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2 Amendments of Luigi BERLINGUER related to 2010/0115(NLE)

Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 8 – paragraph 1
Member States should promote productivity and employability through an adequate supply of knowledge and skills to match current and future demand in the labour market, so as to provide individuals, at all stages in their lives, with more and better qualifications and vocations skills, which are a precondition for effective and sustainable growth. Quality initial education and attractive vocational training must be complemented with effective incentives for lifelong learning, second-chance opportunities, ensuring every adult the chance to move one step up in their qualification, and by targeted migration and integration policies. Member States should develop systems for recognising acquired competencies, remove barriers to occupational and geographical mobility of workers, promote the acquisition of transversal competences and creativity, and focus their efforts particularly on supporting those with low skills and increasing the employability of older workers, while at the same time enhance the training, skills and experience of highly skilled workers, including researchers.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 257 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 9 – paragraph 1
In order to ensureEducation and research should be made a central part of the EU's development strategy, with educational and training levels and standards being raised in accordance with the principles of excellence and fairness, with a view to establishing a new, learning-focused educational model ensuring access to quality education and training for all and to improveing educational outcomes,. Member States should invest efficiently in education and training systems notably to raise the skill level of the EU's workforce, allowing it to meet the rapidly changing needs of modern labour markets. Action should cover all sectors (from early childhood education and schools through to higher education, vocational education and training, as well as adult training) taking also into account learning in informal and non-formal contexts. Reforms should aim to ensure the acquisition of the key competencies that every individual needs for success in a knowledge-based economy, notably in terms ofsubstantially increasing R&D investment levels and taking advantage of the review of the seventh framework programme and the establishment of a new multiannual financial framework, not least with a view to promoting employability, furtherlifelong learning, or and ICT skills. Steps should be taken to ensure learning mobility of young people and teachers becomes the norm. Member States should improve the openness and relevance of education and training systems, particularly by implementing national qualification frameworks enabling flexible learning pathways and by developing partnerships between the worlds of education/training and work. The teaching profession should be made more attractive. Higher education should become more open to non-traditional learners and participation in tertiary or equivalent education should be increased. With a view to reducing the number of young people not in employment, education, or training, Member States should take all necessary steps to prevent early school leaving.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL