2021/2008(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)

— having regard to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, particularly, goal 4 (Quality education) and target 4.7;

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 32

— having regard to its resolution of 19 January 2016 on the role of intercultural dialogue, cultural diversity and education in promoting EU fundamental values6 , _________________ 6 OJ C 11, 12.1.2018, p. 16.deleted

Amendment 100 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Salvatore DE MEO, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Considers that the contribution to the history and development to the European Project of the island of Ventotene and its Manifesto should be formally recognised; stresses the role of the Island of Ventotene as an emblematic place of memory for European integration and of reference for the protection of our common European values; believes that Ventotene embodies the ideal capital of Europe by continuously energising European integration, including through the active involvement of young people; stresses also the symbolic importance of the Carcere di Santo Stefanoand its potential to become a centre of reference for cultural exchange, public events, exhibitions and debate;

Amendment 102 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Regrets that the political consensus at European level on the need to advance citizenship education and the teaching of common European values has not been translated into concrete objectives, targets, actions and benchmarks and regrets the rejection by the Commission of several pilot projects proposed by the European Parliament in this direction; concludes that citizenship education policies suffer from an implementation gap and calls upon the Commission to approve the pilot projects proposed by the European Parliament designed to strengthen citizenship education;

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Regrets that the political consensus at European level on the need to advance citizenship education and the teaching of common European values has not been translated into concrete objectives, targets and benchmarks; concludes that citizenship education policies suffer from an implementcitizenship education is taken to be indoctrination ~~gap~~;

Amendment 104 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Regret~~Notes that the political consensus at European level on the need to advance citizenship education ~~and the teaching of common European values has not~~should be revisited and adapted to set more realistic, tangible and workable goals, which should been translated into concrete objectives, targets and benchmarks; ~~concludes that citizenship education policies suffer from an implementation gap;~~

Amendment 106 #

Loucas FOURLAS, Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Helwin PETER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Regret~~Notes that the political consensus at European level on the need to advance citizenship education and the teaching of common European values hwas not ~~been~~ translated into concrete objectives, targets and benchmarks; concludes that citizenship education policies suffer from an implementation gap;

Amendment 107 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

~~8. Regrets that EU programmes have not been able to provide substantial and effective support for EU and global citizenship education;~~deleted

Amendment 108 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Regret~~Notes that the majority of EU programmes ~~hav~~are not ~~been able~~intended to provide substantial ~~and effective support for EU and global~~support to Member States in the field of citizenship education; underlines that, where appropriate, targeted actions could be pursued together with national authorities to promote citizenship education;

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Regrets that EU programmes have not been able to provide substantial and effective support for EU and global citizenship education; calls for the inclusion in the RRF and the educational programs financed with EU funds of specific targets related to citizenship education;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 33 a (new)

— having regard to its resolution of 25 March 2021 on shaping digital education policy;

Amendment 110 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Regrets that EU programmes have not been able to provide substantial and effective support for EU and global citizenship education; calls on the European Commission and Member States for funds to reinforce EU programmes supporting education and citizenship education;

Amendment 111 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Regrets that EU programmes such as Erasmus +, Horizon Europe, the European Solidarity Corps, the Rights & Values, or Creative Europe, among others, have not been able to provide substantial and effective support for EU and global citizenship education;

Amendment 112 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Regret~~Notes that EU programmes have not been able to provide substantial and effective support for EU and global citizenship education;

Amendment 113 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Regret~~Notes that EU programmes ~~hav~~were not ~~been~~ able to provide substantial and effective support for EU ~~and global~~ citizenship education;

Amendment 114 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Finds that there is a lack of policy coherence in the area of citizenship education at the EU policy level, particularly as regards cooperation between the European Commission’s directorates general that are in charge of developing and implementing EU programmes that can fund citizenship education - these include, but are not limited to, education and culture; employment, social affairs and inclusion; development and international partnerships; justice and fundamental rights; notes that there is currently no policy instrument that brings together all relevant bodies and authorities in a structured way;

Amendment 115 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Stresses that existing programmes such as Erasmus+, the European Solidarity Corps and the European Parliament Ambassador School contribute to the active provision of citizenship education;

Amendment 116 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Stresses that the acquisition of political knowledge cannot take place purely through knowledge transfer in a classroom and emphasises in this context the importance of the European institutions' provision of information exchange;

Amendment 117 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)

8c. Notes that interactive programmes beyond the school curriculum, such as Euroscola, represent sustainable added value in terms of the individual provision of citizenship education and active participation in democratic life;

Amendment 118 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Finds that EU programmes make a limited contribution to advancing certain dimensions of citizenship education, mainly because of a lack of explicit direct support, limited resources and uneven geographical coverage; regrets that so far, EU-funded projects in this area have not had a widespread long- term impact;deleted

Amendment 119 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Finds that EU programmes make a limited contribution to advancing certain dimensions of citizenship education, mainly because of Member State competence in this area, a lack of explicit direct support, limited resources and uneven geographical coverage; ~~regret~~notes that so far, EU-funded projects in this area have not had a widespread long-term impact;

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 37 a (new)

— having regard to the Council of Europe Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture (RFCDC)

Amendment 120 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Affirms that on the basis of Articles 9, 10, 165 and 166 TEU, and the EU Charter for fundamental rights the EU has a primary responsibility to foster EU citizenship education as a way to ensure deeper knowledge among its citizens of the European project as a union of democratic states, thus guaranteeing its citizens the right to fully participate in political life and decision-making at EU level;

Amendment 121 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Affirms that on the basis of Articles 9, 10, 165 and 166 TEU, the EU has a primary responsibility to foster EU citizenship education as a way to ensure deeper knowledge among its citizens of the European project as a union of democratic sovereign states, thus guaranteeing its citizens the right to fully participate in political life and decision-making at EU level;

Amendment 122 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Loucas FOURLAS, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Affirms that on the basis of Articles 9, 10, 165 and 166 TEU, the EU has a primary responsibility to foster EU citizenship education as a way to ensure deeper knowledge among its citizens of the E~~uropean project~~U as a union of democratic states, thus guaranteeing its citizens the right to fully participate in political life and decision- making at EU level;

Amendment 123 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Highlights the will to encourage a European common identity through a common academic programme and to strongly integrate a European dimension in education as expressed by citizens in the context of the Conference of the Future of Europe, as well as the demand of European youth to include knowledge about the opportunities and benefits of Europe in curricula;

Amendment 124 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Affirms that on the basis of Articles 6, 165 and 166 TFEU the EU must not require the harmonisation of EU countries’ laws or regulations, and shall provide support while fully respecting the responsibility and competences of the Member States;

Amendment 125 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Notes that some Member States acknowledge the positive influence of EU policy developments in fostering educational change in the area of citizenship education; underlines the need for extensive cooperation between Member States, local actors, educators and EU affairs experts in order to create synergies between practices and methods applied across Europe;

Amendment 126 #

Loucas FOURLAS, Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Peter POLLÁK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Is concerned about the lack of effective action by the Commission regarding the advancement of ~~‘active citizenship’, which is a k~~the Key cCompetence ~~of citizenship education~~for Lifelong Learning 2018 framework "Citizenship Competence", while other basic competences are reflected in the ET 2020 benchmarks or are supported by dedicated competence frameworks to facilitate teaching and uptake at national level;

Amendment 127 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Calls on the MemberStates and the Commission to encourage and facilitate high-quality training on EU topics for teachers, other educational staff, youth leaders and trainers,including modules abroad allowing them to spend part of their training inanother Member State, and by ensuring the recognition of their competences toteach about the EU; calls for the creation and promotion of a ʻEuro Teacherʼlabel award;

