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2021/2009(INI) Implementation of inclusion measures within Erasmus+ 2014-2020

Progress: Awaiting committee decision

Role	Committee	Rapporteur	Shadows
Lead	CULT	FARRENG Laurence ( Renew)	ZOVKO Željana ( EPP), SMERIGLIO Massimiliano ( S&D), FRANZ Romeo ( Verts/ALE), DA RE Gianantonio ( ID), SLABAKOV Andrey ( ECR), KIZILYÜREK Niyazi ( GUE/NGL)
Committee Opinion	EMPL
Committee Opinion	PETI	CAÑAS Jordi ( Renew)	Tatjana ŽDANOKA ( Verts/ALE), Massimiliano SMERIGLIO ( S&D), Alexis GEORGOULIS ( GUE/NGL), Stefania ZAMBELLI ( ID), Andrey SLABAKOV ( ECR)

Lead committee dossier:

CULT/9/05288

Legal Basis:

RoP 54

Subjects

Events

2021/03/04

EP - FARRENG Laurence (Renew) appointed as rapporteur in CULT

2021/02/26

EP - CAÑAS Jordi (Renew) appointed as rapporteur in PETI

2021/02/11

EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament

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Andrea BOCSKOR
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Romeo FRANZ
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Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ
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Željana ZOVKO
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Josianne CUTAJAR
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Massimiliano SMERIGLIO
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Juozas OLEKAS
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Sandra PEREIRA
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Christine ANDERSON
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Jordi CAÑAS
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Laurence FARRENG
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Niyazi KIZILYÜREK
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Billy KELLEHER
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Alex AGIUS SALIBA
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Sara CERDAS
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Agnès EVREN
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Virginie JORON
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Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ
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Katarina BARLEY
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Nicola BEER
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Maria WALSH
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Andrey SLABAKOV
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Elżbieta KRUK
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Marcos ROS SEMPERE
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Amendments	Dossier
45	2021/2009(INI) 2021/11/18 PETI 45 amendments... Amendment 1 # Massimiliano SMERIGLIO, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Andris AMERIKS, Cristina MAESTRE MARTÍN DE ALMAGRO, Demetris PAPADAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Underlines the need to ensure that inclusion ~~and~~, diversity, equal opportunities and access are at the core of the implementation of Erasmus+, one of the EU’s most successful programmes so far; regrets th~~e different~~at only 17% of the overall numbers of learners reached by the Programme in 2014-2020 were learners with special needs and/or fewer opportunities1a; highlights the need to further broaden the definitions and ~~categories~~interpretation of learners with special needs and/or fewer opportunities~~1 across Member States and the lack~~2a, adding an additional focus on age; stresses the difficulties in accessing to and monitoring of reliable data onregarding the profiles of the beneficiaries; reached by the Programme; therefore, believes that an instrument should be developed to monitor whether and how participants from vulnerable and disadvantaged groups are being reached by the programme; _________________ 1 ~~Term used in Article 23(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 on Erasmus+.~~ a Inclusion measures within Erasmus+ programme 2014-2020, European Implementation Assessment 2a Erasmus+ Inclusion and Diversity Strategy in the field of Youth, European Commission, 2014 Amendment 10 # Stefania ZAMBELLI, Gianna GANCIA Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Draws attention to the under- resourcing and understaffing of Erasmus+ national agencies and national authorities and the insufficient efforts to reduce administrative barriers to mobility and ensure that diversity and inclusion are at the core of the programme; believes that national agencies should appoint an inclusion and diversity officer to reach out to learners with special needs and/or fewer opportunities and provide them with advice regarding possible difficulties they may experience during their Erasmus+ programme, such as delayed reimbursements2or, any obstacles caused by external factors such as the COVID-19 crisis3 or bureaucratic disparities; _________________ 2 As seen from Petition 2466/13. 