Activities of Sabine VERHEYEN related to 2019/2212(INI)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on the European Semester for economic policy coordination: Employment and Social Aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2020
Amendments (3)
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
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4. Believes that investing in human capital, with a particular focus on young people and people with fewer opportunities, is key to boosting knowledge-intensive, sustainable and inclusive growth, in a context of increasing skills shortages and mismatches in a rapidly changing world of work, particularly in the era of digitalisation; underlines the importance of entrepreneurship education in order to motivate young people to opt to set up in business, and stresses that digital and media literacy skills should be an essential part of education policies and include, among others, cyber safety, cyber hygiene, cyber responsibility and data protection;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
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8. Calls for an increase in the quality and efficiency of education and training systems, the strengthening of comprehensive lifelong learning and the upgrading of skills, notably of disadvantaged groups, including people with a migrant background; reiterates its support to citizenship education in schools as a key pillar of developing European democracy; underlines that adult education, training and lifelong learning has a positive effect on the individual, the economy and society.
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
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9a. Maintains that in today’s increasingly interconnected and interdependent world, proficiency in other languages is a vital skill that gives individuals the opportunity to engage with the world in a more immediate and meaningful way, while better preparing them to compete and succeed global society and economy; therefore calls on the Member States to implement their goal for all citizens to learn at least two foreign languages and to begin learning foreign languages at an early age, as set out in the December 2017 Council Conclusions;