Amendment 128 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Andrey SLABAKOV, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Notes the importance of citizenship education to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030; underlines the interconnections between citizenship education and education for sustainability and the importance of coordinating the efforts being made to mainstreaming both areas into policies, curricula, pedagogies and methodologies from formal, non-formal and informal learning and education;

Amendment 129 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Draws attention to the awarding of the 2021 European Citizen’s prize to student´s debate initiatives; considers that in a climate of increasing polarisation, democratic debate is more important than ever; believes that fostering skills and competences for debate is an integral part of citizenship education;

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 37 b (new)

— having regard to the Conclusions of the Council and of the representatives of the governments of the Member States meeting within the Council on fostering democratic awareness and democratic engagement among young people in Europe (2020/C 415/09);

Amendment 130 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Highlights the need of citizenship education to raise awareness of the climate transition, to foster the Education for Climate Coalition as well as to enhance knowledge about sustainability creating synergies with the thematic axes included in the New European Bauhaus initiative;

Amendment 131 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12 b. Encourages Member States to support, review and update their education systems – and all forms of EU- related curricula content at all levels of education and learning, including vocational education and training – with a view to strengthening the EU dimension in close collaboration with all relevant actors at EU and national level, while strongly encouraging regions and local authorities to do the same, in particular when they have direct competences in educational systems; underlines the importance to take into account linguistic diversity within European citizenship Education, with due consideration to minority languages and languages in danger;

Amendment 132 #

Ilana CICUREL, Irena JOVEVA, Laurence FARRENG, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Urges for the European Commission to dedicate a call for proposal to an Erasmus+ Teachers Academy on citizenship education; encourages the development of a European citizenship educational culture while acknowledging diversities in Europe;

Amendment 133 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)

12 c. Reiterates its call on the Member States and the educational community to involve citizens descendants of immigrants, migrants, refugees and faith communities in bidirectional, respectful and empowering citizenship-building processes, ensuring their participation in civic and cultural life; believes that fostering a better understanding among citizens of the historic and personal causes of migrants’ journeys, including Europe’s colonial past, as well as the shared cultural backgrounds, is an important component of global citizenship;

Amendment 134 #

Ilana CICUREL, Irena JOVEVA, Laurence FARRENG, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Bernard GUETTA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12 b. Calls on the European Commission and Member States to work on the inclusion of a co-constructed teaching unit in the initial training of teachers across the Union to introduce them to European education systems, best educational practices, EU exchange platforms, tools and partnerships, reflective practice and European values; calls for the creation of a European oath of teachers, similar to the universal oath of hippocrates;

Amendment 135 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Loucas FOURLAS, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)

12 d. Asks the Member States to enhance and broaden initial and ongoing, professional, and lifelong development opportunities for teachers, educators, families and the wider educational community to provide them with appropriate support and resources to teach citizenship education; stresses the need to promote and encourage multilingual and intercultural competences of educators, as well as mobility opportunities, peer-to-peer learning and exchanges of best practices among teaching staff;

Amendment 136 #

Ilana CICUREL, Irena JOVEVA, Laurence FARRENG, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Bernard GUETTA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)

12 c. Considers the more flexible and hybrid mobility features of the Erasmus+ programme 2021-2027 as an opportunity to increase the mobility opportunities for teachers and future teachers; encourages the European Commission to promote short-term mobility of teachers and to establish long-term mobility partnerships using the digital component;

Amendment 137 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 e (new)

12 e. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to encourage and facilitate high-quality training on EU topics for teachers, other educational staff, youth leaders and trainers, including modules abroad allowing them to spend part of their training in another Member State, and by ensuring the recognition of their competences to teach about the EU; calls for the creation and promotion of a ʻEuro Teacherʼ label award; reiterates its call to set up ‘Comenius Teacher Academies’ to foster a European dimension in education; calls on the Commission to establish a Comenius Teacher Academy dedicated to Citizenship education for all teachers, trainers and learners from both the formal and non-formal sector, including the VET sector;

Amendment 138 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 f (new)

12 f. Urges the Commission to develop a common citizenship education competence framework for teachers and students for the Key competence active citizenship;

Amendment 139 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 g (new)

12 g. Calls for the recognition and validation of citizenship competences acquired through non-formal and informal learning, including youth work, volunteering and for the strengthening of links between formal, non-formal and informal learning in citizenship education;

Amendment 14 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Loucas FOURLAS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 37 c (new)

— having regard to the Council of Europe Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education;

Amendment 140 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Considers that in the post-ET 2020 cooperation framework, attention should be focused on developing curricula and national assessments in citizenship education that integrate all relevant aspects of the subject area in line with European Reference Framework for Democratic Culture of the Council of Europe and the European Reference Framework of Key Competences for Lifelong Learning, in particular with regards to Social and civic competences;

Amendment 141 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Considers that in the post-ET 2020 cooperation framework, attention should be focused on developing curricula and national assessments in citizenship education that integrate all relevant aspects of the subject area and encourages the inclusion of informal and non-formal education providers in its coordination and facilitation;

Amendment 142 #

Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Ilana CICUREL, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Considers that in the post-ET 2020 cooperation framework, attention should be focused on developing ~~curricula and national assessments~~non-binding curricula in citizenship education that integrate all relevant aspects of the subject area;

Amendment 143 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Points out the importance of critical thinking and media literacy, particularly in the use of the Internet and social media, for an effective fight against disinformation, indoctrination and propaganda as well as all forms of discrimination; underlines the need to make them an integral part of citizenship education;

Amendment 144 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Suggests to adhere to the definitions of Citizenship Education provided by the Council of Europe Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education and the COE Reference framework on Competences for Democratic Culture;

Amendment 145 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Calls for a new Working Group focusing on citizenship education to be established to follow-up on the works of the ET 2020 Working Group on Promoting Common Values and Inclusive Education set up after the 2015 Paris declaration;

Amendment 146 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Calls for the creation a specific European citizenship education action plan with concrete targets for 2025 and synergies with the European Education Area;

Amendment 147 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13 b. Considers that citizenship education should be approached from a participatory and transformative perspective rather than a normative one and should take into consideration national and regional specificities and learning needs; notes that citizenship education is not only a set of knowledge, competences and skills, but also, and for many citizens, mainly a lived experience and, therefore, requires methods than enable learners to experience citizenship in all its dimensions and that raise awareness on its role in and for the European Union, the Member States, the individual, and society at large, and that, the other way around, help learners to translate their lived experience into concrete skills, competences and knowledge;

Amendment 148 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

~~14. Calls for the development of concrete objectives and benchmarks on citizenship education in the European Education Area enabling framework, including European citizenship education;~~deleted

Amendment 149 #

Chiara GEMMA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for the development of concrete objectives and benchmarks on citizenship education in the European Education Area enabling framework, including European citizenship education; these objectives should contain specific targets which ensure the full involvement of all groups of people, and particularly people with disabilities and young people from the most vulnerable backgrounds and at a higher risk of dropping out of school;

Amendment 15 #

Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Ilana CICUREL, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas education is a fundamental right that should be equally accessible to all; whereas ~~the Pillar of Social Rights states that everyone has the right to quality and inclusive education in order to participate fully in society;~~ , while fully respecting the responsibility of the Member States for the content of teaching and the organisation of education systems and their cultural and linguistic diversity1 a, the Pillar of Social Rights states that everyone has the right to quality and inclusive education in order to participate fully in society; _________________ 1 a Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Union policies and internal actions - Title XII: education, vocational training, youth and sport - Article 165

Amendment 150 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

Amendment 151 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

Amendment 152 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for the development of concrete objectives and benchmarks on ~~citizenship education in the European Education Area enabling framework, including European~~neutral, ideology-free citizenship education;

Amendment 153 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. ~~Calls for~~Suggests the development of concrete objectives and benchmarks on citizenship education in the European Education Area enabling framework, including European citizenship education;

Amendment 154 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. Underlines the important added values brought by the Jean Monnet chairs in promoting a better education about the European Union and calls for a permanent financing of existing and future chairs;

Amendment 155 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)

14 b. Underlines the need to extend the European Schools networks and existing promotional activies related to citizenship education or education about the EU;

Amendment 156 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)

14 c. Calls upon the Parliament to allocate more financial resources to its activities, tools and actions related to the promotion of citizenship education across all Member States and seek for their active deployment;

Amendment 157 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)

14 d. Underlines the importance of involving local, national and European medias in popularizing European culture and history and citizenship education and calls for the creation of further financing programs designed to support existing or new initiatives in the field on a permanent basis;

Amendment 158 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the need for a more structured approach towards the identification and dissemination of the results of citizenship education projects from EU programmes, notably Erasmus plus, Horizon Europe, Europe for Citizens and the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programme, Creative Europe and the European Solidarity corps in order to scale up results across the Union; considers to this end the need to establish a permanent review and analysis mechanism at EU level to identify good practices which can be disseminated and scaled-up widely to contribute to systemic and long-lasting policy changes;

Amendment 159 #

Ilana CICUREL, Irena JOVEVA, Laurence FARRENG, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Bernard GUETTA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the need for a more structured approach towards the identification and dissemination of the results of citizenship education projects from EU programmes and calls for the involvement of the European Parliament in the process;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas ~~education~~lifelong education and training is a fundamental right that should be equally accessible to all; whereas the Pillar of Social Rights states that everyone has the right to quality and inclusive education in order to participate fully in society;

Amendment 160 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Highlights the need to decisively advance the research on how to best teach and assess citizenship education, taking into account new systemic and contextual changes; underlines the importance to this end of KA2, KA3, Jean Monnet actions and Horizon Europe; welcomes the greater focus of KA2 to ‘common values, civic engagement and participation’ in the Erasmus + 2021-2027; asks for dedicated calls on citizenship education in all above mentioned actions and programmes;

Amendment 161 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Highlights the need to decisively advance the research ~~on how to best teach and assess citizenship education, taking into account new systemic and contextual chang~~and monitoring of the implementation of citizenship education and the methods of teaching citizenship education to accrue sufficient and updated comparative data from all Member States, taking into account new systemic and contextual changes and responding to the need for cross-sectoral approaches involving formal, non-formal and informal learning opportunities;

Amendment 162 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. ~~Highlights the need to decisively advance~~Is concerned theat research on how to best teach and assess citizenship education, is being misused when it is assessed taking into account new systemic and contextual changes;

Amendment 163 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

16 a. Underlines the need to invest more in education formats about the European Union at school and university level by strengthening existing networks and developing new curricula adapted for this type of training; calls for the involvement of specialized faculties in European affairs in researching and deploying best teaching methods and tools for citizenship education while using available EU funds and resources;

Amendment 164 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Believes it is important to disseminate further existing opportunities at EU level among the VET educational community, considers important to provide tailored support to facilitate access to the programmes; calls for the inclusion of a dedicated focus on citizenship education on all EU vocational education and training actions, in particular within the activities of the Centres of Vocational Excellence;

Amendment 165 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Loucas FOURLAS, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Stresses that the substantive alignment of citizenship education must go hand in hand with the provision of digital competences and education if it is not only to meet the requirements of the digital transformation but also to ensure the responsible use of digital media;

Amendment 166 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission to include European citizenship learning modules and a visit programme to heritage and memory sites of historical significance for the Union and the host countries to promote an intercultural and dialogical approach to history and strengthen European values and principles as an integral part of any Erasmus + and European Solidarity Corps mobility opportunity;

Amendment 167 #

Loucas FOURLAS, Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Peter POLLÁK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission to include European citizenship learning modules and a visit programme to heritage and memory sites of historical significance for the Union and the host countries as an integral part of any Erasmus + and European Solidarity Corps mobility opportunity; asks the Commission to develop synergies with Erasmus+ programme on this issue;

Amendment 168 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission to include European citizenship learning modules and a visit programme to natural, cultural and mixed heritage and memory sites of environmental and historical significance for the Union and the host countries as an integral part of any Erasmus + and European Solidarity Corps mobility opportunity;

Amendment 169 #

Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Ilana CICUREL, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission to include ~~European~~ citizenship learning modules and a visit programme to heritage and memory sites of historical significance for the Union and the host countries as an integral part of any Erasmus + and European Solidarity Corps mobility opportunity;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas education is a fundamental right and a public good that should be equally accessible to all; whereas the Pillar of Social Rights states that everyone has the right to quality and inclusive education in order to participate fully in society;

Amendment 170 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Stresses that, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, education policy is an exclusive competence of the Member States and that the European Union has a supportive role to play in this;

Amendment 171 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17 a. Calls on the Commission to promote citizenship education for all citizens, including adults, more actively and to reflect this in relevant funding programmes as well as working groups; asks the Commission to link the initiatives of the European Skills Agenda to civic competences and to include digital citizenship in the development of the European Digital Skills Certificate;

Amendment 172 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17 a. Calls for the creation of European badges for schools and universities actively promoting citizenship education; calls for the creation of an European award supporting the educators and local actors actively promoting education about Europe;

Amendment 173 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17 a. Asks the Commission to assess the introduction of a new specific strand in Erasmus + and the Citizens, Equality, Rights& Values to foster citizenship education, with dedicated budgetary allocations;

Amendment 174 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)

17 b. Calls on the Commission to boost research to develop innovative pedagogical approaches for citizenship education in early years;

Amendment 175 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Loucas FOURLAS, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)

17 c. Calls on the Commission to make the most of the 2022 European Year of Youth to develop specific programmes and actions strengthening European citizenship and identity;

Amendment 176 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 d (new)

17 d. Highlights the role of the House of European History to advance the development, specific programmes, instruments and activities that build up a cogent narrative of European integration and its basic values, in particular for students and teachers at all levels of education; asks the Commission and the Parliament to assess modes to decentralise the House of European history in order to broaden accessibility, including from the Member States and in particular, the educational community, through among others, enhanced collaboration with Member States cultural institutions, itinerant exhibitions, and a network of permanent delegations;

Amendment 177 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls for a comprehensive European strategy on European civic and citizenship education, as well as the creation of supporting platforms to promote its implementation, focusing notably on shared EU democratic values and principles – such as human dignity, democracy, the rule of law, human rights, equality, tolerance and the respect of diversities - with the aim of enhancing citizens’ understanding of the EU institutions and decision-making process and of EU policies, raising awareness of the benefits, rights and obligations of EU citizenship, advancing knowledge of the European integration process, how to actively participate in the EU’s democratic processes and of reinforcing a common sense of belonging;

Amendment 178 #

Ilana CICUREL, Irena JOVEVA, Laurence FARRENG, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Bernard GUETTA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls for a comprehensive European strategy on European civic and citizenship education, as well as the creation of supporting platforms to promote its implementation, focusing notably on shared EU democratic values and principles; calls for the creation of an European agency or permanent structure in charge of creating synergies at European level on citizenship education, managing EU resources allocated in this direction and coordinating efforts on common methods, practices, tools and content;

