Activities of Jasenko SELIMOVIC related to 2017/2224(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Modernisation of education in the EU (debate) SV
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on modernisation of education in the European Union
Amendments (8)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that the advanced character of the EU economy, as well as digitalisation, automation and robotisation of the EU labour market, has increased demand for high-level qualifications and skills, while demand for low-level qualifications and skills has decreased; , thus resulting in 756.000 unfilled vacancies for ICT professionals in the whole EU economy by 20201a; __________________ 1a ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=15 617&langId=en
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that new jobs are mainly created in the industries of renewable energy, green construction and retrofitting, transport, waste and water resource management; underlines skill shortages have already developed in certain “green” sectors and occupations, which are not well served by traditional training institutions; stresses that, in order to enable this economic transformation, the education sector in the EU would need to adapt to new business models and methods and meet the demand for new green skills;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights that action, both at EU and national level, is required to improve skills levels and qualifications among migrants to support effective integration into the labour market, as well as labour market reforms so that to better take opportunity of their existing skills and qualifications and help balance supply and demand in labour markets;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to continue their efforts to enable the recognition and validation of non-formal and informal learning – gained from free online courses such as MOOCs – which often broaden access to education for underprivileged groups and therefore increase their opportunities for a better job and life; recalls that the Council Recommendation on the validation of non-formal and informal learning of 20 December 20124a asked Member States to have in place, no later than 2018, arrangements for the validation of non- formal and informal learning; __________________ 4ahttp://eur- lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do? uri=OJ:C:2012:398:0001:0005:EN:PDF
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to internationalise education systems and expand student mobility programmes to better prepare students for the EU labour market, in which a lack of skills in foreign languages and cultures is the first barrier to mobility; recalls, however, that Erasmus+ has supported in 2016 725,000 Europeans with mobility grants to study, train, teach, work or volunteer abroad; thus proving that Erasmus+ is well on track to meet its target of supporting 3.7% of young people in the EU between 2014 and 2020;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. In this regard, welcomes the Commission communication on ‘A New Skills Agenda for Europe’ (COM(2016)0381), which proposes solutions for skills mismatch and shortages and for finding the right system of skills recognition; recalls the importance of the 10 actions launched within that framework in order to make the right training, skills and support available to people in the EU, make skills more visible and comparable as well as improve information and understanding of trends and patterns in demands for skills and jobs in order to enable people make better career choices, find quality jobs and improve their life chances;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. In the context of growing demand for high-level competences and skills, regrets that, over time, the massive development of higher education is resulting in the decreasing quality and inflation of diplomas, with a simultaneous growing shortage of vocational skills and qualifications, which results in imbalances in the labour market;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights that the high number of NEETs could be reduced by preventing early school leaving;, with almost 17 million young people aged 20–34 who are neither in employment nor in education and training5a, could be reduced by preventing early school leaving, as well as by the development of job-integration agreement steps such as mentoring, help with the job search, further education and training, support for housing and transport, childcare and long-term care services, and rehabilitation; __________________ 5ahttp://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Statistics_on_young_ people_neither_in_employment_nor_in_e ducation_or_training