Activities of Renate WEBER related to 2014/2235(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Social entrepreneurship and social innovation in combating unemployment - Creating a competitive EU labour market for the 21st century - Precarious employment (debate)
Amendments (19)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having in mind one of the priorities of the European Council conclusions of 26- 27 June 2014 to help develop skills, and unlock talent and life changes for all by promoting the right skills for the modern economy and lifelong learning;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 b (new)
Citation 6 b (new)
- having regard to the European Parliament legislative resolution of 29 April 2015 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1304/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council on the European Social Fund, as regards an increase of the initial pre-financing amount paid to operational programmes supported by the Youth Employment Initiative;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Emphasises that labour market shortages are to be considered as a sustained market disequilibrium between supply and demand in which the quantity of workers demanded exceeds the supply available and willing to work at a particular wage and working conditions at a particular place and point in time; (This should go before para 4, right after the subtitle)
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Notes that even if the labour supply is sufficient to match the labour demand, there might still be qualitative shortages as those looking for work may not be suitable for the open position, as a result of a mismatch between sectors, occupations or skills´ requirements; (This should follow 4a)
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Points that Europe has 24 million unemployed people, including 7,5 million NEETs, and on the other side 2 million vacancies and that the European companies are affected by a huge lack of the skilled people and labour force with transferable skills;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the importance of human development, career flexibility and self- responsibility; recalls in this respect that investment is needed to actively support employability and adaptability and prevent skills depletion among the unemployed; emphasises that such measures should be combined with reforms in pension and social welfare systems that encourage more people to work, so as to extend protection and provide comparable access to workers regardless of their type of contract, for example by increasing portability of rights from one contract to the next;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls the importance of the mobility of workers, geographically and across sectors, for a competitive labour market, and stresses the need to reduce the administrative and linguistic barriers that are liable to restrain it; encourages raising of awareness of and further improvement of the EU-wide EURES job portal as well as the importance of enhanced cooperation among national PES and the future inclusion of private employment services to EURES network;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 10 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Reiterates that a big economic potential of women has to be unlocked in Europe and it is necessary to create appropriate conditions for women to progress in their career and pursue higher positions in companies or start their own businesses;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that, in order to anticipate future skills needs, labour market stakeholders, including employers' and employees' organisations , have to be strongly involved at all levels, in particular in designing and implementing vocational qualification programmes, which provide an effective transition from formal education to work-based learning;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the importance of partnerships and trust between universities, businesses and authorities with a view to estimating labour needs for the future, as well as fostering cooperation between Member States in this regard; reminds that at the same time social responsibility of all stakeholders is needed;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls the need to strive for a more flexible approach to individual career development and lifelong education and training across one's personal career path, and recognizes the role that both public and private parties can play in providing this;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Notes that the European policies for Lifelong Guidance have shown considerable impact on national guidance policies and that effective lifelong guidance requires programmes in a cross- cutting perspective at all levels;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that training and re- qualification programs for the unemployed should be designed and implemented in close cooperation with employers' associations as well private and public employment services, with a view to better aligning workers' new skills with the future needs of employers;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that it is of utmost importance to give guidance and counselling to jobseekers in how to look for a job and recognises the role that businesses and private employment services can play to provide this, and to ensure that their skills aretransferable and recognised through ‘'competences passports' reflecting the skills acquired through both formal and informal learning;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Believes that dual vocational training and dualsimilar work-based learning systems should be given more consideration, as they tend to favour integration into the labour market and smoother transition from education to work and they have proved to be effective in fostering youth employment;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Welcomes the EC initiative of the European Alliance for Apprenticeships (EAfA) which aims to bring together public authorities, businesses, social partners, VET providers, youth representatives, and other key actors in order to promote apprenticeship schemes and initiatives across Europe;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the importance of career orientation and work experience through individual assessment and career advice provided by highly qualified employment counsellors with experience of their local and national and EU labour market;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Believes that close and systematic partnerships are needed at local, regional, national level between governments and employers' and employees' representatives, including public and private employment services, in order to find the best ways of tackling the problem of skill mismatches in all its dimensions, and calls on Member States to promote such cooperation;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. RecCalls the impfort ance of the mobility of effective economic migration of the highly skilled workers from third countries in the light of the demographic challenges and labour market shortages;