2022/2004(INI) The impact of COVID-19 closures of educational, cultural, youth and sports activities on children and young people in the EU
Lead committee dossier:
Progress: Procedure completed
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Lead | CULT |
HEIDE Hannes ( S&D)
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ZAGORAKIS Theodoros ( EPP),
JOVEVA Irena ( Renew),
RIBA I GINER Diana ( Verts/ALE),
DA RE Gianantonio ( ID),
KRUK Elżbieta ( ECR),
GEORGOULIS Alexis ( GUE/NGL)
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Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 54
Legal Basis:
RoP 54Events
2022/12/16
EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
Documents
2022/09/13
EP - Results of vote in Parliament
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2022/09/13
EP - Decision by Parliament
Details
The European Parliament adopted by 522 votes to 12, with 79 abstentions, a resolution on the impact of COVID-19 closures of educational, cultural, youth and sports activities on children and young people in the EU.
In the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, Europe's youth face a mental health crisis. The closure of early childhood education and care provision facilities, schools, universities, spaces for youth welfare and youth work, as well as of extracurricular activities, cultural spaces and sports facilities, has denied children and young people the opportunity to participate in activities which are essential for their overall development, their learning progression, their intellectual, physical, emotional and mental health and well-being, and their social and professional inclusion.
This report emphasises the need for multi-faced and holistic European action , to promote mental health in children and young people. Educational, culture, youth, and sports facilities should be involved in ensuring the positive development of mental health in children and young people.
Increased funding
The resolution called on the Member States and regions to provide sufficient financial support to mainstream education institutions , in particular through significant investment in public education, and to recruit and retain highly qualified teachers and education personnel, in order to ensure that the pedagogical, psychological, physical, emotional, cognitive and/or social development of young people is increasingly promoted in a satisfactory way.
Member States are urged to substantially increase public spending in education and training to above the EU average (5 % of GDP in 2020).
Funding should also be increased for Erasmus+, Creative Europe and the European Solidarity Corps to enhance mobility experiences which contribute to the development of useful and necessary social skills for the future personal and professional growth of the younger generations. Funding for these programmes should be increased in the next revision of the multiannual financial framework.
The Commission and the Member States are called on to support and adequately fund small local cultural initiatives, sports clubs , leisure facilities, youth organisations and youth welfare institutions to carry out the leisure, non-formal and informal learning activities that play an essential role in the development and well-being of young people and their families, by providing material and psychological support resources, including for young people with fewer opportunities or facing discrimination.
Holistic understanding of health
Parliament called for a holistic understanding of health that includes overall physical, mental and social well-being and requires comprehensive prevention and healing strategies, including cultural and sporting activities, and promoting the development of creative and social skills. Highlighting the key role that a healthy and balanced diet plays in the mental health of children and young people, Member States should implement Child Guarantee Recommendation 4 asking, among other things, for free access to at least one healthy meal each school day .
Research and innovation
Parliament reiterated the importance of investing in innovation and research in education, enabling the state education system to have access to a ‘culture of innovation’ across the EU and to ensure that high-quality learning materials, pedagogical approaches and tools are accessible and available free of charge to all.
Member States are urged to promote science and research on young people’s mental health and to assess the long-term impact of closures , particularly of prolonged remote learning, isolation and uncertainty, on knowledge acquisition, neurological development and socio-emotional skills, and to develop targeted measures to support those most affected in order to combat and prevent long-term mental health problems.
Digital technology
According to Parliament, efforts should be undertaken to generalise digital literacy at all levels of society, enabling the proper use of digital tools and infrastructures. On the other hand, the Commission is urged to raise awareness should be raised among young people regarding the benefits and risks associated with digital technology, ensuring not only their access to technological tools, but also their ability to use them safely and properly. The resolution stressed that prolonged periods spent in the digital environment can have far-reaching mental health and safety impacts on children and young people, such as screen fatigue or internet addiction , and also exposure to online violence and harassment , as well as to fake news, which can lead not only to depression, anxiety and social exclusion, but also to suicides among young people.
European year of mental health
Lastly, the report called on the Commission to:
- designate a European Year of Mental Health and to develop a European plan for the protection of mental health in education, vocational training, and informal and non-formal learning;
- propose examples of good practice and create incentives for Member States to put in place dedicated actions and training modules, thereby equipping teachers, trainers, educators, youth workers and employers with the necessary skill set to recognise early signs of burnout, stress and psychological stress in learners, young people and young interns, or young people on vocational training, with a view to activating targeted prevention measures;
- continue developing mitigating measures with regard to the negative consequences of COVID-19 closures on children and young people throughout 2023, and to make use of this year to propose a robust legacy of the European Year of Youth 2022 for the future.
Documents
2022/09/12
EP - Debate in Parliament
Documents
2022/07/22
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
Details
The Committee on Culture and Education adopted the own-initiative report by Hannes HEIDE (S&D, AT) on the impact of COVID-19 closures of educational, cultural, youth and sports activities on children and young people in the EU.
In the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, Europe's youth face a mental health crisis. The closure of early childhood education and care provision facilities, schools, universities, spaces for youth welfare and youth work, as well as of extracurricular activities, cultural spaces and sports facilities, has denied children and young people the opportunity to participate in activities which are essential for their overall development, their learning progression, their intellectual, physical, emotional and mental health and well-being, and their social and professional inclusion.
This report emphasises the need for multi-faced and holistic European action , to promote mental health in children and young people. Educational, culture, youth, and sports facilities should be involved in ensuring the positive development of mental health in children and young people.
Increased funding
The committee called on the Member States and regions to provide sufficient financial support to mainstream education institutions , in particular through significant investment in public education, and to recruit and retain highly qualified teachers and education personnel, in order to ensure that the pedagogical, psychological, physical, emotional, cognitive and/or social development of young people is increasingly promoted in a satisfactory way.
Member States are urged to substantially increase public spending in education and training to above the EU average (5 % of GDP in 2020). Along with the Commission, they should also launch an EU-wide campaign to raise awareness of mental health in educational and vocational institutions in order to combat the existing stigma, to provide young people with access to mental health information and to create a clear and broader social understanding of mental health issues.
Highlighting the key role that a healthy and balanced diet plays in the mental health of children and young people, Member States should implement Child Guarantee Recommendation 4 asking, among other things, for free access to at least one healthy
meal each school day .
Funding should also be increased for Erasmus+, Creative Europe and the European Solidarity Corps to enhance mobility experiences which contribute to the development of useful and necessary social skills for the future personal and professional growth of the younger generations.
The Commission and the Member States are called on to support and adequately fund small local cultural initiatives, sports clubs, leisure facilities, youth organisations and youth welfare institutions to carry out the leisure, non-formal and informal learning activities that play an essential role in the development and well-being of young people and their families, by providing material and psychological support resources, including for young people with fewer opportunities or facing discrimination.
