as well as its monitoring of the above-mentioned Action Plan;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 8
8. Calls for the strong engagement and commitment of European schools and universities and of governments in significantly boosting job mobility, for example through their participation in the network of stakeholders foreseen by the Commission in its Communication;