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25 Amendments of Anthea McINTYRE related to 2017/2002(INI)

Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas the EU is a platform best positioned to share best practices and support mutual learning among Member States;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
K a. whereas social and emotional skills together with cognitive skills are important for individual well-being and success;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
L a. whereas ageing population in Europe increases demand for healthcare professionals, social care and medical services;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)
L b. whereas low-skilled population faces an increased risk of unemployment and social exclusion;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L c (new)
L c. whereas the poor image and attractiveness of VET together with low quality VET education in some Member States discourages students from taking up career in promising fields and sectors with labour force shortage;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Stresses that quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) are crucial prerequisites for development of skills; urges Member States to increase enrolments in ECEC to build strong foundations for future learning and skills acquisition;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Maintains that entrepreneurship is a feasible option to support participation in the labour market for many people with disabilities; points in this regard to a potential of improving digital skills of people with disabilities and the importance of increasing awareness of entrepreneurship as a potential labour market activity;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States for actively inclusive approach in designing policies in education, training, entrepreneurship to help transform the cycles of poverty and marginalization of the people with disabilities.
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Calls on the Member States to provide support for work-based, inter- company training and skill development for SMEs;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Stresses the need to ensure that qualifications are meaningful to employers by involving labour market actors in their design;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States for a targeted action in re- skilling and validating the skills of parents returning to work after a period taking care of family dependants;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Asks for validation and recognition arrangements to be put in place by 2018 to ensure that the upskilling pathways are a success20 ; notes in this regard the importance of policy response aimed at groups furthest from the labour market _________________ 20 Council Recommendation of 19 December 2016.
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Stresses the importance of career guidance in supporting low-skilled adults; notes in this regard the importance of capacity and quality of the Member States' public and private employment services;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20 b. Notes the need to provide easily accessible information in accessible form on how the adults benefit from improved skills throughout their careers;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20 c. Calls on Member States to further develop their validation systems and increase awareness of available validation service; encourages them to build more accessible, attractive and open pathways to further education, e.g. continuing VET learning;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 d (new)
20 d. Stresses that more needs to be done to open up validation of skills to labour market and third sector initiatives; encourages other stakeholders to take part in validation activities while ensuring the desired set of quality conditions;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 375 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26 a. Stresses the need to develop VET teachers' competences to deliver entrepreneurial skills to students in close cooperation with the SMEs; stresses in this regard the promotion of flexible recruitment practices (e.g. teachers with industry experience);
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 380 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26 b. Calls on the Member States to reflect the growing need of support teaching personnel, such as classroom assistants and special needs learning support assistants;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 391 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. Maintains that the main responsibility for the quality of VET education lies at the Member State and regional level; calls for Commission's effort to promote vocational education and to facilitate the exchange of best practices.
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 392 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27 b. Calls on the Member States to improve data collection mapping the career trajectories of VET learners to better address their employment prospects, assess the quality of VET education and inform student's career choices;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 407 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a. Recommends the Member States to provide incentives to recruit candidates for teacher profession with high-level competencies and to reward effective teachers;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 413 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29 a. Calls on the Member States to expand second chance education and training opportunities to better integrate groups at risk to the labour market;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 416 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 b (new)
29 b. Calls on the Member States to invest strongly into teachers' lifelong learning experience in order to reflect changes in education and to ensure their continuous professional development;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 424 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Urges the Commission to make the information on skills, training and available funding accessible to as wide a group of people as possible, taking into account the wide variety of impairments; calls on the Member States to make the design of websites and online platforms providing information on support services and funding accessible to people with disabilities;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT
Amendment 461 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34 a. Takes the view that ensuring the availability of information on sources of available financing options, programs and up-skilling is available in accessible formats and the financing programmes do not discriminate based on disability;
2017/04/12
Committee: EMPLCULT