46 Amendments of Victor NEGRESCU related to 2021/0293(COD)
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a decision
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
Having regard to the European Parliament report on shaping digital education policy (2020/2135(INI)),
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) As already set out in the Commission communication entitled 'Establishing a European Declaration on Digital Rights and Principles for the Digital Decade', the Digital Decade should primarily serve people and ensure that their fundamental rights and freedoms equally apply offline and online31a. Those rights include, in particular, the right to privacy and the protection of personal data, the right to freedom of expression and information, the right to informational self- determination and anonymity on the internet, the right to confidentiality of personal communications and protection from government online surveillance, the right to education, vocational training and lifelong learning, and the right to fair, healthy and safe working conditions, including in a digital environment. To realise those rights, it is crucial to protect and promote free and pluralistic media and online access to them, as they ensure informed debate and critical thinking in the digital space. In this context, the Commission and the Member States should refrain from pursuing legislation or other measures that run counter to those digital rights, such as chat control or data retention. _________________ 31a Establishing a European Declaration on Digital Rights and Principles for the Digital Decade (COM(2022)27 final).
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In order to follow the trajectory of the Union regarding the pace of digital transformation, clear digital targets should be established for and within member states. These targets should be linked to concrete areas, supervised in the European Semester format, where progress should collectively and individually be made within the Union. The targets follow the four cardinal points identified in the Digital Compass Communication, identified as the essential areas for the digital transformation of the Union: digital skills, digital infrastructures, digitalisation of businesses and of public services.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6 a) Digital technologies harbour substantial potential for teachers, trainers and educators and learners across education sectors and settings in terms of accessible, open, social and personalised technologies that can bring about more inclusive learning pathways; smart use of digital technologies, driven by innovative teaching methods and empowering learners, can equip citizens with core competencies for life; the use of digital must not be considered as a cost-saving measure.
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Digital skills, basic and advanced, are essential to reinforce the collective resilience of the Union’s society. Digital skills should be considered a core competence for all teachers, educators and instructors. High-quality specialised digital skills training should be available to all teachers and other staff in education and training establishments as soon as possible, with a particular focus on in- service upskilling for older teachers and teachers with disabilities, enabling all teachers and pedagogical staff to use, adapt and create digital learning content and teaching methods, and to pass on basic digital skills in their daily work. Digitally empowered and capable citizens will be able to take advantage of the opportunities of the Digital Decade. Moreover, digital training and education should support a workforce in which people can acquire specialised digital skills to get quality jobs and rewarding careers in much greater numbers than today, with convergence between women and men. In addition, an essential enabler for taking advantage of the benefits of digitisation, for further technological developments and for Europe’s digital leadership is a sustainable digital infrastructure for connectivity, microelectronics and the ability to process vast data. Excellent and secure connectivity for everybody and everywhere in Europe including in rural and remote areas40 is needed. Societal needs for upload and download bandwidth are constantly growing. By 2030, networks with gigabit speeds should become available aton affordable and accessible conditions for all those who need or wish such capacity. While there are currently large disparities in prices in EU Member States for communications facilities and mobile data services, by 2030 high-speed mobile data networks should be available for all in all EU Member States, in rural and urban areas, at affordable and accessible conditions40a. Moreover, microprocessors which are already today at the start of most of the key, strategic value chains are expected to be in even higher demand in the future, in particular the most innovative ones. Climate neutral highly secure edge node guaranteeing access to data services with low latency wherever businesses are located and quantum capacity are also expected to be critical enablers. _________________ 40 Long-term Vision for the EU’s Rural Areas., COM(2021) 345 final. 40a Eurostat 2020, How communication prices vary across the EU, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/product s-eurostat-news/-/ddn-20201221-1
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Digital skills, basic and advanced, are essential to reinforce the collective resilience of the Union’s society. Digitally empowered and capable citizens will be able to take advantage of the opportunities of the Digital Decade. Digital citizenship education and the identification and formal approval at European level of digital rights and obligations is therefore key for the empowering of EU citizens. Moreover, digital training and education should support a workforce in which people can acquire specialised digital skills to get quality jobs and rewarding careers in much greater numbers than today, with convergence between women and men. In addition, an essential enabler for taking advantage of the benefits of digitisation, for further technological developments and for Europe’s digital leadership is a sustainable digital infrastructure for connectivity, microelectronics and the ability to process vast data. Excellent and secure connectivity for everybody and everywhere in Europe including in rural, mountain, socially disadvantaged and remote areas40 is needed. Societal needs for upload and download bandwidth are constantly growing. By 2030, networks with gigabit speeds should become available at accessible conditions for all those who need or wish such capacity. Moreover, microprocessors which are already today at the start of most of the key, strategic value chains are expected to be in even higher demand in the future, in particular the most innovative ones. Climate neutral highly secure edge node guaranteeing access to data services with low latency wherever businesses are located and quantum capacity are also expected to be critical enablers. _________________ 40 Long-term Vision for the EU’s Rural Areas. COM(2021) 345 final.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Beyond enablers, all the above mentioned technologies will be at the core of new products, new manufacturing processes and new business models based on fair sharing of data in the data economy. The transformation of businesses will depend on their ability to adopt new digital technologies rapidly and across the board, including in industrial and services ecosystems that are currently lagging behind. The European Union should protect member states and citizens against digital dependency from specific suppliers, resources or technologies and increasingly seek and call for digital interlinks. The democratisation of digital resources and technologies and the respect for competition rules are necessary for a stable and growing digital market in Europe.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8 a) Reskilling and upskilling are necessary to enable people to adapt to the changing needs and realities of an increasingly digitised labour market; employers should provide digital training and digital equipment to employees, paying due attention to specific needs, such as the provision of reasonable facilities for persons with disabilities.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8 b (new)
