Activities of Hannu TAKKULA related to 2015/2327(INI)
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Implementation of Erasmus + (debate) FI
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing ‘Erasmus+’: the Union programme for education, training, youth and sport and repealing Decisions No 1719/2006/EC, No 1720/2006/EC and No 1298/2008/EC PDF (537 KB) DOC (110 KB)
Amendments (19)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the Erasmus+ KA1 main target is the removal of barriers to mobility e.g. financial obstacles, recognition of international work/study outcomes for all targeted sectors;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Regrets that due to high level of administrative burden Erasmus+ funding can be unreachable for smaller organisations; believes that bureaucracy and reporting requirements should be simplified;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Regrets that the lengthy payment periods in Erasmus+ affects the possibilities of smaller organization to apply for funding;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Is of the opinion that volunteering should be considered eligible as a source of own contribution to the project budget as this facilitates the participation of smaller organizations; welcomes the CULT proposal in this regard;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Regrets that organisations representing amateur sportspeople at local level are highly underrepresented as project participants in the implementation of grassroots sports projects; welcomes the introduction of Small Collaborative Partnerships with reduced administrative requirements as an important step in enabling smaller grassroots sports organisations to take part in the programme; notes that the practice should be extended to other branches of the Erasmus+ project funding especially for volunteer organisations;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses the important role of the Programme Committee, as imposed in the regulation 1288/2013 establishing Erasmus+, as a key actor in the implementation of the programme and furthering the European added value through an enhanced complementarity and synergy with the Erasmus+ and policies at national level; calls a stronger role of the Programme committee and its role in policy decisions; invites the Commission to share detailed information about the distribution of centralized funds to the Programme Committee;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to ensure the regular exchange of information and good cooperation between national authorities, the implementation bodies at European level and national agencies on both decentralised and centralised programme actions;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Encourages the facilitating of contacts among European Commission, NAs, programme beneficiaries, representatives of civil society organisations and EACEA by developing a communication platform for exchanging information and good practices where all related stakeholders can receive quality information, as well as share their experiences and suggestions for further programme improvements;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Encourages the European Commission to work on improving programme attractiveness by simplifying administrative procedures and requirements, especially for schools and smaller-scale organisations, VET school, adult education, the youth sector and newcomers who often find the programme challenging to participate in;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Welcomes the actions of the European Commission to simplify application procedures, project management, accounting and reporting; encourages further reduction of administrative burdens by streamlining forms, making them promptly available in all official languages, and providing clear indication regarding documents needed at each stage;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for searching possible ways for volunteering to be eligible as a source of own contributions to the project budget especially in Sport, bearing in mind that Erasmus+ enables the recognition of volunteer time as co-financing in the form of contributions in kind;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Commission to allocate more funds to sport with a focus on grassroots sport and education to enhance its visibility, to promote physical activity and to make sport more accessible to all citizen in EU;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Encourages the further increase of grant rates as well as their adjustment to the cost of living in the country of mobility in order to encourage the participation of socio-economically disadvantaged students, students and staff with special needs, and students and staff from distant regions;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Stresses that although progress has been made in recognising study periods, credits, competences and skills through non-formal and informal learning gained abroad, these challenges remain; underlines that recognition of international qualifications is essential to mobility and forms the foundation for further cooperation in the European Higher Education Area; highlights the importance of making full use of all EU tools for the validation of knowledge, skills and competences essential to the recognition of qualifications;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Encourages Member States to incorporate educational mobility as a part of higher or vocational education programmes in order to foster knowledge about learning, training, and youth work, improve the quality of higher education and the VET system, help individuals with upgrading their professional skills, competences and career development;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Encourages Member States, in order to foster the mobility of teachers, lecturers and non-academic staff, to acknowledge their participation in mobility programmes as an important part of their career progression, and if possible introduce a reward system linked to participation in mobility programmes; for example, in the form of financial benefits or reduction of workload;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Suggests that the priority should be to refrain from further harmonisation and major changes in the structure of the programme, and instead to safeguard and consolidate achievements and make incremental improvements where necessary while critically examining the underused instruments such as the Erasmus Master's Loan Scheme;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls not only for the current budget level to be secured for the next programme generation under the new MFF, but considers a further budget increase to be an important step for the continued success of the programme with specific commitment to secure sufficient funding for both student and youth mobility in the form of increased grants, paying specific attention to increasing the mobility of underrepresented groups;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Suggests that the Commission re- evaluates the payment schemes of the approved Erasmus+ project grants so that smaller, often volunteer-based organisations would be able to take part in the Erasmus+ project applications;