Member States are urged to invest in specific policies, also in the framework of the Recovery and Resilience Facility, that respond to local needs in order (i) to close all existing gaps , including gender, economic, technological and social regional inequalities; (ii) to ensure that educational and vocational training institutions, youth organisations and structures, as well as learners and young people more generally, obtain sufficient financial support, with a special emphasis on the most vulnerable learners who are falling behind and need additional support in order to achieve the expected learning goals, and the schools serving high-poverty and high-minority populations; (iii) to make sure the necessary technologies , innovations, learning support facilities and tools, including digital tools, are in place to consolidate, further develop and deliver quality education and training, as well as informal and non-formal learning opportunities to all; and (iv) to support cultural initiatives bringing children and young people together in the framework of the cultural recovery of local communities.
Digital technology
Awareness should be raised among young people regarding the benefits and risks associated with digital technology, ensuring not only their access to technological tools, but also their ability to use them safely and properly.
European year of mental health
Lastly, the report called on the Commission to:
- designate a European Year of Mental Health and to develop a European plan for the protection of mental health in education, vocational training, and informal and non-formal learning;
- continue developing mitigating measures with regard to the negative consequences of COVID-19 closures on children and young people throughout 2023, and to make use of this year to propose a robust legacy of the European Year of Youth 2022 for the future.
Documents
2022/07/13
EP - Vote in committee
2022/06/01
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2022/04/25
EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2022/01/20
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2021/12/09
EP - HEIDE Hannes (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in CULT
Documents
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2022)624
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T9-0314/2022
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A9-0216/2022
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE732.738
- Committee draft report: PE731.485
- Committee draft report: PE731.485
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE732.738
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2022)624
Activities
- Rainer WIELAND
Plenary Speeches (2)
- 2022/09/12 The impact of COVID-19 closures of educational, cultural, youth and sports activities on children and young people in the EU (short presentation)
- 2022/09/12 The impact of COVID-19 closures of educational, cultural, youth and sports activities on children and young people in the EU (short presentation)
- Stanislav POLČÁK
- Theodoros ZAGORAKIS
- Elżbieta KRUK
Votes
Les conséquences de la fermeture des activités éducatives, culturelles, sportives et de jeunesse en raison de la COVID-19 pour les enfants et les jeunes dans l'UE - The impact of COVID-19 closures of educational, cultural, youth and sports activities on children and young people in the EU - Die Auswirkungen COVID-19-bedingter Schließungen von Bildungs-, Kultur-, Jugend- und Sporteinrichtungen auf Kinder und Jugendliche in der EU - A9-0216/2022 - Hannes Heide - Proposition de résolution #
2022/09/13 Outcome: +: 522, 0: 79, -: 12
PPE
The Left
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2022/2004(INI)
2022/06/01
CULT
227 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 a (new) — - having regard to the Council Recommendation (EU) 2021/1004 establishing a European Child Guarantee,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 9 a (new) — having regard to the European Youth Goals, in particular Goals 5, 9 and 115a _________________ 5a https://europa.eu/youth/strategy/european -youth-goals_en
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. In this regard, stresses the need to recognise the importance of promoting mental health literacy of teachers, education personnel, school administrators, social workers and students; Calls on the Member States to ensure a sufficient number of qualified staff members, such as psychologists or other mental health specialists, to create a safe environment for children and youth in all types of educational institutions;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. Urges the Member States to consider the impact of COVID-19 through a gender lens and to ensure the continuation of sexual education classes as well as sexual and reproductive health services through the national education systems in all circumstances, in line with international human rights standards; insists on countering any attempts to restrict SRHR in crises situations;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 c (new) 2 c. Recognises the need to break the silence around mental health challenges for children and young people resulting from the pandemic, as well as to address discriminative stigma in a holistic approach; therefore, calls on the Commission and the Member States to launch an EU-wide campaign to raise awareness on mental health in educational institutions in order to combat the existing stigma, and provide young people the access to mental health information to create an outright social understanding of mental health difficulties;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 c (new) 2 c. Calls on the Member States to extend the participation and co- determination rights of students and young people in schools, universities, vocational training, the workplace and social institutions;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 d (new) 2 d. Underlines the importance of countering the phenomenon of underreporting and social stigma regarding mental health and well-being; in this regard, calls on the Commission to develop risk assessment tools and reporting systems based on reports and consultation with teachers, education personnel, students and parents’ associations to create a safer environment for young people in need while ensuring an early detection of possible mental health difficulties;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 e (new) 2 e. Urges the Member States to promote cross-sectoral investments to tackle mental disorders of children and young people, and to build up national action plans ensuring their implementation at regional and local levels, accommodating the actual needs of children and young people, with a special regard to the most disadvantaged groups;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 f (new) 2 f. Calls on the Commission to conduct research with a complete assessment of the long-term effects of all preventive measures related to the Covid- 19 pandemic taken by the Member States on children and young people, to gain thorough insight on the matter, which will enable the making of appropriate policies to mitigate the effects of the pandemic or of any future sanitary crisis;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Underlines the vital importance of
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Underlines the vital importance of interpersonal relationships among children and young people
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Underlines the vital importance of interpersonal relationships among children and young people and the social role of education; calls, therefore, on the Member States, to put in place appropriate health and safety measures to ensure that, in the event of future pandemics or other unprecedented situations,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 34 — having regard to the report of the
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Underlines the vital importance of interpersonal relationships among children and young people, taking into account the important role of socialisation in education; calls, therefore, on the Member States, in the event of future
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Underlines the vital importance of interpersonal relationships among children and young people; calls, therefore, on the Member States, in the event of future pandemics or other unprecedented situations, to keep all learning environments, whether formal, informal or non-formal in nature, open; calls on the Member States, in cases where special measures are absolutely necessary, to take into account the needs of different age groups and not to apply a one-size-fits-all approach, taking into account the specific needs of vulnerable groups or young people with mobility and other problems;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Underlines the vital importance of interpersonal relationships among children and young people; calls, therefore, on the Member States, in the event of future pandemics or other unprecedented situations, to keep open all learning environments, whether formal, informal or non-formal in nature; calls on the Member States, in cases where special measures are absolutely necessary, to take into account the needs of different age groups and not to apply a one-size-fits-all approach, taking particular account of the needs of children and young people with disabilities;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Highlights the important role that a healthy and balanced diet plays in the mental health of children and young people; Therefore insists on the important social support that schools provide, such as daily balanced meals, which some children do not otherwise receive at home; Calls on Member States to provide free and healthy lunches in all schools for all students;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Recognizes that the COVID19 crisis has exacerbated pre-existing educational disparities by limiting opportunities for many of the most vulnerable children and young people, including those living in impoverished or in rural areas, girls, refugees, and people with disabilities; calls for specific policies to reach learners who are most at risk of falling behind;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Highlights in this context the importance of the digital transformation and calls on the Commission and the Member States to enhance their measures to make educational institutions fit for the digital era;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Stresses the importance of personal interaction of young people in a cultural context for their overall well- being; therefore calls upon the Commission and the Member States to increase their measures to provide for such opportunities;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 c (new) 3 c. Acknowledges that giving young people a voice in decision-making to express their needs and to participate in their implementation is key to improving the effectiveness of policies and programs; calls to involve young people, especially young women, in research, program design, and decision-making to better understand and respond to their lived experiences, priorities, and perceptions and to ensure their engagement;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 c (new) 3 c. Underlines that online-teaching should only be used as a last resort; calls on the Member states using the experience from theCovid-19 pandemic, to set up action plans regarding the functioning of all learning environments so as to minimise disruptions and lack of interpersonal relationships among children and young people;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital -A (new) -A. whereas children and young people are among the most vulnerable groups of our society and have been impacted by COVID-19 closures during a crucial and critical period of their lives;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Insists on the need to significantly increase the funding for adequately fund and promote the opportunities offered by programmes such as Erasmus+, Creative Europe and the European Solidarity Corps, to enhance mobility experiences and increase their accessibility for all
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Insists on the need to adequately fund and promote the opportunities offered by programmes such as Erasmus+, Creative Europe and the European Solidarity Corps, to enhance mobility experiences, which are developing useful and necessary social skills for the future personal and professional growth of the younger generation, and increase their accessibility for all, regardless of income, gender, health status and region of origin; calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve the systematic sharing of projects’ outcomes in order to increase their visibility, upscaling and long-term impact;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Insists on the need to adequately fund and promote the opportunities offered by programmes such as Erasmus+, Creative Europe and the European Solidarity Corps, to enhance mobility experiences and increase their accessibility for all, regardless of income, gender, sexual orientation, disability, health status and region of origin; calls on the Commission and the Member States to make the programs resilient to possible future mobility limitations, as well as improve the systematic sharing of projects’ outcomes in order to increase their visibility, upscaling and long-term impact;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Insists on the need to adequately fund and promote the opportunities offered by programmes such as Erasmus+, Creative Europe and the European Solidarity Corps, to enhance mobility experiences and increase their accessibility for all, regardless of
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Insists on the need to adequately fund and promote the opportunities offered by programmes such as Erasmus+, Creative Europe and the European Solidarity Corps, to enable or enhance mobility experiences and increase
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make better use of the Recovery and Resilience Facility and other dedicated funds to increase their efforts to tackle the late effects of COVID- 10 closures of cultural venues on cultural creators and especially young performers which were denied the opportunity to commence and develop their careers at the crucial early stage;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Calls on Member States to promote vocational training programmes to help young people enter the workforce and combat youth unemployment;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Reiterates, in this context, that socially disadvantaged young people and those from socio-economically difficult backgrounds require special support and access, including active outreach and encouragement, since they face greater difficulties in finding out about such opportunities in the first place, frequently lack the confidence to think that their applications could be successful and fail to seek independently the support, which they actually need;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Urges the Member States to put the recovery and resilience of the cultural and creative sectors at the core of their investments into culture, with a particular focus on improving the overall situation and working conditions of young authors, performers, artists and all other cultural creators, workers and professionals who are the ones to create the cultural works that our democracy, society and economy benefit from;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital -A (new) -A. whereas mental health of all individual citizens is the precondition for and foundation of a healthy society and democracy;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 c (new) 4 c. Stresses that being creative is an important way for many children and young people to express themselves in difficult times, and that many of them aspire to a professional career in art and culture; therefore calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up their overall efforts and to increase their funding to improve the support for young people to commence such a professional career;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Draws attention to the importance of mobility experiences and the exchange of good practices among teachers, educators, professors, trainers,
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Draws attention to the importance of mobility experiences and the exchange of good practices among teachers, educators, professors, trainers, youth workers, cultural creators and sports coaches in broadening their knowledge in youth outreach and strengthening the international and multilingual dimensions
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Calls on the Member States to ensure that teachers and childcare professionals receive appropriate and up- to-date knowledge in the topic of mental health, which requires modernising training for childcare professionals and providing free and regular psychological support for teachers and childcare professionals;
Amendment 134 #
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Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Underlines the importance of countering the phenomenon of underreporting and social stigma regarding mental health and wellbeing and Calls for a holistic understanding of health and safety that includes overall physical, mental and social well-being, and requires comprehensive prevention and healing strategies, including the development of risk assessment tools, and reporting systems, in consultation with teachers, learners, and parents, and the integration of cultural and sporting activities, and promoting the development of creative and social skills;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls for a holistic understanding of health that includes overall physical, mental and social well-being, and requires comprehensive prevention and healing strategies, including cultural, play and sporting activities, and promoting the development of creative and social skills;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Is concerned about the lack of physical activity observed among many young people during the lockdowns and the consequences this could have for public health; emphasizes that sport and physical exercise are particularly important in pandemic-induced circumstances, as they strengthen physical and mental resilience; calls on the Member States to incorporate more sports activities in school curricula, focusing on a broad variety of team sports, as they promote and teach values such as mutual respect and understanding, solidarity, cooperation, and foster a sense of belonging;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure fair contractual situations and working conditions for all young cultural creators and other young professionals working in the cultural and creative sectors, including with regards to their mental and physical health and their overall wellbeing, and to stipulate this goal in a dedicated section on young artists in a European status of the artist;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the closure of