Amendment 179 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas education is a fundamental right that should be equally accessible for free to all; whereas the Pillar of Social Rights states that everyone has the right to quality and inclusive education in order to participate fully in society;

Amendment 180 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls for a comprehensive European strategy on European civic and citizenship education, as well as the creation of supporting platforms to promote its implementation, focusing notably on ~~shared EU democ~~the interacti~~c values and principles~~on between citizens and the EU and participation in EU decision-making;

Amendment 181 #

Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Ilana CICUREL, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. ~~Calls for~~Is concerned at standardisation with a comprehensive European strategy on European civic and citizenship education, as well as the creation of supporting platforms to promote its implementation~~, focusing notably on shared EU democratic values and principles~~;

Amendment 182 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

Amendment 183 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. ~~Calls for~~Suggests a comprehensive European strategy on European civic and citizenship education, as well as the creation of supporting platforms to promote its implementation, focusing notably on shared EU democratic values and principles;

Amendment 184 #

Ilana CICUREL, Irena JOVEVA, Laurence FARRENG, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Bernard GUETTA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls for a comprehensive, non- binding European strategy on European ~~civic and~~ citizenship education, as well as the creation of supporting platforms to promote its implementation, focusing notably on shared EU democratic values and principles;

Amendment 185 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18 a. Encourages civil society organisations, institutions, experts and practitioners working in the field of civic education to increase cooperation and develop synergies through open transnational networks; highlights the role Networking European Citizenship Education (NECE) has played in providing forums and aiming for a stronger prioritisation of citizenship education at national, European and international level; calls for a further institutionalisation of such European networks as they develop and promote citizenship education initiatives across and beyond the Union;

Amendment 186 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18 a. Stresses that the strategy should include a lifelong learning and community perspective, involving the informal, non formal sectors, as well as business and NGOs, in particular those that receive EU funding, which should directly contribute to enhance the knowledge about the EU among participants and the communities in which they are inscribed;

Amendment 187 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18 a. Asks the Commission to develop a European Competence Framework for Citizenship Education that accounts for the local, regional, national, European and global spheres, in a similar vein to DigComp, EntreComp and LifeComp, and the recently released GreenComp building interconnections amongst all frameworks;

Amendment 188 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)

18 b. Believes that said strategy should include synergies with relevant EU actions in the field of youth and EU policies fighting racism, antisemitism, islamophobia, xenophobia, hate against LGTBIQ people and discrimination against women and minorities, by stablishing links with the EU antiracism action plan, and funding instruments such as the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme;

Amendment 189 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls for reinforced coordination and synergies across EU programmes ~~to be reinforced~~ in order to increase the systemic impact of citizenship education, inter alia, by introducing and providing a compulsory module on the EU citizenship in all training courses financed by the EU through structural funds and mobility programmes; believes that undertaking a modules in EU citizenship education should entail a certification through microcredentials;

Amendment 19 #

Loucas FOURLAS, Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas education is a fundamental right that should be equally accessible to all; whereas the Pillar of Social Rights states that everyone has the right to quality and inclusive education in order to participate meaningfully in society;

Amendment 190 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls for coordination across EU programmes to be reinforced in order to increase the systemic impact of citizenship education; inter alia, by introducing and providing a module on the EU citizenship in training courses financed by the EU through structural funds and mobility programmes; believes that undertaking a modules in EU citizenship education should entail a certification through microcredentials;

Amendment 191 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls for ~~coordin~~mainstreaming of citizenship education across EU programmes ~~to be~~and to reinforce~~d in order~~ synergies across EU programmes to increase the systemic impact of citizenship education;

Amendment 192 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls for synergies between Member States and coordination across EU programmes to be reinforced in order to increase the systemic impact of citizenship education;

Amendment 193 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls for coordination across relevant EU programmes to be ~~reinforced~~improved where possible, in order to increase the systemic impact of citizenship education;

Amendment 194 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19 a. Recommends undertaking a Special Eurobarometer Survey on citizens´ general knowledge of the EU broadening the scope of the current European Union citizenship and democracy series; calls for the development of EU wide comparable testing on the area of citizenship education, including EU citizenship;

Amendment 195 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Andrey SLABAKOV, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)

19 b. Encourages the Commission to promote learning about the EU at school in negotiation processes with candidate countries for EU membership;

Amendment 196 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Asks the Commission to propose a recommendation containing indicative primary and secondary school curricula on the EU and global civic education for its voluntary adoption by the Member States, in full respect of Treaty provisions; believes that said common demonstrative curricula should foster a better understanding of the existing EU institutions, the European electoral and decision-making processes, and the history and cultures of Member States and the common links between them, combining different pedagogical approaches and methods, including theoretical and project- based learning; calls for the creation of a network of specialized EU affairs experts developing common tools, methods and curricula that can be made available for their voluntary adoption by universities, in full respect of academic independence and Treaty provisions;

Amendment 197 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Asks the Commission to propose a recommendation containing indicative primary and secondary school curricula on the EU and global civic education for its voluntary adoption by the Member States, in full respect of Treaty provisions; in particular Article 165 TFEU, developed jointly with Member States’ experts, teachers, students, and the wider educational community, and accompanied by incentive measures for its uptake; believes that said common demonstrative curricula should foster a better understanding of the existing EU institutions, the European electoral and decision-making processes, and the history and cultures of Member States and the common links between them, combining different pedagogical approaches and methods, including theoretical and project- based learning;

Amendment 198 #

Chiara GEMMA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Asks the Commission to propose a recommendation containing indicative primary and secondary school curricula on the EU and global civic education for its voluntary adoption by the Member States, in full respect of Treaty provisions; believes that said common demonstrative curricula should foster a better understanding of the existing EU institutions, the European electoral and decision-making processes, and the history and cultures of Member States and the common links between them, combining different pedagogical approaches and methods, including theoretical and project- based learning; believes, finally, that education policies and reforms must make citizenship education a priority objective;

Amendment 199 #

Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Ilana CICUREL, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Asks the Commission to propose a recommendation containing indicative primary and secondary school curricula on the EU and global civic education for its voluntary adoption by the Member States, in full respect of Treaty provisions; believes that said common demonstrative curricula should foster a better understanding of the history of European integration, organisation and structure of the existing EU institutions, the European electoral and decision-making processes, and the history and cultures of Member States and the common links between them, combining different pedagogical approaches and methods, including theoretical and project- based learning, adapted to the needs of learners;

Amendment 2 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6

— having regard to the Commission communication of 14 November 2014 on Strengthening European Identity through Education and Culture – The European Commission’s contribution to the Leaders’ meeting in Gothenburg, 17 November 2017(COM/2017/0673),deleted

Amendment 20 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas new systemic changes such as the climate crisis, supranational political integration and the digital shift require the corresponding adaptation of educational systems, including citizenship education; whereas the green transition calls for expanding citizenship education to include the need to act responsibly not only within a given community or society but towards the planetas a whole; whereas the digital shift opens new opportunities for active citizenship and democratic participation online but also encompasses risks and threats posed by misinformation and disinformation; whereas active digital citizenship should take into account and address the digital gap among generations;

Amendment 200 #

Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Asks the Commission to propose a recommendation containing indicative primary and secondary school curricula on the EU and global civic education for its voluntary adoption by the Member States, in full respect of Treaty provisions; believes that said common demonstrative curricula should foster a better understanding of the existing EU institutions, the European electoral and decision-making processes, ~~and the history and cultures of Member States and the common links between them,~~ combining different pedagogical approaches and methods, including theoretical and project- based learning;