3 As seen from Petition 0125/21. Amendment 11 # Agnès EVREN Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Points out that some petitions submitted to the European Parliament raise the issue of the administrative obstacles Erasmus+ students face on their arrival in host countries4 a; supports initiatives at European level aimed at facilitating student mobility, such as the Erasmus + mobile application, ‘paperless Erasmus’ or the European Student Card, which make managing administrative steps more flexible and enable each student to benefit from the same services; _________________ 4 a See reference in petition 1106/2018 Amendment 12 # Agnès EVREN Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Believes that Erasmus+ should encourage stakeholders to share their expertise at an institutional level, learn from each other, build administrative capacity and ~~fos~~creater in~~clusion and diversity~~novative educational tools that foster diversity and the integration of people with specific needs; welcomes, in this sense, specific efforts to support cooperation between different stakeholders and to develop and implement inclusive policies that seek to integrate ~~children and young people from migrant backgrounds into education; considers, however, that these efforts should be expanded in the field of higher education;~~ people who have fewer opportunities, for economic, social, cultural, health and disability and geographical remoteness reasons, into education; considers, however, that these efforts should be expanded in the field of higher education; stresses the driving role of teachers and institutions in raising awareness of the programme and informing and supporting future learners; Amendment 13 # Massimiliano SMERIGLIO, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Andris AMERIKS, Cristina MAESTRE MARTÍN DE ALMAGRO, Demetris PAPADAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Believes that Erasmus+ should encourage stakeholders to share their expertise at an institutional level, learn from each other, build administrative capacity ~~and~~in view of fostering inclusion and diversity; welcomes, in this sense, specific efforts to support cooperation between different stakeholders and to develop and implement inclusive policies that seek to integrate children and young people from migrant backgrounds into education; considers, however, that these efforts should be expanded in the field of higher education; Amendment 14 # Moritz KÖRNER, Jana TOOM Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Believes that Erasmus+ should encourage stakeholders to share their expertise at an institutional level, learn from and connect with each other, build administrative capacity and foster inclusion and diversity; welcomes, in this sense, specific efforts to support cooperation between different stakeholders and to develop and implement inclusive policies that seek to integrate children and young people from migrant backgrounds and ethnic minorities into education; considers, however, that these efforts should especially be expanded in the field of higher education; Amendment 15 # Alexis GEORGOULIS Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Believes that Erasmus+ should encourage stakeholders to share their expertise at an institutional level, learn from each other, build administrative capacity and foster inclusion and diversity; welcomes, in this sense, specific efforts to support cooperation between different stakeholders and to develop and implement inclusive policies that seek to integrate children and young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds into education; considers, however, that these efforts should be expanded in the field of higher education; Amendment 16 # Alexis GEORGOULIS Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Regrets that the Covid19 pandemic has had several negative effects1 on education as well as on the implementation of Erasmus+ programme, hindering inclusion; highlights the often serious economic difficulties that several households face because of the Covid19 crisis, that do not permit the participation to the Erasmus+ programme. 1 https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repos itory/handle/JRC121071https://erasmus- plus.ec.europa.eu/coronavirus-impact Amendment 17 # Alexis GEORGOULIS Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Believes that poverty or economic difficulties is an important obstacle for learners’ mobility; calls for the elaboration of a system that, based on the socioeconomic background of the participants, could offer greater financial support and/or other supporting measures to those who need it; additional financial support should be considered also for participants with special needs, including their caregivers when necessary; Amendment 18 # Tatjana ŽDANOKA Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Believes that the risk of stigmatisation in the participants’ country of residence may discourage them from self-identifying as disadvantaged, which may hamper their mobility, the collection of reliable data by authorities and the monitoring of their participation