9 Amendments of Anne SANDER related to 2016/2307(INI)
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the youth unemployment rate at EU level stands at 18.6 % and 4.2 million young people are unemployed, including 2.9 million in the euro area; whereas the level of youth unemployment remains markedly higher than at its low point in 2008, which recalls that the implementation and the full use of the youth employment initiative by the Member states should be a priority;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) has already approved 69 projects in 18 countries and signed 56 operations, and this is expected to lead to more than 22 EUR billion in investment and to involve around 71 000 SMEs which are the ones which need the most important financial support; encourage the European commission and the Member states to pursue the use of the EFSI in order to strengthen the European businesses;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that in the Annual Growth Survey 2017 emphasis is placed on the importance of ensuring social fairness as a means of fighting against social dumping, stimulating more inclusive growth, as well as on creating jobs and enhancing skills and on the need to strengthen competitiveness, innovation and productivity;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that the integration of long-term unemployed individuals through individually tailored measures is a key factor for fighting poverty and social exclusion and contributing to the sustainability of national social security systems; highlights, in this context, the importance of skills and competences acquired in non-formal and informal learning environments; calls on the Member states to build systems of recognition of non formal and informal competences, in order to make the reinsertion of people far from the employment market easier;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that matching skills and qualifications with demand and job opportunities is a precondition for creating a competitive EU labour market; calls on Member States to better align education and training with labour market needs across the EU by especially developing offers of continuous training at work in the field of digital technologies; takes the view that mutual recognition of qualifications will be beneficial for overcoming the gap between skills shortages on the European labour market and jobseekers, especially young people;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that micro-enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) which represent more than 90% of the whole businesses in Europe are important for sustainable and inclusive development and job creation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to give greater consideration to the interests of MSMEs in the policy-making process, by applying the SMEs test all along the legislative process , according to the "Think small first principle";
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Member States to make more active use of the European Structural and Investment Funds, especially of the European Youth Initiative, in support of the implementation of the country- specific recommendations;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights the importance of the EFSI insofar as it permits improved social and economic convergence of Member States and their regions within the Union; calls on the Commission to ensure that Member States are fully using the possibility of accessing this fund and that this fund can be accessible for SMEs which are the ones which suffer the most to access to fundings; calls on the Commission to monitor and control investments under the EFSI and to measure their economic and social impact;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that an increased effort is required in many Member States to educate the workforce, including adult education and vocational training opportunities all along the career, in order to adapt competences to the needs of the employment market;