5 Amendments of Terry REINTKE related to 2015/2088(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Member States to implement urgent structural reformdevelop their schemes of vocational education and training (VET), including apprenticeships and internships that include a strong work- based learning component, in order to facilitate school-to- work transitions; underlines in this context the potential of mutual learning and the exportation of best practice examples, but stresses at the same time that the specific strengths of each respective national system should not be eliminated and that a successful exportation of best practices is only possible if country-specific conditions are fully taken into account;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Reminds that education and skills policies should not be aimed at fulfilling labour market needs only, but also at equipping individuals with the necessary transversal competences to develop as active and responsible citizens; calls on the European Commission and the Member States to respect the fact that education and training constitute a fundamental right and carry a strong value in themselves;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. ERecalls that there are currently two million vacancies in the EU and emphasises the importance of addressing skills shortages and mismatches by facilitating the mobility of learners in VET, through a better use of tools such as the European Qualifications Framework, the European Skills Passport, the Youth Guarantee and the European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training; underlines in this context the importance of the adequate transferability of social rights within the Union and reiterates the importance of Erasmus+, the European Social Fund and EURES in this respect;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the need to strive for an individual approach to career development and lifelong education and training and believes that guidance and counselling which address individual needs and focus on the evaluation and expansion of individual skills must be a core element of education and skills policies from an early stage on;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Believes that non-formal education, particularly as developed in youth organisations, fosters creativity, sense of initiative and self-responsibility, and can increase young people's chances on the labour market and positively contribute to the success of VET; calls henceforth on the Member States to implement the 2012 Council Recommendation on the validation of non-formal and informal learning1a as a means to recognise competences acquired through non- formal education, particularly in the volunteer and youth sector, and support the implementation of lifelong learning policies. __________________ 1a OJ C 398, 22.12.2012, p. 1.