in Erasmus+4 ; calls for EU-wide recognition of disability status and encourages host institutions to guarantee Erasmus+ participants the same reasonable accommodations ~~as home~~ , transport, social and administ~~itution~~rative benefits available for national students; _________________ 4 Bunescu, L., Davies, H., Gaebel, M., ERASMUS+ International Credit Mobility – a study of the mobility of disadvantaged students from Partner Countries, Support and Promotion for Higher Education Reform Experts (SPHERE), January 2020. Amendment 19 # Agnès EVREN Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Believes that the risk of stigmatisation in the participants’ country of residence may discourage them from self-identifying as disadvantaged, which may hamper their mobility, the collection of reliable data by authorities and the monitoring of their participation in Erasmus+4 ; calls for EU-wide recognition of disability status and encourages host institutions to guarantee the same reasonable accommodations as home institutions; considers that the specific needs of people with disabilities must be taken into account in order to facilitate their participation in the programme, by providing them with suitable accommodation and with specialised attention before their departure as well as during their mobility period; _________________ 4 Bunescu, L., Davies, H., Gaebel, M., ERASMUS+ International Credit Mobility – a study of the mobility of disadvantaged students from Partner Countries, Support and Promotion for Higher Education Reform Experts (SPHERE), January 2020. Amendment 2 # Alexis GEORGOULIS Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Underlines the need to ensure that inclusion, equal opportunities and diversity are at the core of the implementation of Erasmus+, one of the EU’s most successful programmes; ~~regret~~highlights that offering equal opportunities is and must be inherent to EU fundamental values, and thus should not be presented merely as a matter of philanthropy; regrets calls on the EU and MS to take measures in order to address the different definitions and categories of learners with special needs and/or fewer opportunities1 across Member States and the lack of reliable data on the profiles of the beneficiaries; believes that an instrument should be developed to monitor whether ensure that participants from vulnerable, and disadvantaged and all less represented groups are being reached by the programme~~; _________________ 1~~ , leaving no one behind;Term used in Article 23(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 on Erasmus+. Amendment 20 # Alexis GEORGOULIS Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Believes that the risk of stigmatisation in the participants’ country of residence may discourage them from self-identifying as disadvantaged, which may hamper their mobility, the collection of reliable data by authorities and the monitoring of their participation in Erasmus+4 ; calls for EU-wide recognition of disability status and encourages host institutions to guarantee the same reasonable accommodations and facilities as home institutions; _________________ 4 Bunescu, L., Davies, H., Gaebel, M., ERASMUS+ International Credit Mobility – a study of the mobility of disadvantaged students from Partner Countries, Support and Promotion for Higher Education Reform Experts (SPHERE), January 2020. Amendment 21 # Alexis GEORGOULIS Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Calls on the Commission and Members States to take specific measures against stigmatisation of underrepresented groups and ensure that relevant campaigns and other communication tools support this goal and do not put the targeted audience into an uncomfortable or embarrassing position; Amendment 22 # Alexis GEORGOULIS Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Highlights that offering equal opportunities should not be presented as philanthropy but as an obligation of any EU programme, according to EU fundamental values; Amendment 23 # Alexis GEORGOULIS Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Reminds Member States of the Bologna Process principles and the principles and guidelines to strengthen the social dimension of higher education in the European Higher Education Area, both of which call on them to draft national strategies and plans to enhance inclusion as soon as possible; Amendment 24 # Massimiliano SMERIGLIO, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Andris AMERIKS, Cristina MAESTRE MARTÍN DE ALMAGRO, Demetris PAPADAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to develop an integrated and coherent approach to inclusion within the different EU programmes for youth and education, including European Solidarity Corps and ESF+; welcomes the Commission’s proposal for the 2022 as European Year of Youth and considers this proposal as an opportunity to develop such integrated approach; calls on the Commission to look closely at the possibility of combining the Erasmus+ and Interrail programmes5 , and thus foster more equality and inclusion; _________________ 5 As called for in Petition 0681/2021. Amendment 25 # Alexis GEORGOULIS Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to look closely at the possibility of combining the Erasmus+ and Interrail programmes5 , and thus foster more equality and inclusion~~; _________________ 5 A~~ and to continue tackling climate change; nevertheless, the funds call~~ed for in Petition 0681/2021.~~ocated to the two programmes should be safeguarded and not decreased in the case of such a combination; Amendment 26 # Moritz KÖRNER, Jana TOOM Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to look closely at the possibility of combining the Erasmus+ and Interrail programmes5 , and thus ~~foster more equality and inclusion~~support European students, especially in higher education, in order to foster more equality and inclusion, taking into account the beneficiaries´ actual income; _________________ 5 As called for in Petition 0681/2021. Amendment 27 # Massimiliano SMERIGLIO, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Andris AMERIKS, Cristina MAESTRE MARTÍN DE ALMAGRO, Demetris PAPADAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 (new) Calls on the Commission to develop synergies between the Erasmus+ Programme and relevant policies developed on the international macro- level concerning learners with special needs and/or fewer opportunities; highlights that possible complementarities can be sought with the Sustainable Development Goals and UNESCO’s priorities and policies; Amendment 28 # Massimiliano SMERIGLIO, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Andris AMERIKS, Cristina MAESTRE MARTÍN DE ALMAGRO, Demetris PAPADAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. CStresses that national policy- making regarding learners with special needs and/or fewer opportunities should be further stimulated; calls on the Member States to ~~launch and~~ support Erasmus+ projects to attract participants with disabilities and learners from vulnerable and disadvantaged groups to their countries; Amendment 29 # Alexis GEORGOULIS Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Member States to launch and support Erasmus+ projects to attract participants with disabilities, and learners from vulnerable and disadvantaged groups to their countries; , ensuring equal participation for female [girls/women] and LGBTQ participants, as well as for people at risk of poverty1 or of lower financial status; 1Peopleat risk of poverty present a not negligible percentage in EU according to theofficial statistics: https://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/s how.do?dataset=ilc_li07⟨=en Amendment 3 # Stefania ZAMBELLI, Gianna GANCIA Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Underlines the need to ensure that inclusion and diversity are at the core of the implementation of Erasmus+, one of the EU’s most successful programmes; regrets the different definitions and categories of learners with special needs and/or fewer opportunities1 across Member States and the lack of reliable data on the profiles of the beneficiaries; believes that an instrument should be developed to monitor whether participants from vulnerable and disadvantaged groups are being reached by the programme, taking into account their experiences under the programme; _________________ 1 Term used in Article 23(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 on Erasmus+. Amendment 30 # Stefania ZAMBELLI, Gianna GANCIA Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Member States to launch and support Erasmus+ projects to attract participants with disabilities and learners from vulnerable and disadvantaged groups to their countries; considers that the European Disability Charter could be a useful tool for ensuring greater accessibility and inclusion in the Erasmus+ programme; Amendment 31 # Agnès EVREN Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Member States to launch and support Erasmus+ projects to attract participants with disabilities and learners from vulnerable and disadvantaged groups ~~to their countr~~; calls on the Member States to further enhance the individual mobility projects and experiences of persons with disabilities; Amendment 32 # Moritz KÖRNER, Jana TOOM Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase their efforts to support through Erasmus+ the access of women to and their advancement in the academic areas of mathematics, informatics, natural sciences and technology; Amendment 33 # Alexis GEORGOULIS Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that all information regarding Erasmus+ is accessible to persons with vision, hearing or any other accessibility problems; Amendment 34 # Alexis GEORGOULIS Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the visibility of all potential participants on the visual materials, in the context of promoting diversity and tackling stigmatisation; videos and photos on Erasmus+ websites, posters, leaflets, etc. should also include persons of all genders and cultural backgrounds, as well as persons with