12 Amendments of Jana TOOM related to 2015/2327(INI)
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights that one of the main end results of Erasmus+ should be closing the skills gap and increasing employability; in this context, outlines that, when measuring the programme's efficiency and success, these indicators should be taken into account;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Regrets that organisations representing amateur sportspeople at local level are highly underrepresented as project participants in the implementation of grassroots sports projects; welcomes the introduction of Small Collaborative Partnerships with reduced administrative requirements as an important step in enabling smaller grassroots sports organisations to take part in the programme; notes that the practice should be extended to other branches of the Erasmus+ project funding especially for volunteer organisations;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Encourages the National Agencies, besides managing the top-down implementation of the Erasmus+ programme, also to focus on setting up a forum for constructive dialogue between the authorities in charge with education and labour policies in each Member State, in order to enhance the cooperation aiming to close the skills gap; considers that this undertaking and the data it would gather may be essential during the mid-term evaluation of Erasmus+;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that, despite clear improvements in recognition and validation systems in education and VET, problems still persist; calls for specific targets such as the implementation of a fully operational credit transfer system and recognition, and for validation of competences acquired through non-formal and informal learning.; outlines that the European Voluntary Service (EVS) aims to increase skills and encourage learning, therefore considers that this experience should be recognised for its value with the aim of raising the employability of the EVS participants;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses the important role of the Programme Committee, as imposed in the regulation 1288/2013 establishing Erasmus+, as a key actor in the implementation of the programme and furthering the European added value through an enhanced complementarity and synergy with the Erasmus+ and policies at national level; calls a stronger role of the Programme committee and its role in policy decisions; invites the Commission to share detailed information about the distribution of centralized funds to the Programme Committee;
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Taking into account the importance of multilingualism in raising the employability of young people1a , considers that more efforts should be made to promote and support multilingualism in the Erasmus+ programme; __________________ 1aJRC Science and Policy Report on Languages and Employability, 2015
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to ensure the regular exchange of information and good cooperation between national authorities, the implementation bodies at European level and national agencies on both decentralised and centralised programme actions;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for searching possible ways for volunteering to be eligible as a source of own contributions to the project budget especially in Sport, bearing in mind that Erasmus+ enables the recognition of volunteer time as co-financing in the form of contributions in kind;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Commission to allocate more funds to sport with a focus on grassroots sport and education to enhance its visibility, to promote physical activity and to make sport more accessible to all citizen in EU;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Suggests that the priority should be to refrain from further harmonisation and major changes in the structure of the programme, and instead to safeguard and consolidate achievements and make incremental improvements where necessary while critically examining the underused instruments such as the Erasmus Master's Loan Scheme;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls not only for the current budget level to be secured for the next programme generation under the new MFF, but considers a further budget increase to be an important step for the continued success of the programme with specific commitment to secure sufficient funding for both student and youth mobility in the form of increased grants, paying specific attention to increasing the mobility of underrepresented groups;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Suggests that the Commission re- evaluates the payment schemes of the approved Erasmus+ project grants so that smaller, often volunteer-based organisations would be able to take part in the Erasmus+ project applications;