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Activities of Monika SMOLKOVÁ related to 2016/0304(COD)

Plenary speeches (1)

2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/0304(COD)

Shadow reports (1)

2016/11/22
Committee: CULTEMPL
Dossiers: 2016/0304(COD)
Documents: PDF(801 KB) DOC(122 KB)

Amendments (27)

Monika SMOLKOVÁ, Marita ULVSKOG

Proposal for a decision
Recital 10

(10) A European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations framework (ESCO) has been piloted by the Commission as a common language and operational tool for education/training and work30 . ESCO structures concepts ~~that are relevant for the EU labour market and education and training~~ in three interlinked pillars: i) occupations, ii) knowledge, skills and competences and iii) qualifications~~. The ESCO pillars can be complemented by auxiliary vocabularies covering related domains, such as work context, fields of education and training or economic sector~~, which can on a voluntary basis clarify related domains of skills and qualifications. _________________ 30 The Europe 2020 Strategy announced that the Commission would work on such framework, Communication from the Commission on "Europe 2020 - A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth", COM(2010) 2020 final.

2017/04/26
Committee: EMPL CULT

Monika SMOLKOVÁ, Marita ULVSKOG

Proposal for a decision
Recital 11

(11) Regulation (EU) 2016/589 of the European Parliament and of the Council31 establishes European Employment Services (EURES), a network of employment services and a mechanism for an automated matching of people to jobs through the EURES common IT platform. To enable the exchange and the matching of job vacancies with candidates, this mechanism needs a common and multilingual list of skills, competences and occupations. By developing ESCO the Commission is providing a multilingual classification system of occupations, skills and competences and qualifications that is suited to this purpose. _________________ 31Within the EURES network assistance is provided to jobseekers wishing to relocate to another country and also to employers seeking employees in another country. Interconnection and cooperation between Europass and EURES portals would lead to more efficient use of both services. _________________ 31 OJ L 107, 22.4.2016, p. 1. OJ L 107, 22.4.2016, p. 1.

2017/04/26
Committee: EMPL CULT

Monika SMOLKOVÁ, Marita ULVSKOG

Proposal for a decision
Recital 16

(16) Analysis of vacancies, and other labour market trends, is an established way of developing skills intelligence to understand issues of skills gaps and shortages as well as qualifications mismatch. The use of information technology~~, such as web crawling and big data,~~ may helps to improve skills intelligence and therefore tackle skills mismatches.

2017/04/26
Committee: EMPL CULT

Monika SMOLKOVÁ, Marita ULVSKOG

Proposal for a decision
Recital 20

(20) Services should be provided online at Union level. Services should also include the development and use of open standards, metadata schemata and semantic assets to facilitate the effective exchange of information, appropriate authentication measures to ensure trust of digital documents, and skills intelligence and information. In addition, support services at national level should promote and ensure access to a wide range of users, including third country nationals.deleted

2017/04/26
Committee: EMPL CULT

Monika SMOLKOVÁ, Marita ULVSKOG

Proposal for a decision
Recital 22

(22) EURES is a cooperative network responsible for exchanging information and facilitating interaction among job seekers and employers. It provides free assistance to jobseekers wishing to move to another country and assists employers wishing to recruit workers from other countries. Synergies and co-operation between Europass and EURES should be ensured to reinforce the impact of both services.deleted

2017/04/26
Committee: EMPL CULT

Monika SMOLKOVÁ, Marita ULVSKOG

Proposal for a decision
Recital 24

(24) The designation of National Skills Coordination Points as the main interface and beneficiary of Union funding will support simplified administration and reporting and can support a greater cooperation and coordination between national services, including the existing National Europass Centres, EQF National Coordination Points and the Euroguidance network without prejudice to national arrangements in terms of implementation and organisation.deleted

2017/04/26
Committee: EMPL CULT

Monika SMOLKOVÁ, Marita ULVSKOG

Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1

1. This Decision establishes a European framework, comprising web- based tools, information and the development of open standards to support the transparency and understanding of skills and qualifications acquired through formal or non-formal education, experience or mobility. The framework shall be known as ‘Europass’.

2017/04/26
Committee: EMPL CULT

Monika SMOLKOVÁ, Marita ULVSKOG

Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 2

2. Europass shall be managed by the Commission and supported by the ~~National Skills Coordination Point~~Member States and National Europass Centres.

2017/04/26
Committee: EMPL CULT

Monika SMOLKOVÁ, Marita ULVSKOG

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d

~~(d) 'metadata' means data providing information about other data that is used in Europass documents;~~deleted

2017/04/26
Committee: EMPL CULT

Monika SMOLKOVÁ, Marita ULVSKOG

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e

~~(e) 'metadata schemata' means a description of metadata elements, their possible values, the obligation level of the values and the relationships between these metadata elements;~~deleted

2017/04/26
Committee: EMPL CULT

Monika SMOLKOVÁ, Marita ULVSKOG

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point i

~~(i) 'semantic asset' means a collection of highly reusable metadata or reference data such as code lists, taxonomies, dictionaries or vocabularies which are used for system development;~~deleted

2017/04/26
Committee: EMPL CULT

Monika SMOLKOVÁ, Marita ULVSKOG

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e

(e) analysis of trends in skills supply and demand and other types of skills intelligence including at geographical and sectoral level, using technological means such as big data analysis and web crawling;deleted

