7 Amendments of Sabine VERHEYEN related to 2010/2211(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the importance of striking the right balance between predictability and flexibility in multiannual expenditure; believes that a seven-year MFF would achieve this; takes the view that a five- plus-five-year MFF might also be satisfactory, provided that it included a comprehensive mid-term review with full involvement of Parliament;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that one of the five Europe 2020 headline targets is to reduce the share of early school leavers to less than 10% and increase the share of the younger generation with a degree or diploma or proper professional training to at least 40%; underlines that education, training and youth mobility – and also mobility in adult education and professional training – are essential for creating and safeguarding jobs and reducing poverty, and are thus crucial for both Europe’s short-term economic recovery and its longer-term growth and productivity; takes the view that EU programmes play an important role in steering national policies in the direction agreed at inter- governmental level, and towards the targets of the Europe 2020 strategy; recalls that EU policy initiatives in cooperation with the Member States have helped to modernise education and training policies and institutions within the Member States;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of the cultural, creative and media sectors, which are important elements of the economic value chain, in achieving the Europe 2020 targets relating to employment, productivity and social cohesion; notes that, beyond their direct contribution to GDP, these industries have a positive spill- over effect on other sectors of the economy such as tourism and digital technologies; takes the view that EU policy initiatives and programmes in these areas have demonstrable ‘European added value’;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the programme’s Erasmus sub-programme has an implementation rate of close to 100%; recalls the well- documented evidence that Erasmus considerably facilitates study abroad and that this, in turn, significantly improves subsequent employment prospects and thereby contributes substantially to Europe’s competitiveness;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that the Comenius, Leonardo da Vinci and Grundtvig sub-programmes promote partnerships and exchanges of best practices across Europe, helping both educators and learners to acquire new skills; acknowledges that they therefore bring to school, adult and vocational education a better understanding of cultural and linguistic diversity, and improve the European skills base, thereby directly contributing to an increase in Europe’s competitiveness; takes note of the success of the Erasmus Mundus programme (2009- 2013) in establishing partnerships with universities outside the EU and highlighting the distinctive characteristics of European higher education;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the important role that the MEDIA and MEDIA Mundus programmes have played in strengthening the competitiveness of the European audiovisual industry; notes, in particular, that since national support mechanisms apply mainly to the production phase, these programmes have demonstrated significant European added value and a worldwide strengthening of the European audio- visual industry by supporting cross- border (and indeed global) distribution of European audiovisual works;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that EU education, youth, media and culture programmes are successful in that they enjoy high implementation rates and generate clear European added value which can be measured in economic terms, and believes that there are good arguments for increasing the resources devoted to them; underlines the importance of linking the allocation of resources more closely to take-up;