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Draws attention on the challenges to measuring mental health and well- being; therefore, calls on the Commission and the Members States to invest in further research and the development of unbiased indicators to measure mental health and well-being, including the impact caused by the COVID-19 pandemic;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Draws attention on the challenges of measuring mental health and well- being; therefore, calls on the Commission and the Member States to invest in further research and the development of unbiased indicators to measure mental health and well-being,including the impact caused by theCOVID-19 pandemic;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Underlines the need to integrate cultural and sporting activities into projects to support people suffering from or potentially at risk of mental health issues;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide a comprehensive response that involves the participation of stakeholders from the education, culture, sports and health sectors; draws attention to the need of significant investments in educational policies that support recovery, as well as mental health services to strengthen the infrastructures that support children and youth development which have been severely impacted by the pandemic;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Emphasises the promotion of the design and provision of targeted, intergenerational services that combine the experience of older people with the courage of younger people in a mutually beneficial situation;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 c (new) 6 c. Calls on the Member States to replace exam-intensive educational curricula that contribute to excessive anxiety and declining mental health and wellbeing of students and young people with more modern assessment methods that are anthropocentric, holistic and less mentally intense; calls on education authorities to take into account the impact theCovid-19 pandemic had on the mental health and wellbeing of students and children when assessing their educational performance;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 c (new) 6 c. Recalls the additional negative impact of the closure of schools, sports, cultural and leisure facilities on young people with disabilities and underlines the need for specific support measures tailored to the needs of the individual;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Urges the Member States, in this context, to ensure the inclusion of art, music and culture in school curricula, as well as the promotion of sports activities in schools, in order to create an inclusive, creative, dynamic and healthy learning environment from an early age and to reduce the risk of psychophysical disorders in adulthood, while taking more effective measures to prevent the consumption of psychotropic substances;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the closure of schools, universities, employment opportunities, spaces for culture and extracurricular activities and sports facilities has denied children and young people the opportunity to participate in activities which are essential for their overall development, their intellectual, physical and mental well- being, and for their social and professional inclusion;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Urges the Member States, in this context, to ensure the inclusion and take any necessary action for the upscaling of art, music and culture in school curricula, as well as the promotion of play and sports activities in schools, in order to create an inclusive, creative, dynamic and healthy learning environment from an early age and to reduce the risk of psychophysical disorders in adulthood;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Urges the Member States, in this context, to ensure the inclusion of art, music and culture in school curricula, as well as the promotion of extra-curricular artistic and sports activities in schools, in order to create an inclusive, creative, dynamic and healthy learning environment from an early age and to reduce the risk of psychophysical disorders in adulthood;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Urges the Member States and public authorities to develop sports infrastructure and to comprehensively increase the amount of physical education and extracurricular physical activities in schools; Underlines the need to include a daily sports lesson in the curricula of compulsory schools in all Member States;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Stresses the urgent need to enable children to socialise directly once more and return to their daily activities;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support and adequately fund small local cultural initiatives, sports clubs and leisure facilities to carry out the leisure and informal learning activities that
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support and adequately fund small local cultural initiatives, sports clubs and leisure facilities to carry out the leisure and informal learning activities that play an essential role in the development and well-being of young people and their families, by providing material and psychological support resources, including for those with fewer economic opportunities; calls on the commission and the member states to fund and also help in other ways young artists who were adversely affected as a result of the pandemic;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support and adequately fund small local cultural initiatives, sports clubs
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support and adequately fund small local cultural initiatives, sports clubs and leisure facilities to carry out the leisure and informal learning activities that play an essential role in the development and well-being of young people and their families, by providing material and psychological support resources, including for those with fewer economic opportunities, disabilities and minorities;
Amendment 158 #
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support and adequately fund small local cultural initiatives, sports clubs and leisure facilities to carry out the leisure and informal learning activities that play an essential role in the development and well-being of young people and their families, by providing material and psychological support resources, including for those with fewer economic opportunities or facing discrimination;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support and adequately fund small local cultural initiatives, sports clubs and leisure facilities to carry out the leisure and informal learning activities that play an essential role in the development and well-being of young people and their families, by providing material and psychological support resources, including for those with fewer economic opportunities and with disabilities;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the closure of schools,
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Calls for broad-based and targeted policy responses to protect a generation of young people from having their job prospects permanently harmed by the crisis, including, among other, support to re-integrate those who have lost their jobs or have had their working hours reduced, ensure youth access to unemployment insurance benefits, promote quality and paid internships, and address the housing access crisis; remarks that socioeconomic conditions are fundamental part of youth mental health and general well-being;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to use the national Recovery and Resilience Facility plans and other dedicated funds and also redirect other funds possibly at disposal to support local cultural initiatives bringing children and young people together in the cultural recovery of local communities;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls for more coordination at
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls for more coordination at European level between Member States, regional authorities and local representatives of sports and cultural associations, youth organisations, early learning organisations, educational and university bodies, social partners involved in education and the private sector in order to strengthen dialogue and cooperation and create a dynamic, multi-level social network that can respond and adapt to future challenges;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls for more coordination
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Notes that the pandemic has uncovered the lack of support provided to young people experiencing issues connected to mental health; Underlines the need to sustainably and rapidly reconstruct and strengthen the structure of European youth work that has been weakened or even destroyed by the pandemic; Emphasises that youth work itself needs to be recognised for what it is: a place that makes an important contribution to young people's personal development, well-being and self- realisation; Therefore calls on Member States to implement concrete improvements in youth work to achieve support for those who need it most;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Stresses out that the closure of cultural institutions and related activities have created an uncertain time for young artists, some of whom have abandoned their dreams and others moved their creativity to social media platforms as a tool to facilitate mutual support and understanding; calls on the Commission and the Member States to create a financial support mechanism for artistic works done by young people on social media and support the positive perspectives of youth entrepreneurship that young people have taken up in order to mitigate the effects of the pandemic;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new) 9 b. Calls on the Member State to assess the long term impact of closures, particularly prolonged remote learning, isolation and uncertainty on knowledge acquisition, neurological development and socio-emotional skills, and to develop targeted measures to support those most affected;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Calls on the Commission to take action to ensure that the EU as a whole becomes stronger and more self-reliant, leaving no one behind;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the closure of nurseries, schools, spaces for culture and extracurricular activities and sports facilities has denied children and young people the opportunity to participate in activities which are essential for their overall development, their intellectual, physical and mental health and well-
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Calls on the Commission to take action to ensure that the EU as a whole becomes stronger and more self-reliant, leaving no one behind; points out that it must address the wider structural gaps caused by the lack of digital infrastructure and digital tools
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Calls on the Commission to take action to ensure that the EU as a whole becomes stronger and more self-reliant, leaving no one behind; points out that it must address the wider structural gaps caused by the lack of digital infrastructure and digital tools