Amendment 201 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Asks the Commission to propose a recommendation containing indicative primary and secondary school as well as university curricula on the EU and global civic education for its voluntary adoption by the Member States, in full respect of Treaty provisions; believes that said common demonstrative curricula should foster a better understanding of the existing EU institutions, the European electoral and decision-making processes, and the history and cultures of Member States and the common links between them, combining different pedagogical approaches and methods, including theoretical and project- based learning;

Amendment 202 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Asks the Commission to propose a recommendation containing guidelines for indicative primary and secondary school curricula on the EU and global civic education for its voluntary adoption by the Member States, in full respect of Treaty provisions; believes that said common demonstrative curricula should foster a better understanding of the existing EU institutions, the European electoral and decision-making processes, and the history and cultures of Member States and the common links between them, combining different pedagogical approaches and methods, including theoretical and project- based learning;

Amendment 203 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Asks the Commission to propose a recommendation containing indicative ~~primary and secondary school curricula on the EU and global civic education~~guidelines on citizenship education concerning the EU for its voluntary adoption by the Member States, in full respect of Treaty provisions; stresses in this context the importance of the subsidiarity principle; believes that said common demonstrative curricula should foster a better understanding of the existing EU institutions, the European electoral and decision-making processes, and the history and cultures of Member States and the common links between them, combining different pedagogical approaches and methods, including theoretical and project- based learning;

Amendment 204 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Asks the Commission to propose a recommendation containing indicative primary and secondary school curricula on the EU and global civic education ~~for its voluntary adoption by the Member States, in full respect of Treaty provisions~~; believes that said common demonstrative curricula should foster a better understanding of the existing EU institutions, the European electoral and decision-making processes, ~~and~~including means of citizens participating in the democratic life of the EU, as well as the history and cultures of Member States and the common links between them, combining different pedagogical approaches and methods, including theoretical and project- based learning;

Amendment 205 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Asks the Commission to propose a recommendation containing indicative primary and secondary school curricula on the EU ~~and global~~ civic education for its voluntary adoption by the Member States, in full respect of Treaty provisions; believes that said common demonstrative curricula should foster a better understanding of the existing EU institutions, the European electoral and decision-making processes, and the history and cultures of Member States and the common links between them, combining different pedagogical approaches and methods, including theoretical and project- based learning;

Amendment 206 #

Ilana CICUREL, Irena JOVEVA, Laurence FARRENG, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Bernard GUETTA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Asks the Commission not to propose a recommendation containing indicative primary and secondary school curricula on the EU and global civic education ~~for its voluntary adoption by the Member States,~~, in order to enable Member States to act independently and in full respect of Treaty provisions; believes that ~~said~~ common demonstrative curricula ~~should fos~~will not facilitater a better understanding of the existing EU institutions, the European electoral and decision-making processes, and the history and cultures of Member States and the common links between them, also when combining different pedagogical approaches and methods, including theoretical and project- based learning;

Amendment 207 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20 a. Encourages all Member States to develop national volunteering schemes or National Civic Services, including with the incent and leverage of the European Solidarity Corps; urges the European Commission and Member States to considerably increase European cooperation in civic service and youth volunteering, to ensure mutual recognition between national systems; encourages National volunteering schemes and Civic Services to earmark European mobility experiences, on a reciprocal basis, eventually under the umbrella of the European Solidarity Corps programme; calls therefore on the Commission and Member States to substantially increase the resources for the European Solidarity Corps and to urgently work towards the objective to create a six month European Civic Service, in full complementarity with the European Solidarity Corps;

Amendment 208 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Calls on the Commission to propose a recommendation containing indicative primary and secondary school curricula on EU cultural education for its voluntary adoption by the Member States, in full respect of Treaty provisions; takes the view that the abovementioned indicative, common cultural education curricula should focus on providing a better understanding of what Europe is about;

Amendment 209 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas new systemic changes such as ~~the~~ climate c~~risis~~hange, supranational political integration and the digital shift require the corresponding adaptation of educational systems, including citizenship education; whereas the universal availability of high-quality education, including in rural areas, is crucial for the successful creation of a European Education Area;

Amendment 210 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

Amendment 211 #

Ilana CICUREL, Irena JOVEVA, Laurence FARRENG, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Bernard GUETTA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

Amendment 212 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls for the establishment of a new EU agency, unit or task force on citizenship education, with the participation of specialists from all Member States, to improve accessibility to and the quality of citizenship education in all Member States and to support the development of a European dimension in citizenship education; believes it could be an opportunity to increase the support to and coordination of Member States’ citizenship education actions and their implementation, to give strategic orientation for the development of national structures and curricula of citizenship education and to set minimum common standards in terms of content and methodology in citizenship and civic education across the Union;

Amendment 213 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls for the establishment of a new EU agency on citizenship education to improve accessibility to and the quality of citizenship education in all Member States and to support the development of a European dimension in citizenship education; considers that said Agency should be in charge of data collection, and of evaluating the impact of citizenship education actions financed by the Union, in view of upscaling those most successful and allowing the Commission to identify tested initiatives in order to propose legislative acts in this field;

Amendment 214 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls for the establishment of a new EU agency on citizenship education to improve accessibility to and the quality of citizenship education ~~in all Member States and to support the development of a European dimension in~~as well as to improve the opportunities for citizenship education training for education professionals in all Member States and to support the development of a European dimension in citizenship education; believes that said agency should encourage cross-national exchange and dissemination of innovative methods for incorporating a European dimension of citizenship education;

Amendment 215 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. ~~Calls for~~Reiterates the call of the Parliament and the recommendations of the citizens panel and of the online platform of the Conference on the Future of Europe for rapid the establishment of a new specific EU agency on citizenship education to improve accessibility to and the quality of citizenship education in all Member States and to support the development of a European dimension in citizenship education for all ages;

Amendment 216 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. ~~Calls for~~Suggests the establishment of a new EU agency on citizenship education to improve accessibility to and the quality of citizenship education in all Member States and to support the development of a European dimension in citizenship education;

Amendment 217 #

Loucas FOURLAS, Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Peter POLLÁK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls for ~~the establishment of a new EU agency on citizenship education to~~no new EU agencies to be established with the aim of improveing accessibility to and the quality of citizenship education in all Member States ~~and to support~~, in order to counter the development of a European dimension in citizenship education;

Amendment 218 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls for the ~~establishment of a new EU agency on citizenship education~~reinforcement of the capacities in order to improve the accessibility to and the quality of citizenship education in all Member States and to support the development of a European dimension in citizenship education;

Amendment 219 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21 a. Believes that it is urgent to kick- start work in this direction by introducing a feasibility action focused on data collection and evaluation of the impact of citizenship education actions; considers that in the mid-term, such an Agency should operate on a model of shared governance, allowing for the direct contribution of Member States, the European Parliament, students and the wider educational community in order to ensure a wider expertise and ownership of its activities;

Amendment 22 #

Ilana CICUREL, Irena JOVEVA, Laurence FARRENG, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Bernard GUETTA

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas new systemic changes such as the climate crisis, supranational political integration ~~and~~, the digital shift or changes in labour market needs require the corresponding adaptation of educational systems, including citizenship education; whereas citizenship education contributes to the development of psycho- social and civic competences, thereby reinforcing employability and social wellbeing;

Amendment 220 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)

21 b. Praises the Ambassadors schools programme and the Euroscola initiative; calls for the introduction of certification and recognition of the skills and competences obtained by participants, for students and teachers alike; considers it a best practice that deserves to be scaled up to achieve a systemic effect across the Union; believes that in the long run it could be jointly managed by the EU Agency on citizenship education and the European Parliament; asks in this regard for a dedicated and enhanced budget line;

