Activities of Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA related to 2013/2045(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on ‘Tackling youth unemployment: possible ways out’
Amendments (99)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
- Having regard to the European Quality Charter of Internships and Apprenticeships developed by the European Youth Forum together with social partners and other stakeholders
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph A
Paragraph A
A. whereas youth unemployment among women is on the increase and young women still face worse labour market conditions than young men,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
- having regard to the Eurofound report of October 2012 entitled "NEETs: young people not in employment, education or training: characteristics, costs and policy responses in Europe"1 __________________ 1 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. (http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs /2012/54/en/1/EF1254EN.pdf)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 b (new)
Citation 16 b (new)
- having regard to the Eurofound report of 7 February 2012 entitled "Recent policy developments related to those not in employment, education and training (NEETs)"2 __________________ 2 Eurofound (2012) Recent policy developments related to those not in employment, education and training (NEETs), Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg (http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/er m/tn1109042s/tn1109042s.pdf)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 c (new)
Citation 16 c (new)
- having regard to the Eurofound report of 21 December 2012 entitled "Effectiveness of policy measures to increase the employment participation of young people"3 __________________ 3 Eurofound (2012) Effectiveness of policy measures to increase the employment participation of young people, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg (http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publicat ions/htmlfiles/ef1260.htm)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 d (new)
Citation 16 d (new)
- having regard to the Eurofound report of 15 January 2013 entitled Active inclusion of young people with disabilities or health problems4 __________________ 4 Eurofound (2013) Active inclusion of young people with disabilities or health problems, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg (http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publicat ions/htmlfiles/ef1226.htm)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 e (new)
Citation 16 e (new)
- having regard to the Eurofound report of 29 April 2011 entitled Helping young workers during the crisis: contributions by social partners and public authorities5, __________________ 5 Eurofound (2011) Helping young workers during the crisis: contributions by social partners and public authorities, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg (http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eir o/tn1101019s/tn1101019s.pdf.pdf)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas in January 2013 23,5 % of active young people were jobless, with the rates ranging from 15 % or less in Austria, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands to over 55 % in Greece and Spain, indicating marked geographical differences;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph D a (new)
Paragraph D a (new)
Da. whereas vocational enrolment is largely gender segregated and young women are less likely than men to participate in vocational training, especially when it includes technical, mechanical or scientific disciplines,
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
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 (NEETs), among them members of vulnerable groups such as young people with health problems or disabilities and single mothers, a development entailing serious social consequences such as poor or insecure future employment prospects or even mental and physical dysfunctionsus women and migrants, a development entailing serious social consequences such as social unrest, early scars such as mental and physical dysfunctions and poverty and social exclusion as the only prospect; whereas these problems are likely to increase in the near future;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph D b (new)
Paragraph D b (new)
Db. whereas Article 19 TFEU specifically empowers the EU to combat discrimination based on sex, race or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation; whereas despite Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000, establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation, young women still suffer age and gender discrimination when they enter the labour market,
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. Acknowledge that almost 14 million of NEETs aged under 30 corresponds to the entire population of 7 small-medium size Member States and calls all Member States to strength their efforts in re- integrating young people in to the labour market. Such efforts however should acknowledge the diversity of young people population by providing measures which take into accounts the needs of each specific group or even considering personal assessment policies.
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas in 2011 the economic loss due to the disengagement of young people from the labour marketeffects of the crisis over young people was estimated at EUR 153 billion, corresponding to 1.2 % of EU GDP4 ; whereas this represents a serious social and economic burden;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Member States to adopt the Youth Guarantee Scheme as a matter of urgency; underlines that it should be universal and applicable to all young people of various education and social backgrounds up to the age of 30 and taking into account a gender perspective into all stages of the preparation, programming and implementation;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas these youth unemployment and NEETs rates can entail consequences regarding human rights violations; whereas a right-based approach is necessary in order to tackle this situation;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas young people are particularly disadvantaged during economic crises, more so than most groupdisproportionally affected during economic crises; whereas for many young people current unemployment can be expected to turn into long-term unemployment, which brings risks of social exclusion; whereas this has alarming consequences for young individuals, lowering their self-esteem, leaving their ambitions unrealised, and delaying their assumption of an independent adult life including starting a family, and consequently also for society, negatively impacting on the social, economic and demographic situation in Eur, hidden poverty and social unrest, stemming from the detachment from society and the comprehensive disaffection experienced by young people;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Reminds the Commission and Member States their commitment with the Europe 2020 targets of 75% employment rate for both women and men, and warns that the current level of youth unemployment can leave a generation of women out of the labour market, increasing their invisibility and vulnerability;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas Article 13 of the EC Treaty specifically empowers the Community to combat discrimination based on sex, race or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation; whereas despite Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000, establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation, young women still suffer age and gender discrimination when they enter the labour market;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. Whereas the International Labour Organization recommended a budget of €21 billion, equating to 0.5% of Eurozone spending, to fully implement a youth guarantee in the EU;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas working conditions, social rights, education access, housing and participation are crucial policy fields to ensure youth emancipation; whereas efforts on all policy levels must be implemented to ensure youth emancipation and the EU institutions must guarantee to all young people equal opportunities and the right to emancipate, to develop an independent and decent life;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of promoting measures to balance work and family life and to help mothers and fathers to return to the labour market, so that they do not have to give up their careers or take career breaks; calls in this context on Council to find a common position with the European Parliament on the Maternity Leave Directive; likewise calls on Member States to provide accessible, affordable and good quality care facilities, and services for children and dependent adults.