disabilities in order to promote inclusion and diversity; Amendment 35 # Agnès EVREN Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the lack of familiarity with the Erasmus+ programme, information barriers, obstacles to the application process, accommodation problems faced by learners, support services abroad and the challenges relating to the portability of grants faced by persons with disabilities and other participants from vulnerable and disadvantaged ~~groups, including ethnic~~ groups; Amendment 36 # Stefania ZAMBELLI, Gianna GANCIA Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the lack of familiarity with the Erasmus+ programme, information barriers, obstacles to the application process, support services abroad and the challenges relating to the portability of grants faced by persons with disabilities and other participants from vulnerable and disadvantaged ~~groups, including ethnic~~ groups; Amendment 37 # Tatjana ŽDANOKA Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the lack of familiarity with the Erasmus+ programme, information barriers, obstacles to the application process, support services abroad and the challenges relating to the portability of grants faced by persons with disabilities and other participants from vulnerable and disadvantaged groups, including ethnic ~~groups~~minorities groups and to monitor if learners from these groups are being reached; Amendment 38 # Alexis GEORGOULIS Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the lack of familiarity with the Erasmus+ programme, information barriers, bureaucracy and other obstacles to the application process, support services abroad and the challenges relating to the portability of grants faced by persons with disabilities and their caregivers as well as other participants from vulnerable and disadvantaged groups, including ethnic groups; Amendment 39 # Massimiliano SMERIGLIO, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Andris AMERIKS, Cristina MAESTRE MARTÍN DE ALMAGRO, Demetris PAPADAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to properly address the lack of familiarity with the Erasmus+ programme, information barriers, obstacles to the application process, adequate support services abroad and the challenges relating to the portability of grants faced by persons with disabilities and other participants from vulnerable and disadvantaged groups, including ethnic groups; Amendment 4 # Alexis GEORGOULIS Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Reminds that definition of vulnerable, disadvantaged or underrepresented groups (and then the potential beneficiaries whose participation in Erasmus+ should be augmented )vary widely between Member States and even may depend on the political and social situation in MS in a given moment; calls the Commission and MS to agree a basic set of definitions, which may include groups such as women, LGBTQI people, migrants and refugees, people from low income households, ethnic or linguistic minorities, and persons with disabilities. Amendment 40 # Agnès EVREN Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. welcomes the establishment of the ‘Erasmus Days’, which make it possible to communicate better with a broader public, to connect people who are leaving for the same destination, to share experiences informally and thus to enhance the benefits of mobility; believes that, in order to make the programme more inclusive, it is necessary to provide appropriate and accessible information material, and to use the means of communication available, such as social networks or local level events, in partnership with local structures and specialised organisations; Amendment 41 # Alexis GEORGOULIS Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Calls on the Commission to take specific measures to ensure that Erasmus+ promotes the european priorities and especially the green and the digital transition; however the monitoring of the individual carbon footprint of the participants should take into account the distance needed to be covered, especially in the case of remote areas and MS on the geographical borders of EU ; Amendment 42 # Agnès EVREN Draft opinion Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Calls on the Commission to continue its work on making the Erasmus+ programme inclusive, on its geographical deployment and on targeted financial support; Amendment 43 # Massimiliano SMERIGLIO, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Andris AMERIKS, Cristina MAESTRE MARTÍN DE ALMAGRO, Demetris PAPADAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Welcomes, in this regard, the ~~Commission’s approach to promoting~~recent adoption by the Commission of the framework to increase diversity and inclusionveness in the current Erasmus+ programme. as well as in the current European Solidarity Corps; calls on the Commission to closely monitor the future implementation of this framework at national level; Amendment 44 # Agnès EVREN Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Welcomes, in this regard, the ~~Commission’s