9 Amendments of Heinz K. BECKER related to 2018/0191(COD)
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The Programme should encourage youth participation in Europe's democratic life, including by supporting participation projects for young people to engage and learn to participate in civic society, raising awareness about European common values including fundamental rights, bringing together young people and decision makers at local, national and Union level, as well as contributing to the European integration process. One specific aim of the programme should be to encourage young people to think critically about and familiarise themselves with the European institutions.
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) The Programme should offer young people more opportunities to discover Europe through learning experiences abroad. It should be able to show that it enables young people to familiarise themselves with and think critically about the European institutions. Eighteen year olds, in particular those with fewer opportunities, should be given the chance to have a first-time, short- term individual or group experience travelling throughout Europe in the frame of an informal educational activity aimed at fostering their sense of belonging to the European Union and discovering its cultural diversity. Places on the DiscoverEU Programme should be allocated to young people throughout Europe in a geographically balanced way. The Programme should identify bodies in charge of reaching out and selecting the participants and support activities to foster the learning dimension of the experience.
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) The Programme should have a clear educational objective. It should offer young people access to the European institutions and also enhance the learning of languages, in particular through widened use of online tools, as e-learning offers additional advantages for language learning in terms of access and flexibility.
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24 a (new)
Recital 24 a (new)
(24a) In the context of DiscoverEU, the Programme should pursue a clear educational objective, focusing on imparting knowledge in the area of European education policy. It should do more to draw attention to Union projects. It should include a mandatory visit to the European institutions.
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24 b (new)
Recital 24 b (new)
(24b) DiscoverEU must offer all young people in Europe the same opportunities and impose the same requirements on them. The Commission must ensure that places are awarded in a geographically balanced way. After the trip, the participants' personal experiences must be recorded, scrutinised and assessed on the basis of measurable criteria, in order to determine the European added value.
Amendment 195 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 25
(25) 'people with fewer opportunities' means people facing obstacles that prevent them from having effective access to opportunities under the Programme fwho need additional support due to the fact that they are at a disadvantage compared to their peers because of various obstacles, for example disability, age, health problems, educational difficulties, socio-economic status, cultural differences or economic, social, cultural, or geographical or health reasons, a migrant background or for reasons such as disability abstacles, including people from a marginalised community, a migrant background or at risk of facing discrimination based on any of the grounds educational difficultiesnshrined in Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
Amendment 218 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the mobility of adult education learners and staff;
Amendment 236 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) intergenerational exchange activities between youth and older persons.
Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) structured dialogue with young people and structured intergenerational dialogue;