Activities of Jean LAMBERT related to 2016/0304(COD)
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REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on a common framework for the provision of better services for skills and qualifications (Europass) and repealing Decision No 2241/2004/EC PDF (801 KB) DOC (122 KB)
Amendments (24)
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) A European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations framework (ESCO) hais been piloing developed and tested by the Commission as a common language and operational tool for education/training and work30 . ESCO structures concepts that are relevant for the EU labour market and education and training in three interlinked pillars: i) occupations, ii) knowledge, skills and competences and iii) qualifications. The ESCO pillars can be complemented by auxiliary vocabularies covering related domains, such as work context, fields of education and training or economic sectors. _________________ 30 The Europe 2020 Strategy announced that the Commission would work on such framework, Communication from the Commission on "Europe 2020 - A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth", COM(2010) 2020 final.
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Regulation (EU) 2016/589 of the European Parliament and of the Council31 establishes European Employment Services (EURES), a network of employment services and a mechanism for an automated matching of people to jobs through the EURES common IT platform. To enable the exchange and the matching of job vacancies with candidates, this mechanism needs a common and multilingual list of skills, competences and occupations. By developing ESCO the Commission is providing a multilingual classification system of occupations, skills and competences and qualifications that ismight be suited to this purpose after sufficient time is taken for ample testing, developing robust pilots and proceed to an in-depth evaluation. _________________ 31 OJ L 107, 22.4.2016, p. 1.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) EFormal, non-formal and informal education and training is increasingly offered in new forms and settings by a variety of providers, particularly through use of digital technologies and platformswith distance learning, e-learning, peer-to-peer learning and MOOCs becoming more and more prevalent. Equally, skills, experiences and learning achievements are acknowledged in different forms for example digital open badges and other recognised (self) assessment tools created by youth organisations among others. They are also known and used for cross- cutting and soft skills gained through non- formal and informal learning such as youth work and volunteering.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) There is an acknowledged growing importance of transversal or 'soft' skills that can be applied in different fields. Individuals require tools and guidance on self-assessing and describing these and other skills, for example digital or languageas defined by the European Framework of Key Competences.
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The revised Europass framework approach should consider the needs of all potential users, including learners, job seekers, workers, employers, guidance practitioners, public employment services, social partners, education and training providers, youth work organisations and policy makersvolunteers, youth organisations, youth work providers and policy makers. The proven relevance for end-users shall be the guiding principle and the stakeholders need to be closely involved.
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) CV template(s), including the established Europass CV, and Qualification Supplement template(s) should form part of the Framework. Templates should be made available onlineinteractive, changeable, accessible for everyone, made available online and adapted to the needs of end-users.
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23 a) The processing of CVs in Europass should happen in an anonymised way in order to help avoiding discrimination on the basis of racial or ethnic origin, gender, or age and to support the development of inclusive labour markets.
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) 'certificate supplement' means a document attached to a vocational education and training certificate, in order to make it easier for third parties to understand the learning outcomes acquired by the holder of the qualification as well as the nature, level, context, content and status of the studies completed;
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) 'organisations' means employers, trade unions, recruiters, education and training institutions, and other stakeholders with an interest in education, training and employment issues;
Amendment 178 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Europass shall provide the following web-based tools in an accessible way:
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) tools to (self-) assess individual skills, in the broadest manner possible, through validated methods, including through questionnaires, by reference to established descriptions of skills or through the integration of data from other existing EU self-assessment tools such as the Youthpass and other recognised (self) assessment tools, created and used by youth organisations such as digital learning badges;
Amendment 199 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. Europass shall support cooperation on the development, use and dissemination of open standards, comprising metadata schemata and semantic assets, to facilitate more effective exchange of information on skills and qualifications at EU level and by Member States and third parties. The multilingual classification system ESCO (European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations) referred to in article 6 shallmay be used to support this work.
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Europass shall seek to enhance transparency and understanding of learning acquired in formal, non-formal and informal settings and through practical experiences, including mobilitylong and short term mobility at all levels of education and volunteering.
Amendment 236 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. Europass shall use the European Classification of Skills/Competences, Qualifications and Occupations (ESCO) established in Article 6 to ensure semantic interoperability between the tools for documentation and information. ESCO shallmay also provide a platform for interoperability with other relevant services such as those developed by the labour market.
Amendment 249 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 10 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Europass shall ensure the protection of the data of its users at all times. The user shall decide what information is visible and/or searchable for employers and users.
Amendment 253 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Europass Qualification Supplement(s) shall be issued by the competent national authorities in accordance with templates developed by the European Commission and other stakeholders32 such as the Council of Europe and UNESCO. Any changes in this field should take into account, refer to, and be in line with the results of the work of Bologna Follow Up Group's Advisory Group on Revision of Diploma Supplement. _________________ 32 Current supplements are the Certificate Supplement and the Diploma Supplement.
Amendment 269 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall manage a multilingual classification of concepts that are relevant forfurther develop, test and evaluate the EU labour market and education and training system known as the classification of European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations (ESCO). The Commission shall present a comprehensive assessment and proposals for improving ESCO to the European Parliament and the Council together with the first evaluation report on the implementation of this Directive.
Amendment 271 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Amendment 279 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) develop accessible web-based tools for the operation of Europass;
Amendment 290 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) regularly update the ESCO classification, in close cooperation with Member States and with stakeholders, such as social partners, professional associations, education and training institutes, youth organisations and other youth work providers, volunteering organisations, research institutes, statistics institutes and employment services.
Amendment 304 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) support the further testing and evaluation of the implementation of article 14 of the Regulation (EU) 2016/589 in relation to the ESCO classification, and support the continuous update of ESCO, in line with article 6;
Amendment 332 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) provide Europass users with access to the relevant information or data available within the Member State in an effective and accessible way, in particular access to information on learning opportunities, qualifications and qualification systems and to semantic assets on national level;
Amendment 346 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) support cooperation at national level among public and privateall stakeholders, including on skills related issues in economic sectors;