Amendment 221 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Considers the Conference on the Future of Europe a timely opportunity to hold a multilevel discussion on policy development in the area of education and culture; believes that shared competences in the field of education should be introduced, while the exercise of that competence by the EU shall not result in Member States being prevented from exercising theirs; calls on the Member States and the Commission to embrace and take forward the concluding reports of the Conference’s Working Group on Education, Culture, Youth and Sport;

Amendment 222 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Considers the Conference on the Future of Europe a timely opportunity to hold a multilevel discussion on policy development in the area of education and culture; believes that a reform of the treaties is needed to increase the educative competences of the European Union aiming to achieve shared competences in this field; calls on the Member States and the Commission to embrace and take forward the concluding reports of the Conference’s Working Group on Education, Culture, Youth and Sport;

Amendment 223 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Considers the Conference on the Future of Europe a timely opportunity to hold a multilevel discussion on policy development in the area of education, youth and culture; calls on the Member States and the Commission to embrace and take forward the concluding reports of the Conference’s Working Group on Education, Culture, Youth and Sport;

Amendment 224 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Considers the Conference on the Future of Europe a timely opportunity to hold a multilevel discussion on policy development in the area of education and culture; calls on the Member States and the Commission to ~~embrace and take forward~~carefully consider the concluding reports of the Conference’s Working Group on Education, Culture, Youth and Sport;

Amendment 225 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Salvatore DE MEO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22 a. Calls on Member States to strengthen the efforts for the implementation of the Council Recommendation of 20 December 2012 on the validation of non-formal and informal learning considering how many competences obtained through these types of learning are adjacent, complementary or outright essential for the development of civic competences;

Amendment 226 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22 a. Invites the Commission to consider the possibility of supporting the creation on every municipality in the Member States of a monument of the European Union to provide citizens with a visual symbol of European integration.

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas new systemic changes such as the climate crisis, supranational political integration and the digital shift require the corresponding adaptation of educational systems, including citizenship education, but these citizenship education lessons must remain free from political or ideological influence and focus instead on factual information and the functioning of institutions and democracy;

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas new systemic changes such as the ~~climate crisis, supranational political integration and the digital shift~~digital shift, as well as emerging local and global challenges, i.e the global pandemic of COVID-19, require the corresponding adaptation of educational systems, including where necessary citizenship education;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas new systemic changes such as the climate crisis, supranational political integration, the pandemic, social and territorial gaps and the digital shift require the corresponding adaptation of educational systems, including citizenship education;

Amendment 26 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

Amendment 27 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Loucas FOURLAS, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

B a. Whereas the digital agenda and the Green Deal open opportunities for citizenship education; whereas both can only be fully achieved with a citizenship education dimension to them;

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas citizenship education must be understood as multilevel, encompassing local, regional, national, European and global citizenship; whereas the ongoing process of globalisation and European integration will require the new generation of Europeans to increasingly engage politically at multiple levels, to be able to live and work internationally and navigate difference in their daily lives; whereas societies are becoming more diverse, making respect for the diversity of cultures and origins and the rejection of any kind of discrimination towards women, LGTBIQ people or minorities ever more important within Europe;

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas citizenship education must be understood as multilevel, encompassing local, regional, national, European and global citizenship and cross-sectoral, benefitting from mutual cooperation between formal, non-formal and informal education;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)

— having regard to the Commission communication of 5 March 2020 entitled “Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025” (COM(2020)152 final);

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas citizenship education must be understood as multilevel, encompassing local, regional, national, citizenship, as well as European and global aspects of citizenship;

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas citizenship education must be understood as multilevel, encompassing local, regional~~, national, European and glob~~ and national citizenship;

Amendment 32 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas citizenship education must be understood as multilevel, encompassing local, regional~~, national, European and glob~~ and national citizenship;

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

C a. whereas citizenship education must be regarded within respect of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union Article 6, acknowledging that the EU can only intervene to support, coordinate or complement the action of EU countries. No legally binding EU acts can require the harmonisation of EU countries’ laws or regulations in the field of education and training;

Amendment 34 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

C a. whereas citizenship education must be conceived of as a means through which educators and learners discover and construct values, attitudes, skills and knowledge and understand the world together through participatory pedagogy;

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the main focus must be on national citizenship education, given that citizenship and democracy are first and foremost exercised at national level;

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

C b. whereas citizenship education must be regarded within respect of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union Article 165, acknowledging that The Union shall contribute to the development of quality education by encouraging cooperation between Member States and, if necessary, by supporting and supplementing their action, while fully respecting the responsibility of the Member States for the content of teaching and the organisation of education systems and their cultural and linguistic diversity;

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)

C c. whereas citizenship education must be regarded within respect of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union Article 166, acknowledging that the Union shall implement avocational training policy which shall support and supplement the action of the Member States, while fully respecting the responsibility of the Member States for the content and organisation of vocational training;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas sociopolitical changes observed in Member States, ranging from social polarisation and low institutional trust to democratic backsliding, the erosion of the rule of law, exclusionary nationalism and the instrumentalisation of Euroscepticism for political purposes, along with the rise of extremist movements and authoritarianism, may pose a serious threat to Eurtrengthening citizenship education in formal, non-formal, informal and lifelong-learning education could play an important role in engendering a more opean ~~democracies and destabilise the EU as a whole; whereas strengthening citizenship education in formal, non-formal, inform~~political discourse and successful engagement of citizens in the political and l~~ifelong-learning education could play an important role in countering this trend~~egislative processes at national and European level;

Amendment 4 #

Ilana CICUREL, Irena JOVEVA, Laurence FARRENG, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Bernard GUETTA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 b (new)

— having regard to the own-Initiative report on empowering girls through education in the EU (2014/2250(INI));

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas sociopolitical changes observed in Member States, ranging from social polarisation and low institutional trust to democratic backsliding, the erosion of the rule of law, exclusionary nationalism and the instrumentalisation of Euroscepticism for political purposes, along with the resurgence of antisemitism in all its forms and xenophobia, the rise of extremist movements and authoritarianism, may pose a serious threat to European democracies and destabilise the EU as a whole; whereas strengthening citizenship education in formal, non-formal, informal and lifelong- learning education could play an important role in countering this trend;

Amendment 41 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas sociopolitical changes observed in Member States, ranging from social polarisation and low institutional trust to democratic backsliding, the erosion of the rule of law, ~~exclusionary nationalism and the instrumentalisation of Euroscepticism for political purposes, along with the rise of extremist movements and authoritarian~~poverty, the rise in fake news, the migration crisis and Islamic terrorism, may pose a serious threat to European democracies and destabilise the EU as a whole; whereas strengthening citizenship education in formal, non- formal, informal and lifelong-learning education could play an important role in countering this trend;

Amendment 42 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas sociopolitical changes observed in Member States, ranging from social polarisation and low institutional trust to democratic backsliding, and the erosion of the rule of law, ~~exclusionary nationalism and the instrumentalisation of Euroscepticism for political purposes,~~ along with the rise of extremist movements and authoritarianism, may pose a serious threat to European democracies and destabilise the EU as a whole; whereas strengthening citizenship education in formal, non- formal, informal and lifelong- learning education could play an important role in countering this trend;

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas sociopolitical changes observed in Member States, ranging from social polarisation and low institutional trust to democratic backsliding, the erosion of the rule of law, exclusionary nationalism and the instrumentalisation of Euroscepticism for political purposes, along with the rise of extremist movements and authoritarianism, may pose a serious threat to European democracies and destabilise the EU as a whole; whereas strengthening citizenship education in formal, non-formal, and informal, by means of and lifelong- learning ~~education~~approach to participatory pedagogy could play an important role in countering this trend;

