Activities of Vincent PEILLON related to 2018/2081(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU development assistance in the field of education (short presentation) FR
Reports (1)
REPORT on EU development assistance in the field of education PDF (284 KB) DOC (57 KB)
Amendments (16)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 31 May 2018 on the implementation of the Joint Staff Working Document (SWD(2015)0182) – Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: Transforming the Lives of Girls and Women through EU External Relations 2016-2020,
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that the 20% EU aid target for basic social services is imprecise and does not allow adequate monitoring of expenditure; calls for the quantified targets to be included in the next multiannual financial framework;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Union and its Member States to devote at least half of their education aid to basic education by 2030;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls also for at least 40% of education aid from the EU and Member States to be directed to LDCs;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls, lastly, for particular attention to be paid to increasing equality between girls and boys in schooland through education; recalls the objective that 85% of new European Union programmes should have a gender dimensionequality as their primary objective, or as a significant objective, by 2020;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the need for a more integrated, systematic and effective response to needs for education in emergencies, particularly for girls and marginalised groups, in line with the principle of linking emergency aid, rehabilitation and development;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls the importance of secondary education and vocational training for the employability of young people; considers that the latter must lead to decent jobs, be geared to the needs of businesses, in coordination with them and, as far as possible, financed by them; notes that the Union’s External Investment Plan could be mobilised for this purpose;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Is concerned about the phenomenon of the ‘brain drain’; calls on thosnotes that some Member States that devote too much of their aid to scholarships and the expenses of students from developing countries to reduce itallocate more than half their aid for education to paying the costs of schooling in their territory; considers that increases in aid for education must reduce this proportion; considers that multiple entry visas would enable these students to update their knowledge and promote circular mobility;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Notes also the efforts to be made with regard to the recruitment, remuneration, and working conditions and initial and in-service training of teachers, as well as the massive investment needed in school infrastructure, in particular to ensure equal access for girlof teachers; stresses the importance of their initial and continuing training in order to strengthen the effect that the teacher has; calls for Erasmus+ teacher training programmes to be opened up to teachers in partner countries;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Notes the massive investment which is needed in school infrastructure, particularly with the aim of giving girls equal access;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses the importance of new technologies as a way of improving access to education and improving its quality, particularly for the dissemination of knowledge in general and of curricula in particular, teacher training and the management of establishments; draws attention to the fact that these new technologies must support educational efforts rather than replacing them and lowering standards of teaching;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Stresses the link between education and health; observes that school medicine and health education, in addition to promoting learning, are a way of reaching out to large sections of society; recommends that curricula include sex education in order to warn young people about the risks and consequences they may encounter;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Encourages States to arrange for young children to receive at least one year of free pre-primary schooling, in accordance with SDG 4.2;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Reiterates that only an enabling environment makes quality education possible, including nutritional aspects, health and safety, and access to electricity and water, in order to enable pupils to genuinely benefit from school and to increase completion rates, especially in primary education;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Commission and Member States to assign priority to sectoral budget support where possible, with strict criteria, including transparency, and extensive checks, in particular to avoid corruption; recalls that beneficiary third countries undertake to reimburse payments in the event of serious irregularities; advocates involving civil society in the monitoring of financing agreements;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Notes that only one third of aid to education is channelled through multilateral bodies, as against two thirds in the field of health; calls, therefore, on the Commission and Member States to increase their funding of the Global Partnership for Education and the Education Cannot Wait Fund; takes the view that, in its next Strategic Plan for the years after 2020, the Global Partnership should be put in a position to extend its programming period by 3-6 years to facilitate more stable and predictable funding, which is particularly necessary in order to improve national education systems;