9 Amendments of Heinz K. BECKER related to 2015/2257(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital 1 (new)
Recital 1 (new)
(1) whereas, according to Eurostat, unemployment has been still at 10.2 percent in 2014 despite the slow recovery; whereas across the EU, youth unemployment stands at 22.1 %, only 51% of workers between 55 and 64 work and the gender gap in the employment rate of older workers reaches 13.6 percentage points;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital 2 (new)
Recital 2 (new)
(2) whereas skills mismatches on the labour market persist, as shown by the high job vacancy rate in the European Commission's 2015 Autumn Economic Forecast;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Highlights that lifelong learning and vocational education and training are key to achieve better employment prospects to long-term unemployed; calls upon the Commission and member States to put all efforts into the attainment of the objectives of the European Strategy for Education and Training 2020; highlights that European mobility programmes such as Erasmus+ have a vital role to play in this field as well;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Notes that increased efforts on the part of the European Commission are needed to reduce the high amount of administrative burden for applicants as well as for host companies and institutions involved in Erasmus+ projects in order to facilitate the registration process under the principle of proportionality;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Welcomes the improved accessibility to programme-related-documents in all official EU languages; notes that the quality of the translation should be improved in order to avoid ambiguity and misconceptions for the participants;
Amendment 128 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls upon the Commission and Member States to intensify their efforts to recognise also informal and non-formal learning by processes of skills validation; highlights that this is especially important for older workers who lose their jobs and have acquired a rich experience through informal and non-formal learning, as well as for women coming out of career breaks for the care for children or family members dependent on care, where they have exercised tasks that are highly valuable in the formal workforce; calls for a European reference framework for skills acquired through formal and non- formal learning;
Amendment 137 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Deplores that non-formal learning has lost visibility and a share of the budget dedicated to it in the current Erasmus+ programme; highlights the importance of non-formal learning on European level, especially through youth work and senior volunteering; calls for non-formal and informal learning to have a clear and visible place in the Erasmus+ programme; further calls for the possibility to apply for large-scale adult education projects that would be governed by the same principles as sector skill alliances or knowledge alliances;
Amendment 141 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Calls on the Commission and Members States to take into account the positive role that 'seniors' can play in education and training of youth, particularly in the field of business and entrepreneurship, to maximise inter- generational exchange through traineeships and mentoring as well as facilitating experience-based learning in cross-generational teams;
Amendment 144 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7 d. Urges that Erasmus+ or similar programmes be put in place to provide education and training opportunities for older age groups, particularly for 50+ entrepreneurs or potential 50+ entrepreneurs, with a view to boosting employment in Europe;