Activities of Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA related to 2013/2045(INI)
Reports (1)
REPORT on tackling youth unemployment: possible ways out PDF (348 KB) DOC (236 KB)
Amendments (19)
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is strongly concerned at the budget cuts by Member States in the field of education, training and youth which might cause that young people will be locked out in both education and employment, and recalls that budget allocations to education and training should be perceived as a necessary and invaluable investment for the future;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on Member States to undertake all necessary measures to prevent early school leaving and diminish level of drops-out and assure second-chance education of the highest possible standard which will reduce number of NEETs most vulnerable on long-term unemployment;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on Member States to support recognition of non-formal education as it plays a vital role in preparing young people for the labour market by developing crucial interpersonal skills demanded by employers;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the need to promote technical studies and professions among girls, as choosing such a path would make women more competitive on the labour market;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that, in order to strengthen women’s overall position on the labour market and to promote entrepreneurship more effectively, regional and international cooperation between female entrepreneurs should be supported, and the creation of networks of platforms for the exchange of experience and best practices should be encouraged;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Urges the Member States to make the greatest possible financial commitment, including by drawing on funds from national budgets, to fighting youth unemployment while taking account of the issue of gender, maintaining the high level of effectiveness of expenditure and applying methods that are appropriate to the specific conditions of individual labour markets;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Urges young girls to become involved to a greater degree in the activities of youth and student organisations, and subsequently in NGO activities in order to strengthen their position and increase their influence on issues relating to women’s social situation, such as employment;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the involvement of all relevant stakeholders, including training and education providers, individual employerregional and local authorities, public and private employment services, social partners, individual employers, training and education providers, third-sector organisations, and health and other authorities, is essential for the successful implementation of a variety of measures fostering youth employment and employability in an integrated fashion; emphasises that measures must be flexible so as to meet the continuously evolving needs on the labour market;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the decision of the EPSCO Council on 28 February 2013 to agree on a Council recommendation on implementing a Youth Guarantee; recommends extending eligibility to graduates aged under 30; stresses that the success of this measure will be highly dependent on other factors, e.g. the infrastructure and capacity of public and strengthened private employment services, the availability of student places, the provision of training and, apprenticeships, and the transferability and implementation of successful experiences from other Member States; stresses that the Youth Guarantee must be integrated within the broader framework of active labour market policies and monitored while ensuring high quality standards;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the Member States to boost their support for enterprises, cooperatives, local and regional authorities and third- sector organisations wishing to participate in Youth Guarantee schemes in close cooperation with public and private employment services, including through tax incentives, subsidies for fixed employment costs, and the possibility of accessing funding for on-site training, which will support enterprises in providing high-quality employment and training offers, and will represent an investment in young people's potential in an effective and targeted way;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to draw up in cooperation with local and regional authorities as well as with other potential stakeholders, further specific outreach strategies targeted on NEETs, which should combine effective forms of intervention aimed at tackling early school- leaving and the reintegration of early school-leavers with strategies facilitating a smooth transition from education to work, and an increase in the employability of young people, together with the removal of the practical and logistical barriers faced by young people with more complex needs;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to support young entrepreneurs and self-employment among young people by simplify an access to financial resources available for starting up their own business and creating facilities and preferential conditions for starting up their own businesses, through, e.g., cutting red tape and introducing favourable tax policies;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Highlights that, while internet economy creates 2.6 jobs for every "off line" job lost, it is important that young people turn e-skills in programming, design or social marketing into job using available European and national funding;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Member States to develop their Vocational education and training (VET) systems in accordance with labour market needs and demands and to promote continuous dialogue between the VET providers and employers to ensure that school- leavers have skills and competences adapted to employers'' expectations;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises that the Alliance for Apprenticeship should also support European and national, regional and local campaigns for changing perceptions of vocational education, and should organise a regular forum for discussions on the monitoring of the European apprenticeship strategy with all relevant European and national stakeholders; stresses that incentives should also be provided to facilitate funding for crossborder training activities enabling companies and social partner organisations to become involved in establishing dual education systems;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Encourages the Member States to foster theregional and cross-border mobility of young workers by means of further progress towards the mutual recognition of qualifications and skills and enhanced coordination of national social security systems, especially as regards pension systems, as well as by continuing to invest substantially in language learning;
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the need to introduce reforms to EURES with the aim of proactively matching jobseekers and job-changers to existing vacancies, and where necessary, to reform public employment services so as to better target their activities and approaches on young people; stresses that raising of awareness of EURES is needed so as to increase its visibility and availability, as a career advice system that supports students in becoming more aware of their aspirations and capabilities, as well as of existing job opportunities; Additionally, highlights a necessity of stronger coordination between EURES and other portals and services for citizens and business (i.e. Europe Direct information points or the European Enterprise Network for SMEs), in order to achieve greater efficiency and effectiveness of the services provided;
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Call on Member States to take all necessary actions, aside potential intensified mobility, to prevent the phenomena of brain drain through sustainable measures which assure that a good proportion of the highly-skilled labour forces will retain in individual countries;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Member States to develop personalised career counselling and guidance, starting already during secondary school, with the aim of enabling young people to make well-informed choices about their higfurther education, while introducing mechanisms that can monitor the opportunities offered and assess the success rate of those young people's subsequent transition to work;