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Calls on the Commission to take action to ensure that the EU as a whole becomes stronger and more self-reliant, leaving no one behind; points out that
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Calls on the Commission to take action to ensure that the EU as a whole becomes stronger and more self-reliant, leaving no one behind; points out that it must address the wider structural gaps caused by the lack of digital infrastructure and digital tools in rural and peripheral areas and take into account the possible needs of those areas in the event of future pandemics or any other unprecedented situation;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Calls on the Commission to take action to ensure that the EU as a whole becomes stronger and more self-reliant, leaving no one behind; points out that it must address the wider structural gaps caused by the lack of digital infrastructure and digital tools
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Calls on the Commission to take action to ensure that the EU as a whole becomes stronger and more self-reliant, leaving no one behind; points out that it must address the wider structural gaps caused by the lack of digital infrastructure and digital tools in rural and peripheral areas as well as in hotspots or other areas that stand out negatively in socio- economic terms;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Calls on the Commission to take
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10 a. Underlines that particular emphasis should be placed on the issue of the digitally excluded, both in the context of pupils and young people and of teachers and educators themselves; draws attention to the difficult situation of pupils from families with many children and of parent teachers, for whom the obligation to work and learn remotely involves costly and often unaffordable outlay in order to purchase, from their modest private resources, further equipment to meet the requirements of learning/working remotely;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Urges the Member States to invest in specific policies that respond to local needs in order to close regional gaps and
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Urges the Member States to invest in specific policies
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the closure of schools, spaces for culture and extracurricular activities and sports facilities has denied children and young people the opportunity
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Urges the Member States to invest in specific policies, particularly within the framework of the Recovery and Resilience Facility, that respond to local needs in order to close regional technological gaps and ensure educational institutions and students get sufficient financial support
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Urges the Member States to invest in specific policies that respond to local needs in order to close
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Urges the Member States to invest in specific policies that respond to local needs in order to close regional gaps and ensure financial support so that the technologies, innovations, learning and support facilities and tools required to continue education and training are available and accessible to all, regardless of their family, social or financial situation and of their place of residence;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Urges the Member States to invest in specific policies , also in the framework of Recovery and Resilience Facility that respond to local needs in order to close regional gaps and ensure financial support so that the technologies, innovations, learning and support facilities and tools required to
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Urges the Member States to invest in specific policies that respond to local needs in order to close regional gaps and ensure adequate financial support so that the technologies, innovations, learning and support facilities and tools required to continue education and training are available and accessible to all;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Urges the Member States to invest in specific policies that respond to local needs in order to close regional gaps and ensure financial support so that the technologies, innovations, learning and support facilities and tools required to continue
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11 a. Recognises the positive role digital tools and social media can have on young people in some aspects. However, lack of supervision of digital learning of young people, especially those in disadvantaged and remote environments can lead to a higher risk of addictions and mental health disorders; calls, in this regard, on the Member States to promote adequate and balanced use of distance-learning by school professionals when needed, but putting the return to face-to-face learning as a priority;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11 a. Highlights that pre-existing gender norms and expectations can be important factors affecting adversely mental, physical health, as well as education opportunities; remarks it is crucial to develop the capacities of educators through adequate resources and support to better identify and address the gendered repercussions of education, culture and sports closures on the broader health and well-being of children and young people;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11 a. Calls on Member States to allocate additional funds for the rebuilding of the education sector beyond the regular expenditure of national budgets in order to immediately address the pressing challenges of children and young people; Calls on Member States to take immediate action to support those students who are falling behind and to ensure that they receive the necessary support to achieve the expected learning goals;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11 a. Digital technologies harbour substantial potential for teachers, trainers and educators and learners across education sectors and settings in terms of accessible, open, social and personalised technologies that can bring about more inclusive learning pathways; smart use of digital technologies, driven by innovative teaching methods and empowering learners, can equip citizens with core competencies for life;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the closure of schools, spaces for culture and extracurricular activities and sports facilities has denied children and young people the opportunity to participate in activities which are essential for their overall development, their intellectual, physical and mental health and well-
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11 a. Draws attention to the need for a financial framework that allows for the reimbursable purchase or rental of appropriate computer equipment and the purchase of access to an efficient internet network;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new) 11 b. Calls on the Member States to promote resilient, equitable, and gender- responsive education systems which ensure that gender-specific needs are met, such as comprehensive sexuality education and gender-based violence prevention and response;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new) 11 b. Recalls that it is essential to support schools in need of funding to help the most vulnerable students, as well as those schools serving high-poverty and high-minority populations;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 c (new) 11 c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide special attention for children and young people who are particularly vulnerable, such as LGBTQ+ youth, racialized children and young people, and those with pre-existing mental health needs;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Reiterates the importance of investing in innovation and research in education, enabling the state education system to have access to a
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Reiterates the importance of investing in innovation and research in education, enabling the state education system to have access to a ‘culture of
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Highlights the positive role that mentoring played in certain countries during the pandemic in assisting young people solving issues, thereby promoting their mental health and providing an interpersonal connection that offered perspective and psychological support in times of isolation; Invites the Commission to consider supporting and funding such mentoring programmes at European level to encourage their development in all Member States;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Highlights the need to speed up the digitisation of cultural and heritage resources and audiovisual libraries, and the introduction of discount schemes allowing universal access to cultural resources, including for marginalised people and peripheral schools who are unable to purchase concessionary subscriptions;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Urges Member states to carry out initiatives in digital literacy targeting the teaching and the student communities to complement the in-person education, enhance their education experience, strengthen their academic curriculum, and level it to the digital transition;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12 b. Stresses the importance to provide support and training to teachers and educators as regards digital and blended leaning as a complementary element of in situ education to ensure education is resilient in the face of future challenges;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 a (new) — having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and especially Article 121a _________________ 1a Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child provides: “1. States Parties shall assure to the child who is capable of forming his or her own views the right to express those views freely in all matters affecting the child, the views of the child being given due weight in accordance with the age and maturity of the child.”
