23 Amendments of Therese COMODINI CACHIA related to 2015/2351(INI)
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Views the Open Method of Coordination as an appropriate means for framing youth policies; reiterates its call for closer cooperation on youth issues at local, regional, national and EU level; recommends to the Member States to agree on clear indicators and benchmarks in order to allow for monitoring of the progress made;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises that inclusion of youth with disability in employment is necessary so they can lead an independent life and be fully integrated in society as active participants and real contributors;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of the Structured Dialogue as a means of listening to young people, both youth organisations and non- organised individuals, about 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 strengthening the Structured Dialogue as a quality participatory tool for young people in the next cooperation to support framework for youth;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the importance of cross- sectoral cooperation at all levels and notably between the different EU strategies that affect young people (current and future EU strategies on Youth, Education and Training Strategy, Health, Employment, etc.);
Amendment 73 #
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 churches to guide young people towards full integration in society and emphasizes the role of youth workers and youth organizations in providing better opportunities for growing and learning;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the importance of promoting healthy lifestyles to prevent diseases and considers necessary to provide youth with correct information and assistance on serious mental health problems like tobacco, alcohol and drug use and addiction;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Underlines the importance of addressing poverty in youth from socio- economic deprived backgrounds, youth with unemployed parents or youths who didn't manage to break away from the socio-economic cycle of their family;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for targeted measures regarding early school leavers, who need guidance, skilling and training, and an effective system in early education that identify those who are at risk of becoming early schools leavers or NEETs so that they are assisted from a young age and steered away from this disadvantage;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for better coordination between education and training curricula and the needs of the changing labour markets; suggests that Member States take over best practices from each other in this respect;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Member States to provide opportunities for dual career for youths who are talented in sports so that they may develop their sport talent but still acquire education skills;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Underlines that to tackle youth's unemployment, Member States need well- trained career guidance personnel, who are knowledgeable of both the academic and vocational education opportunities and are aware of the current job market, the foresight of developments in the Member States and the new sectors in their economy;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Underlines the need to ensure that youth have the opportunity to attain at least basic digital skills and acquire knowledge and understanding about the media, in order to work, learn and actively participate in the modern society;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Encourages the Member States to provide support to young people to start their independent life and establish their own families with the help of housing allowances, preferences and reduction of personal income-taxes and to provide preferential student loans for students;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Emphasises the importance of addressing skills shortages and mismatches by promoting and facilitating mobility for learners through a better use of all EU tools and programmes; welcomes the transformation of the existing EU Skills Panorama website;
Amendment 159 #
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 education, sports and arts;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Stresses the importance of investing more in start-ups and in youth taking on entrepreneurship, facilitating their access to initial capital and to experienced business mentor hubs;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for stronger partnerships between youth organisations and public authorities; considers the role of youth and sports organisations in developing young people’s participatory skills and in improving the quality of the decision-making process especially important, with special regard to the fact that youths are contributors to society and are also solution providers to contemporary challenges of the European society;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for stronger partnerships between youth organisations and public authorities to increase opportunities for participation in policy making; considers the role of youth and sports organisations in developing young people’s participatory skills and in improving the quality of the decision-making process especially important;
Amendment 201 #
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;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses the vital importance of sports and social activities for encouraging youth participation and social cohesion as tools that can have a huge impact on local communities and can help address many of the societal challenges facing youth;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on Member States to promote democratic participation of youth students and assist youth in education through their associating in student organisations to participate in their education and to contribute to it;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Emphasizes that better understanding of EU values, the functioning of the EU and European diversity are crucial in order to promote the participation in democracy and to foster active citizenship among young people;
Amendment 223 #
25. Calls on the Commission to take advantage of the dynamism of social media in education, training and youth participation in order to increase employability and enhance entrepreneurship, innovation and culture;