9 Amendments of Ole CHRISTENSEN related to 2013/2073(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. whereas the crisis has led to a rise in precarious forms of employment for young people, with short-term and part- time contracts and unremunerated work placement schemes all too often replacing existing jobs;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1 a. Whereas the economic loss due to disengagement of young people from the labour market was estimated at EUR 153 billion, corresponding to 1.2 % of EU GDP3; __________________ 3 Eurofound (2012), NEETs: young people not in employment, education or training: characteristics, costs and policy responses in Europe, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1 b. Whereas in 2011, 7.5 million young people aged 15-24 and 6.5 million aged 25-29 were not in education, employment or training (NEET's);
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recalls the Europe 2020 headline targets, namely that 75 % of the population aged 20-64 should be employed, that early school-leaving rates should be below 10 %, and that at least 20 million people should be lifted out of poverty and social exclusion; stresses that the implementation of the Youth Strategy during the next cycle should be closely linked to achieving the Europe 2020 headline targets;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Identifies the education-to-work transition as an especially important moment for young people; calls on the Member States to strengthen the provision of advice and guidance services at an early stage in order to improve young people's ability to make adequately informed decisions about their future career;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Underlines that the success of a youth guarantee is highly dependent on other public policies in place, insuring the necessary infrastructure and capacity of employment services to provide tailored and personalised services to young people; highlights that a successful youth guarantee is also dependant on the efforts of employers and the inclusion of the social partners;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Believes that the Commission should propose a definition of high-quality traineeships including criteria for appropriate pay, working conditions and health and safety standards regardless of the length of the traineeship;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Stresses that young people's mobility should be enhanced in order to better match labour supply and demand, including through the EURES job portal, Lifelong Learning and Youth in Action;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Believes that the Structured Dialogue is a valuable way of involving young people in decision-making and enhancing ownership of the Youth Strategy; calls on the Member States to embrace the use of this forum during the next cycle of the Youth Strategy;