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20 Amendments of Brando BENIFEI related to 2015/2351(INI)

Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas youth policy should be rights-based and support the development of all young people, ensuring the fulfilment of young people's rights and potential, while avoiding stigmatising specific groups;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas it is important to ensure that young people receive the best possible training as today’s European youth is facingeducation and training, in order to tackle high unemployment and NEET rates, and in particulars well as poverty, whereas young people with poor qualifications are more likely to be unemployed and excluded from society;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Views the Open Method of Coordination as an appropriateinsufficient means for framing youth policies that needs to be complemented by other measures; reiterates its call for closer cooperation on youth issues at local, regional, national and EU level; urges the Member States to agree on clear indicators and benchmarks in order to allow for monitoring of the progress made;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of the Structured Dialogue as a means of listening toinvolving young people, both youth organisations and non- organised individuals, aboutbased on their real needs in order to conduct the implementation and development of youth policies more effectively at all levels and to foster active citizenship among young people; calls for further strengthening of the Structured Dialogue as a quality process of participatory decision-making;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the importance of involving young people and youth organisations in shaping the priorities and drafting a new EU Youth Cooperation Framework after 2018;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Considers the sharing of best practices, evidence-based policymaking, expert groups, peer learning activities and reviews to be important tools in result-oriented cross-sectorial cooperation to support young people; stresses the importance of disseminating the results of these activities to maximise the impact;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the importance of the role of family and its cooperation with schools, local communities and churches to guidefostering cooperation in the field between relevant stakeholders in order to empower young people towards be fully integrationcluded in society, providing a safe space for growing and learning;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Urges the Member States to address without a delay the shortcomings of the implementation of the European Youth Guarantee such as quality of job offers, their sustainability and precariousness, further education and training, social inclusion, synergies with other policy fields (education system, labour market, social services and youth policies) and cooperation between all relevant stakeholders, in order to integrate young people in the labour market and reduce youth unemployment rates, as well as to achieve a long-term positive impact in terms of prevention of social and labour market exclusion of young people in transition from school to the labour market;
2016/03/29
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Member States to make full use of the finances currently available for the European Youth Guarantee; furthermore urges for a substantial increase in funding under the revision of the MFF 2014-2020;
2016/03/29
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Calls for the focus the European Youth Guarantee on education and training for young unskilled or low skilled unemployed to be enlarged to also cover young graduates and those who have already completed vocational training, as well as for the extension of the age limit of the Youth Guarantee from 25 to 29 years to reflect the reality that many graduates and labour market entrants are in their late 20's;
2016/03/29
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Stresses the importance of the next cycle of the EU Youth Strategy to include young refugees and asylum seekers in its objectives, ensure their equal and non- discriminatory treatment, access to education, training and employment, their social inclusion and thus help them build their identity in the host countries, make use of their talents and potential and avoid their marginalisation and disenchantment;
2016/03/29
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to make the best use of available EU and national policies and financial frameworks in order to promote investment in young people and jobthe creation of quality jobs;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Urges the Member States to implement fully the Youth Guarantee, based on a strong cooperation between employment services and the education system; recalls that the Youth Guarantee should be integrated in national employment plans, but also in youth policy plans and education plans; underlines that the involvement of youth organisations in the evaluation, the implementation and the communication of the Youth Guarantee is crucial for its success;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls for the continuation of the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI); calls for subsequent adjustments in regulation and resources to be proposed to overcome existing implementation impediments up to the end of the current financial framework;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls for measures to facilitate the transition of young people from education to the labour market by providing quality internships and apprenticeships, while ensuring access to social protection and fair remuneration are guaranteed and any sort of discrimination is prevented;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the importance of the validation of skillcompetences that have been acquired through informal, non-formal and lifelong learning as their validation is crucial in making visible the diverse and rich learning of individuals and contributes to the development of values, aptitudes and skills for young people as well as for learning about citizenship and democratic involvement;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Encourages the Member States to make full use of the Erasmus+ programme in order to improve the employment prospects of young people, foster cross- border career and labour mobiliby targeting all people regardless of their education level in order to support young Europeans through cross-border experiences and intercultural learning in their personal development, also broadening their opportunities and chances to participate in both the labour market and society;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Stresses the value of youth organisations as providers of citizenship learning and education of democratic values, skills and competences, and recognises their contribution to improving youth participation in democratic processes;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses the vital importance of sports and social activities for encouraging youth participation and social cohesion;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses that young people’s voluntary activities should be supported and better recognised for their value as an important form of non-formal learning, contributing to the development of key competences for life;
2016/04/27
Committee: CULT