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) A a. Whereas the closure of schools has led to a reduction of existing knowledge, a loss of methodology to acquire new knowledge as well as an actual loss of learning; Whereas these losses are higher among students from less-educated households, while students from socioeconomically advantaged households received more parental support with their studies during the pandemic;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Highlights the need to monitor developments in, and the pedagogical and health and safety consequences of, technological and digital advances through cooperation and dialogue with experts, educators, education social partners, and representatives of civil society; highlights that the primary goal of those technological advances should be to serve people’s needs and that technological skills should follow the pedagogic and education knowledge which should always remain of primary value in any education and cultural context;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Highlights the need to monitor developments in, and the consequences of, technological and digital advances through cooperation and dialogue with experts, educators and representatives of civil society; points out the necessity to critically review possible dangers of the digital advances and its unpredictable consequences;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Highlights the need to monitor developments in, and the pedagogical and health and safety consequences of, technological and digital advances through cooperation and dialogue with experts, educators, education social partners, and representatives of civil society;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Highlights the need to monitor developments in, and the pedagogical and health and safety consequences of, technological and digital advances through cooperation and dialogue with experts, educators and representatives of civil society;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Highlights the need to
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13 a. Urges the Member States to promote science and research on young people's mental health in order to combat and prevent mental health problems; Calls on the Commission and the Member States to systematically collect and compare research findings, experience and knowledge in dealing with mental health issues among young people in the EU;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13 a. Calls on the Commission to facilitate the exchange of good practices and mutual learning between Member States in their respective policies;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13 b. calls on Member States to provide teachers with suitable training and equipment so that, whenever necessary, distance learning tools produce the best possible learning outcomes and are used in ways that offer an added value to the learning procedure, by giving an active role to the learner and cultivating their creativity and critical thought;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 c (new) 13 c. Is deeply concerned on the health and safety impact stemming from the use of digital technologies in education including screen fatigue, cyber violence and harassment, hate speech, social exclusion, data privacy, internet addiction, warrying psychological effects such as the rise of youth suicide due to internet and social media, fake news, misinformation,disinformation and right to disconnect; therefore, calls on the EU Commission to conduct further research and take specific and timely action to address these issues;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Commission to promote digital literacy and raise awareness among young people of the benefits and risks associated with digital technology, ensuring not only their access to technological tools, but also their ability to use them safely and properly so that they serve as valuable instruments for socialisation and democracy
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) A a. whereas COVID-19 closures of cultural venues - which were the first to be closed and the last to be allowed to reopen - have denied young cultural creators and especially young performers the opportunity to commence and develop their careers at the crucial early stage;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Commission to raise awareness among young people of the benefits and risks associated with digital technology, ensuring not only their access to technological tools, but also their ability to use them safely and properly so that they serve as valuable instruments for socialisation and democracy in order to reduce online violence, harassment and fake news; calls on Member States to ensure the protection of students’ and teachers’ personal data while working with educational technology tools;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Commission to raise awareness among young people of the benefits and risks associated with digital technology, ensuring not only their access to technological tools, but also their ability to use them safely and properly so that they serve as valuable instruments for socialisation and democracy
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14 a. Calls on Commission to encourage teachers and employers to use tools that enable timely recognition of signs and prevention of burnout, stress, and psychological stress on students, young people, and young employees. Special attention should be paid to the aspect of mental health during the internship or introduction to a new job, with a key emphasis on constructive communication with young employees;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14 a. Raise awareness on the health and safety impact stemming from the use of digital technologies in education including screen fatigue, cyber violence and harassment, social exclusion, data privacy, internet addiction, fake news, and right to disconnect; therefore, calls on the EU Commission to conduct further research and take action to address these issues;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14 a. Calls on the Commission to develop and implement one of the recommendations of the Conference for the Future of Europe related to minimising the impact of a serious crisis on youngsters, in their mental health, and also to take into consideration the perspective of future generations on all its recommendations and proposals;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14 a. Calls on the Commission to dedicate a European Year to Mental Health;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14 a. Warns that intensive use of digital devices and increased staying in virtual environments can lead to addiction and toxic behaviour; reiterates in this context its demand for the EU to adopt a responsible and coherent approach to the integration of the digital aspect of education;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14 a. Calls for greater Community and more systematic efforts in prevention work aimed at protecting young people from violence, harassment or other crimes online;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14 a. Underlines the importance of organising training for teachers and educators on the functionalities of different communication platforms;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) A b. Whereas learning losses caused by the pandemic are likely to have a long- term negative impact on the future well- being of children and young people;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14 b. Calls on the Commission to develop a European Plan for the protection of mental health in education systems;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14 b. Urges the member states to give special attention to marginalised and disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities to grant them equal access to all educational, cultural, youth and sports establishments; Calls on the Commission to address the needs of people with disabilities in the event of future pandemics or unprecedented situations accordingly in order to safeguard an equal and safe access and their maintenance of mental health;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14 b. Urges member states to ensure that all of its population are informed in their regional or minority language with basic health information, and that support for regional or minority language immersion education and its infrastructure is increased so as to ensure that its provision is at the same level as State language education, so as not to be undermined by health crises and pandemics.;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14 b. Urges the Commission to significantly step up its overall efforts to improve media literacy of children and young people, with a focus on digital media and communication, and to further intensify tackling the problem of disinformation notably in the context of such a sensitive issue as a pandemic where fake news aggravate people's mental health and undermine their trust in public institutions;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 c (new) 14 c. Welcomes the establishment of the Commission expert group on quality investment in education and training; Appreciates the efforts of the expert group and the points made in their interim report, which provide a good basis for much needed improvements in national education systems of the Member States;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 c (new) 14 c. Calls on Member States to take the necessary measures to reinforce the students’ feeling of belonging to the school community; calls on the Member States to embrace the notion of student agency and to adopt procedures that will enable students' voices to be heard and will encourage students to take initiatives and to participate actively in the decision- making regarding issues that concern them;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 d (new) 14 d. Calls on Member States to provide extra-curriculum cultural, sport and environmental participative activities that will help the students feel familiar again with the school environment and regain their interest for school life;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 e (new) 14 e. Calls the Commission to consider extending the European Year of Youth 2022 throughout 2023 in order to allow enough time, at least for the mitigation of some the negative consequences of COVID-19 to children and youth;
Amendment 23 #
B. whereas the overall state of young people’s mental health and well-being has significantly worsened during the pandemic, with problems related to mental health doubling in several Member States compared to pre-crisis levels25 , leading pundits to call this the ‘silent pandemic’ or the ‘pandemic scar’; whereas mental health issues are often difficult to be identified; _________________ 25 https://www.oecd-
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the overall state of young people’s mental health and well-being has significantly worsened during the pandemic, with problems related to mental health doubling in several Member States compared to pre-crisis levels25, leading pundits to call this the ‘silent pandemic’ or the ‘pandemic scar’;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) B a. whereas the excessive pressure put on students by the large numbers of exams in the current educational curricula even from a young age, as well as the fierce competition to obtain access to higher educational institutions exacerbated by the disruptions in education due to theCovid-19 pandemic has a negative impact on the mental health and well-being of students and young people;
