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22 Amendments of Ramona Nicole MĂNESCU related to 2013/2045(INI)

Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
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
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
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;
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
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;
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
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;
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
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;
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
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
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
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;
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
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;
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
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;
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
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;
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
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;
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
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;
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
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;
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
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)
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
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;
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
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;
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
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;
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
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;
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution
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
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution
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
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution
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;
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution
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
2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL