Activities of Agnès EVREN related to 2021/2009(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Inclusion measures within Erasmus+ 2014-2020 (debate)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that Erasmus+ should support stakeholders’ and programme participants’ internationalisation plans that remove physical, psychological, social, socioeconomic, linguistic and other types of barriers to learning mobility and that offer qualitative support, including mentoring, for participants from underrepresented groups and/or with specific needs before, during and after a period abroad; stresses that the role of former Erasmus+ participants in promoting the programme among their peers should be developed; believes that support for the activities of alumni networks could prove a useful means of reaching a wider public;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that some petitions submitted to the European Parliament raise the issue of the administrative obstacles Erasmus+ students face on their arrival in host countries4 a; supports initiatives at European level aimed at facilitating student mobility, such as the Erasmus + mobile application, ‘paperless Erasmus’ or the European Student Card, which make managing administrative steps more flexible and enable each student to benefit from the same services; _________________ 4 a See reference in petition 1106/2018
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that Erasmus+ should encourage stakeholders to share their expertise at an institutional level, learn from each other, build administrative capacity and foscreater inclusion and diversitynovative educational tools that foster diversity and the integration of people with specific needs; welcomes, in this sense, specific efforts to support cooperation between different stakeholders and to develop and implement inclusive policies that seek to integrate children and young people from migrant backgrounds into education; considers, however, that these efforts should be expanded in the field of higher education; people who have fewer opportunities, for economic, social, cultural, health and disability and geographical remoteness reasons, into education; considers, however, that these efforts should be expanded in the field of higher education; stresses the driving role of teachers and institutions in raising awareness of the programme and informing and supporting future learners;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that the risk of stigmatisation in the participants’ country of residence may discourage them from self-identifying as disadvantaged, which may hamper their mobility, the collection of reliable data by authorities and the monitoring of their participation in Erasmus+4 ; calls for EU-wide recognition of disability status and encourages host institutions to guarantee the same reasonable accommodations as home institutions; considers that the specific needs of people with disabilities must be taken into account in order to facilitate their participation in the programme, by providing them with suitable accommodation and with specialised attention before their departure as well as during their mobility period; _________________ 4 Bunescu, L., Davies, H., Gaebel, M., ERASMUS+ International Credit Mobility – a study of the mobility of disadvantaged students from Partner Countries, Support and Promotion for Higher Education Reform Experts (SPHERE), January 2020.
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to launch and support Erasmus+ projects to attract participants with disabilities and learners from vulnerable and disadvantaged groups to their countr; calls on the Member States to further enhance the individual mobility projects and experiences of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the lack of familiarity with the Erasmus+ programme, information barriers, obstacles to the application process, accommodation problems faced by learners, support services abroad and the challenges relating to the portability of grants faced by persons with disabilities and other participants from vulnerable and disadvantaged groups, including ethnic groups;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. welcomes the establishment of the ‘Erasmus Days’, which make it possible to communicate better with a broader public, to connect people who are leaving for the same destination, to share experiences informally and thus to enhance the benefits of mobility; believes that, in order to make the programme more inclusive, it is necessary to provide appropriate and accessible information material, and to use the means of communication available, such as social networks or local level events, in partnership with local structures and specialised organisations;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the Commission to continue its work on making the Erasmus+ programme inclusive, on its geographical deployment and on targeted financial support;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes, in this regard, the Commission’s approach tonew Erasmus+ framework of inclusion measures for the period 2021-2027 proposed by the Commission, which defines the target objectives promoting diversity and inclusion in the current Erasmus+ programme.