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas unfortunately there is no evidence of being approaching to these goals;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. Whereas young people have the right to quality-employment according to their skills and that quality-employment is fundamental to the dignity and autonomy of Europe's youth;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission's announcement that it is to allocate EUR 6 billion to the Youth Employment Initiative, but under the 2014-2020 MFF, but warns that it will not be sufficient to fully address the issue of youth unemployment, reminds that the 2012 ILO report states that 21 billion euros (0.5% of the eurozone spending) would be required to effectively implement the youth guarantee; moreover, points out that of the EUR 82 billion to be reprogrammed to combat youth unemployment only 16 billion have been used; calls for all appropriations to be coupled with better and faster programming;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the economic crisis which began in 2008 has negatively affected both demand and supply on the labour market, thus dramatically increasing uncertainty over job prospects and making it essential to address the investment from Member States in jobs creation, training and education; whereas the consequences can be an increment of social conflict and social unrest;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas productive and sustainable investments in areas such as education and training and research and development, are key for a sustainable exit for the crisis but also to consolidate the EU economy in a path of competitiveness, productivity and sustainability; whereas deficit targets should exclude investments in these areas;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on Member States to review all their macroeconomic adjustment programs, expenditure cuts and austerity measures considering that measures such as increases in Value Added Tax rates are expected to have a negative impact on gender equality given the generally higher at-risk-of-poverty rate and the lower disposable income of women compared to men; stresses the need to implement income support schemes which should be gender mainstreamed, demands that social expenditure and tax expenditure should focus on women's financial independence as a central concern, especially if they are aiming at eradicating poverty for both women and men;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas young people account for 40% of those employed on temporary contracts, but make up just 13% of total employment and one in five young people fear losing their jobs and young people are more likely to be in precarious work
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas young people in the EU are being forced to migrate to find a job opportunity: phenomenon that, if not properly guided, risks to lead to brain drain and to increased regional disparities;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Recital G c (new)
Gc. whereas the International Labour Organization recommended a budget of €21 billion, equating to 0.5% of Eurozone spending, to fully implement a youth guarantee in the EU;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. whereas youth employment measures needs to be integrated in a consistent and future and investment oriented macroeconomic strategy that create the condition for the creation of sustainable and 21st century jobs as well as an effective transition from education to employment
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Deplores that the current crisis measures directed towards reduced public spending in the crisis countries have already shown a direct negative impact on youth due to cuts in education, employment creation and support services.
