6 Amendments of Krystyna ŁYBACKA related to 2016/2008(INI)
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that ICT tools can increase the transparency of institutions at all levels and can in particular make EU legislative and policy-making processes more digitised, consultative, inclusive, trusted accountable, and fair, therefore strengthening trust of citizens;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls that digital education and literacy should not be limited to learning about tools and technologies, but should aim at equipping individuals with the critical thinking skills and digital curiosity necessary to exercise judgement, analyse complex realities, recognise the difference between opinions and facts, and resist all forms of indoctrination and hate speech, becoming therefore not only users of technologies, but responsible and active citizens in connected societies;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide training and support for teachers and educators, including supporting peer learning and exchange of best practices, in formal, non-formal and informal settings, so that educators feel digitally confident and able to prepare and provide the next generation of learners with the transferable skills and creative thinking techniques necessary to adapt in a fast changing world;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers it crucial that the EU should strategically launch e-democracy tools able to provide decentralised sources of independent information and innovative models of learning, and to stimulate citizens’ active participation and political engagement through participatory and direct democracy mechanisms able to reinforce and complement, where possible, representative democracy and to improve the quality of public debates;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Welcomes the support of civil society projects in the framework of the European programme "Europe for Citizens" in order to encourage citizens to engage in activities directly linked to EU policies, provide opportunities, education and training for direct participation in the policy making process, encourage democratic participation of citizens at EU level and foster European citizenship;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to develop and implement specific pilot projects, as provided for in the Digital Agenda, tocontinue its support for initiatives aiming at promoteing and reinforcestrengthening responsible and active European citizenship schemes, democracy being a social experience which needs to be experienced and learned about. through relevant EU funds and programmes, notably Erasmus+, the Connecting Europe Facility, the European Structural and Investment Funds, Horizon 2020 and Creative Europe, as well as through the development and implementation of specific pilot projects, in line with the Digital Agenda as provided for in the Digital Agenda;