2 Amendments of Marian HARKIN related to 2012/2016(BUD)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
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1. Stresses that the 2013 budget should support the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy and calls for adequate funding of the flagship initiatives ‘Youth on the Move’, ‘New Skills for New Jobs’, ‘European Platform Against Poverty’ and ‘An Innovation Union’; calls for particular emphasis to be put on job creation through the establishment and consolidation of new businesses and to highlight the significant role they play in achieving the employment target of 75% for 2020;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
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4. Calls for a sustained effort to be made through the budget to provide for appropriate training and reskilling, with the support of the social partners for sectors with labour shortages, and for improved utilisation of the ESF and enhancement of the EGF; calls on the Member States to make full use of the EGF and in particular increase their efforts to improve awareness of this instrument;