Activities of Liisa JAAKONSAARI related to 2012/2258(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing
Amendments (4)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
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3. Stresses the need to create the appropriate conditions for people to work longer and to be more productive, both by improving labour-market flexibility through the introduction of time ac; calls on the Commission and Member States therefore to provide for a good balance between security and flexibility in the labour market through e.g. a comprehensive implementation of flexicurity principles, and to address labour market segmentation, by providing both adequate social protection coverage for people in periods of transition, or on temporary or part-time employment counts and partracts, and access to training, career development and full-time work possibilities and by making provision for modern forms of employment contract, including temporary ones; encourages Member States to invest in services – such as affordable, fulltime and high- quality childcare, all- day school places and care for elderly – that help promote gender equality, foster a better work–life balance and create a framework which allows to enter or re- enter the labour market;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
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Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
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5. Points out the essential role of investing more in education and training, with priority for lifelong learning, in order to prepare an active and productive ageing workforce; in this light, urges a strong focus on lifelong learning within the "Erasmus for all" programme, which constitutes an effective tool for fostering education and continuous professional development for EU citizens of all ages;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
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6. Maintains that further reforms of pension systems are necessary in order to make them sustainable; more coherence must be established between the effective retirement age, the official retirement age and life expectancy, secure and inclusive as well as to reduce economic dependency ratio to maintain a sufficiently large workforce, and to combine this with the constant improvement of working conditions and the implementation of lifelong training schemes enabling healthier and longer professional careers;