Activities of Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA related to 2014/2235(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Social entrepreneurship and social innovation in combating unemployment - Creating a competitive EU labour market for the 21st century - Precarious employment (debate) PL
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on creating a competitive EU labour market for the 21st century: matching skills and qualifications with demand and job opportunities, as a way to recover from the crisis PDF (220 KB) DOC (171 KB)
Amendments (15)
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that several important challenges are affecting Europe's labour market, including increasing demand for highly skilled labour, rapid technological change and development, mismatches between skills and demands of the labour markets, as well as an ageing society which requires that early retirement be made less attractive;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that the intra-EU labour mobility remains low (EU27: 0.29 %) due to still existing barriers, with high unemployment rates in some Member States and unfilled job vacancies in others;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Underlines the importance of social investments which aim is to create an activating state that provides workers with instruments enabling them an easy adaptation to changing social and economic conditions as well as to demands of labour markets;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls the importance of the mobility of workers for a competitive labour market, and stresses the need to reduce the administrative and linguistic barriers that are liable to restrain it and to further develop tools to facilitate mobility such as swift recognition of qualifications between Member States; encourages raising of awareness of and further improvement of the EU-wide EURES job portal;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that, in order to anticipate future skills needs, labour market stakeholders, including employers’ and employees’ organisations , education and training providers have to be strongly involved at all levels, in particular in designing and implementing vocational qualification programmes;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Stresses the importance of a regular monitoring of the imbalances on the labour market at regional and local level as well as the importance of forecasts of future skills' needs; encourages Member States to exchange good practice in this regards and all interested stakeholders to further develop monitoring and forecasting tools;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that training and re- qualification programs for the unemployed as well as skills assessment programs should be offered to people to enhance their chances on the labour markets and should be designed and implemented in close cooperation with employers’ associations, with a view to better aligning workers’ new skills with the needs of employers;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that it is of utmost importance to give personalised tailor- made guidance and counselling to jobseekers in how to look for a job and to ensure that their skills are recognisor which further education and training to undertake, and to ensure that their skills and qualifications are recognised and validated through ‘competences passports’ reflecting the skills acquired through both formal and informal learning;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Underlines the need to increase the adaptability of the workforce as a way to counter future shortages; calls on Member States to use the structural funds, especially the European Social Fund, for this purpose;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Underlines the importance of better synergies between education systems and the labour market, including exposure to the workplace, quality internships and cooperation with businesses;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Believes that close partnerships are needed between governments and, employers' and employees' representatives in order to develop long term strategies for respective national labour markets, identify the skills and qualifications which are and will be needed on the labour market and to find the best ways of tackling the problem of skill mismatches in all its dimensions;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Believes that teaching self- responsibility and problem- solving as well as fostering entrepreneurial education from an early age further improves links between school and the labour market, and can contribute to lowering unemployment levels;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Believes that incentives should be introduced for entrepreneurs whto invest their gains in training and apprenticeships for themselves as well as for employees as this will enable them to expand and create new job places;
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a. Regrets that Europe is still lagging behind with regards to technological development; therefore stresses the importance to train teachers and provide them with experience- based know- how that combines practice with theory, especially with regards to new technologies and digitalisation, so that they can convey this knowledge to students;
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Points at the potential lying behind the youth entrepreneurship; calls in this respect on the EU institutions and Member States to become more business- friendly and support young people in getting the right skills as well as in transforming their innovative and creative ideas into successful business plans;