2017/04/26
Committee: EMPL CULT

Monika SMOLKOVÁ, Marita ULVSKOG

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 3

3. Europass shall support cooperation on the development, use and dissemination of open standards, ~~comprising metadata schemata and semantic assets,~~ to facilitate more effective exchange of information on skills and qualifications at EU level and by Member States and third parties. ~~The multilingual classification system ESCO (European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations) referred to in article 6 shall be used to support this work.~~

2017/04/26
Committee: EMPL CULT

Monika SMOLKOVÁ, Marita ULVSKOG

Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 5

5. Europass shall use the European Classification of Skills/Competences, Qualifications and Occupations (ESCO) established in Article 6 to ensure semantic interoperability between the tools for documentation and information. ESCO shall also provide a platform for interoperability with other relevant services such as those developed by the labour market.deleted

2017/04/26
Committee: EMPL CULT

Monika SMOLKOVÁ, Marita ULVSKOG

Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 10

10. Europass shall be operated to support and ensure synergies with other instruments and services offered at Union level and national level. ~~The development of open metadata schemata shall be compatible with the technical standards applied under Regulation (EU) 2016/589.~~

2017/04/26
Committee: EMPL CULT

Monika SMOLKOVÁ, Marita ULVSKOG

Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 1

1. Europass Qualification Supplement(s) shall be issued by the competent national authorities in accordance with templates developed by the European Commission and other stakeholders32 such as the Council of Europe and UNESCO. Any changes that may apply to the supplement(s) referred to must be in line with the conclusions of the Bologna Process Advisory Group on the Revision of the Diploma Supplement. _________________ 32 Current supplements are the Certificate Supplement and the Diploma Supplement.

2017/04/26
Committee: EMPL CULT

Monika SMOLKOVÁ, Marita ULVSKOG

Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 3

3. All Europass Qualification Supplement documents issued by authorised bodies shall be issued automatically and free of charge in electronic form, in the national language and/or in a major European language, in accordance with the procedures agreed between the issuing bodies ~~and the National Skills Coordination Points referred to in Article 8 and in conformity with any procedures agreed between the European Commission and stakeholders~~.

2017/04/26
Committee: EMPL CULT

Monika SMOLKOVÁ, Marita ULVSKOG

Proposal for a decision
Article 6

Classification of European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and 1.The Commission shall manage a multilingual classification of concepts that are relevant for the EU labour market and education and training system known as the classification of European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations (ESCO). 2.The ESCO classification shall directly support the functioning of Europass by providing a common reference language for exchanging information and documents on skills and qualifications and for the purpose of job searching, job matching, searching for education and training opportunities and providing learning and career guidance.Article 6 deleted Occupations (ESCO)

2017/04/26
Committee: EMPL CULT

Monika SMOLKOVÁ, Marita ULVSKOG

Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) ensure that ~~adequat~~effective promotion and information activities are carried out at Union and national level in order to reach relevant users and stakeholders;

2017/04/26
Committee: EMPL CULT

Monika SMOLKOVÁ, Marita ULVSKOG

Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d

(d) regularly update the ESCO classification, in close cooperation with Member States and with stakeholders, such as social partners, professional associations, education and training institutes, research institutes, statistics institutes and employment services.deleted

2017/04/26
Committee: EMPL CULT

Monika SMOLKOVÁ, Marita ULVSKOG

~~(c) support the implementation of article 14 of the Regulation (EU) 2016/589 in relation to the ESCO classification, and support the continuous update of ESCO;~~deleted

2017/04/26
Committee: EMPL CULT

Monika SMOLKOVÁ, Marita ULVSKOG

Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point g

(g) monitor the activities of the National Skills Coordination Points, the consistency of information they provide for the analysis of trends in skills supply and demand, and the information provided on learning opportunities to the relevant portal at Union level;deleted

2017/04/26
Committee: EMPL CULT

Monika SMOLKOVÁ, Marita ULVSKOG

Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) designate and manage, in accordance with national circumstances, a National Skills Coordination Point, to support coordination and cooperation among the national services referred to in this Decision;deleted

2017/04/26
Committee: EMPL CULT

Monika SMOLKOVÁ, Marita ULVSKOG

Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b

~~(b) ensure, through the National Skills Coordination Point, the timely and effective provision of data and information available at national level for the updating of the Europass framework;~~deleted

2017/04/26
Committee: EMPL CULT

Monika SMOLKOVÁ, Marita ULVSKOG

Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)

(da) ensure the visibility of Europass and its promotion at national level through education and training bodies and other stakeholders in the area of education, training and employment;

2017/04/26
Committee: EMPL CULT

Monika SMOLKOVÁ, Marita ULVSKOG

Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 2

2. Each National Skills Coordination Point shall: (a)coordinate, in cooperation with the relevant national bodies, the activities related to the implementation of Europass tools and services at national level; (b)promote and provide information on guidance for learning and career purposes and make information on learning opportunities publicly available at national level and in the Union web- based tool; (c)monitor the collection and dissemination of evidence based and real- time information on skills at national and regional level; (d)support the transparent referencing of levels of qualifications within national qualifications frameworks to the EQF, provide information on the EQF to national stakeholders and communicate the results of the referencing process and on qualifications to the Union web-based tool; (e)support cooperation at national level among public and private stakeholders on skills related issues in economic sectors; (f)involve all relevant stakeholders in the activities under their responsibility; (g)implement or support any other activities as agreed by the Commission and Member States at EU level.deleted

2017/04/26
Committee: EMPL CULT

Monika SMOLKOVÁ, Marita ULVSKOG

Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 3

~~3. The National Skills Coordination Points shall be the beneficiary of Union financing awarded for the implementation of this Decision.~~deleted

2017/04/26
Committee: EMPL CULT