10 Amendments of Ádám KÓSA related to 2013/2045(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 25 October 2010 on mobility and inclusion of people with disabilities and the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020 (2010/2272(INI));1 __________________ 1 Texts adopted, A7-0263/2011.
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas in 2011 7.5 million young people aged 15-24 and 6.5 million aged 25- 29 were not in education, employment or training (NEETs), among them members of vulnerable groups such as young people with health problems or disabilities and single mothers, a development entailing serious social consequences such as poor or insecure future employment prospects or even a combination of mental and physical dysfunctions and disabilities; whereas these problems are likely to increase in the near future;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas in 2011 the economic loss due to the disengagement of young people from the labour market was estimated at EUR 153 billion in the Member States, corresponding to 1.2 % of EU GDP4, which by itself is already costlier than the annual budget for the European Union institutions, funds and instruments; whereas this represents a serious social and economic burden;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas young people are particularly disadvantaged during economic crises, more so than most groups; whereas for many young people current unemployment can be expected to turn into long-term unemployment, which brings risks of social exclusion; whereas this has alarming consequences for young individuals, lowering their self-esteem, leaving their ambitions unrealised, and delaying their assumption of an independent adult life including starting a family, and consequently also for society, negatively impacting on the social, economic and demographic situation, including civil peace, in Europe;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas SMEs, which are a driving force for economic growth and job creation and for achieving the goals of the Europe 2020 Strategy, have shed more than 3.5 million jobs as a result of the economic crisis and this sector is also capable of employing the most young people in the most effective way, with workplace closures affecting all workers, including the young;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the economic crisis which began in 2008 has negatively affected both demand and supply on the labour market, thus dramatically increasing uncertainty over job prospects and making it essential for all unemployed people to be better informed about employment prospects, which services are inaccessible precisely for the most deprived groups and thus particularly for young people with disabilities, because many public services are still not barrier-free;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to draw up further specific outreach strategies targeted on NEETs, which should combine effective forms of intervention aimed at tackling early school-leaving and the reintegration of early school-leavers with strategies facilitating a smooth transition from education to work, and an increase in the employability of young people, together with the removal of the practical and logistical barriers faced by young people with more complex needs or needs that differ because of disabilities from which they suffer;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to support self-employment among young people by creating facilities and preferential conditions for starting up their own businesses, through, e.g., cutting red tape and introducing favourable tax policies or encouraging employers with ‘unpaid first job’ programmes by means of which young people gain practical experience, because in many cases the first step is unavailable which would enable them to proceed further, as young workers are fundamentally more mobile than older ones or workers with families;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes, in the context of promoting self-employment among young people, the proposed successor to the Progress Microfinance Facility included in the Programme for Social Change and Innovation for the period 2014-2020, in order to better meet demand, also among young people, supporting the launching of small home-based businesses and the like amongst students at colleges and universities too;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for an ambitious holistic policy approach which looks at education, training, employment and self-employment initiatives, for all young people at all the various levels, in an integrated way, with particular emphasis on acquiring greater skills in a foreign language and shared social values such as tolerance and cooperation, which is already the priority in the compulsory primary education system;