Activities of Eduard KUKAN related to 2018/2187(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Training Foundation (ETF) for the financial year 2017
Amendments (6)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes ETF's support and complementarity to the external policies, notably the Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policies, and the foreign policy instruments of the EU; welcomes the Foundation’s inputs to bilateral external assistance related to policy dialogue and Union reporting processes,; acknowledges its willingness to be better involved in VET issues contained in Union aid granted to third countries and encourages the Foundation’s availability to support Union aid to strengthen VET reform globally;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Welcomes the high achievement rate in 2017 (93 %) but notes that the trend in the previous years has been decreasing (94 % in 2016 and 96 % in 2015);
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Welcomes support from the ETF to the EU candidate countries in areas such as work-based learning, continuing professional development of VET teachers and entrepreneurial learning; supports ETF's efforts in the Western Balkans aiming to modernise qualifications and qualifications systems; acknowledges the progress achieved with the development and implementation of national qualification frameworks at different levels as well as the validation of informal and non-formal learning (VINFIL); welcomes ETF’s report on "Tracking vocational graduates in the EU candidate countries";
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Welcomes the activities and the support carried out in Central Asia with regards to monitoring EU technical assistance and budget support in these countries and on promoting regional cooperation aligned with the Central Asia Education Platform (CAEP); supports the continuous engagement of Central Asia in a system-wide policy analysis and monitoring progress exercise in VET through the Torino Process;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Encourages further ETF work in the countries of Eastern Partnership in both regional and country specific activities linked to enhance the quality of vocational schools, equipment and delivery;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6 d. Welcomes the cooperation with other EU agencies - in particularly Eurofound and Cedefop - on EU policies that contribute to development of human capital;