Activities of Mary HONEYBALL related to 2016/2271(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on digitising European industry
Amendments (9)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that, with some 40 % of EU workers lacking adequate digital skills, and nothing that 6 out of the top 10 skills requirements are technical or digital skills, the Union faces a digital skills gap; takes note of the Commission’s recent Communications on ‘Digitising European industry’ and ‘A New Skills Agenda for Europe’ as a first step in the right direction with regard to improving digital skills;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights the opportunity that education through digitisation presents to young Europeans not in education or employment and calls for measures that will, in turn, improve inclusion both socially and in the labour market;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Emphasises the need to address the steadily widening divide in access to the internet and digital skills, with targeted support for unemployed individuals, adults with a low literacy level and those groups who typically experience 'interrupted learning' and 'learning at a distance' educational barriers such as the 'Traveller' community;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the importance to promote in particular the use of 3D technologies with the aim of data collection and reconstruction of destroyed cultural goods and heritage;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Emphasises the importance of promoting and fostering the digital production of cultural, creative and educational high-quality contents, which contribute to strengthen the know-how and the competitiveness of European industry in these fields;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Believes that digitising industry offers particular opportunities for safeguarding cultural heritage, promoting it around the world easily and using those tools in educational systems;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Regrets that historical and cultural sites are often not easily accessible for those with a disability and highlights the opportunities that a stronger digital cultural platform presents in improving engagement and making cultural experiences, sites and artefacts throughout Europe more accessible regardless of geographical location;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Encourages the research on and development of assistive technologies, which might be used and become new industrial products for the inclusion of disabled people;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Emphasises the need to develop the Digital Humanities as enabling technology, in their double function of content and network providers.