Activities of Iosif MATULA related to 2011/2067(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the Agenda for new skills and jobs
Amendments (9)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Agenda for new skills and jobs as part of the 2020 strategy, pointing out that only a workforce that is skilled is of fundamental importance for the development of a competitive, sustainable and innovative economy; in the context of the lessons to be learned from the present economic crisis, insists on the need to adapt the agenda for new skills and jobs to the post-crisis period and devise a mechanism for preventing the recurrence of such phenomena;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recognises the importance of the contribution that must be made by vocational training in enabling a significant number of young people to realise their potential as well as achieving the objectives of the Europa 2020 Strategy;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
(1) Stresses the need to improve and diversify employment services for both jobseekers and employers, and, in particular, to develop personalised public employment services for the unemployed, young people and vulnerable groups;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 2 (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 2 (new)
(2) Calls on the Member States to create a set of instruments to facilitate labour market access for older people that will ensure better working and living conditions;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 3 (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 3 (new)
(3) Supports the promotion of integrated approaches involving the main players at national, regional and local level, with a view to stimulating ongoing training, improving training quality and developing enterprise culture;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Endorses the more effective use of funds for the development of new skills and the creation of new jobs, including in the burgeoning 'green economy’; this involves principally the European Social Fund (ESF), the European Fund for Regional Development (EFRD), the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), the Lifelong Learning programme and the Progress programme; supports using the INTERREG programmes for the acquisition of new skills for workers and stimulating employment;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Takes the view that closer links between the education and business worlds could help identify correctly the abilities required at a given moment and subsequently facilitate the entry of young people on the employment market;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that the exchange of experience and the creation of networks between higher education institutions, research establishments and business centres is important for raising skills levels and adapting to the needs of the labour market; emphasises the need to consolidate employers' networks and encourage exchanges of best practices among them; insists on the importance of a stable supply/demand balance between employers and training institutions;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to adopt measures to remove administrative and legal obstacles in order to increase labour mobility, both in the recognition of qualifications and in the portability of supplementary pension rights.; stresses the need to boost workforce mobility between EU Member States, as a potential means of reducing regional imbalances and fulfilling the objectives of cohesion policy;