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Urges the Commission and the Member States to take a rights-based approach to youth and employment. Stresses that, particularly in times of high crisis, the qualitative aspect of decent work for young people must not be compromised and the core labour standards as well as other standards related to quality of work must be a core element;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Calls on the Commission to first assess and then put an end to such incoherent and sometimes destructive policies; stresses that public commitment to Youth Employment is needed and welcomed but looses its credibility if economic governance policies are destroying youth opportunities;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Calls on the Commission to first assess and then put an end to such incoherent and sometimes destructive policies; stresses that public commitment to Youth Employment is needed and welcomed but looses its credibility if economic governance policies are destroying youth opportunities;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Calls on the Commission to put forward a 'safeguard addition' for Member States under financial assistance so as to exempt from targets agreed on deficit reduction in the framework of their Memorandum of Understanding public expenditure directed towards achieving the EU2020 targets and Youth Employment- such as Job Creation, education and training, decent work and combating poverty – . Stresses that such "safeguard addition" must be developed in a more democratic manner than the Memorandums of Understanding;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Calls on the Commission in cooperation with Member States with more than 25% youth unemployment in the regions to develop a 1-year relief-plan to tackle youth unemployment by the creation of jobs for at least 10% of the affected youth; stresses that no possible relief-plan can be effective without enough investment and sufficient flexibilization of the deficit targets of each Member State;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the policy measures implemented by Member States need to betaken by the European Commission and the Member States need to be coherent, rights- based and diversified and should tackle all potential obstacles in young people's pathway to sustainable employment, paying particular attention to vulnerable groups that are more likely to suffer from multiple disadvantages;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the policy measures implemented by Member States need to be diversified and should tackle all potential obstacles in young people's pathway to sustainable and decent employment, paying particular attention to vulnerable groups that are more likely to suffer from multiple disadvantages;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the disrespect shown to young people when policies affecting them were or are introduced without involving them; stresses that young people are valid competent and creative actors in defining youth-related policies and must be involved in policies affecting them and be given a voice; Stresses that the involvement of all relevant stakeholders, including young people and their representative organisations, training and education providers, individual employers, public and private employment services, social partners, third-sector organisations, and health and other authorities, local and regional authorities is essential for the successful implementation and monitoring of a variety of measures fostering youth employment and employabilityparticipation in an integrated fashion; emphasises that measures must be flexible so as to meet the continuously evolving needs onf young people who are eager to participate in society, education and the labour market;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the involvement of all relevant stakeholders, including training and education providers, individual employers, public and private employment services, social partners, third-sector organisations, including youth organizations, and health and other authorities, is essential for the successful implementation and monitoring 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 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 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises the particularly difficult situation in certain regions where the level of unemployment among young people is above 25 %; welcomes the fact that EU support for youth employment will be further boosted through the proposed EU Youth Employment Initiative, with a budget of EUR 6 billio and the potential of the proposed EU Youth Employment Initiative to boost youth employment in Europe; Consequentially considers insufficient the EUR 6 billion currently foreseen over the seven- year period 2014- 2020; and calls the Council of the EU to significantly increase the financial dotation of the initiative, also following the figures recommended by the ILO;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises the particularly difficult situation in certain regions where the level of unemployment among young people is above 25 %; welcomes the fact that EU support for youth employment will be further boosted through the proposed EU Youth Employment Initiative, with a budget of EUR 6 billion over the seven- year period 2014-2020; regrets that those regions with above 25% youth unemployment are mainly found in "program countries" where austerity policies directly reduce spending on youth employment and stresses that such counteractive policies can not be remedied by EU funding of just 6 billions; moreover in those countries labour market structural reforms have destroyed conditions for young people to enter the labour market by worsening the quality and security of jobs.
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that national legislation affecting youth, and in particularly national legislation based on the Employment Equality Directive (2000/78/EC), is not used to discriminate against young employees' access to social benefits; believes that much more must be done to ensure that both employees and employers are aware of their rights and obligations under this legislation;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the decision of the EPSCO Council on 28 February 2013 to agree on a Council recommendation on implementing a Youth Guarantee and welcomes that Member States have taken this first step to create a Youth Guarantee; recommends extending eligibility to graduates aged underyoung people from 15- 30; stresses that the success of this measure will be highly dependent on other factors, e.g. the infrastructure and capacity of public and strengthened privatea wide range of policy driven factors, e.g. the investment in education, training and job creation, infrastructure and capacity of employment services, the availability of student places and grants, the provision of training and, apprenticeships, and the transferability and implementation of successful experiences from other Member States; stresses that the Youth Guarantee must be integrated within the broader framework of active labour marketyouth policies while ensuring high quality standards and decent work;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the decision of the EPSCO Council on 28 February 2013 to agree on a Council recommendation on implementing a Youth Guarantee; recommends extending eligibility to graduates aged underp to 30; stresses that the success of this measure will