Activities of Silvia COSTA related to 2011/2067(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Agenda for new skills and jobs (debate)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises the importance, in order to achieve these objectives, of integrated pathways between education, training and work with a view to the gaining of professional and educational qualifications, and the need for initiatives in the area of adult education and the refreshing of basic skills; calls on the Member States, with a view to involving those groups that are in the weakest position because they are the least well educated and qualified, to develop nationwide careers advice services that can provide relevant information about training and educational opportunities, along with individual skills assessments;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the measures proposed in the Commission communication will require strong policy coordination; therefore urges Member States, and particularly their relevant ministries, to become more closely involved in the process of early identification of skills needs; strongly believes that when education and training programmes are being designed effective communication between employers and education institutions, using specific mechanisms, is essential; notes that instruments such as surveys of the job profiles and occupations required in different sectors – conducted on the basis of social partnership – must therefore receive adequate support;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that, in order to have highly qualified and skilled women workers on the labour market, it is necessary to provide women who face structural unemployment and difficulties with returning to work after maternity or parental leave with retraining opportunities and access to vocational training, regardless of the type of work contract, with the aim of improving their qualifications; stresses, furthermore, that it is necessary to provide women with access to active participation in life-long learning at every stage of their careers, and to promote technical and engineering studies among girls with a view to flexible adaptation of education and training to the needs of the labour market;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the need to maintain the craft tradition and its associated skills and to establish strategies for craft retail entrepreneurs, in order to maintain the cultural identity of the craft sector; notes that the promotion of traineeships as a means of integrating young people into this sector, with effective links between work and education or training in order to prevent abuses, may be an active policy measure worth encouraging;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States to review their social security systems and on the social partners to adjust their contractual arrangements by extending rights and safeguards to non-standard, atypical employment relationships;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Points out that the ability to communicate in foreign languages is considered important for all EU citizens and regarded as a useful skill by employers assessing applicants; therefore encourages this literacy requirement and supports the development of language teaching, particularly in the context of in-service training;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage the private sector to take all possible action to eliminate the gender pay gap and the major inequalities in terms of access, pay, career development, participation and governance, with the aim of improving women’s participation in the labour market.