Activities of Irena JOVEVA related to 2022/2004(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the impact of COVID-19 closures of educational, cultural, youth and sports activities on children and young people in the EU
Amendments (37)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 20 October 2021 on the situation of artists and the cultural recovery in the EU (2020/2261(INI));
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)
Citation 8 b (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 17 September 2020 on the cultural recovery of Europe (2020/2708(RSP));
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the closure of nurseries, schools, spaces for culture and extracurricular activities and sports facilities has denied children and young people the opportunity to participate in activities which are essential for their overall development, their intellectual, physical and mental health and well- being, and for their social and professional inclusion;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas COVID-19 closures of cultural venues - which were the first to be closed and the last to be allowed to reopen - have denied young cultural creators and especially young performers the opportunity to commence and develop their careers at the crucial early stage;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas other marginalised groups, such as LGBTIQ+, cultural minorities, youth with special needs as well as socio-economically disadvantaged youth have been subjected to a higher risk of developing a mental health disorder;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
E b. whereas the successive lockdowns during the pandemic have increased the burden on parents as a result of home schooling, job uncertainties and consequential financial burdens, which exacerbated the risk of parental substance abuse and intra-familial violence affecting the mental health and well-being of the most vulnerable children and young people;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas the closures of educational, cultural, youth and sports activities and sudden transformation to home-schooling for children and students, as a result of various lock-down restrictions have resulted in significantly increased stress, psychological distress, post-traumatic stress symptoms, fear, anxiety, nervousness, loneliness and depression in youth. While lack of social interaction, physical contact and abrupt change in daily routines have amplified their anxiety and uncertainties making it hard for young generations to cope with the situation;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas any EU mental health strategy aimed at children and young people must involve their parents and families, youth organisations, youth workers, cultural institutions and sports clubs, on top of schools and teachers, in order to facilitate a holistic approach and ensure outreach to marginalised groups;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the pandemic should be regarded as an opportunity to addressbuild up a complete cross-sectoral EU mental health strategy to address in a holistic approach long- standing mental health-related issues that have previously been ignored, while ensuring resilience for any possible future crisis;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas certain damaging geo- political developments, such as the war in Ukraine and the, can result ing uncertainties which are expected to have a further negative impact on the mental health of children and young people;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Underlines the fundamental importance of culture for the development of the individual identity of children and young people as well as for their education, including their understanding of our society, and for their overall wellbeing;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Draws attention to the role played by schools and nurseries in early childhood education and care institutions in providing the necessary material and psychological support for children and their families, and calls on the Member States to provide sufficient financial support to mainstream education institutions and to recruit and retain highly qualified teachers and education personnel in order to ensure that both the pedagogical and the psychological development of learners is increasingly promoted in a satisfactory way;
Amendment 97 #
2 a. In the light of the European Education Area, urges the Commission to adopt a proposal for a mandatory education on mental health and well- being in school curricula, as the cooperation and simultaneous implementation in all Member States is crucial for ensuring equal promotion of the citizens’ mental health and well-being across the EU. Notes that the holistic approach for ensuring an adequate level of knowledge and education on mental health and well-being is needed;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. In this regard, stresses the need to recognise the importance of promoting mental health literacy of teachers, education personnel, school administrators, social workers and students; Calls on the Member States to ensure a sufficient number of qualified staff members, such as psychologists or other mental health specialists, to create a safe environment for children and youth in all types of educational institutions;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Recognises the need to break the silence around mental health challenges for children and young people resulting from the pandemic, as well as to address discriminative stigma in a holistic approach; therefore, calls on the Commission and the Member States to launch an EU-wide campaign to raise awareness on mental health in educational institutions in order to combat the existing stigma, and provide young people the access to mental health information to create an outright social understanding of mental health difficulties;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2 d. Underlines the importance of countering the phenomenon of underreporting and social stigma regarding mental health and well-being; in this regard, calls on the Commission to develop risk assessment tools and reporting systems based on reports and consultation with teachers, education personnel, students and parents’ associations to create a safer environment for young people in need while ensuring an early detection of possible mental health difficulties;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2 e. Urges the Member States to promote cross-sectoral investments to tackle mental disorders of children and young people, and to build up national action plans ensuring their implementation at regional and local levels, accommodating the actual needs of children and young people, with a special regard to the most disadvantaged groups;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 f (new)
Paragraph 2 f (new)
