10 Amendments of Maria BADIA i CUTCHET related to 2013/2045(INI)
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the involvement of all relevant stakeholders, including training and education providers, local and regional authorities, individual employers, public and private employment services, social partners, third-sector organisations, and health and other authorities, is essential for the successful implementation of a variety of measures fostering youth employment and employability in an integrated fashion; emphasises that measures must be flexible so as to meet the continuously evolving needs on the labour market;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the Member States to boost their support for enterprises, cooperatives, local and regional authorities and third- sector organisations wishing to participate in Youth Guarantee schemes in close cooperation with public and private employment services, including through tax incentives, subsidies for fixed employment costs, and the possibility of accessing funding for on-site training, which will support enterprises in providing high-quality employment and training offers, and will represent an investment in young people's potential in an effective and targeted way;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to draw up, in cooperation with local and regional authorities and economic and social actors, further specific outreach strategies targeted on NEETs, which should combine effective forms of intervention aimed at tackling early school-leaving and the reintegration of early school-leavers with strategies facilitating a smooth transition from education to work, and an increase in the employability of young people, together with the removal of the practical and logistical barriers faced by young people with more complex needs;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the European Commission to include specific measures addressed to combat youth unemployment in all its programmes, taking into account a global and integrated vision according to the emblematic initiative "Youth on the Move" in the Europe 2020 Strategy;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Stresses the key role that the European Social Fund should have to combat youth unemployment, and calls on the Member States and Managing Authorities in all Operational Programmes to include measures aimed to achieve this goal;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to ensure high-quality frameworks for traineeships, including measures of mobility to other countries in the European Union and all over the world, backed up by financial support and mandatory monitoring, as well as a common quality standard for traineeships and work placements; stresses that active promotion and awareness- raising in respect of such programmes is needed among entrepreneurs;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises that the Alliance for Apprenticeship should also support European and nation, national, regional and local campaigns for changing perceptions of vocational education, and should organise a regular forum for discussions on the monitoring of the European apprenticeship strategy with all relevant European and nation, national, regional and local stakeholders; stresses that incentives should also be provided to facilitate funding for crossborder training activities enabling companies and social partner organisations to become involved in establishing dual education systems;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Encourages the Member States to foster the mobility of young workersemployment opportunities for young people firstly in their territory, and complement this through facilitating the mobility of young workers to other EU countries and the rest of the world, through measures that help enhance their training and experience, and by means of further progress towards the mutual recognition of qualifications and skills and enhanced coordination of national social security systems, especially as regards pension systems, as well as by continuing to invest substantially in language learning;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to guarantee policies with measures to facilitate the return of young people to their countries of origin preventing "brain drain" and the loss of human capital.
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the need to introduce reforms to EURES with the aim of proactively matching jobseekers and job-changers to existing vacancies, and where necessary, to reform public employment services so as to better target their activities and approaches on young people; stresses that raising of awareness of EURES is needed so as to increase its visibility and availability, as a career advice system that supports students in becoming more aware of their aspirations and capabilities, as well as of existing job opportunities. Additionally, calls for a greater coordination between EURES and other portals and services for citizens and business (i.e.Europe Direct information points or the European Enterprise Network for SMEs), for greater efficiency and effectiveness of the services provided;