Activities of Nadja HIRSCH related to 2013/2045(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on tackling youth unemployment: possible ways out PDF (348 KB) DOC (236 KB)
Amendments (17)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
- having regard to the report on the integration of migrants, its effects on the labour market and the external dimension of social security coordination in the EU (2012/2131(INI)),
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas in January 2013 23 % of active young people were jobless, with the rates ranging from 159 % or less in Austria, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands and Germany1 to over 55 % in Greece and Spain, indicating marked geographical differences; __________________ 1 http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/tgm/tabl e.do?tab=table&init=1&plugin=1&langua ge=de&pcode=teilm021.
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas despite high overall levels of youth unemployment, certain sectors such as the ICT and health sectors have increasing difficulty filling vacancies with qualified personnel;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas, by virtue of their emphasis on practical skills, the dual system of vocational training and the combined academic-vocational degree courses employed in some Member States have proved their worth during the crisis in particular, keeping levels of youth unemployment lower by making young people more employable;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas the Commission, in its report of 30 May 2012 on the situation in Germany, noted that the dual vocational training system guarantees a supply of qualified workers and a low rate of youth unemployment;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Recital G c (new)
Gc. whereas, in certain Member States, there is a growing mismatch between trainees’ skills and labour market requirements;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises that the dual vocational training system and twin-track studies, with their focus on practical experience, have stood the test of the economic crisis particularly well, helping to reduce youth unemployment by making people more employable, and calls, therefore, on crisis- hit Member States to reform their training systems along these lines;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on Member States to correct any areas of mismatch between trainees’ skills and labour market requirements by offering opportunities for better training with a stronger focus on practical experience;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls on the Commission to collect success stories from the field of youth training and to publish them in the form of a handbook for use by other Member States;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Calls on the Commission to produce an annual report on the reform of vocational training systems in the Member States, thereby making a long- term structural contribution to improving young people’s employability;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Supports the establishment of the Erasmus for All Programme and the creation of a separate chapter for youth as well as a separate budget allocation, together with increased support for those who are active in youth work but not in an institutionalised fashion; is of the opinion that acquiring more and different skills, alsoin particular transversal skills such as ICT skills and language skills, including by studying abroad, will promote young people's participation in society and improve their prospects on the labour market;
Amendment 225 #
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, establishing a more favourable climate for private investments and addressing disproportionately punitive bankruptcy laws;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Welcomes EU youth mobility initiatives such as MobiPro;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Welcomes short and medium-term investments such as the Youth Employment Initiative, while drawing attention to the lack of any long-term structural measures and the absence of necessary reform to enable education systems in certain Member States rise to future challenges with a view to ensuring employability;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Member States to pay particular attention to higher youth unemployment rates among migrants, giving priority to integration on the employment market and integration mainstreaming, work being the key to successful integration;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Member States to remove existing barriers for cross-border apprenticeships, traineeships and internships to better match supply and demand of work-based training opportunities, thereby improving mobility and employment opportunities;
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the need to introduce reforms to EURES with the aim of proactively matching jobseekers and job-changers to existing vacancies, with a particular focus on addressing geographical mismatches between supply and demand of jobs, and where necessary, to reform public employment services so as to better target their activities and approaches on young people; stresses that raising of awareness of EURES is needed so as to increase its visibility and availability, as a career advice system that supports students in becoming more aware of their aspirations and capabilities, as well as of existing job opportunities;