1 Amendments of Miriam LEXMANN related to 2022/2007(INI)
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) Implement under the NDICI, as a matter of priority, strategies and dedicated programming for broader youth access to education, vocational training, higher education together with adequate funding for access to education and ensuring that school textbooks and educational material in partner countries adhere to the UNESCO standards of peace, tolerance and non-violence in education, and as an integral part of the Union’s strategy for combatting Antisemitism; commends the ongoing curriculum reforms commenced by Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia and Morocco in this regard; reiterates its concern about anti-Semitic content and incitement to violence present in Palestinian educational materials, as demonstrated by the findings of the recent EU funded study by the Georg Eckert Institute; recalls that youth migration, whether regular or irregular, and professional brain drain are a matter of serious concern to our partners in the region, as well as a serious threat to the longer-term capacity for economic growth and economic viability of Southern Neighbourhood countries; stresses the importance of expanding access to the Erasmus and Erasmus+ programmes for participants from Southern Neighbourhood countries; recalls the importance of circular mobility, including South-to-South exchanges, so that professionals from Southern Neighbourhood countries can have concrete opportunities to further their professional training in the EU and return to their country of origin to share and build knowledge; insist that financial support to education initiatives must be conditionally linked to an adherence to Union values and UNESCO standards; recalls the importance of mainstreaming the socioeconomic integration of women in the region and of gender equality in all EU policies areas whenever possible; stresses the importance of targeted EU support for women with the objective of improving their access to education, training and employment and, more generally, promoting equal professional and socioeconomic opportunities;