10 Amendments of Maria BADIA i CUTCHET related to 2010/2307(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas young people have suffered particularly badly from the crisis and youth unemployment rates in the EU are over 20%, which is twice the average for adults, and in some Member States over 40%,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas human capital is a strategic tool for ensuring the successful economic and social development of our societies,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes YoM as a political initiative to fuel the existing educational, mobility and youthemployment programmes for the youth and as an encouragement for Member States to reach the targets of the EU 2020 strategy;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to continue to increase progressively investingments in the mobility and youth programmes such as Lifelong Learning (Erasmus, Leonardo da Vinci, Comenius, Grundtvig), Marie Curie, Erasmus Mundus and Youth in Action, as well as in the European Voluntary Service;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the European Union to harness its own financial instruments in order to help young people, making better use of the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recommends that the European institutions strengthen the structured dialogue with youth organisations and other stakeholders to debate priorities and actions for young people; allowing for a stronger participation of young people in the decision making process;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines the importance of non- formal education, such as intercultural learning, in developing important skills and competences; recognizing skills obtained through any form of learning, including, non-formal and informal learning, and their role in developing important skills and competences; also recommends encouraging projects that sustain the transmission of knowledge and skills from generation to generation;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on national, regional, and local authorities to support and enhance cooperation between universities and business, VET centres and the private sector;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Urges the Commission to make all the necessary efforts to complete the European Area of Research, providing greater support for the mobility of young researchers in order to promote European excellence in the field of research and to increase the low proportion of researchers, and particularly women researchers, in the European workforce;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new) (after subheading "Transition from education and training to work")
Paragraph 24 a (new) (after subheading "Transition from education and training to work")
24a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote voluntary work by, for example, affording it a firm legal basis and recognising it as time worked, thereby making it a valid option for young people, especially when unemployed;