13 Amendments of Sylvie GUILLAUME related to 2016/2307(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls for renewed political impetus for an ambitious European anti-poverty strategy, and fresh commitment to meet the European 2020 anti-poverty targets; urges the Member States to outline detailed anti-poverty national strategy plans, and the Commission to emphasise poverty reduction within the European Semester;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Urges the EC to provide tailor- made guidelines and support for each EU Member State to improve the implementation of reforms to the education, training and youth policies, including through mutual learning, technical assistance and financial support;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the right to high-quality education, investing in outreach to the most vulnerable learners,Welcomes the progress achieved in reaching higher education targets but raises its concerns that disadvantaged young people do not benefit equally from these results and that the social gap in education is growing; therefore calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the right to high-quality education, investing in outreach to the most vulnerable learners, including learners with disabilities and NEETs and youth and children with migrant backgrounds, and ensure their systematic inclusion into mainstream education and to use the new skills agenda to strengthen human capacity, support an inclusive labour market and tackle social inequalities, therefore focusing on transferable skills such as social, intercultural, and creative and transferable skillsskills, entrepreneurship, critical thinking and digital literacy;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Recalls the key role that non- formal and informal learning can play in developing and sustaining key skills for youth employability such as entrepreneurship, leadership, problem- solving, adaptability and capacity building, especially amongst marginalised groups;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Calls on Member States to pursue further the development of validation mechanisms for non-formal and informal learning in order to meet the target set for 2017 and make lifelong learning a reality for a larger number of individuals, therefore contributing to tackling poverty, social exclusion and unemployment, as well as giving individuals opportunities for self-development;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the need to invest in children and youthAgrees that the fight against youth unemployment must remain a priority and recalls the need to invest in children and youth, including through the implementation of the Investing in Children Recommendations and social Investment in early childhood, especially with regard to thematic areas with direct relevance to the Europe 2020 strategy, such as early school leaving (ESL), higher education, youth employment, vocational education and training (VET), lifelong learning and mobility, in order to build resilience and reduce unemployment, especially amongst the young and most vulnerable groups, prevent radicalisation and ensure long term social inclusion;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the creation of a child guarantee and for a proper and swift implementation of the Youth Guarantee, including through a proper funding allocation, ensuring the added value and quality of the trainings and jobs offered in the programmes developed under the Youth Employment Initiative, in line with the ILO Decent Work agenda;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Is of the opinion that more efforts are needed to address the skills mismatches and skills shortages, with a particular focus on vocational education and training, apprenticeship systems, lifelong-learning and adult learning, in order to achieve a sustainable labour market and social inclusion and to prevent radicalisation;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Highlights that Erasmus+ contributes to mobility and cultural exchange across the EU; calls for better promotion and use of the European tools for transparency, mobility and recognition of skills and qualifications with a view to facilitating mobility as regards learning and working; reaffirms the need to also ensure mobility opportunities for vocational training, disadvantaged young people and people suffering from different forms of discrimination;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Highlights that social entrepreneurship is a growing field that can boost the economy whilst simultaneously alleviating deprivation, social exclusion and other societal problems; therefore considers that entrepreneurship education should include a social dimension, and address such subjects as fair trade, social enterprises, and alternative business models, such as co-operatives, in order to strive towards a more social, inclusive and sustainable economy;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6 d. Highlights that labour market policies generally, and skills matching in respect of VET policies specifically, must aim to create and promote high quality and secure jobs, in line with the ILO Decent Work agenda; notes that these policies must contribute to combatting the phenomena of precarious employment, zero-hour contracts, and unpaid internships;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that the European Semester should be a more open, transparent and democratic process; calls on the Commission to introduce guidelines for stakeholder dialogue in order to improve the quality of civil society participation., using in this perspective the additional tools offered by e-democracy;