approach to~~new Erasmus+ framework of inclusion measures for the period 2021-2027 proposed by the Commission, which defines the target objectives promoting diversity and inclusion in the current Erasmus+ programme. Amendment 45 # Massimiliano SMERIGLIO, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Andris AMERIKS, Cristina MAESTRE MARTÍN DE ALMAGRO, Demetris PAPADAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 10 – subparagraph 1 (new) 12. Underlines that, despite the fact that Erasmus+ 2014-2020 has been evaluated as more coherent, effective and more aligned with emerging needs, there is still a strong need to make the Programme more inclusive, able to reach out to more vulnerable and disadvantaged people and to facilitate the participation of smaller- size organizations; Amendment 5 # Massimiliano SMERIGLIO, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Andris AMERIKS, Cristina MAESTRE MARTÍN DE ALMAGRO, Demetris PAPADAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights that Erasmus+ should support stakeholders’ and programme participants’ internationalisation plans that remove physical, psychological, social, socioeconomic, linguistic and other types of barriers to learning mobility and that offer qualitative support, including reinforced mentor~~ing~~ship, for participants from underrepresented groups and/or with specific needs before, during and after a period abroad; Amendment 6 # Agnès EVREN Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights that Erasmus+ should support stakeholders’ and programme participants’ internationalisation plans that remove physical, psychological, social, socioeconomic, linguistic and other types of barriers to learning mobility and that offer qualitative support, including mentoring, for participants from underrepresented groups and/or with specific needs before, during and after a period abroad; stresses that the role of former Erasmus+ participants in promoting the programme among their peers should be developed; believes that support for the activities of alumni networks could prove a useful means of reaching a wider public; Amendment 7 # Alexis GEORGOULIS Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights that Erasmus+ should support stakeholders’ and programme participants’ internationalisation plans that remove physical, psychological, social, socioeconomic, linguistic and other types of barriers to learning mobility and that offer accessible for all, clear and detailed information and qualitative support, including mentoring, for participants from underrepresented groups and/or with specific needs before, during and after a period abroad; Amendment 8 # Massimiliano SMERIGLIO, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Andris AMERIKS, Cristina MAESTRE MARTÍN DE ALMAGRO, Demetris PAPADAKIS Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Draws attention to the under- resourcing and understaffing of Erasmus+ national agencies and ~~national authorities and~~ the insufficient efforts to reduce administrative barriers to mobility ~~and ensure that diversity and inclusion are at the core of the programme;~~; underlines that national agencies have a crucial role in ensuring that projects are as inclusive and diverse as possible; therefore, believes that all national agencies should appoint an inclusion and diversity officer to reach out to learners with special needs and/or fewer opportunities and increase their levels of information and awareness about the opportunities in place and how access them as well as to provide them with advice regarding possible difficulties they may experience during their Erasmus+ programme, such as delayed reimbursements2 or any obstacles caused by external and contingency factors such as the COVID-19 crisis3 ; stresses that a supportive approach to beneficiaries with special needs and/or fewer opportunities is key to help removing barriers preventing their full participation to the Programme; _________________ 2 As seen from Petition 2466/13. 3 As seen from Petition 0125/21. Amendment 9 # Alexis GEORGOULIS Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Draws attention to the under- resourcing and understaffing of Erasmus+ national agencies and national authorities and the insufficient efforts to reduce administrative barriers to mobility and ensure that diversity and inclusion are at the core of the programme; believes that national agencies should organise targeted information campaigns, and, in order to do so, they ought to appoint an inclusion and diversity officer to reach out to learners from vulnerable backgrounds, including learners with special needs and/or fewer opportunities and all underrepresented groups, insuring gender equality[KTK1] and provide them with advice regarding possible difficulties they may experience during their Erasmus+ programme, such as delayed reimbursements2 or any obstacles caused by external factors such as the COVID-19 crisis3 ; ~~_________________ 2 As seen from Petition 2466/13. 3 As seen from Petition 0125/21.~~ source: 700.518

