Activities of Malika BENARAB-ATTOU related to 2013/2073(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on implementation of the EU Youth Strategy 2010-2012
Amendments (10)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. NotDeplores the Youth Strategy's weak impact during the first cycle (2010-2012), providing a flexiblstresses that the framework for cross- sectoral involvement of the Commission, Member States and relevant stakeholders was a good start but the efforts were not stringent enough;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. NotStresses that the employment aspects of the Youth Strategy have become ever more pressing given the current crisis and alarmingly high levels of youth unemployment and the estimated cost of 'non-action' within the EU; stresses that the next cycle (2013-2015), by focusing on youth unemployment, formal, informal and non-formal education and training, should contribute to the two overall objectives of the Youth Strategy of creating equal opportunities for youth in the labour market and promoting social inclusion; stresses however that equal opportunities as objective does not take into account the heavy negative impact of both the crisis and the crisis measures on young persons and their participation in society; notes the focus of bringing young people into employment by any means and points out that this bears the risk of ignoring quality of work and rights at work for young persons, especially the right to decent income; deplores the range of measures taken to bring young people into employment with less rights or income and stresses that this borders on age discrimination;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that special attention should be paid to vulnerable groups at high risk of social exclusion, including people who are not in education, employment or training (NEETs), and disadvantaged youth, and to regions where the level of youth unemployment among young people is above 25%;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need to combat early school leaving through dialogue between; stresses that without major integrated action the EU2020 objectives to reduce early school-leaving will not be achieved; calls on the Member States to improve and facilitate the structures for dialogue between: the concerned persons, the education sector and public and privathe employment services, through better links between and the social and family services; points to the effectiveness and efficiency of improving links and cooperation between actors in education, initial and further vocational training, and through the introyouth work; stresses that cooperation between institutions without dialogue with the concerned remains inefficient; stresses the strong integrational aspects of dual education of dual education systemssystems; calls on all actors to fundamentally improve and secure transition between education, training and employment as transition periods are periods of extremely high risk for those at risk of exclusion or dropping out;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission's proposals for a Quality Framework on Traineeships and an Alliance for Apprenticeships, aimed at promoting high-quality traineeships across the EU; calls on the Member States to ensure that traineeships taking place within formal education have a defined pedagogical framework, and that those taking place outside formal education are with a set of rights including social security coverage and proper remuneration according to collective agreements and minimum wage legislation; calls on the Member States to urgently implement the Youth Guarantee and to immediately launch their projects in order to combat youth unemployment, drawing on the EUR 6 billion in EU funds available for the Youth Employment Initiative and adding sufficient own resources; calls on the Commission to give practical support to Member States implementing the Youth Guarantee and to ensure the involvement of Youth organisations in the design and implementation of the schemes at all levels;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that European funding can act as an important complement to necessary investments from national budgets; calls on the Member States to exploit the potential of the European Social Fund (ESF) when implementing the Youth Strategy; stresses that resources towards youth employment should be seen as an investment; long term and continuous key investment to maximise the potential of young persons both in regard to the labour market and to society as a whole; stresses that there is both a strong social, democratic and economic argument for such investment; points to the high "return" of investment into training and skills; stresses that the ILO recommended a budget of EUR 21 billion to implement 'youth guarantee' programs across Europe over the seven year period 2014-2020; stresses that investment into youth guarantee programs should be exempt from austerity cuts;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the involvement of all relevant stakeholders, in particular the social partners and the youth organisations, when implementing the Youth Strategy. ; recommends that the Commission consult representatives of national youth councils when evaluating the implementation of the Youth Strategy;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Draws attention to the problem ofneed to combat early-school leaving; stresses that, without major integrated action, the EU2020 objectives to reduce early -school- leavers; calls for flexible learning pathways at EU and national leveling will not be achieved; calls on the Member States to improve and facilitate the structures for dialogue between the persons concerned, the education sector, employment services and social and family services; points to the need to improve links and cooperation between actors in education, vocational training and youth work;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the new EU initiative for a Youth Guarantee scheme; calls on the Member States to fully exploit it; but stresses that the ILO recommended a budget of EUR 21 billion to implement "youth guarantee" programmes across Europe over the 2014-2020 period; calls on the Member States to commit themselves to implementing the scheme in an efficient and timely manner; highlights the need for sufficient funding for the initiative through the European Social Fund and other EU structural funds;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Underlines the importance of the "Youth in action" programme which promotes young people's active citizenship, develops solidarity and promotes tolerance among young people; stresses that cooperation with neighbouring countries, notably Southern Mediterranean countries, should be strengthened by promoting European programmes and creating synergies with the work of the Mediterranean Office for Youth;