12 Amendments of Theodoros ZAGORAKIS related to 2018/2034(INI)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that, despite the improvement of the economy in the euro area and the creation of new jobs, youth unemployment in some Member States remains unacceptably high and, while rates of youth unemployment have fallen since 2013, they differ widely between Member States;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Encourages the promotion of policies, such as the introduction of dual education systems, linking studies with the requirements of the labour market; stresses that an effective link between education, research and innovation can make a decisive contribution to job creation;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Points out the need to plan and promote organised and up-to-date vocational guidance programmes in schools, especially in the countryside and in border, mountainous and island regions;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Supports the mobility of student ands, worker mobilitys, athletes and artists in the EU and the euro area; is concerned, however, that substantial differences in living and working standards in the euro area trigger involuntary migration, further exacerbating the effects of the so-called brain drain; calls for future education and employment policies to reverse this phenomenon; a key prerequisite for combating the phenomenon of the brain drain is the creation of quality jobs, but also the promotion of effective education, training and career guidance strategies; calls for future education and employment policies to effectively address this phenomenon, for example, by encouraging young people to invest in their entrepreneurial skills;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Takes into account the positive role of open education and open universities in the process of acquiring knowledge and skills, particularly on-line training programmes for employees, as this is a dynamic form of learning that meets the current needs and the interests of the participants;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Stresses that one of the objectives of the Youth Guarantee is to ensure that all young people under the age of 25 years receive a good-quality offer of employment, continued education, apprenticeship or traineeship within a period of four months of becoming unemployed or leaving formal education; calls, therefore, for full implementation of the Youth Guarantee, with emphasis on quality offers and effective outreach to all NEETs 1a; highlights that this requires adequate financing in the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF post 2020) including an increase of the European Social Fund and an extension of the Youth Employment Initiative to at least € 21 billion; requests that national public investments for the Youth Guarantee and integration of the long- term unemployed be counted within a ‘silver rule on social investment' under the Stability and Growth Pact; _________________ 1aNEETs: Young people not in employment, education or training
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Supports a Skills Guarantee as a new right for everyone to acquire fundamental skills for the 21st century, including digital literacy; considers that the Skills Guarantee should involve individualised assessment of learning needs, a quality learning offer as well as systematic validation of skills and competences acquired, enabling their easy recognition on the labour market; underlines that the Skills Guarantee is an important social investment, requiring adequate financing at national and European level; calls, therefore, for an increase in the financing of the Skills Guarantee, possibly via an increased European Social Fund and a new convergence instrument for the Eurozone; requests that national public investments in the Skills Guarantee be considered within a 'silver rule on social investment' under the Stability and Growth Pact;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Reiterates the European Parliament’s call for the Erasmus+ envelope to be at least tripled in the next MFF with the aim of reaching many more young people, youth organisations and secondary school pupils and apprentices across Europe; calls for particular attention to be paid to people coming from a disadvantaged socio-economic background so as to enable them to participate in the programme, as well as to people with disabilities, in line with the EU’s and the Member States’ obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD);
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4g. Calls for a ‘silver rule’ on social investment to be applied when implementing the Stability and Growth Pact, namely to consider certain public social investments having a clear positive impact on economic growth (e.g. the Child Guarantee, the Youth Guarantee and the Skills Guarantee) as being eligible for favourable treatment when assessing government deficits and compliance with the 1/20 debt rule; highlights that fiscal consolidation should not undermine national co-financing of European funding for social investment;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to provide incentives and technical assistance to young people to set up their businesses and to propose measures to promote entrepreneurship through school curricula in the Member States;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the national authorities to consider granting tax relief or incentives for social contributions to companies investing in training their employees and recruiting new graduates;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Recognises and condemns the abusive employment conditions often experienced by professional athletes, such as bogus self-employment, the non- payment of wages, inadequate health, insurance and retirement pension standards, and points to the need to change the existing regulatory framework; calls upon the Commission to present a comprehensive action plan for the promotion of minimum employment standards for professional athletes, starting with the euro area countries covering all the social partners in the sports sector.