18 Amendments of Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL related to 2016/2242(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the Youth Guarantee (YG) is a drive for policy change, it pushes public authorities to be more innovative and to focus increasingly on the transitions between education and work and the transitions between jobs; it has an important role in supporting measures to provide unemployed young people with the skills and experience needed to engage in employment and to become entrepreneurs, and also provides an opportunity to address skills mismatch;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the necessity of guaranteeing a long-term commitment through ambitious programming and stable financing from both the EU budget and the national budgets in order to offer a full access to all young people who are Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEETs) in the EU;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the important role of education and career guidance in preparing young people with the work ethics and skills needed by the job market; highlights the need to build trust between young people and public institutions providing career guidance, such as Public Employment Services; encourages investments in projects that strengthen the cooperation between education providers and Public Employment Services;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recalls that, according to the International Labour Organisation, an efficient Youth Guarantee requires an annual funding of approximately 45 billion EUR for the EU-28; this funding should be viewed as an investment, given the significant reduction that it will produce, if effective, in the costs associated with youth employment;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Indicates that measures supported by the YG also need to address structural challenges which young people not in education, employment or training (NEETS) face so as to ensure that they have a long-term impact; additional financial commitments by Member States are needed in the national budgets to address these structural challenges;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Notes that an evaluation of the YEI is to be concluded by the EC by the end of year 2017, and expects a swift introduction of the necessary adjustments to ensure a successful implementation; stresses the importance of a continued assessment of the performance of the YEI by relevant stakeholders, including youth organizations;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Expects an ambitious political commitment for the next MFF and recalls that is should be financed with new appropriations, and not through flexibility instruments or redeployments of the existing budgetary appropriations;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses that the development of one-stop-shops should be supported to increase the positive impact of the Youth Guarantee by ensuring that all services and guidance are available for young people at one location;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses that the evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of the Youth Guarantee has to evaluate the quality of the Youth Guarantee offers; Highlights the need to define a quality framework with quality standards for the Youth Guarantee offers;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Notes that lack of visibility of the scheme can result in difficulty to reach out all young people; recommends to increase the possibility to fund local campaigns organised with all relevant local partners, including youth organisations, and support the development of platforms for young people to register to the scheme; recommends that the information related to the Youth Guarantee is accessible and understandable for everyone;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls for a diversification of funding channels involving local, regional and national levels to better reach out to all young people;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Welcomes extending the age limit of the Youth Guarantee eligibility to 29 for the countries that have requested this;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the manner in which Member States implement schemes approved under the YG and to put in place a comprehensivetransparent, comprehensive and open-data monitoring system that covers cost efficiency, structural reforms and measures targeting individuals;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Stresses the need of tailoring the measures to local context needs in order to increase their impact, for example through closer involvement of local employers' representatives, local training providers and local authorities;Calls for a diversification of funding channels involving local, regional and national levels to better reach out to all NEETs;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Notes that lack of visibility of the scheme can result in difficulty to reach out all young people;Recommends to increase the possibility to fund local campaigns organised with all local partners, including youth organisations, and support the development of platforms for young people to register to the scheme;Recommends that the information related to the Youth Guarantee is accessible and understandable for everyone;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes with regret that most Member States have not established a definition of a ‘quality offer’; urges the Member States and the Commission, within the framework of the Employment Committee of the European Union (EMCO), to use the existing networks to work on the development of commonly agreed characteristics of this concept taking into consideration the European Quality Framework for Traineeships and the Joint statement of the European social partners "Towards a Shared Vision of Apprenticeships" and the CJEU case law on precarious employment; welcomes the ECA’s recommendation in its Special report No 5/2017 that more attention needs to be paid to improving the quality of offers;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes that most issues causing delays to implementation of the YEI by the Member States are of a procedural and structural nature; calls on the MS concerned to continue making efforts to improve its implementation; additional financial commitments by MS are needed in the national budgets to address these structural challenges;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Recognises the significant efforts made by the Member States to implement the YG; observes, however, that most reforms have not yet been fully implemented, in particular in the forging of partnerships with social partners and young people in the design, implementation and assessment of the measures within the YG and in supporting those facing multiple barriers; concludes that considerable efforts and financial resources are needed in the long term to achieve the YG objectives;