Activities of Jean LAMBERT related to 2015/2088(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on skills policies for fighting youth unemployment PDF (520 KB) DOC (161 KB)
Amendments (27)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
- having regard to the Council Recommendation on establishing a Youth Guarantee,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the Council Recommendation on a Quality Framework for Traineeships,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 b (new)
Citation 6 b (new)
- having regard to the Council Conclusions of April 2015 on enhancing cross-sectoral policy co-operation to effectively address socio-economic challenges facing young people1, 1 OJ C 88, 27.03.2014, p.1.
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
- having regard to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities' "List of Issues in relation to the initial report of the European Union",
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas a lack of relevant skilljobs is an important factor causing youth unemployment;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas disadvantaged people may beand persons who are discriminated against are often excluded from the possibility of developing their talents and skills;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas skills development policies must acknowledge the multi-layered needs and abilities of unemployed youth and therefore include tailor-made and individualised support and training programmes, in particular, but not only, for disadvantaged groups;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the five pillars of a 'Just transition' include: consultation/union voice; investment in green and decent jobs; green skills; respect for labour and human rights; and social protection for workers and communities on the frontline of the transition from high to low carbon;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas micro, small and medium- sized enterprises are one of the most important generators of employment in the EU, account for considerably more than 80 % of all jobs and have led the way in many 'green' sectors, but may face particular difficulties in anticipating the skills needed and in fulfilling the job potential;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. recalls that there are, on the one hand, 24 million unemployed people in Europe, including 7.5 million young people not in employment, education or training (NEETs), and on the other 2 million vacancies; stresses that tackling the challenge of skills mismatch and shortages alone will be insufficient in solving the structural problem of large- scale unemployment in Europe; . en
Amendment 60 #
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 but that this is just one of three dimensions of integrated labour market and social policies; recalls that skills development will remain without effect if job creation and decent social security protection as key elements for adaptable labour markets are not addressed in parallel;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the tools for skills development and the forecasting of skill needs proposed by the Commission; highlights the fact that skills development should encourage the development of STEM skills, which are widely useful in an economy; stresses, however, that more ambitious action and investment is needed; believes that in order to anticipate future skills needs, all labour market stakeholders must be strongly involved at all levels;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Member States, regional governments and local authorities to adopt and implement, together with the social partners and training providers, skills development and anticipation strategies with the objective of improving generic, sectoral and occupation-specific skills; further stresses the importance of partnerships and trust between educational institutions, businesses, the social partners and authorities;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the involvement ofengaging young people, relevant stakeholders and organisations in creating the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of relevant initiatives aimed at supporting youth employment at EU, national and local level is of the highest importance;
Amendment 73 #
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- both mainstream and specialised - and social partners to support the creation, implementation and monitoring of employment strategies and action plans; calls for closerstructural co-operation between education, public administration, business and civil society, especially youth organisations;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of administrative capacity; calls therefore for the provision of appropriate training for local and regional authorities in order to use European funds more effectively and strategicallyon Member States to make full use of the European Social Fund thematic objective "enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration" (ESF Regulation No 1304/2013, Art. 3(1)(d)) and the equivalent provisions in other Structural Funds;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the importance of close cross- sectoral cooperation, particularly between employment and education services;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the key role of policy makers and enterprises, including SMEs, social and solidarity economy actors and micro- enterprises, in job creation; stresses the need to provide education for entrepreneurship on every level, including pre-school education, by including in curricula the development in a safe environment (through games, simulations and youth projects) of the practical skills needed in starting and managing businesses;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls for investment, skills development and forecasting in emerging and potential sectors such as information and communication technologies, clean technologies and green jobs as they have great potential to create quality jobs;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for the creation of favourable conditions for the social and solidarity economy in order to combine job creation for young people and social capital development;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Skills for employabilityan adaptive labour market;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that training in the workplace and high-quality apprenticeships are ways of improving youth access could - if they are of decent quality - be first steps into 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 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls foron the exchange of good practices in vocational education and the deveMember States to finally take the step from best practices observation to policy actions - in particular as regards vocational education - which aim at increasing emplopyment of skills enabling access to the labour market to be enhanrates and reduce poverty and inequality, and to undertake reforms which draw on those practiceds;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Recalls that non-formal and informal learning are crucial for soft skills development such as e.g. communications and decision-making skills; calls therefore for investment in inclusive opportunities providing for non- formal and informal learning and for recognition of the impact and value of experience, skills and competences gained;
Amendment 215 #
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; stresses that the current rhetoric on employability seems to push young people to accept jobs at any price or under any conditions, without being aware of their rights;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls that the effective implementation of the Youth Guarantee can help to improve the employabilitylabour market opportunities of young people by overcoming educational deficits and by providing skills relevant to the market needs and can offer valuable work experience that can facilitate the establishment of successful businessesneeds for a sustainable labour market and economy and can offer valuable work experience;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that skills development should also be considered as- if done as an integrated concept - could become a mechanism lfor increadsing to equal opportunities for people from disadvantaged groups, in particular for children and young people from families affected by poverty, the long-term unemployed, including second-generation unemployed, immigrants and people with disabilities; stresses that prevention as well as support and counselling at an early stage are of the outmost importance, because although enabling people who are at a disadvantage to develop skills and to enter the labour market requires time and resources it is also socially and economically profitable;