Activities of Marie-Christine VERGIAT related to 2010/2307(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on Youth on the Move: - a framework for improving Europe's education and training systems PDF (293 KB) DOC (212 KB)
Amendments (31)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas Youth on the Move (YoM) reinforces the existing EU Youth Strategy (COM(2009)0200) by equipping young people with the knowledge and skills needed to, in particular, access the labour market,
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that education and/or training establishments must arrange extracurricular placements so as to provide students with experience in their chosen field as a means of consolidating their knowledge and forging links with the workplace;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas volunteering represents an important opportunity to acquire more competences, helping people to develop a sense of social responsibility through formal and informal learning, to take on social responsibility, to understand the importance of European integration and to play an active role as European citizens in a wide range of areas, and whereas that opportunity should be promoted, especially within the framework of the European Year of Volunteering 2011,
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas a large number of young people find themselves trapped in long- term unemployment, insecure employment or underemployment and are having to cope with financial and housing problems,
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M b (new)
Recital M b (new)
Mb. whereas the number of young people able to go abroad, in particular under EU programmes, is not increasing fast enough, and whereas there are major disparities according to social group and place of residence,
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Acknowledges the fact that one of the goals of higher education must be to ensure employability, but points out that it must also nurture the creativity and innovativeness of young people and help them to develop intellectually and socially;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises that the success of the YoM initiative depends mostly on the implementation of its key actions by the Member States; therefore asks the European Commission to introduce finely tuned indicators and take other necessary steps to closely monitor and analyse crucial elements during implementation of these key actions, with a view to helping Member States in the process;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that voluntary mobility in the framework of schooling and vocational training and for the purposes of employment should be promoconsolidated for all young people, irrespective of their financial situation, with each individual being able to determine the degree of his or her own mobility;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Takes an extremely negative view of the Commission’s intention to establish, in cooperation with the European Investment Bank, a European student loan system to supplement Member States’ schemes, and points out that students should not be required to bear any mobility costs;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines the importance of also facilitating the mobility of teachers, youth workers and social workers, because they can act as catalysts for the young people coming under their supervision;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Points out the importance of taking measures to ensure that students are mobile and have an effective social and health security system and full portability of grants when they are abroad; calls, in particular, for proper consideration to be given to the issue of access to mobility opportunities for young people from island regions;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recognises that disabled students, as well as students with children, shouldmust be afforded additional support to participate in mobilityin gaining access to existing mobility programmes and in taking full advantage of them and striking a study-work-life balance;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines the importance of informal and non- formal education, such as intercultural learning, in developing important skills and competences, and calls for skills and competences acquired in this manner to be included in the Mobility Scoreboard;
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Takes the view that occupational choices must be less strongly influenced by gender, that measures must be taken to present a comprehensive overview of possible career choices, for example with the help of equality advisers, and that the attempt must be made from an early age to interest and support girls, in particular, in mathematical and technical professions;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. WelcomesHopes that the key new actions of the YoM initiative, such as a unique and central mobility website, a mobility card and a European Skills Passport which all upgrade useful anill ensure more effective promotion of mobility opportunities for all young people wishing to take part, irrespective of their social background; calls on the Commission to conduct information campaigns aimed at specific target groups, in particular in less-privileged already existing mobility tools, with a view to promoting ad hoc programmes more effectively in those areas;
Amendment 130 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Emphasises that an active labour market policy, including publicly funded work programmes for young people, and the creation of new, sustainable and good jobs which are properly remunerated are essential preconditions for successfully tackling youth unemployment, and that the existing funds, such as the European Social Fund, must be targeted more specifically at these objectives;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the importance of beginning a new, more constructive dialogue between all stakeholders within the Bologna process, taking stock fromin particular student and teaching staff representatives, in order to take stock of its positive experience, as well as ofrom its failures, in order to further improve it and promote access to quality higher education for all those wishing to gain such access;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Strongly believes that autonomy of universities is necessary but simultaneously stresses the responsibility of universities, which does not detract from the fact that they have a responsibility towards society;
Amendment 141 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises that young people whose chances of getting started in life are poorer must be supported individually to increase their employabilityvocational training for all young people must be consolidated by means of individual support and that free publicly funded training places are an effective instrument for integrating particularly disadvantaged young people;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Points out the need to find a balance between higher education systems on one hand and the needs of the economyic and societyal needs in general on the other through adequate curricula for futuregeared to the acquisition of knowledge, know-how, skills and jobsexperience;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on national, regional, and local authorities to support and enhance cooperationdialogue between universities and businesall stakeholders (teaching staff, students, support staff, employers’ organisations, trade unions and civil-society organisations), without in any way undermining the independence of universities;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Encourages universities to bring their programmes and structures closer to the specific needs of thestablish, alongside the existing study programmes focusing on diversity of independent research, additional programmes and structures that are labour market-oriented, and to explore new methods of cooperation with private and public companieall stakeholders;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Suggests that, instead of the global university ranking system, the Commission introduces an information-based system on European universities’ programmes which would, among other things, regularly report to the public on the mobility opportunities for and the employability of students on each programme;
Amendment 168 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Emphasises that young people must be given access to vocational training during working time, enabling them to accumulate training credit hours while at work also, and that lifelong learning must be supported from the very first job;
Amendment 176 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses that effective measures must be taken to combat discrimination encountered by girls, even those holding academic qualifications superior to those of their male counterparts, in respect of employment opportunities and pay scales;
Amendment 177 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Stresses the importance of upholding maternity and paternity entitlements by combating any form of discrimination and guaranteeing effective enjoyment of all existing statutory rights;
Amendment 178 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Stresses the importance of Member States promoting and implementing youth policies designed to end the social exclusion of young people, particularly those belonging to the most disadvantaged families; takes the view that Member States should guarantee free access to cultural and sports facilities, programmes and activities;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Strongly stresses that the smooth entrance of young people into the labour market depends mainpartly on the modernisationability of VET institutions and universities to ensure, among other things, that their study programmes match the needs of the labour market;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Stresses the need to combat, at all levels, the provision of career guidance based solely on gender criteria and to give all young people, both male and female, a comprehensive overview of the career paths open to them;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Invites tertiary education institutions to introduce a period of high-quality traineeship into allppropriate study programmes in order to enable young people to meet, in advance, the real and practical demands of the working environment; prepare themselves for working life, but points out that such traineeships must not take the place of real jobs and must be combined with adequate pay and welfare protection;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Notes the Commission’s proposal to encourage Member States to introduce a ‘youth guarantee’, the purpose of which is to ensure that, within four months of leaving school, all young people are offered, on the basis of a personalised appraisal, a higher education course, a vocational training course or a job with fair pay; believes that any such arrangement must be based on free and informed choice;