10 Amendments of Zigmantas BALČYTIS related to 2011/2067(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. urges the Commission to take measures to help vulnerable workers, especially people who are low-skilled, unemployed, young or old, physically or mentally disabled or members of minorities, by providing career guidance services and developing targeted programmes to provide training and professional experience which are tailored to specific needs,
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to support the ‘Knowledge Alliances’ in order to develop new training programmes that will bridge innovation skills gaps and meet job market needs;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that the EU’s labour force must become more skilled, so as to be able to contribute and adapt to technological change and new approaches to the organisation of work; calls on the Member States to invest more heavily in education and training systems, to anticipate skills requirements, to align supply and demand and to provide careers advice services;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that the European Union does not have enough R&D intensive innovative firms and that the serious lack of skills in innovation and digital literacy means that SMEs cannot adopt innovative smart business models and new technologies;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission to observe the Think Small First principle and take the needs of SMEs into account when drawing up employment legislation;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the EU has undertaken to improve education levels, to reduce the school drop-out rate to less than 10 % by 2020 and to increase the rate of completion of tertiary or equivalent education to at least 40 %,
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Takes the view that there is insufficient emphasis on the potential of migrants from non-EU countries to meet the needs of the labour market; calls for an evaluation of the impact of migrants on the EU labour market and on job opportunities for EU citizens;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the vital importance of acquiring skills and competences through lifelong learning; believes that an overall strategy for education and lifelong learning should be adopted and, in particular, a new approach to adult education and training based on common principles, such as joint responsibility and partnership, effective financing mechanisms, flexible pathways and high- quality, targeted initial and continuing training;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that the combination of demographic change and changes in production chains calls for better employment, education and work organisation strategies in order to maximise the competitiveness of the European economy, minimise the loss of human capital and create new job possibilities; calls for priority to be given to the EU’s employment and skills development policy;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Member States to invest in reforms of education and training systems with a view to adapting to the needs of a changing market, technological requirements and new approaches to the organisation of work;