Amendment 28 #
B a. whereas basic rights and the mental well-being are two inseparable issues and young workers’ rights, such as decent wages, reasonable working hours and fair contracts are crucial to maintain their mental well-being;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas there are vast discrepancies between Member States’ specific situations, owing to the differing nature and duration of the measures put in place, as well as to differences in access to technology and digital tools,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 b (new) — having regard to the OECD project “Student Agency for 2030”2a, _________________ 2a https://www.oecd.org/education/2030- project/teaching-and- learning/learning/student- agency/in_brief_Student_Agency.pdf and https://www.oecd.org/education/2030- project/teaching-and- learning/learning/student- agency/Student_Agency_for_2030_conce pt_note.pdf
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) C a. Whereas the forced shift to virtual learning has exacerbated already existing inequalities by leaving behind children from socially disadvantaged backgrounds due to cramped housing conditions, lack of digital infrastructure and little to no parental support;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas it has been observed that 64 % of young people in the 18-34 age group were at risk of depression in spring 202126 and that suicide is the second leading cause of death among young people27 as a result of loneliness, isolation and the lack of educational, employment
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas it has been observed that 64 % of young people in the 18-34 age group were at risk of depression in spring 202126 and that suicide is the second leading cause of death among young people27 as a result of loneliness, isolation and the lack of educational, employment and financial prospects; whereas children and young people with fewer opportunities or from marginalised groups and socially disadvantaged backgrounds have been hit harder by the COVID-19 pandemic, mostly owing to structural inequalities, including the lack of technological equipment, connectivity and suitable home space permitting concentration during distance lessons; _________________ 26
Amendment 33 #
D. whereas it has been observed that 64 % of young people in the 18-34 age group were at risk of depression in spring 202126 and that suicide is the second leading cause of death among young people27 as a result of loneliness, isolation and the lack of educational, employment and financial prospects, and of other fears for the future and the lack of therapy and support services; whereas children and young people with fewer opportunities, from socio-economically difficult backgrounds or from marginalised groups and otherwise socially disadvantaged backgrounds have been hit harder by the COVID-19 pandemic, mostly owing to structural inequalities; _________________ 26
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) D a. Whereas there are significant regional gaps across the EU in access to mental-health services while access by patients from disadvantaged backgrounds, including children, is further limited by constraints existing in some Member States in the reimbursements of psychotherapy from public health budgets; whereas there is significant need for an European approach regarding mental-health for children and young people with a particular focus on school counselling;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) D a. whereas the pandemic not only reinforced existing inequalities but in addition created new ones, increasing the risk of low learning outcomes and consequently of drop-out among the students with fewer opportunities;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas children and young people making constant use of digital platforms and tools at critical stages of their development are particularly vulnerable to the effects thereof; whereas the intensive use of digitised resources raises questions with respect to the impact of technology on the development of learning disorders;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas gender-related differences have an impact on how children and young people have been affected by the pandemic, with girls and young women suffering more from domestic violence, psychosomatic illnesses and mood disorders28 ; whereas the pay gap between men and women further deteriorated during the pandemic affecting women' work-life balance and their financial dependence on their partners, relatives or friends; _________________ 28 European Parliament Flash
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) E a. whereas other marginalised groups, such as LGBTIQ+, cultural minorities, youth with special needs as well as socio-economically disadvantaged youth have been subjected to a higher risk of developing a mental health disorder;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E b (new) E b. whereas the successive lockdowns during the pandemic have increased the burden on parents as a result of home schooling, job uncertainties and consequential financial burdens, which exacerbated the risk of parental substance abuse and intra-familial violence affecting the mental health and well-being of the most vulnerable children and young people;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 a (new) — having regard to its resolution of 8 July 2020 on the rights of persons with intellectual disabilities and their families in the COVID-19 crisis,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas mental health problems at an early stage of personal development increase the likelihood of mental health issues occurring in adulthood, with far- reaching consequences as regards personal, social and professional development and quality of life;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) F a. whereas distance education has inherent limitations in the teaching of laboratory and art courses, as well as vocational and physical education;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) F a. Whereas youth unemployment has increased during the COVID 19 pandemic and is often a trigger for mental health disorders;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F b (new) F b. Whereas mental issues still carry strong stigma that discourages young people in particular from seeking help and professional treatment;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas closures have reduced the levels of physical fitness in young people to such an extent that currently only one in four 11-year-olds carries out enough physical activity; whereas overweight or obesity increased in children and adolescents during the covid-19 pandemic leading to one in three children being either overweight or obese, and being the leading risk factor for disability and greater morbidity 28a _________________ 28a WHO European Regional Obesity Report 2022 ( https://www.euro.who.int/en/health- topics/noncommunicable- diseases/obesity/publications/2022/who- european-regional-obesity-report-2022 )
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) G a. whereas the closures of educational, cultural, youth and sports activities and sudden transformation to home-schooling for children and students, as a result of various lock-down restrictions have resulted in significantly increased stress, psychological distress, post-traumatic stress symptoms, fear, anxiety, nervousness, loneliness and depression in youth. While lack of social interaction, physical contact and abrupt change in daily routines have amplified their anxiety and uncertainties making it hard for young generations to cope with the situation;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) G a. whereas the closures significantly impacted the way how children and young people interact with each other, communicate, consume cultural works and events, leading to an even stronger shift towards virtual experiences and exchanges while stimulating the use of new technologies and overall boosting the digital transition;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G b (new) Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas any EU mental health strategy aimed at children and young people must involve their parents and families, youth organisations, youth workers, cultural institutions and sports clubs by providing them with appropriate special training related to handling mental health issues, in order to facilitate a holistic approach and ensure outreach to marginalised and/or disadvantaged groups;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas any EU mental health
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 b (new) — having regard to its resolution of 17 September 2020 on the cultural recovery of Europe,
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas any EU mental health strategy aimed at children and young people must involve their parents and families, friends, schools, teachers, youth organisations, youth workers, cultural institutions and sports clubs, in order to facilitate a holistic approach and ensure outreach to marginalised groups;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas any EU mental health strategy aimed at children and young people must involve their parents and families,schools, teachers, youth organisations, youth workers, cultural institutions and sports clubs, in order to facilitate a holistic approach and ensure outreach to marginalised groups;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas any EU mental health strategy aimed at children and young people must involve, in addition to young people themselves, their parents and families, youth organisations, youth welfare institutions, youth workers, cultural institutions and sports clubs, in order to
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) H a. whereas providing opportunities for children and young people’s voices to be heard and considered in the decision- making processes is critical to ensure a more inclusive response to the COVID-19 crisis;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H b (new) H b. whereas education ranked among the most emotionally draining sectors during the COVID-19 pandemic1a; _________________ 1a Eurofound: living, Working, Covid-19 Living, working and COVID-19 | Eurofound (europa.eu)https://www.eurofound.europa .eu/publications/report/2020/living- working-and-covid-19
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H c (new) H c. whereas research shows a clear link between the mental health of teachers and that of student1a; _________________ 1a Education and Training Monitor 2021 (europa.eu) https://op.europa.eu/webpub/eac/educatio n-and-training-monitor- 2021/en/chapters/chapter1.html#ch1-1
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas scientific data suggests that levels of institutional trust among members of the younger generations have fallen as a result of the
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas scientific data suggests that levels of institutional trust among members of the younger generations have fallen as a result of the way the pandemic has been handled; whereas special attention needs to be devoted to regaining that trust, including by offering them opportunities to take initiatives and to participate in decision making regarding their school life and by promoting student agency;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I.
