10 Amendments of Anne SANDER related to 2014/2235(INI)
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls the importance of the mobility of workers for a competitive labour market, and stresses the need to reduce the administrative and linguistic barriers that are liable to restrain it; encourages raising of awareness of and further improvement of the EU-wide EURES job portal, by ensuring, in particular, that a sufficient number of EURES advisors are trained and distributed equally throughout EU territory in order to make EURES an essential tool in the EU job market;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Believes that dual vocational training through apprenticeships and dual systems should be given more consideration, as they tend to favour integration into the labour market and have proved to be effective in fostering youth employment;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Believes that close partnerships are needed between governments and employers’ and employees’ representatives, and with apprentice training centres, in order to find the best ways of tackling the problem of skill mismatches in all its dimensions;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. recalls the importance of facilitating the mobility of border workers by providing more information on the existence of EURES cross-border partnerships, which are designed to encourage and remove obstacles to mobility for cross-border workers by supplying them with information and advice on job opportunities and living and working conditions on either side of the border; in that respect, EURES-T is an important tool for better controlling potential sources of new jobs and moving towards a more integrated EU labour market;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the need to exchange best practices between Member States, in particular in relation to dual learning and, vocational education and training and vocational training through apprenticeships, while acknowledging the specificities of each labour market and education system;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 24 – subparagraph 1 (new)
recommends, in that respect, that the use of the EuroApprenticeship platform as a key tool for developing European partnerships, exchanging best practices, and also designing and proposing new practices concerning apprenticeships and mobility be consolidated and developed;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Underlines the importance of support measures for SMEs and micro-enterprises, in order to reduce the administrative and financial barriers to their establishment and operation as well as facilitating the hiring of qualified labour and training of employees; in that respect, encourages the Commission to maintain its REFIT programme to create an improved, clearer, more efficient, less bureaucratic EU regulatory framework, capable of serving as a conducive environment for setting up and developing companies and ensuring their prosperity, in particular SMEs;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26 a. Recalls that almost 99 % of European companies are SMEs, which are an essential driving force behind the creation of a competitive labour market in the EU; in that respect, stresses the importance of basing EU legislation on the principle ‘Think Small First’ in order to remove the bureaucratic obstacles with which SMEs are confronted and to enable them to achieve their full job-creation potential;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. stresses the importance of maintaining, developing and better publicising the existence of the Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs programme as an effective tool for facilitating mobility, developing a business mindset and fostering entrepreneurship in young people;
Amendment 352 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls on the Member States to support the close involvement of labour market stakeholders, including employers’ and employees’ organisations, and also apprenticeship training centres, at local, regional and national level, in order to foster closer links between education and training and the workplace and to anticipate future skills needs;