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2021/2009(INI)

2021/11/18 PETI 45 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Massimiliano SMERIGLIO, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Andris AMERIKS, Cristina MAESTRE MARTÍN DE ALMAGRO, Demetris PAPADAKIS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Underlines the need to ensure that inclusion ~~and~~, diversity, equal opportunities and access are at the core of the implementation of Erasmus+, one of the EU’s most successful programmes so far; regrets th~~e different~~at only 17% of the overall numbers of learners reached by the Programme in 2014-2020 were learners with special needs and/or fewer opportunities1a; highlights the need to further broaden the definitions and ~~categories~~interpretation of learners with special needs and/or fewer opportunities~~1 across Member States and the lack~~2a, adding an additional focus on age; stresses the difficulties in accessing to and monitoring of reliable data onregarding the profiles of the beneficiaries; reached by the Programme; therefore, believes that an instrument should be developed to monitor whether and how participants from vulnerable and disadvantaged groups are being reached by the programme; _________________ 1 ~~Term used in Article 23(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 on Erasmus+.~~ a Inclusion measures within Erasmus+ programme 2014-2020, European Implementation Assessment 2a Erasmus+ Inclusion and Diversity Strategy in the field of Youth, European Commission, 2014

Amendment 10 #

Stefania ZAMBELLI, Gianna GANCIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Draws attention to the under- resourcing and understaffing of Erasmus+ national agencies and national authorities and the insufficient efforts to reduce administrative barriers to mobility and ensure that diversity and inclusion are at the core of the programme; believes that national agencies should appoint an inclusion and diversity officer to reach out to learners with special needs and/or fewer opportunities and provide them with advice regarding possible difficulties they may experience during their Erasmus+ programme, such as delayed reimbursements2or, any obstacles caused by external factors such as the COVID-19 crisis3 or bureaucratic disparities; _________________ 2 As seen from Petition 2466/13. 3 As seen from Petition 0125/21.

Amendment 11 #

Agnès EVREN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Points out that some petitions submitted to the European Parliament raise the issue of the administrative obstacles Erasmus+ students face on their arrival in host countries4 a; supports initiatives at European level aimed at facilitating student mobility, such as the Erasmus + mobile application, ‘paperless Erasmus’ or the European Student Card, which make managing administrative steps more flexible and enable each student to benefit from the same services; _________________ 4 a See reference in petition 1106/2018

Amendment 12 #

Agnès EVREN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Believes that Erasmus+ should encourage stakeholders to share their expertise at an institutional level, learn from each other, build administrative capacity and ~~fos~~creater in~~clusion and diversity~~novative educational tools that foster diversity and the integration of people with specific needs; welcomes, in this sense, specific efforts to support cooperation between different stakeholders and to develop and implement inclusive policies that seek to integrate ~~children and young people from migrant backgrounds into education; considers, however, that these efforts should be expanded in the field of higher education;~~ people who have fewer opportunities, for economic, social, cultural, health and disability and geographical remoteness reasons, into education; considers, however, that these efforts should be expanded in the field of higher education; stresses the driving role of teachers and institutions in raising awareness of the programme and informing and supporting future learners;

Amendment 13 #

Massimiliano SMERIGLIO, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Andris AMERIKS, Cristina MAESTRE MARTÍN DE ALMAGRO, Demetris PAPADAKIS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Believes that Erasmus+ should encourage stakeholders to share their expertise at an institutional level, learn from each other, build administrative capacity ~~and~~in view of fostering inclusion and diversity; welcomes, in this sense, specific efforts to support cooperation between different stakeholders and to develop and implement inclusive policies that seek to integrate children and young people from migrant backgrounds into education; considers, however, that these efforts should be expanded in the field of higher education;

Amendment 14 #

Moritz KÖRNER, Jana TOOM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Believes that Erasmus+ should encourage stakeholders to share their expertise at an institutional level, learn from and connect with each other, build administrative capacity and foster inclusion and diversity; welcomes, in this sense, specific efforts to support cooperation between different stakeholders and to develop and implement inclusive policies that seek to integrate children and young people from migrant backgrounds and ethnic minorities into education; considers, however, that these efforts should especially be expanded in the field of higher education;

Amendment 15 #

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