25 Amendments of Lothar BISKY related to 2011/0371(COD)
Amendment 247 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The European Strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth (Europe 2020) is defining the Union's growth strategy for the coming decade to support smart, sustainable and inclusive growth setting five ambitious objectives to be reached by 2020, particularly in the field of education to reduce early school leaving rates below 10% and to enable at least 40% of 30-34 years old to have completed higher education. This also includes its flagships initiatives, in particular "‘Youth on the Move" and’, the Agenda for New Skills and Jobs and ‘Innovation Union’. __________________ 1 COM(2010)0546 final of 6 October 2010.
Amendment 256 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) To support mobility, equity and study excellence, the Union should establish a European loan guarantee facility to enablexpand the system of mobility grants to cover students, regardless of their socialo- economic background, wishing to take their Masters degree in another participating country. This facility should be available to financial institutions which agree to offer loans for Masters' studies in other participating countries on favourable terms for the students.
Amendment 267 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Member States should endeavour to adopt all appropriatenecessary measures to remove legal and administrative obstacles to the proper functioning of the Programme. This also implies that visas for participants should be handed out without delays or even waived, in order to ensure that no participant misses out on either a part of or the entire study, training programme or exchange, and to avoid cancellations of mobility actions and projects. In line with Article 19 of the Council Directive 2004/114/EC of 13 December 2004 on the conditions of admission of third country nationals for the purposes of studies, pupils exchange, unremunerated training or voluntary service, Member States are encouraged to establish fast-track admission procedures.
Amendment 271 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) To promote mobility and encourage fairness in study courses and exchanges, the EU should take all necessary measures to take account of the specific nature of the outermost regions of the Union, particularly their distance from continental Europe and their insularity.
Amendment 272 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 b (new)
Recital 11 b (new)
(11b) To strengthen the intensity and volume of European cooperation between the outermost regions of the Union and ACP countries as well as the overseas countries and territories in the Caribbean, the Pacific and Eastern and Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean, the administrative and financial arrangements for the implementation of measures provided for in this Regulation shall enable rules to be adapted to suit regional geographical conditions in the regional geographic context and enable resources to be increased as needed.
Amendment 276 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) Students in vocational and technical education, including those in work placements, and apprentices need to be afforded greater opportunities for mobility. The necessary measures should be taken to make mobility both attractive and accessible, particularly for trained staff from SMEs and the arts and crafts sector.
Amendment 286 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The programme should contribute to develop excellence in European integration studies world-wide, it should in particular support, including via operational funds, institutions that have a European governance structure, cover the whole spectrum of policy fields that are of interest for the Union, are non profit organisations and provide recognised academic degrees.
Amendment 310 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35 a (new)
Recital 35 a (new)
(35a) The Programme covers three different fields, and the committee established under Article 30 of this Regulation will deal with both horizontal and sectoral issues. It is for the Member States to ensure that they send the relevant representatives in accordance with the topics on the agenda, and it is for the committee chair to ensure that meeting agendas clearly indicate the sector or sectors involved and the topics, according to each sector, to be discussed at each meeting. Where appropriate, the social partners (including associations of parents, students, teachers and non- teaching staff) and civil society representatives shall be invited to participate in its meetings as consultant members.
Amendment 348 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 28 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 28 b (new)
28b. ‘grassroots sport’ means all sporting activities, including voluntary activities, developed, promoted and/or organised for the largest possible number of beneficiaries;
Amendment 349 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 28 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 28 b (new)
28b. ‘European association working to foster European integration, education and vocational training’ means a non- governmental association relying on a volunteer workforce active in the field of education or vocational training at European level.
Amendment 357 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) Their transnational character, in particular transnational mobility and cooperation aiming at long-terma sustainable individual, structural and systemic impact;
Amendment 385 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) To make initial vocational education and training more attractive.
Amendment 396 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – point b – introductory part
Article 5 – point b – introductory part
(b) To foster quality improvements, innovation excellence and internationalisation at the level of educational or training institutions, as well as in youth work, notably through enhanced transnational cooperation between education and training providers/youth organisations and other stakeholdervocational training providers and other stakeholders, including organisations representing workers, teachers, parents and students;
Amendment 398 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – point c – introductory part
Article 5 – point c – introductory part
(c) To promote the emergence of a European lifelong learning area, trigger policy reforms at national level, support the modernisation of education and training systems, including non-formalraise awareness of formal, non- formal and informal learning, including learning from a very early age, with a view to providing lifelong learning, and supporting European cooperation in the education and youth field, notably through enhanced policy cooperation, better use of recognition and transparency tools and the dissemination of good practices;
Amendment 412 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – point d – introductory part
Article 5 – point d – introductory part
(d) To enhance the international dimension of education, training and youth notably in higher education by increasing the attractiveness of the Union higher education institutionsand research institutions (as a complement to the Marie Curie- Skłodowska programme) and supporting the Union external action, including its development objectives through the promotion of mobility and cooperation between EU and third country higher education institutions and targeted capacity building in third countries.
Amendment 498 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) transnational mobility of higher education and vocational training students as well as of young people involved in non-formal activities between the participating countries as referred in Article 18. This mobility may take the form of studying at a partner institution, traineeships abroad or participating in youth activities, notably volunteering. Degree mobility at Masters level shall be supported through the student loan guarantee facility as referred to in Article 14 (3).students, including those at Master’s or PhD level, in the form of studying at a partner institution, or as working as an assistant or trainee abroad Grants should also be offered to students wishing to take a Master’s degree in another country participating in the programme;
Amendment 514 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. This action will also support the mobility of vocational and technical education students and staff to and from third countries.
Amendment 521 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) transnational strategic partnerships between organisations involved in education, and training and/or youth activities or other relevant sectorsor other stakeholders, particularly partnerships between local and regional authorities and the social partners and civil society actors providing vocational education and training developing and implementing joint initiatives and promoting exchanges of experience and know-how;
Amendment 548 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. This action shall also support development, capacity building, regional integration, knowledge exchanges and modernisation processes through partnerships between Union and third countries' higher education institutions as well as in the youth sector, notably for peer learning and joint educational projects, promoting regional cooperation, in particular with neighbourhood countries, and shall help improve in qualitative and quantitative terms the vocational training placement opportunities available to young people.
Amendment 557 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) administrative and financial support, including via operational funds, for European networks and associations working in the fields of education and vocational training;
Amendment 559 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the policy dialogue with relevant European stakeholders, and the promotion of structured dialogue, in the area of education, and training and youth, involving in particular the relevant public authorities as well as voluntary sector associations and organisations;
Amendment 690 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) support to non-commercialfor European sport events involving several European countriesrun by non-profit organisations, which are recognised by public authorities or the representatives thereof and which aim to promote the widest possible access to sport both in a leisure context and otherwise;
Amendment 775 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Amendment 788 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. The actions of the Programme shall be implemented in ways that provide for adaptation of the financial rules to address the constraints created by the remoteness of the outermost regions and overseas countries and territories, and to fund area-specific mobility projects linking the Union’s outermost regions with neighbouring third countries.
Amendment 825 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) all Programme actions within the key action "‘Learning Mobility of Individuals"’, with the exception of the mobility organizsed on the basis of joint or double/multiple degrees and the Union loan guarantee scheme;