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas sociopolitical changes observed in Member States, ranging from social polarisation and low institutional trust to democratic backsliding, the erosion of the rule of law, exclusionary nationalism and the instrumentalisation of Euroscepticism for political purposes, along with the rise of extremist movements and authoritarianism, may pose a serious threat to European democracies and destabilise the EU as a whole; whereas strengthening citizenship education to include free, empowered citizens in formal, non-formal, informal and lifelong- learning education could play an important role in countering this trend;

Amendment 45 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

Amendment 46 #

Ilana CICUREL, Irena JOVEVA, Laurence FARRENG, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Bernard GUETTA

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

D a. whereas political support of the Union tends to be expressed more in terms of feelings, attitudes and values rather than of concrete impact in daily lives; whereas there is a clear lack of proximity with and readability of the Union’s democratic processes and mechanisms amongst citizens, especially youth; whereas ignorance about the Union is often source of a shift from adherence in principle to mistrust and disengagement; whereas a European dynamic of renewed citizenship education can be a way of reconciling young people with elections, containing temptation for extremist and populist discourses, as well as offering appropriate tools, in line with new modes of youth participation;

Amendment 48 #

Chiara GEMMA

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas citizenship education helps to strengthen social cohesion and develop a democratic culture;

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

Amendment 5 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Andrey SLABAKOV, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 c (new)

— having regard to the Commission communication of 12 November 2020 entitled “Union of Equality: LGTBIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025” (COM(2020)698 final);

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the emergence of a dynamic European citizenship has been hindered by a knowledge and emotional gap; as well as a lack of mechanisms enabling citizen’s participation and dialogue; whereas European identity complements the multiple local, national, geographical, cultural or other identities a person might have; whereas insufficient knowledge about the EU and poor understanding of its added value may contribute to the perception of a democratic deficit and may lead to Euroscepticism in Member States;

Amendment 51 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas ~~the emergence of~~enforcing a dynamic European citizenship ~~has been hinde~~is doomed to failured by ~~a knowledge and emotional gap; whereas insufficient~~the lack of a sense of identity vis-a-vis other states and of a feeling of belonging; whereas knowledge about the EU and ~~poor~~ understanding of its a~~dded value may contribute to the perception of a democratic deficit and may~~pparent value leads to Euroscepticism ~~in Member States~~;

Amendment 52 #

Ilana CICUREL, Irena JOVEVA, Laurence FARRENG, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Bernard GUETTA

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

Amendment 53 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the emergence of a dynamic European citizenship has been hindered by a knowledge ~~and~~, emotional and participation gaps; whereas insufficient knowledge about ~~the EU~~EU citizenship and a poor understanding of its added value may contribute to the perception of a democratic deficit and may lead to Euroscepticism in Member States;

Amendment 54 #

Ilana CICUREL, Irena JOVEVA, Laurence FARRENG, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Bernard GUETTA

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the emergence of a dynamic European citizenship has been hindered by a knowledge and emotional gap; whereas insufficient knowledge about the EU and poor understanding of its added value may contribute to the perception ofinsufficient knowledge about the EU and poor understanding of its functions and added value are a well documented fact; whereas the disconnect between EU decision making and the population in general has contributed to a democratic deficit and ~~may~~has lead to Euroscepticism in Member States;

Amendment 55 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

E a. whereas the European Parliament Report of 11 November 2021 on the European Education Area calls for the EEA to allow for a greater flow of learners, teachers and knowledge, fostering a sense of European belonging and civic awareness, guaranteeing rights and values, providing fair and equal opportunities, and improving social cohesion;

Amendment 56 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

E a. whereas, the European Parliament resolution of 12 April 2016 on Learning EU at school called on the Commission to provide a common framework and to prepare guidelines with concrete examples on learning about the EU in order to foster objective and critical thinking about the benefits of the European Union for its citizens;

Amendment 57 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the Commission has failed to undertake any substantial initiative of systemic nature in this strategic field; whereas the Commission should do more in increasing the level of information about the European Union and specific rights and obligations;

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

F a. whereas existing EU programmes such as Erasmus+ or European Solidarity Corps still have a significant unleashed potential to improve the implementation of citizenship education with a more strategic approach to the formal, non- formal and informal learning components of the programmes, and with better coordination of resources;

Amendment 59 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

~~1. Regrets that there is no common definition of citizenship education; believes that teaching citizenship education involves a combination of knowledge, skills, competences and care;~~deleted

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17

— having regard to the report by European Citizens’ Panel 1 of the Conference of the Future of Europe entitled ‘Stronger economy, social justice and jobs / Education, culture, youth and sport / Digital transformation’,deleted

Amendment 60 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Regrets that there is no common definition of citizenship education; believes that teaching citizenship education involves a combination of knowledge, skills, ~~competences and care~~methods, tools, content, competences and care; underlines the important role played by teachers and educators in delivering citizenship education and calls for their active involvement in the process of establishment of a common framework at European level; calls for the creation of a specific framework of competences on citizenship education in partnerships with European universities and EU affairs experts;

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Regrets that there is no common definition of citizenship education; believes that teaching citizenship education involves a combination of knowledge, skills, competences and care; considers that, as a minimum, citizenship education should provide a theoretical understanding of the political, legal, social and economic concepts and structures including those pertaining to the European level, as well as global developments and sustainability commensurate with the level of education and training, coupled with practical experiences;

Amendment 62 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Regret~~Notes that there is no common definition of citizenship education; believes that teaching citizenship education involves a combination of knowledge, skills, competences and care and is essential for the creation of solidarity and a feeling of togetherness;

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Regrets that there is no common, non-binding definition of apolitical citizenship education; believes that teaching citizenship education involves a combination of knowledge, skills, competences and care;

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

Amendment 65 #

Ilana CICUREL, Irena JOVEVA, Laurence FARRENG, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Bernard GUETTA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Regrets~~Welcomes the fact that there is no common definition of citizenship education; believes that teaching citizenship education involves a combination of knowledge, skills, competences and care;

Amendment 66 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Insists on the need for a pedagogical renewal and the adoption of a theoretical and practical approach to citizenship education in the Union; calls the European Commission and Member States to invest in formal actions of citizenship education as much as to support informal citizenship education, in curricular and extra-curricular activities;

Amendment 67 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that citizenship education at regional, national and European level is essential, even at an early stage of schooling, for a basic understanding of democracy, the rule of law, freedom and inclusion;

Amendment 68 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

~~2. Is concerned about the limited focus on European and global citizenship in national curricula;~~deleted

Amendment 69 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Is concerned about the limited focus on European and global citizenship in national curricula; notes with concern that only half of students studying in the EU report having opportunities to learn about Europe in school; highlights that students' support for cooperation among European countries was positively associated with higher levels of civic knowledge; deplores the increasing tension between the national and European level in some Member States’ curricula; warns against the politicisation of citizenship education and the ensuing shifts in the delivery of citizenship education following government changes;

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 20

— having regard to the Union of European Federalists (UEF) resolution on a systematic approach to European citizenship education, adopted on 4 July 2021 at the UEF XXVII European Congress in Valencia,deleted

Amendment 70 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Is concerned about the limited focus on European and global citizenship in national curricula; regrets citizenship education is unequally treated between and within member states and underlines the need to reduce the gaps currently existing, notably for rural, remote, mountain and social disadvantaged areas;

Amendment 71 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Is concerned about the limited focus on the European and global aspects of citizenship in national curricula;

