Activities of Michèle RIVASI related to 2021/2209(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION Towards an EU strategy to promote education for children in the world: mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
Amendments (11)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
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1. Notes with deep concern that according to UNESCO, Covid-19 has wiped out 20 years of education gains; notes that the lack of adequate national regulations and strategies, as well as the lack of trained professionals, of the necessary infrastructure and of proper equipment and facilities, are barriers to quality education in several developing countries;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
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2a. Is alarmed that according to the joint World Bank – UNESCO report, Education Finance Watch (EFW) of April 2021, two-thirds of low- and lower- middle-income countries have cut their public education budgets since the onset of the pandemic, at a time when they can least afford to;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
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3. Emphasises that the COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the existing vulnerabilities in social services in Africa, in particular in the field of education; reiterates that education should be a key pillar of the Africa-EU partnership;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
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4a. Notes with concern that according to the World Health Organisation and UNICEF, 2 out of 5 children without a basic drinking water service at school lived in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2019; stresses that access to water is intrinsically linked to health and education; accordingly, emphasises the importance of providing basic water, sanitation and waste management facilities in schools; to this effect, calls on the EU to step up its technical and financial support;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
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Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
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5a. Stresses that governments should provide remedial education for children who were unable to follow distance education, particularly for children with disabilities, children living in poverty, refugee and migrant children, children who work, children in rural areas, paying particular attention to girls within these groups;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
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6. NRecalls that governments should ensure that all students have access to free primary and secondary education; but notes that the COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated education funding gaps, adding up to one third to the annual funding gap and reaching USD 200 billion1 ; urges governments to protect their education budgets and ensure public education systems are adequately resourced; __________________ 1 https://en.unesco.org/news/unesco-warns- funding-gap-reach-sdg4-poorer-countries- risks-increasing-us-200-billion-annually
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
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7. CReminds that according to the UNESCO, there is a need to hire at least 15 million teachers to reach the education-related goals in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2030, in line with the No. 4 of the 2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); considers that in the context of the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, particular efforts must be undertaken to invest in well-trained teachers in order to equip children with skills which are relevant to the job market;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
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8. CRecalls that current levels of government spending in low- and lower- middle-income countries fall short of the levels required to achieve the SDGs; reminds that external financing is key to support the education opportunities of the world’s poorest; yet some of donor countries have already begun to shift their budget away from aid to domestic priorities; calls on the Commission to establish a road map to provide technicand step up its technical and financial assistance in the education sector, together with Member States, to developing partner countries in order to draw up proper national regulations and strategies, and to share best practices in this context;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
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8a. Calls on the EU to support governments of developing countries to ensure that any technology they recommend for online learning protects children’s privacy rights; in particular, stresses that governments and schools should include data privacy clauses in any contracts they sign with technology or “Ed Tech” providers;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
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9. Calls on the Commission to take the absorption capacities of partner countries into account in the context of increased funding for education; emphasises the need to engage with reliable local partners, particularly with local faith-based organisations, in the implementation of education funding.