9 Amendments of Silvia COSTA related to 2010/2234(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that investing in education and training is essential for Europe’s better future; considers that key competences and new skills, in particular those required by jobs in strategic growth sectors, provide people with new opportunities and, moreover, that they lay the basis for long- term sustainable economic and social development;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States, as envisaged for the Europe 2020 objectives, to improve links between vocational training and labour market needs, for example by improving academic and careers guidance services and encouraging traineeships and apprenticeship contracts for women, and to create new opportunities for training, including in scientific, mathematical and technological fields, in order to increase women's employability in technical and scientific areas and in non-traditional jobs and in the low-carbon sectors of the economy;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the link between education and training, particularly the pathway from vocational to higher education, demands changes from learning institutions to cope with the difficulties linked to the differences in teaching and learning styles which stem from the adoption of curricula based on the development of skills, rather than the mere processing of course material, and that more suitable teacher training is therefore necessary;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure an optimal use of the Structural Funds, such as the European Social Fund, for specific programmes that promote lifelong learning and aim at increasing the rate of female participation in the VET system, not least by means of suitably funded measures specifically designed to achieve this; calls for the development of specific actions in the framework of the Pilot Project Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs in order to encourage entrepreneurship among women;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasises the importance, at territorial level, of fostering effective synergies and reliable forms of cooperation between schools, training agencies, research centres and firms in order to overcome the inward-looking nature of education systems and the mismatch between knowledge and skills and the needs of the labour market and make young people and women in particular more employable, with specific reference to vocational further education qualifications;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to develop incentives for employers to facilitate the provision of cost-effective and flexible training in micro and small enterprises, adapted to the needs of women and including for home-based workers; calls for consideration to be given to the types of tax exemption which could be accorded in respect of work done by women, particularly in small and medium-sized undertakings.
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 5
5. Recommends boosting creativity at all levels of education, including vocational, non-formal and informal learning training, and recognising skills obtained through any form of learning, including non-formal and informal;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that the role of regional and local authorities and the social partners in developing a friendly environment for successful cooperation between the labour market and VET students is essential;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 8
8. Considers that the challenges posed by the 2020 strategy create a need to provide adequate financial resources, also through the Structural Funds, in particular the ESF, as well as increasing VET prestige; considers, in this respect, that giving visibility to student success stories in the labour market would be of great value.