9 Amendments of Silvia COSTA related to 2009/2099(INI)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas education and training are vital elements of lifelong learningexcellent means of helping underdeveloped regions close up and have multiple benefits that go beyond job creation and the promotion of competitiveness,
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that one of the key messages is to raise the level of investment in Europe’s human resources in order to give priority to the EU’s most important asset – its people, the focal point of the Union’s policiesskilled people who can adapt to the constantly changing circumstances of the labour market;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points out the need to match lifelong learning opportunities as closely as possible to the needs of individuals and to the needs of the labour market, and emphasises that the constantly changing nature of those needs makes continuing education an inevitable necessity; recalls that there is no longer any such thing as a ‘job for life’ and that training and retraining isare essential; reiterates that a learning culture needs to be encouraged from childhood;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Bearing in mind the demographic transformation of Europe (into an ageing society), calls on universities to widen access to learning, to diversify and to broaden the student population, in particular by adapting study programmes to adults returning to study and ensuring that such programmes are designed to attract adult learners and also the changing conditions of the labour market due to the economic, social and employment crisis, calls on universities to widen access to learning and to modernise curricula addressing the new challenges in order to upgrade the skills of the European workforce;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Bearing also in mind that education is one of the most important and effective means of social inclusion and the fight against poverty and inequalities, urges universities to widen access to learning and international exchange programs also for people with disabilities;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises that a stronger learning culture must be established, promoted and reinforced, and that continuing training and retraining at all stages of life isare critical to Europe’s businesses;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Invites the Commission to promote a new form of structured partnership between businesses, universities and other educational and training sectors, in particular secondary schools and vocational training agencies, in order, inter alia, to bring teaching staff up to date; such partnerships can also provide for the presence of sectoral bodies;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Proposes that a web space (for example an open portal)site be set up for the purpose of sharing and disseminating experience and for communication focusing on sharing good practice and providing visitors with inspiration and concrete tools and mechanisms for designing and implementing cooperation projects;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Hopes, on the basis of existing good practice in various Member States, for the promotion of a European day devoted to young inventors, i.e. to innovations, inventions or patents conceived by young Europeans;