be highly dependent on other factors, e.g. the infrastructure and capacity of public and strengthened private employment services, the availability of student places, the provision of training and, apprentic, including quality apprenticeships and traineeships, and the transferability and implementation of successful experiences from other Member States; stresses that the Youth Guarantee must be integrated within the broader framework of active labour market policies while ensuring high quality standards;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Informs Member States that the European Parliament intends to monitor closely all Member State activities to make the Youth Guarantee a reality and invites Youth Organisations to keep the European Parliament updated on their analysis of Member State actions;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission to include Youth Guarantee progress per Member State in both the European Semester National Reports and country recommendations. Stresses the importance to address both measures fostering the Youth Guarantee and restricting success;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls on National Parliaments together with Youth Organisations to hold their governments responsible for delivering on the Youth Guarantee and to ensure that serious steps are taken to ensure that each young person (unemployed or having left formal education) will within four months receive a good-quality offer of employment, continued education, an apprenticeship or a traineeship;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages theCouncil, Commission and Member States to boost their support for enterprises, cooperatives and third-sector organisations wishing to participate in Youth Guaranteeall actors core to deliver on the Youth Guarantee, including among others youth workers, education and training providers, local and regional authorities, labour market actors suchemes 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 as enterprises, cooperatives and third-sector organisations, employment services, support services and social organisations and to target the full range of measure relating to jobs, integration, education and training; stresses the importance of access to targeted funding; calls on Member States to come forward with incentives which motivate employers to offer good quality work, decent job and training options to young people;
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 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the Member States to develop clear quality standards and indicators regarding the development of youth guarantee schemes as well as to boost their support for enterprises, cooperatives 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 sustainable employment and training offers, and will represent an investment in young people's potential in an effective and targeted way;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States in cooperation with Youth stakeholders and the European Parliament to develop a plan of action on Youth employment identifying short term, medium term and long term measures; regrets that in the current debate longterm measures are being presented as short term solutions; stresses that in the short term the focus should be on immediate crisis relief, both for those outside and inside the labour market, with a focus on securing a living income as well as options on the labour market as well as putting; an immediate end to those measures under the macroeconomic adjustment programs that further damaging Youth employment; stresses that investments in education and training, job creation, apprenticeship schemes and incentives geared towards employers are mainly medium-term but also longterm measures which need to be firmly agreed between all actors and upheld for a minimum of five years; stresses that especially constructing a system of dual education, apprenticeships, training on the job and integration of young persons into the labour market are longterm measures which need a longer term commitment then hitherto.
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Invites the Commission and the Member States to foster rapprochement between the worlds of work and education so that training paths such as dual training can be designed that combine theoretical notions with practical experience, in order to equip young people with the requisite general skills and specific expertise; invites the Commission and the Member States also to invest in support for an awareness campaign on vocational training (VET) and technical and entrepreneurial studies;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls on Member State to improve policies so that young people can live in economic independence; deplores the lack of affordable housing opportunities for young people especially in Southern European countries; calls on the Member states to considerably improve access to the housing market, considering that young people earn less and have difficulties in access to credit; underlines particularly the need to overcome the situation in southern and eastern European countries, where high levels of youth unemployment and low income have led to involuntary longer stay with their families;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Calls for better and secured internships; calls on the Commission and the Council, following the commitment given in Communication COM(2007)0498 'to propose an initiative for a European quality charter on internships', to set up a European Quality Charter on Internships setting out minimum standards for internships to ensure their educational value and avoid exploitation, taking into account that internships form part of education and must not replace actual jobs. These minimum standards should include an outline of the job description or qualifications to be acquired, a time limit on internships, a minimum allowance based on standard-of-living costs in the place where the internship is performed that comply with national traditions, insurance in the area of their work, social security benefits in line with local standards and a clear connection to the educational programme in question;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Recognises the importance of young people being able to be financially independent and calls for the Member States to ensure that all young people are individually entitled to a decent level of income that secures for them the possibility of creating an economically independent life;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 f (new)
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5f. Calls for young people to be protected from those employers – in the public and private sector – who, through work experience, apprenticeship and traineeship schemes, are able to cover their essential and basic needs at little or no cost, exploiting the willingness of young people to learn without any future prospect of becoming fully established as part of their workforce;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 g (new)
Paragraph 5 g (new)
5g. Urges the Member States to provide young people in traineeship, work experience or apprenticeship schemes with full workplace and social security entitlements, subsidising where appropriate a part of their contributions; calls on the Commission and the Member States to incorporate apprenticeship, traineeship and work experience schemes into the social security systems;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 h (new)
Paragraph 5 h (new)
