7 Amendments of Jeroen LENAERS related to 2015/2088(INI)
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that individual skills development is one of the key elements of integrated employment and social policies;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the involvement of young people, social partners and other relevant stakeholders and organisations in 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 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Member States to examine best practices of school-career guidance system where pupils are monitored from an early school stage to the first steps on the labour market;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the key role of enterprises, including SMEs and micro-enterprises, in job creation; stresses the need to provide education for entrepreneurship more predominantly 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 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for the removal of administrative and financial barriers to starting and managing businesses through the simplification of procedures, easier access for start-ups to credit and microfinance, multidisciplinary tailor-made counselling, peer-to-peer evaluation platforms, introduction of incentive measures for entrepreneurs employing young people; underlines the importance of microfinance and the EU Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) programme, as well as the Investment Plan for Europe, for achieving these goals;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recalls that traineeships and apprenticeships should lead to employment and condemns the abuse of such arrangementsthat the working conditions and assigned tasks should help trainees to acquire the practical experience and relevant skills to enter the labour market;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that skills development should also be considered as a mechanism leading 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, disadvantaged 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;