20 Amendments of Julie WARD related to 2015/2351(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
- having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 19 January 2016 on the role of intercultural dialogue, cultural diversity and education in promoting EU fundamental values,
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas young people are the future and should be seen as a resource with tremendous potential for the future of European societies;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas it is crucial to incorporate a gender perspective into youth policies which takes into account the specific circumstances and challenges faced by young women and girls, at all stages of the policy process; whereas specific gender-sensitive measures must be included in youth policy on issues such as fighting violence against women and girls, sex and relationship education, and education on gender equality;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
Recital I c (new)
Ic. whereas the needs of young people suffering from multiple discrimination, including young people with disabilities or with mental health conditions, and young people identifying themselves as LGBTI, must also be given special consideration when designing and implementing youth policies;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I d (new)
Recital I d (new)
Id. whereas social inclusion and social mobility must be central priorities of European youth strategy, and it must therefore specifically target young people from vulnerable groups, such as young people facing poverty and social exclusion, young people from isolated rural areas or those from marginalised communities such as ethnic minorities or refugees and asylum seekers;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the importance of the role of family and its cooperation with schools, local communities and churchand faith communities to guide young people towards full integration in society;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls the value of including an intergenerational dimension to youth policies and the need to create better dialogue between different generations;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the need to include elements of entrepreneurial learning at all levels of education and training, which should be gender-sensitive and include a social dimension that addresses such subjects as fair trade, social enterprises, and alternative business models, such as co- operatives, in order to strive towards a more social, inclusive and sustainable economy, and the need to promote and uphold policies to foster youth entrepreneurship in the cultural and creative field in order to create jobs;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Recalls that the creative industries are amongst the most entrepreneurial and fast growing sectors, and creative education develops transferable skills such as creative thinking, problem- solving, teamwork, and resourcefulness; acknowledges that arts and media sectors are of particular appeal to young people;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the importance of the validation of skills 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 and social entrepreneurship;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Invites the Member States and the Commission to establish innovative and flexible grants for nurturing talent in the field of culture and education;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to pursue youth and education programmes that empower and facilitate young women and girls entrance into traditionally male-dominated sectors where they are under-represented, such as entrepreneurship, ICT or science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM);
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Reiterates the enormous potential of synergies between STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) and ICT sectors and the fields of arts and design, and the creative industries, making STEM into STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics), and emphasises the potential of such synergies bringing more young people, particularly women and girls into STEM fields;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Recalls that young women and men of different socio-economic circumstances face different labour-market conditions at different ages; calls on the Commission and Member States to include such gender-specific and socio-economic considerations in the design and implementation of youth and labour market policies such as the Youth Guarantee;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Underlines the importance of strategic investment, including from the European Structural and Investment Funds, for regional development, competitiveness and the creation of high-quality traineeships, apprenticeships and sustainable jobs; notes that special attention should be paid to young people who are neither in employment nor in education and training, so-called NEETs; highlights that young women are more likely to be economically inactive than their male counterparts;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Urges the Member States to invest more and not to cut their national budget funding for youth policies, the arts, culture and education;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for stronger partnerships between youth organisations and public authorities; considers the role of youth, arts and sports organisations in developing young people’s participatory skills and in improving the quality of the decision-making process especially important;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses the vital importance of sportsinformal and non-formal learning, arts, sports, volunteering and social activities for encouraging youth participation;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission to tmake advantage of the dynamism of social media in education, training and youth participationthe most of new digital tools and fully exploit the opportunities offered by social media in education, training, to provide targeted high quality media training encouraging the development of media literacy and critical thinking, and to promote and encourage youth participation in decision making as well as in the civic, cultural and social life of society;