5h. Calls on the European Institutions to set a good example by removing their advertisements for unpaid traineeships from their respective websites and to pay: – a minimum allowance based on standard-of-living costs of the place where the internship is performed, – social security benefits to all their interns;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 i (new)
Paragraph 5 i (new)
5i. Calls on the Member States to establish new inclusive and targeted labour-market policies that secure the respectful inclusion and meaningful occupation of young people, e.g. through the setting-up of inspirational networks, trainee arrangements that include financial aid enabling the trainee to relocate and live close to the place where the traineeship is held, international career centres and youth centres for individual guidance covering particularly matters such as collective organisation and knowledge of legal aspects relating to their traineeship;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to draw upStresses that young people not in education, employment or training (NEETs) are at a higher risk of exclusion, and that exclusion at a young age has longterm damaging effects for the individual and society; stresses that NEETs are the core target group of the Youth Guarantee and the Youth Employment Initiative, calls therefore on Member States to present in the framework of the European Semester how they will make progress on better integration of NEETs via the Youth Guarantee and other instruments; calls on the Member States to draw up, in cooperation with local and regional authorities, 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 secure transition from education to work, and an increase in the employability ofchoices of these young people, together with the removal of the practical and logisticalboosting a long-life learning training, a good- quality social security scheme, appropriate support services and the removal of all the barriers faced by young people with more complex needs;
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 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States to intensify efforts to reduce early school leaving in order to achieve the goals set out in the EU 2020 Strategy of no more than 10 % of early school leavers by 2012; invites the Member States to make use of a wide range of measures to fight early school leaving and illiteracy, e.g. lowering the number of students in each class, providing assistance for pupils who cannot afford to complete their compulsory education, increasing the emphasis on practical aspects in the syllabus, introducing mentors in all schools, establishing an immediate follow- up of early school leavers; points to Finland which has succeeded in reducing the number of early school leavers by studying with them the possibility of seeking a new direction; invites the Commission to coordinate a project on best practices;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Identifies the school to work transition as a critical moment with a high risk for the individual. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve transition security, especially as regards social security, to improve advice services and support before during and after the transition; stresses that such measures have proven highly successful for smooth transition and improved labour market inclusion;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls on the Member States to improve the provision of information and guidance services at the very early stage of their secondary education in order to help young people to make more informed decision about their future choice in education or their transition from school to work;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Supports the establishment of the Erasmus for All Programme and the creation ofU next education and youth Programme, with a separate chapter for youth as well as a consequent separate budget allocation, together withincluding an increased support for those who are active in youth work but not necessarily in an institutionalised fashion; is of the opinion that acquiring more and different skills, also by studying, working or volunteering abroad, will promote young people's participation in society, European integration and improve their prospects on the labour market;
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 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that young people should have the right to employment opportunities in their own community and that work needs to be done to address geographical inequalities in Europe with regards to youth opportunities;
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 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to support self-employment among young peopleRecognises the difficulties young people encounter in gaining access to finance in order to set up and develop their business; calls on the Member States to support young people in their career choices also towards self-employment as option by creating facilities and preferential conditions for starting up their own businesses, through, e.g., cutting red tape and introducing favourable tax policie; stresses that mentoring has proven a support tool for young entrepreneurs and workers;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to support self-employment among young people by creating facilities and preferential conditions for starting up their own businesses, through, e.g., cutting red tape and introducing favourable tax policies as well as easing access to financial credit and efficient counselling and mentoring facilities;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes, in the context of promoting self-employment among young people, the proposed successor to the Progress Microfinance Facility included in the Programme for Social Change and Innovation for the period 2014-2020 and the commitment of the European Investment Bank in facilitating access for young people to financial support, in order to better meet demand, also among young people;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to ensure high-quality frameworks for traineeships, 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;Endorses the European Quality Charter on Internships and Apprenticeships1 and calls on the Commission and the Council to formally endorse the Quality Charter; calls on the Council and the Member States to present as a first step a Council recommendation on the European Quality Charter on Internships and Apprenticeships; stresses that internships form part of education, must not replace actual jobs and must comply with certain minimum standards. Such standards must at least include an outline of the job description or qualifications to be acquired, a time limit on internships, a minimum allowance based on standard-of-living costs in the place where the internship is performed that comply with national traditions, insurance in the area of their work, social security benefits in line with local standards and a clear connection to the educational programme in question; stresses that active promotion and awareness-raising in respect of such standards is needed among entrepreneurs; calls on Member States to accompany this with high-quality frameworks for traineeships and apprenticeship, backed up by financial support and mandatory monitoring, as well as a common quality standard for traineeships, apprenticeship and work placements. __________________ 1 http://qualityinternships.eu/
