Activities of Andrew LEWER related to 2015/2006(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on promoting youth entrepreneurship through education and training PDF (213 KB) DOC (148 KB)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas entrepreneurship is an importantthe critical driver of economic growth and job creation as it creates new companies and jobs, opens up new markets, improves productivity and creates wealth;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas recent studies showuggest that entrepreneurship can be learned and that entrepreneurship education, if correctly designed, can have a positive impact on employment rates, start-up rates and survival rates of enterprises;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas education and training are mainly national competencies and mshould remain so. The EU’s main contribution to fostering entrepreneurship should be in encouraging and facilitating the exchange of best practice and not trying to broaden its scope to encroach upon the freedom of its Member State’s educational policies through EU regulation. Most Member States have yet to develop a cross- cutting policy or a strategic approach to entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial curricula and teaching methods; whereas teachers and education leaders in Europe are not sufficiently trained in entrepreneurship education, either through continuous professional development or through their initial training, which has a negative impact on the potential for entrepreneurship to become embedded in education systems13 ; __________________ 13 Budapest and Istanbul European Training Foundation symposium conclusions.
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges the role of lifelong learning as a key measure in European Member States’s response to globalisation and the shift to knowledge-based economies, and specifically the importance of ‘a sense of initiative and entrepreneurship’, which is among the eight ‘Key Competences for Lifelong Learning ‒ A European Reference Framework’ which it suggests are needed by all individuals for personal fulfilment and development, active citizenship, social inclusion and employment;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Council and the Commission, within their respective competences, to develop methodological support and tools forto be available to national education systems in the area of entrepreneurship education and training;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to increase the focus on improving entrepreneurship skills within the Erasmus+ programme and to promote education policy reforms in Member States in this regard;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to create a European Entrepreneurship Education Network to gather together and make available good practice to be shared by schools, organisations, businesses, authorities and other stakeholders at European, national and local levels provided the funds are sourced from existing budgets and by reallocating departmental priorities, not simply adding to them;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to provide more effective coordination and leadership in the area of entrepreneurship education in the context of the EU’s global strategies and the Juncker Commission’s plan;