12 Amendments of Stelios KOULOGLOU related to 2021/2209(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
— having regard the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations in 2015;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)
Citation 8 b (new)
— having regard the UNDP publication entitled "Leaving No One Behind: Impact COVID-19 on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)";
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 c (new)
Citation 8 c (new)
— having regard the UN Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas COVID-19 has wiped out 20 years of educations gains and an additional 101 million or 9% of children in grades 1 through 8 fell bellow minimum readind proficiency levels in 2020;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
E b. whereas UNICEF estimates that more than 168 million children have lost a full year of education because of school closures due the COVID-19 lockdowns, while data from UNESCO shows that education has been significantly disrupted for 800 million students worldwide who lost two thirds of an academic year on average;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas according to the UN almost half of countries with data did not reach gender parity in primary school completion and that growing poverty and the shift to remote learning make children from the poorest households and other vulnerable groups less equipped to participate and more likely to drop out permanently or for extended periods;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
M a. whereas the unequal distribution of Covid vaccines worldwide disproportionately affects low-income countries, notably in Africa where only 7% of the population is fully vaccinated;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M b (new)
Recital M b (new)
M b. whereas no one is safe until the entire world population has been fully vaccinated, since, as shown again with Omicron variant, new variants will continue to emerge;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. CWithout prejudice to the provisions of the preceding paragraphs calls on the Member States to increase their contributions to the UN COVAX programme to ensure access to COVID-19 vaccines for third countries in order to allow them to put national COVID-19 vaccination campaigns in place that are in line with the guidelines set by competent national public health authorities and the World Health Organization, so as to ensure a speedy return to schools;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Urges the EU, in cooperation with the US and other WTO Members, to work on concrete ways to support the request from a majority of WTO members of granting a temporary waiver from certain provisions of the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Proprety Rights (TRIPS Agreement) for COVID 19 health products including their materials and components, method of manufacture at MC12 to scale up production and diversity suplly options to ensure equitable access to diagnostics, vaccines, therapeutics, and other relevant health products required for the containment, prevention, and treatment of COVID-19 and to ensure the delivery of these results by MC12;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission, the EEAS and the Member States to support the authorities of third countries in proactively issuing guidance on best practices in remote learning, and in ensuring that appropriate and safe tools, curricula and technology are used and are made accessible to children from low- income families, marginalised children and children with disabilities or learning difficulties, children in alternative care, and children living in remote areas or in environments where they are deprived of liberty or where internet access is not ubiquitous; reiterates the importance of digital learning as a great equaliser that enables educational institutions to reach all children at speed and scale, while at the same time fostering partnerships and working with a wide range of actors from civil society as well as the public and private sectors; recalls, however, that access to digital technologies is still not equitable or widespread and that it was one of the ways in which inequalities were exacerbated during the pandemic, which means that heavy investment is needed in this sector, in terms of both training and funding;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission, the EEAS and the Member States to support the authorities of partner countries in addressing the challenges in their education systems with the aim of making them capable of withstanding future crises, and making systems more resilient and inclusive, through planning for resilience, implementing learning recovery programmes and protecting educational budgets, with dedicated investments in high-quality, affordable and inclusive education, including investments in education technology, teacher training and other resources to ensure children and youth do not miss out on opportunities to enter the labour market later in life;