Amendment 72 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Is concerned about the limited~~Welcomes the fact that there is no focus on European and global citizenship in national curricula;

Amendment 73 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Is concerned about~~Notes the limited focus on European and global citizenship in national curricula;

Amendment 74 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Andrey SLABAKOV, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Stresses the importance of civic education as an interdisciplinary subject that includes study of the Constitution and of the national laws of the Member State;

Amendment 75 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Underlines that sociopolitical and global changes will require an increase in the current level of citizenship education; is concerned about the imbalances in terms of average civic knowledge across and within Member States; notes that students living in rural areas face additional barriers when engaging with citizenship education programmes; affirms that that every single student must have access to high quality citizenship education; is concerned that male students score significantly below their female counterparts;

Amendment 76 #

Loucas FOURLAS, Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Peter POLLÁK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Underlines that sociopolitical and global changes will require an increase in the current level of citizenship education; is concerned about the imbalances in terms of average civic knowledge across and within Member States; notes that students living in remote and outermost areas face additional barriers when engaging with citizenship education programmes;affirms that every single student must have access to high quality citizenship education focusing on their specific needs in terms of financing and infrastructure;

Amendment 77 #

Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Ilana CICUREL, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Underlines that sociopolitical and global changes will require an increase in the current level and quality of citizenship education; is concerned about the imbalances in terms of average civic knowledge across and within Member States;

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Underlines that sociopolitical and global changes will require an substantial increase in the current level of citizenship education; is concerned about the imbalances in terms of average civic knowledge across and within Member States;

Amendment 79 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Underlines that sociopolitical and global changes will require a~~n increase in the current level of~~daptations of the current approaches to citizenship education; is concerned about the imbalances in terms of average civic knowledge across and within Member States;

Amendment 8 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Citation 22

~~— having regard to the Commission’s Eurydice report of 19 October 2021 entitled ‘Equity in school education in Europe – Structures, policies and student performance’,~~deleted

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that while some aspects of citizenship education are present in most national curricula, there are strong differences across Member States in terms of the education levels at which it is taught, total hours devoted to the subject, contents and methodologies; notes that only some Member States have structured assessments, objectives, pedagogical orientations or specific training for teachers; notes that even when these elements are present, there is a gap between the national programmes and its effective implementation in schools; recalls that initial and continuous teacher training must be a priority in the field of citizenship education; and in particular as regards to European and global citizenship education;

Amendment 81 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that while some aspects of citizenship education are present in most national curricula, there are strong differences across Member States; recalls that initial and continuous teacher and educators training must be a priority in the field of citizenship education; underlines the need to include this type of training modules in the Teacher’s academies program and insists of the need to provide adequate tools, methods, materials, in physical or digital format, for every teacher or educator across Europe;

Amendment 82 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that while some aspects of citizenship education are present in most national curricula, there are strong differences across and within Member States; recalls that ~~initial and continuous teacher training~~the quality of teachers has the strongest impact on effective learning, therefore initial and continuous teacher training for all teachers irrespective of subject specialisation must be a priority in the field of citizenship education;

Amendment 83 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that while some aspects of citizenship education are present in most national curricula, there are strong differences across Member States; acknowledges that such differences can be the result of national specificities and traditions; recalls that initial and continuous teacher training must be a priority in the field of citizenship education;

Amendment 84 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that while some aspects of citizenship education are present in most national curricula, there are strong differences across Member States; recalls that ongoing initial and continuous teacher training must be a priority in the field of citizenship education;

Amendment 85 #

Ilana CICUREL, Irena JOVEVA, Laurence FARRENG, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Bernard GUETTA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Invites the Member States to promote civic education via specialised courses, from infant school onwards, in a range of topics such as: environmental education, and education in respect for and promotion of cultural heritage and common public goods;

Amendment 86 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Welcomes that several Member States have developed national volunteering in civic service; whereas these schemes are essential in fostering citizenship education, especially on the practical level; whereas a civic service strengthens social cohesion, allows for the mobilisation for causes of general interest, and the construction of prospects for young people, especially the most vulnerable, contributing to their personal and professional development;

Amendment 87 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Loucas FOURLAS, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Highlights that the lack of solid research on how to teach and assess citizenship education in an effective manner and the lack of appropriate pedagogical instruments to this end, hinder the effective teaching of citizenship education; notes that some empirical evidence points towards a ‘whole school’ or ‘whole community’ approaches as having a positive impact on civic skills and attitudes;

Amendment 88 #

Ilana CICUREL, Irena JOVEVA, Laurence FARRENG, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Bernard GUETTA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses also the importance of environmental education, consisting of education in how to manage natural resources in an environmentally- respectful manner, taking individual and collective interests into account;

Amendment 89 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 b. Believes European mobility presents the prospects of rallying young people to the European community and of reinforcing the emergence of a citizens’ Europe; whereas national volunteering schemes and civic services have the potential to be a natural gateway towards European mobility for young people, especially those with fewer opportunities;

Amendment 9 #

Ilana CICUREL, Irena JOVEVA, Laurence FARRENG, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Bernard GUETTA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 27

~~— having regard to the Jean Monnet Network’s 2017 guidelines for teacher educators on children’s identity and citizenship in Europe,~~deleted

Amendment 90 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4 c. Notes the European Solidarity Corps launched in 2018 has the potential to become the foundation for a universal European general interest mobility experience but has a too limited budget over the 2021-2027 period, lacks visibility and currently generates geographical imbalances; whereas existing national volunteering schemes and civic services are functioning in an isolated manner from the European Solidarity Corps;

Amendment 91 #

Ilana CICUREL, Irena JOVEVA, Laurence FARRENG, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Bernard GUETTA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4 d. Recalls the European Commission and Member States to develop common and participatory educational research, also on citizenship education, with a well- defined mandate and budget with the remit of EU competences;

Amendment 92 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Decries the lack of attention to citizenship education in ~~initial~~ vocational education and training; ; calls for the inclusion of citizenship education at all level of education, adapted to the specific characteristics and need, from early education to university and seniors education and learning;

Amendment 93 #

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Decries the lack of attention to citizenship education in initial vocational education and training and adult education, as well as the lack of emphasis placed on the value of intergenerational learning contexts that facilitate bilateral dialogue amongst older and younger generations;

Amendment 94 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Believes that it is never too early to learn about citizenship; notes that early childhood education plays an important role for the development of critical social and emotional skills and plants the seed for wellbeing, dialogue, mutual respect, understanding, and common values;

Amendment 95 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Recalls the crucial pedagogical role of non-formal and informal learning, including youth work, volunteering and sport, in developing social and civic skills, competences and behaviours, and in shaping responsible and active European citizens; calls for a multi-stakeholder approach leading to the creation of specific Citizenship Education platforms of all relevant stakeholders – social partners, civil society, local authorities – and their involvement in the process of teaching and developing citizenship education;

Amendment 96 #

Ilana CICUREL, Irena JOVEVA, Laurence FARRENG, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Bernard GUETTA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Recalls the crucial pedagogical role of non-formal and informal learning, including youth work, volunteering and sport, in developing social and civic skills, competences and behaviours, and in shaping responsible and active European citizens, as well as the need to not solely understand education and learning as a tool to serve the labour market but to acknowledge its full potential to serve and prepare the European citizens for the challenges ahead;

Amendment 97 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Recalls the crucial pedagogical role of non-formal and informal learning, including youth work, ~~voluntee~~the supervision of youth activities, volunteering, mentoring and sport, in developing social and civic skills, competences and behaviours, and in shaping responsible and active European citizens;

Amendment 98 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

Amendment 99 #