9 Amendments of Mara BIZZOTTO related to 2009/2221(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the transition from education to work and between jobs is a structural challenge for young people all over the EU; whereas apprenticeships have a largely positive impact on young people'’s access to employment, especially if they enable the direct in-house acquisition of work skills and expertise,
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the Lisbon Strategy'’s benchmarks on youth and the modernisation of vocational training (VET) have not been fully met,
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas small and medium-sized enterprises play their part in the European economic fabric owing both to their number and to their strategic role in combating unemployment,
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Invites Member States to create efficient incentives, including tax relief, for public and private employers to hire young people, to pass on their expertise, to invest in job creation for young people and to support entrepreneurship among youth; recommends that steps be taken to preserve and pass on to young people the expertise and quality know-how traditionally present within the small and medium-sized enterprises operating on the internal market and which, if supported by up-to-date technological innovations, can enhance their competitiveness and productivity;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to establish inclusive and targeted labour market policies that secure the respectful inclusion and meaningful occupatinclusion of young people, e.g. through the setting-up of inspirational networks, trainee arrangements, international career centres and youth centres for individual guidancecareer guidance and advice, the facilitating of mobility, apprenticeships and the matching of labour market demand and local-level training supply;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for more and better traineeships; calls on the Commission and the Council to set up a European Quality Charter on Traineeships to ensure their educational value and avoid exploitationtheir misuse and substitution for formal employment;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recognises that, notwithstanding times of crisis, young people seek education and should be encouraged to do somust be encouraged to seek education and vocational training; calls on all Member States to secure equal access to education for all by guaranteeing a minimum right of 12 years free education and securing financial support for young students, in the form of ‘ad honorem’ loans and microcredit, and invites Member States to invest further in education and training, even if fiscal constraints are present;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Invites the Commission and Member States to foster a rapprochement of the worlds of work and education so that training paths such as dual training can be designed that combine theoretical notions with practical experience, in order to equip young people with the requisite general skills and specific expertise; invites the Commission and Member States also to invest in support for an awareness campaign on vocational training (VET) and technical and entrepreneurial studies, so that these career paths are no longer perceived as a disqualifying choice, but as a chance to fill gaps in the market for technical jobs, demand for which is markedly increasing, and to rekindle the European economy;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recognises the importance of young people being able to be financially independent and calls for Member States to ensure that all young people are individually entitled to a minimum level of income that secures for them the possibility of creatingundertake to make the arrangements for accessing the job market more flexible and reliable, thus ensuring that they can achieve this goal and that of an independent adult life;