5 Amendments of Katerina BATZELI related to 2008/0070(COD)
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital 2a (new)
Recital 2a (new)
(2a) Vocational education and training schemes, one of the main areas of lifelong learning, are directly linked to general and higher education, and to the employment and social policies of each Member State. Through their cross- sectoral impact, they promote not only the competitiveness of the European economy and coverage of the needs of the labour market but also social cohesion, equality and the participation and involvement of citizens;
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Council Resolution of 19 December 2002 on the promotion of enhanced European cooperation in vocational education and training13 ("the Copenhagen process"), and the Joint Report of the Council and the Commission on the implementation of the Education and Training 2010 work programme adopted in 200424, stress the importance of a credit transfer system for vocational education 1 OJ C 13, 18.1.2003, p. 2. 2 Doc. 6905/04 EDUC 43 of March 2004 3 OJ C 13, 18.1.2003, p. 2. 4 Doc. 6905/04 EDUC 43 of March 2004 and training, while the 2008 joint report of the Council and Commission (document 5723/08) stresses the need to step up efforts to improve the quality and attractiveness of vocational education and training (VET).
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The purpose of this Recommendation is to create the European Credit system for Vocational Education and Training (hereinafter "ECVET") intended to facilitate transfer, recognition and accumulation of learning outcomes of individuals who are aiming to achieve a qualification. This will improve the transparency, cross-border mobility and portability of citizens' learning outcomes across and within Member States in a borderless lifelong learning area and the mobility and portability of qualifications at national level between various sectors of the economy and the labour market.
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital 8a (new)
Recital 8a (new)
(8a) To promote the integrated and effective implementation of ECVET, the national implementing schemes should provide for coordination on the broadest possible basis with the involvement and participation of all social organisations, enterprises and stakeholders at national, regional and local level.
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 1
Recommendation 1
promote the European Credit system for Vocational Education and Training (hereinafter "ECVET") as set out in Annex 1 and 2 in order to facilitate trans-national and intra-Member State mobility in vocational education and training and borderless lifelong learning;