Activities of Monika PANAYOTOVA related to 2013/2045(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on tackling youth unemployment: possible ways out
Amendments (17)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph A a (new)
Paragraph A a (new)
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph B a (new)
Paragraph B a (new)
Ba. whereas both school and university teachers face unprecedented challenges of the rapidly changing global economic environment, which requires the development of new skills and set of competencies, innovative approaches and modern methods of teaching as a key factor for prosperous education and employability of youth;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph C a (new)
Paragraph C a (new)
Ca. whereas with a view of the MFF 2014-2020, a comprehensive analysis of EU funds, invested in education, training and tackling youth unemployment during the 2007-2013 program period, is needed. An integrated approach and synergy effect among the various programmes and resources of national and EU funding will contribute to the successful implementation of the youth employment measures;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is strongly concerned at the budget cuts by Member States in the field of education, training and youth, and recalls that budget allocations to education and training should be perceived as a necessary and invaluable investment for the future. Therefore, emphasizes the need for reforms in the educational systems of the Member States through national and EU resources, for a more cost-effective and competitive youth education;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for the establishment of a common system of result and impact indicators to evaluate the progress achieved under the different programmes, containing employment measures in the context of their effectiveness and efficiency and not only in terms of their financial quantitative implementation;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Member States and the respective institutions to prioritise in their educational programmes the sectors of sciences, technologies, engineering and mathematics in their educational programs in order to meet the expected needs for highly-qualified labour force;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls on the Member States to foster youth participation in shaping sectoral policies, related to their development. Being real participants and not only observers and/or beneficiaries of the processes will contribute to the better legitimacy and added value of the youth policy-making;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for a further promotion of the triangle of knowledge - education, business, science in the EU regions, which would enable young people to be more competitive on the EU labour market. Emphasises the importance of studying foreign languages as a prerequisite for further capacity-building, mobility and better realization of young people in the Single Market;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas, despite the high youth unemployment rate in the EU, a human resources gap exists in certain fields, such as the increasing demand for highly- qualified labour force in IT and R&D sectors.
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Youth Guarantee Scheme; highlights the Commission's EU Loan Guarantee Scheme for full-time Masters' students in the EU and third countries for further facilitating the youth mobility and multi-dimensional university ranking; 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. ;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Suggests that sustainable employment of youths in the European labour market could be achieved by applying the "3R" formula - restart, reforms, regions. Restart the potential of the European Single Market by educating people in an entrepreneurial spirit, by mutual recognition of diplomas and qualifications, by improving the conditions for starting up business in Europe and elimination of the existing constraints for workers coming from certain EU countries. There is a need for a reform in the relationship between education and business. By promoting the triangle of knowledge - education, business, science in the EU regions, young people will be given the opportunity to acquire more competitive advantages and potential prospects for further realization on the labour market.
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the involvement of all relevant stakeholders, including training and education providers, individual employers, public and private employment services, social partners, third-sector organisations, and health and other authorities, is essential for the successful implementation of a variety of measures fostering youth employment and employability in an integrated fashion; emphasises that measures must be flexible so as to meet the continuously evolving needs on the labour market. Notes the need for a flexible and at the same time reliable contract relations, effective and active labour market policies and modern social security systems;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls the Member States to undertake measures to prioritise sectors of sciences, technologies, engineering and mathematics in their educational programs in order to meet expected future developments on the labour market.
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls the Member States to recognize the unprecedented challenges of the rapidly changing global economic environment, which both school and university teachers are facing. Notes that a key factor for prosperous education of youths and their prospects for work is the development of new skills and set of competencies, innovative approaches and modern methods of teaching and learning.
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the Commission's initiatives to create an EU Loan Guarantee Scheme for full-time Masters' students studying in a different European country which will further facilitate the youth mobility and foster the competitiveness between the European universities.
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls forthe Commission in cooperation with the Member States to create and implement 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. The application of an integrated approach among the various programmes and sources of national and EU funding in order to obtain synergy effect contributes to the successful implementation of the youth employment measures. In a view of the forthcoming programming period 2014-2020, suggests the Commission to make a comprehensive analysis on the EU programmes and the financial sources invested in education, training and tackling youth unemployment in the program period 2007-2013;
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Emphasises that all financial resources invested in actively combating youth unemployment should be spent effectively; calls on the Member States to introduce a monitoring and evaluation system for employment measures implemented, as well as a system of verification of the effectiveness of those measures, with a view to working increasingly towards evidence-based policies that can also be shared at EU level. In this regard, notes that the establishment of a common system of result and impact indicators would contribute to the evaluation of the progress achieved under the different programmes, containing employment measures in the context of their effectiveness and efficiency and not only in terms of their financial quantitative implementation;