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas scientific data suggests that levels of institutional trust among members of the younger generations have fallen as a result of the way the pandemic has been handled; whereas special attention needs to be devoted to regaining that trust, which can be achieved through age- appropriate participation, so that young people can play their part in shaping their lives themselves and, instead of losing control, can experience self-determination and build resilience;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 c (new) — having regard to its resolution of 22 October 2020 on the future of European education in the context of COVID-19,
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) I a. whereas lack of media literacy in combination with increased disinformation in the context of the pandemic have further undermined trust in public institutions;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas the pandemic should be regarded as an opportunity to address long- standing mental health-related issues that have previously been ignored
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas the pandemic should be regarded as an opportunity to
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas the pandemic should be regarded as an opportunity to address long- standing mental health-related issues that have previously been ignored, with a particular focus on the sense of loneliness reported comparatively frequently by young people;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas the war in Ukraine and the resulting uncertainties are expected to have a further negative impact on the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people regardless of their ethnic origin, inside and outside Ukraine, who are now added to the refugee students from other parts of the world already attending schools in the EU;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas certain damaging geo- political developments, such as the war in Ukraine
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas the war in Ukraine and the
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas the war in Ukraine has led to millions of Ukrainian children and young people being displaced and experiencing extensive trauma;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 8 a (new) — having regard to its resolution of 20 October 2021 on the situation of artists and the cultural recovery in the EU (2020/2261(INI));
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L a (new) L a. whereas grassroots sports were severely affected by the negative consequences of the pandemic with many of them being completely closed for a long time; whereas professional sports clubs are still expected to experience the pandemic’s consequences in both financial terms and human resources in the years to come;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L a (new) L a. whereas the pandemic had a profoundly negative effect on national and linguistic minority children, in particular an almost complete lack of basic health information in regional or minority languages by States, and where the provision of regional language immersion education was severely undermined1a. _________________ 1a Council of Europe ECRML COMEX statement on the impact of he pandemic on regional language speakers: https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/covid- 19-crisis-vital-that-authorities-also- communicate-in-regional-and-minority- languages?fbclid=IwAR3yJWhiMnaynw DzVlorx6TuMJYGC5dQjFWO1aBKZgzD NdJjPPrBqnDr2io
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L a (new) L a. Whereas children and young people are underrepresented in mental health science and research;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L a (new) L a. whereas 2022 is the European Year of Youth;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L b (new) Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L c (new) L c. whereas distance education is pedagogically unsuitable and cannot bring substantial learning outcomes for younger students, who have a greater need for interpersonal contact with the teacher and do not have the necessary self-discipline;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L d (new) Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L e (new) L e. whereas some Member States did not provide adequate training for teachers regarding distance lessons in order for them to be able to use technology tools in an efficient and interesting way and to cope with the special pedagogical and didactic requirements for the use of these tools;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L f (new) L f. whereas the Covid-19 pandemic created a catalytic opportunity for the global education industry of private and commercial organisations to promote their products in public school systems; whereas special attention should be devoted to the risk of long-term dependencies on private technology infrastructures regarding the delivery and governance of public education institutions;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L g (new) L g. whereas certain Member States did not take the necessary measures to protect the personal data of students and teachers while using the private educational platforms that were provided for distance education;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 8 a (new) — Having regard to its report on Shaping digital education policy
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 (new) -1. Underlines the fundamental importance of culture for the development of the individual identity of children and young people as well as for their education, including their understanding of our society, and for their overall wellbeing;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Draws attention to the role played by schools and early childhood education and care institutions in providing the necessary material and psychological support for children and their families, and calls on the Member States to provide sufficient financial support to mainstream education institutions in order to ensure that both the pedagogical and the psychological development of learners is increasingly promoted; underlines especially the role played by teachers and educators in achieving the psychological support and development of children and young people;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Draws attention to the role played by schools and early childhood education and care institutions in providing the necessary material and psychological support for children and their families, and calls on the Member States to generously invest in public education and provide sufficient financial support to mainstream education institutions and to recruit and retain highly qualified teachers and education personnel in order to ensure that both the cognitive, physical, pedagogical and the psychological development of learners is increasingly promoted;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Draws attention to the role played by schools and nurseries in early childhood education and care institutions in providing the necessary material and psychological support for children and their families, and calls on the Member States to provide sufficient financial support to mainstream education institutions and to recruit and retain highly qualified teachers and education personnel in order to ensure that both the pedagogical and the psychological development of learners is increasingly promoted in a satisfactory way;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Draws attention to the role played by
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Draws attention to the role played both by schools and early childhood education and care institutions, and by non-formal and informal learning institutions, in providing the necessary material and psychological support for
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Calls on the Member States to adjust the content of the curricula and take all the necessary measures in order to tackle cognitive gaps produced during the distance learning periods and to prevent intime the possible increase of school failure and school dropout, especially among the most vulnerable groups of students, as those having disabilities,special learning needs, immigrant or refugee background and high risk of poverty;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Urges the Member States to invest at least10% of their GDP in education and training as a long-term investment to build more resilient and inclusive education and training systems and to adequately support the goal of achieving a European Education Area by 2025;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Calls on the Member States to include psychological first aid and stigma- free mental health education in curricula, so that students, teachers, professors, and academic leaders be better prepared to respond to learners who are experiencing mental health difficulties;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 8 b (new) — having regard to its resolution of 17 September 2020 on the cultural recovery of Europe (2020/2708(RSP));
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls for open youth work to be recognised throughout the EU as a key agent of the socialisation of young people and for it to be promoted to consciously create free spaces, beyond the parental home and places of formal education, for young people, often of the same age groups, offering them opportunities for self-organisation and participation;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Calls on the European Commission and Council to exclude the field of education in the calculation of costs for the national public debt in the revision of the European Stability and Growth Pact;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Insists that Member States ensure access to inclusive, equitable, quality education for every child in Europe, in particular the most vulnerable, with disabilities, at risk of poverty or social exclusion;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 c (new) Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls, in this regard, on the Member States to improve and further develop the framework for health and safety in learning environments in order to provide learners and teachers with the support of
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls, in this regard, on the Member
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls, in this regard, on the Member States to improve and further develop the framework for health and safety in learning environments in order to provide learners
Amendment 97 #
2 a. In the light of the European Education Area, urges the Commission to adopt a proposal for a mandatory education on mental health and well- being in school curricula, as the cooperation and simultaneous implementation in all Member States is crucial for ensuring equal promotion of the citizens’ mental health and well-being across the EU. Notes that the holistic approach for ensuring an adequate level of knowledge and education on mental health and well-being is needed;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Highlights the importance of low- threshold, semi-professional psychological support for learners; Calls, in this regard, on the Member States to promote additional special training for teachers to create safe spaces in learning environments where learners can seek psychological help in early stages of mental issues;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide more systematic support for the work of youth organisations and youth work organised in NGOs themselves and, especially as regards their role in non-formal and informal learning, to provide financial support, thus permanently rendering their structures for cross-border exchange and cooperation more crisis-proof;
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