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 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to ensure high-quality frameworks for traineeships with clear mentions of rights and responsibilities for the interns, 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; ; It also calls on Member States to ensure that traineeships are properly remunerated according to collective agreements and minimum wage legislations;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the European Commission to develop by the end of 2013 a clear proposal for a quality framework for traineeships with precise quality criteria as indicated in the EC proposal setting a Second-stage consultation of the social partners at European level concerning a Quality Framework on Traineeships (COM(2012)0728)
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 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises that the Alliance for Apprenticeship should also support European and nationalCalls on the European Social Partners to continue result-oriented negotiations an Alliance for Apprenticeship; stresses that such Alliance should also support 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 national stakeholders; stresses that incentives should also be provided to facilitateaccess to funding for crossborder training activities enabling companies and social partner organisations to becommust be improved and calls on the social partners to continue their active involvedment in establishing dual education systems;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Emphasises the need of enhancing the framework of social partnership and social responsibility of companies and firms in order for them to incorporate better the Charter of Good Quality Internships and Apprenticeships as well as the Youth Guarantee;
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 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Encourages the Member States to fosterensure the mobility of young workers 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 systemportability of pension rights and unemployment benefits, as well as by continuing to invest substantially in language learning;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Encourages the Member States to foster the mobility of young workers 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 learningemployment opportunities for young people firstly in their territory and to create options for mobility as choice for young workers; welcomes mobility as choice but points towards possible negative consequences caused by emigration from crisis regions such as brain waste, brain drain and loss; stresses that existing rights under social security coordination and recognition of qualification are not sufficiently known and calls on the Commission to further improve the EURES advisor network and EURES projects;
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 290 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to develop policies and measures to facilitate the return of young people to home countries preventing "brain drain" and the loss of human capital;
Amendment 292 #
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 thatCalls on Member States to continue in the process of reform and development of effective public employment services so as to better target their activities and approaches on young people as a fundamental component of any youth guarantee strategy; stresses also the need to introduce reforms to EURES with the aim of proactively matching jobseekers and job-changers to existing vacancies as well as 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;
Amendment 293 #
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, good experiences with EURES especially as regards advice on rights under free movement of workers; calls on the Commission to expand wthere necessary, to reform public employment services so as to bette EURES advisor network and focus on advising citizens on their rights in the European Labour tMargket their activities and approaches on young people; points to the option of EURES to also proactively match jobseekers and job-changers to existing vacancies; stresses that raising of awareness of EURES is needed so as to increase its visibility and availability, as a careeritizens advice system that supports students in becoming more aware of their aspirations and capabilities, as well as of existing job opportunitieswith a potential to target young people also via "my first EURES job";
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;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. In the absence of specific figures on youth migration flows, calls on Member States to create mechanisms of research, monitoring and evaluation of such mobility that can be transferred to EURES to better address such phenomena;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Stresses also the importance of sensibilizing more young people on the use of the counselling offered in the framework of the Public employment services, strengthen partnerships with schools and universities as well as to work towards a better integration with the EURES network;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Member States to properly recognise and validate informal and non- formal learning and education and acquired skills, as a form of valorising competencies requiredcompetencies, along with other vocational training or more professional or social experiences, as a form of valorising competencies, so that young people can further demonstrate their education and competence as required when seeking work on the labour market;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Member States to ensure that young people can, if they so wish, receive effective assistance in choosing their career, finding out about their rights and managing their minimum income;
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Stresses the need to invest in the creation of stable and quality greens jobs as the way to allow young people to have a decent life; furthermore it asks the Commission and the Member States to mobilise all available funds to stimulate investments particularly in green jobs with a view to combating the unacceptably high rate of youth unemployment
Amendment 326 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Emphasises that youth organisations should have a recognised role in the monitoring and, where applicable, implementation of policies and initiatives aimed at addressing youth unemployment;
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Calls on the Commission to consider social parameters in equal footing to economic ones in the context of the European Semester. This is particularly important in the case of youth unemployment which require close monitoring and coordinated actions in all the Member States and at EU level
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Calls on the Commission to exclude investments in areas such as education, training and research and development from deficit targets, since they are key for a sustainable exit for the crisis but also to consolidate the EU economy in a path of competitiveness and sustainable productivity;
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)
Paragraph 18 d (new)
18d. Requests the European Commission, in cooperation with Member States, to investigate the costs of the introduction of youth guarantee schemes at national and regional level. Furthermore requests the European commission to support regions and member states wishing to introduce such framework