13 Amendments of Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ related to 2015/2006(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas young people can benefit immensely from practical entrepreneurial experiencefrom entrepreneurial training and education, which could contributes to new business creation and, employability and boosts well as innovation in the wider organisations in which they are employeds;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas social businesses might contribute to innovative sustainable growth and cohesion with society and local communities, and could create employment opportunities for young people, including disadvantaged young people and those furthest from the labour market;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas youth entrepreneurship can contribute to reducing youth unemployment and through education and training it can boost the employability of young people, their leadership and ‘intrapreneurial’ skills;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Member States to use existing EU-level funding resources (e.g.: the European Social Fund) to support initiatives pursuing links with businesses and offering entrepreneurship education to low income young people, regardless of socio- economic background or gender, with a particular focus on early school dropoutleavers, young people in danger of long-term unemployment and young people with disabilities;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Member States to be proactive in simplifyingCommission and the Member States to improve the regulatory frameworks of social businesses, to promote them and monitor the quality of the employment practices of such businesses and to safeguard workers’ rights in this context;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States to put in place a regulatory environment and fiscal incentives that encourage the development of youth entrepreneurial initiatives and boost job creation, as well as to improve welfare and insurance systems so as to guarantee minimum protection for young entrepreneurs;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to offer micro-scholarships and micro-loans schemes to innovative students in secondary and tertiary education respectively in order to start their own ventures or projectorder to start their own ventures or projects, and to put measures in place to protect young people against indebtedness;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member StatesStresses the need to improve the entrepreneurial culture within tertiary education by establishing the conditions to supportsupporting and facilitating the creation of new companies based on academic research (spin-offs), reducing the bureaucratic burden involved in establishing such companies and promoting the benefits of commercialising research;
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States to transform their educational systems (e.g.: teaching methods and curricula), including vocational training programs, so as to put a larger focus on the development of transversal entrepreneurship competencies, skills and knowledge, that are effectively delivered through hands-on and real-life experiences; suggests that entrepreneurship is taught across various subjects or as a separate subject;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to foster the sharing of ideas, knowledge, experience and best practices and to develop benchmarks, models, common instruments and projects to promote youth entrepreneurship;
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls for a closer collaboration with the private sector and social partners to encourage a risk-taking, entrepreneurial and innovative culture (e.g. through structural commitments like facilities for innovation and exchange of ideas);
Amendment 116 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls on the Member States to provide appropriate training and ensure an ongoing professional development of teachers and stakeholders involved in entrepreneurship education;
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Calls on the Commission to examine factors which discourage women from taking up an entrepreneurial career path and to ensure that educational systems as well as related measures and activities actively strive for gender equality.