Recital 8 b (new)
(8 b) Companies deploying new and emerging technologies have a responsibility to provide adequate reskilling and upskilling to all employees concerned so they can learn how to use digital tools, adapt to the changing needs of the labour market and stay in employment.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Democratic life and public services will also crucially depend on digital technologies and therefore they should be fully accessible for everyone, as a best–in- class digital environment providing for easy-to-use, affordable, accessible, efficient and personalised services and tools with high security and privacy standards. The policy programme should create a human-centred digital environment that enables all citizens, consumers and small-business owners to become active, creative and critical players with sufficient knowledge, skills and understanding to make informed decisions about the use and opportunities of digital technologies.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Democratic life and public services will also crucially depend on digital technologies and therefore they should be fully accessible for everyone, as a best–in- class digital environment providing for easy-to-use, efficient and personalised services and tools with high security and privacy standards; defining quality digital education standards is necessary to make sure such services are being provided adequately across the Union; availability of quality online education is often not an alternative, but the only option for certain groups such as those working full-time or out of work in rural and remote regions or for disabled people.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) The digital transformation must primarily serve people and be fashioned by the Commission and the Member States in coordination with social partners. Areas where it can make a positive contribution include formal, informal and non-formal education, in particular the promotion of digital media literacy, vocational training, equipping education and training establishments, from primary school through vocational education and training institutions to universities, with a modern and reliable digital infrastructure, including access to digital services and learning tools based on privacy by design, and free digital education and training for all in keeping with the goal of lifelong learning.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9 a) Basic education in cyber hygiene, cyber safety, data protection and media literacy must be appropriate to the age and oriented to the development of learners in order to help them become critical learners, active citizens, internet users and shapers of a democratic digital society, make informed decisions, and be aware of and able to counter the risks associated with the internet, such as online disinformation, harassment and personal data breaches.
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The Commission should review these digital targets by June 2026 to assess whether they still meet the high level of ambition of the digital transformation and update them or introduce additional digital targets, if necessary. The Commission should provide the Parliament and citizens a transparent and full report on the evolution being accomplished periodically within the Union and by Member States.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) A harmonious, inclusive and steady progress towards the digital transformation and towards the achievement of the digital targets in the Union, requires a comprehensive, robust, reliable, flexible and transparent form of governance, based on close cooperation and coordination between the Union institutions, bodies and agencies, and the Member States. An appropriate mechanism should ensure coordination of convergence and the consistency and effectiveness of policies and measures at Union and national level. Therefore, it is necessary to lay down provisions on a monitoring and cooperation mechanism implementing the Digital Compass Communication. Involving the education eco-system, in particular universities, in the process of communication, implementation and governance at European, national and local level is key for the success of the process.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In order to ensure that cooperation between the Commission and the Member States is efficient and effective, Member States should submit to the Commission national Digital Decade strategic roadmaps covering the period up to 2030 (‘national Digital Decade strategic roadmaps’) proposing, where possible and measurable at national level, national trajectories, plus annual and verifiable objectives from 2025 onwards, which describinge all the instruments adopted, planned or implemented with a view to contributing to the achievement at Union level of the objectives of this Decision and the digital targets, in order to avoid a failure to meet the 2030 objectives. These national Digital Decade strategic roadmaps should be a crucial tool for the coordination of the policies of the Member States and for ensuring predictability for the market. Member States should take into account relevant sectoral initiatives, both at Union and national level, and ensure consistency with them. During the annual cycle of cooperation, Member States could propose adjustments to their national Digital Decade strategic roadmaps to take into account the evolution of the digital transition at Union and national level and to respond, in particular, to the Commission recommended policies, measures and actions.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In order to ensure that cooperation between the Commission and the Member States is efficient and effective, Member States should submit to the Commission national Digital Decade strategic roadmaps covering the period up to 2030 (‘national Digital Decade strategic roadmaps’) proposing, where possible and measurable at national level, national trajectories, describing all the instruments adopted, planned or implemented with a view to contributing to the achievement at Union level of the objectives of this Decision and the digital targets. These national Digital Decade strategic roadmaps should be a crucial tool for the coordination of the policies of the Member States and for ensuring predictability for the market and should be included in the European Semester format and national reports. Member States should take into account relevant sectoral initiatives, both at Union and national level, and ensure consistency with them. During the annual cycle of cooperation, Member States could propose adjustments to their national Digital Decade strategic roadmaps to take into account the evolution of the digital transition at Union and national level and to respond, in particular, to the Commission recommended policies, measures and actions.
