13 Amendments of Heinz K. BECKER related to 2013/2045(INI)
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a (new)
(a) Points out that lifelong learning starts with early childhood education and stresses that language skills above all must be promoted in a fun way;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b (new)
(b) Calls for more vocational education and training for teaching staff, especially as regards modern teaching methods and the use of new technologies;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and Member States to further improve the transparency and recognition of qualifications within the Union, in particular through the European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training, Europass and the European Qualifications Framework, and especially to secure the cross-border recognition of non-formal and informal learning;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Youth Guarantee Scheme; calls on Member States to commit themselves to implementing the scheme in an efficient and timely manner; highlights the need for sufficient funding for the initiative through the European Social Fund and other EU structural funds. and notes that creating jobs for young people is a key objective of cohesion policy, supported both by the ERDF and the ESF;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the decision of the EPSCO Council on 28 February 2013 to agree on a Council recommendation on implementing a Youth Guarantee; recommends extending eligibility towelcomes the extension of the target groups to include graduates aged under 30; stresses that the success of this measure will be highly dependent on other factors, e.g. the infrastructure and capacity of public and strengthened private employment services, the availability of student places, the provision of training and, apprenticeships, and the transferability and implementation of successful experiences from other Member States; stresses that the Youth Guarantee must be integrated within the broader framework of active labour market policies while ensuring high quality standards;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recommends that, in Member States with a dual vocational training system, there should be an ‘alternative apprenticeship’ scheme, and thus a Youth Guarantee in the form of vocational training in more than one company, for young people under the age of 18 who cannot obtain an apprenticeship; in countries without dual vocational training, steps should be taken to implement an appropriately adapted system;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point a (new)
Paragraph 5 – point a (new)
(a) Calls on the Member States to consider tried and tested practices, especially those of Member States with low unemployment rates, and to explore whether concepts such as dual education and training and vocational schooling, as well Youth Guarantee schemes already implemented, may be compatible with their national systems;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point a (new)
Paragraph 6 – point a (new)
(a) Notes that play-based early-years education can put children on the right track for successful schooling, and highlights the prime importance, in this context in particular, of initial training and specialist further training for teachers;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for an ambitious holistic policy approach which looks at education, training, employment and self-employment initiatives, for all young people at all the various levels, in an integrated way, clearly giving priority to employability without, however, curtailing the scope of education and training as a whole;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to ensure high-quality frameworks for traineeships, backed up by financial support and mandatory monitoring, as well as a common quality standard for traineeships and work placements, with all traineeships of over one month being remunerated in accordance with work performed; stresses that active promotion and awareness- raising in respect of such programmes is needed among entrepreneurs;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Encourages the Member States to foster the mobility of young workers by means of further progress towards the mutual recognition of qualifications and skills and enhanced coordination of national social security systems, especially as regards pension systems, as well as by continuing to invest substantially in early childhood education and language learning;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Member States to properly recognise and validate non-formal learning and informal education and acquired skills, as a form of valorising competencies required on the labour market;
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Member States to develop personalised career counselling and guidance, starting already during secondary school or provided by secondary schools, with the aim of enabling young people to make well-informed choices about their higher education, while introducing mechanisms that can monitor the opportunities offered and assess the success rate of those young people’s subsequent transition to work;