8 Amendments of Alex AGIUS SALIBA related to 2019/2075(DEC)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Appreciates the Foundation’s activitiesNotes that the ETF has been involved in the identification, formulation, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the EU external programmes in skills and human capital development and employment; appreciates that the ETF is the only EU agency with a mandate to work outside the EU in supporting the EU’s external action in the area of education, training, skills and labour market systems and to support the reform of vocational training in the Union’s partner countries;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the work of the ETF with the EU neighbouring countries, enlargement countries and Central Asian countries and its contribution to the EU’s Pan-African policies and programmes with a view to promoting employability and socio-economic inclusion and strongly supports ETF’s objective to improve VET policy-making globally;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Encourages the ETF’s work in the area of digital skills and competences, and in supporting countries to improve their qualifications and qualifications systems to modernise VET for lifelong learning, employability and future competitiveness of those regions and countries; acknowledges that 86 % of countries where ETF has been active showed progress in the areas of qualifications, governance, employability, VET provision, entrepreneurial learning, and policy analysis;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Acknowledges that the ETF’s objectives and actions are highly complementary with EU policies and activities and further appreciates the Foundation’s continued cooperation and sharing of resources with other agencies in particular with Cedefop and Eurofound, which enables significant knowledge sharing;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Welcomes that the ETF has achieved its objectives set out in the 2018 work programme with a very high activity completion rate of 91 %, which demonstrates the quality level of planning and implementation, as well as an ability to respond to the continually changing social needs and political developments; stresses, in this regard, the importance of ensuring adequate staff and financial resources allowing the Foundation to continue implementing its tasks with a very high completion rate;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that in 2018 the Foundation started implementing its improved 17 internal control principles adopted in November 2017 and that the 2018 annual assessment of internal controls was based completely on the new internal control principles; notes also, based on information from the Foundation, that any open actions were integrated in the Foundation’s development plan and would be addressed as priority areas for improvement in 2019;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5