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) create sufficient financial, technical and human capacity in education and training establishments by 2025 in order to meet the 2030 digital skills targets; achieve gender balance in the number of female and male ICT students by 2030 in order to achieve gender balance in the number of ICT specialists as soon as possible;
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) reinforce the important role played by teachers and educators in delivering digital education; underlining in this regard the importance of providing financial support for training courses designed for teachers so as to ensure that teachers and educators not only possess digital skills, but can also teach them;
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
(b b) ensure that digital education is equally treated between and within member states and underlines the need to reduce the gaps currently existing, notably for rural, remote, mountain and social disadvantaged areas;
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b c (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b c (new)
(b c) ensure that Member States take the necessary measures to reinforce their digital infrastructure, the connectivity and the methods used by schools and learning centres for digital education and learning in the context of the pandemic and reiterates the need to accelerate the reforms implementing the digital transformation ensuring that all Europeans can take advantage of it;
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b d (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b d (new)
(b d) ensure access to quality digital education and content and improving digital proficiency for lower-skilled adults, persons with disabilities, persons from vulnerable or marginalised groups, older people and people living in remote or rural areas;
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b e (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b e (new)
(b e) ensure that educational establishments will benefit from support from trained staff to oversee networks and applications and to provide training and assistance on data protection;
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b f (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b f (new)
(b f) ensure the access to affordable quality computers and technologies and better connectivity, as a further step towards a more comprehensive digital skills strategy;
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(e a) ensure access for all educational institutions, especially those in remote, rural and mountain areas with low connectivity and limited access to emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, blockchain, open source, new educational devices or gamification, in the light of their growing importance and potential;
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(h a) facilitates the work between national and local stakeholders to launch large-scale digital literacy programs.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h b (new)
(h b) ensures the ongoing research into the various impacts of digital technologies on the education and development of children, linking education sciences, pedagogy, psychology, sociology, neuroscience and computer science so as to achieve as deep an understanding as possible of how the minds of children - and adults - respond to the digital environment and the attendant digital education challenges.
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h c (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h c (new)
(h c) facilitates digital skills for all demographics, not only those of working age.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
(a) by 2025 at least 70% and by 2030 at least 80% of those aged 16-74 have at least basic digital skills;
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) by 2025 at least 80% and by 2030 at least 90% of all teachers and other teaching staff in vocational education and training have sufficient digital skills to incorporate digital technologies into their daily teaching and to pass on basic digital skills;
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a b (new)
(ab) internet connectivity, including gigabit connectivity, is ensured in all schools and in particular in rural areas, especially with regard to internet access and the availability of necessary and modern digital equipment and services, including high-speed wi-fi and secure digital tools, such as digital learning platforms for collaboration and communication, digital libraries and digital applications, such as office and design or graphics applications.
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) at least 5% of all female university students in each Member State are enrolled in ICT programmes or in interdisciplinary courses with an ICT component.
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
1a. In order to achieve the digital education targets for a digitally skilled population and sufficiently highly skilled digital professionals, the Union institutions and the Member States shall cooperate in coordination with social partners and carry out all necessary measures and financial and infrastructure-related investments, such as: (a) doubling the number of annual study places in ICT programmes at universities and promoting vocational training in order to achieve a significant increase in vocational training place provision in this field; (b) providing the necessary capacity to achieve those targets, in particular by appropriately equipping vocational training centres, schools and universities in terms of human resources, technical facilities and in-service digital upskilling provision for teaching staff.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
(a) all European households and schools are covered by a Gigabit network, with all populated areas covered by 5G; broadband should be considered a public good and its infrastructure adequately funded to ensure that it is universally accessible and affordable as a critical step in closing the digital divide;
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
(a) all European households are covered by a Gigabit network, with all populated areas covered by 5G networks, and can access those networks on affordable and accessible terms;
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a a (new)
(a a) all European universities will be digitally connected
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2 a) The Commission will give a particular attention to the pilot projects proposed by the European Parliament designed to strengthen digital skills.
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 6 a (new)
(6a) The Commission shall make the information and indicators relating to these objectives publicly available on a dedicated website, in a transparent and easily understandable manner, when they have been received from the Member States, so that, where possible, progress towards realising the objectives can be tracked by means of intuitive charts.
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 6 a (new)
(6 a) The report will be transparent with the evaluation process, and will have complete and accessible evidence supporting impact assessments and evaluations.
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) national projected trajectories contributing to relevant digital targets measurable at national level, as well as annual targets from 2025 onwards;
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 23 a (new)
Article 23 a (new)
Article 23a Synergies with other Union programmes and policies in the field of education and training No budget resources from existing Union programmes in the field of education and training, in particular the Erasmus+ programme, shall be used for new actions set out in this policy programme without additional budget resources being made available for that purpose.