8 Amendments of Isabella ADINOLFI related to 2017/2039(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the crucialAcknowledges the role of the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) in facilitating the implementation of the Youth Guarantee (YG), and thus in trying to tacklinge, on a Union-wide basis, the phenomenon of youth unemployment, which is reported to stand at around twice the average overall unemployment rate; welcomes, in this regard, the fact that despite the slow take-up of YEI, by October 2016 the number of unemployed young persons had significantly decreased;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that, despite the overall employment rates have slightly decreased, the number of unemployed young persons, with particular regard to Southern European Member States, e.g. Italy, Greece, Portugal and Spain, still remain very high and therefore Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) and the Youth Guarantee (YG), which did not meet the expected goals, cannot be considered the most effective solution to this phenomenon;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reminds that the main objective of YEI is to reach out to all those who are not in employment, education or training (NEETs), and therefore urges the Member States to invest more efforts in identifying and targetingdentify and target, through specific and effective measures, all the NEET population, especially the most vulnerable young people such as those with disabilities, taking account of their specific needs;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with concern that the most recent assessment reports1 point out that the first implementation phase of YEI tended to focus mostly on highly educated NEETs, rather than those who are low- skilled, inactive and not registered by the public employment services and therefore calls on Member States to address such situation by developing specific effective measures; __________________ 1 European Court of Auditors: Special report No 5/2017 on the implementation of the Youth Guarantee and the Youth Employment Initiative; first results of the Youth Employment Initiative - Final Report; European Commission: Youth Employment Initiative: European Implementation Assessment, October 2016; EPRS In-Depth Analysis, Jan Tymowski, June 2017.
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on Member States to establish effective and easily accessible ‘one-stop shops’ with the aim of providing high- quality services and guidance for young people at a single location;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls the importance of improving the quality and sustainability of offers, and further underlines the need to extend the eligible age limit from 25 to 29 in order to better reflect the reality that many young graduates and labour market entrants are in their late ’twentiesimplement measures able to avoid labour market segmentation and to favour long- term employment;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the need to extend the YEI beyond 2020 and to secure adequate funding for the next MFF, with a view to achievingCalls on the Commission to carry out a thorough assessment and to develop accordingly specific measures able to achieve effective sustainable results.