2 f. Calls on the Commission to conduct research with a complete assessment of the long-term effects of all preventive measures related to the Covid- 19 pandemic taken by the Member States on children and young people, to gain thorough insight on the matter, which will enable the making of appropriate policies to mitigate the effects of the pandemic or of any future sanitary crisis;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the vital importance of interpersonal relationships among children and young people, taking into account the important role of socialisation in education; calls, therefore, on the Member States, in the event of future pandemics or other unprecedented situations, to keep all learning environments, whether formal, informal or non-formal in nature, safely open; calls on the Member States, in cases where special measures are absolutely necessary, to take into account the needs of different ageconsult with health and safety professionals, schools, teachers, and parents to adequately take into account the needs of different age groups, young people with specific needs and disadvantaged groups and not to apply a one-size-fits-all approach;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Insists on the need to adequately fund and promote the opportunities offered by programmes such as Erasmus+, Creative Europe and the European Solidarity Corps, to enhance mobility experiences and increase their accessibility for all, regardless of income, gender, sexual orientation, disability, health status and region of origin; calls on the Commission and the Member States to make the programs resilient to possible future mobility limitations, as well as improve the systematic sharing of projects’ outcomes in order to increase their visibility, upscaling and long-term impact;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make better use of the Recovery and Resilience Facility and other dedicated funds to increase their efforts to tackle the late effects of COVID- 10 closures of cultural venues on cultural creators and especially young performers which were denied the opportunity to commence and develop their careers at the crucial early stage;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Urges the Member States to put the recovery and resilience of the cultural and creative sectors at the core of their investments into culture, with a particular focus on improving the overall situation and working conditions of young authors, performers, artists and all other cultural creators, workers and professionals who are the ones to create the cultural works that our democracy, society and economy benefit from;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Is concerned about the lack of physical activity observed among many young people during the lockdowns and the consequences this could have for public health; emphasizes that sport and physical exercise are particularly important in pandemic-induced circumstances, as they strengthen physical and mental resilience; calls on the Member States to incorporate more sports activities in school curricula, focusing on a broad variety of team sports, as they promote and teach values such as mutual respect and understanding, solidarity, cooperation, and foster a sense of belonging;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure fair contractual situations and working conditions for all young cultural creators and other young professionals working in the cultural and creative sectors, including with regards to their mental and physical health and their overall wellbeing, and to stipulate this goal in a dedicated section on young artists in a European status of the artist;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Draws attention on the challenges of measuring mental health and well- being; therefore, calls on the Commission and the Member States to invest in further research and the development of unbiased indicators to measure mental health and well-being,including the impact caused by theCOVID-19 pandemic;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support and adequately fund small local cultural initiatives, sports clubs and leisure facilities to carry out the leisure and informal learning activities that play an essential role in the development and well-being of young people and their families, by providing material and psychological support resources, including for those with fewer economic opportunities, disabilities and minorities;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for more coordination at European level between Member States, regional authorities and local representatives of sports and cultural associations, youth organisations, early learning organisations, educational and university bodies, social partners involved in education and the private sector in order to strengthen dialogue and cooperation and create a dynamic, multi-level social network that can respond and adapt to future challenges;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Stresses out that the closure of cultural institutions and related activities have created an uncertain time for young artists, some of whom have abandoned their dreams and others moved their creativity to social media platforms as a tool to facilitate mutual support and understanding; calls on the Commission and the Member States to create a financial support mechanism for artistic works done by young people on social media and support the positive perspectives of youth entrepreneurship that young people have taken up in order to mitigate the effects of the pandemic;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to take action to ensure that the EU as a whole becomes stronger and more self-reliant, leaving no one behind; points out that it must address the wider structural gaps caused by the lack of digital infrastructure and digital tools in rural and peripheral areaacross all Member States as well as in rural and peripheral areas; emphasises that the curricula of all educational institutions should include digital skills learning, enabling proper use of digital tools;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the Member States to invest in specific policies, particularly within the framework of the Recovery and Resilience Facility, that respond to local needs in order to close regional technological gaps and ensure educational institutions and students get sufficient financial support sothus ensuring that the technologies, innovations, learning and support facilities and digital tools required to continue quality education and training are available and accessible to all;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Recognises the positive role digital tools and social media can have on young people in some aspects. However, lack of supervision of digital learning of young people, especially those in disadvantaged and remote environments can lead to a higher risk of addictions and mental health disorders; calls, in this regard, on the Member States to promote adequate and balanced use of distance-learning by school professionals when needed, but putting the return to face-to-face learning as a priority;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Reiterates the importance of investing in innovation and research in education, enabling the state education system to have access to a ‘culture of innovation’ across the EU and to ensure that high-quality learning materials, pedagogical approaches and digital tools are accessible and available to all;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights the need to monitor developments in, and the pedagogical and health and safety consequences of, technological and digital advances through cooperation and dialogue with experts, educators and representatives of civil society;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to promote digital literacy and raise awareness among young people of the benefits and risks associated with digital technology, ensuring not only their access to technological tools, but also their ability to use them safely and properly so that they serve as valuable instruments for socialisation and democracy in order to, while reduceing online violence, harassment and fake news and cyber bullying, harassment, social exclusion, internet addiction and fake news; furthermore, special attention should be paid to combat health and safety impact of digital education usage, such as screen fatigue while promoting the teachers, education personnel’s and students right to disconnect;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Calls on Commission to encourage teachers and employers to use tools that enable timely recognition of signs and prevention of burnout, stress, and psychological stress on students, young people, and young employees. Special attention should be paid to the aspect of mental health during the internship or introduction to a new job, with a key emphasis on constructive communication with young employees;