Activities of Andrey SLABAKOV related to 2022/2188(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the implementation report on the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement
Amendments (7)
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the enormoussignificant benefits of the Erasmus+ programme not only for students, but also for teachers, vocational education and training (VET) students, adult learners, young people, administrative staff and society as a whole, which cannot be measured by the size of its financial envelopeassessed exclusively through the financial dimension and the associated costs;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets the narrownessimprovidence of the ‘value for money’ approach adopted by the UK Government regarding Erasmus+, which disregards the numerous benefits in terms of exchange of knowledge and skills for students, teachers and administrative staff, the contribution to diversity on campuses and in, schools, and its contribution to broadening its participants’ outlooks and opportunitiecultural institutions, and educational establishments, as well as the contribution of the programme to broadening the opportunities and perspectives of its participants;
Amendment 25 #
9. Notes the creation of the Turing scheme by the UK Government; regrets, however, that this programme only covers outgoing student mobility, and does not cover the youth and sport sectors6 ; notes that, unlike Erasmus+, Turing is a truly global programme, with every country in the world eligible to partner with leading UK education settings; notes that in the last year over 150 countries are involved; _________________ 6 UK Government, Turing scheme website.
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Acknowledges that concerns expressed by UK stakeholders about the operation of the Turing scheme in comparison to Erasmus+, include the absence of provisions to support staff mobility, limited funding for non- university exchanges and the need to resubmit funding bids on an annual basis7 ; Calls on the EU and the UK to potentially find a solution through establishing provisions to ensure and support staff mobility in the context of the existing Turing scheme; _________________ 7 House of Lords - European Affairs Committee, The future UK-EU relationship - Fourth Report of Session 2022–23, 29 April 2023.
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that eightten UK universities belong to the world’s top 100 Universities according to the ShanghaiTimes Higher Education ranking10 ; notes that the end of cooperation projects between these universities and EU universities is detrimental to research and academic excellence in Europe; _________________ 10 Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Academic Ranking ofThe Times Higher Education World Universities,y Rankings 2022.3
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. IExpresses concerned about regarding the negative side effects of this ongoing situation has on issues related to European sovereignty, as all European countries, whether they belong to the EU bloc or not, must be able to compete, particularly with China and the US, in strategiccompetitiveness on the global stage, in particular in the context of the strategic rivalry with China in areas such as industrial innovation, digitalisation, clean energy solutions and space capabilities; noreiterates that research cooperation between universities in Europe is instrumental in this regard and that the UK's withdrawal from Erasmus is detrimental to academic cooperation and achieving scholarly excellence;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Recalls that Directive 2005/36/EC11 on the recognition of professional qualifications no longer applies to the UK and regrets that the TCA does not contain provisions to enable the mutual recognition of professional qualifications; urges the UK and the Commission to continue their dialogue with a view to establishing an effective framework for the mutual recognition of professional qualifications; calls on all parties to refrain from politicising the issue of mutual recognition of professional qualifications; reitarates that mutual recognition of professional qualifications is beneficial to both the UK and the EU; _________________ 11 Directive 2005/36/EC of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications (OJ L 255, 30.9.2005, p. 22).