2022/2004(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)

— - having regard to the Council Recommendation (EU) 2021/1004 establishing a European Child Guarantee,

Amendment 10 #

Irena JOVEVA, Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Monica SEMEDO, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ

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 #

Hannes HEIDE, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO

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 #

Irena JOVEVA, Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Monica SEMEDO, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ

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 #

Hannes HEIDE, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO

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 #

Irena JOVEVA, Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Monica SEMEDO, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ

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 #

Irena JOVEVA, Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Monica SEMEDO, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ

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 #

Irena JOVEVA, Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Monica SEMEDO, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ

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 #

Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Loucas FOURLAS, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Peter POLLÁK, Asim ADEMOV, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Underlines the vital importance of interpersonal relationships among children and young people that constitutes the basis of the process of socialisation and accelerates the sense of belonging; 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 or in hybrid mode, but not completely closed; 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; calls, as a result, on the Member States to take into consideration the different characteristics and needs of educational, cultural, youth and sports activities;

Amendment 108 #

Alexis GEORGOULIS, Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

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, ~~to keep~~ all learning environments, whether formal, informal or non-formal in nature, ~~open~~remain open safely; calls on the Member States, in cases where special measures are absolutely necessary, to ~~take into account the needs of different age groups~~consult with schools, teachers, parents and relevantly specialized experts and scientists to adequately take into account the needs of different age groups, people with disability and all vulnerable groups leaving no one behind and not to apply a one-size-fits-all approach;

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, ~~to keep~~ all learning environments, whether formal, informal or non-formal in nature, ~~open~~remain open safely; calls on the Member States, in cases where special measures are absolutely necessary, to ~~take into account the needs of different age~~consult with teachers and education staff, learners and parents to adequately take into account the needs of different age groups, people with special needs, as well as marginalized groups and not to apply a one-size-fits-all approach;

Amendment 11 #

Irena JOVEVA, Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Monica SEMEDO, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ

Motion for a resolution
Citation 34

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Culture and Education (A9- 0000/2022), and the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of a Child, Article 30.

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 pandemics or other unprecedented situations, to keep all learning environments, whether formal, informal or non-formal in nature, safely open; calls on the Member States, in cases where special measures are absolutely necessary, to ~~take into account the needs of different age~~consult with health and safety professionals, schools, teachers, and parents to adequately take into account the needs of different age groups, young people with specific needs and disadvantaged groups and not to apply a one-size-fits-all approach;

Amendment 111 #

Loucas FOURLAS

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 #

Hannes HEIDE, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO

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 #

Alexis GEORGOULIS, Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

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 #

Alexis GEORGOULIS, Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3 b. Highlights the importance of addressing young people's mental health taking into account the cultural and contextual factors that influence it; calls for increased efforts in identifying and supporting children, young people, and families who are suffering disproportionately from the pandemic in order to identify pre-pandemic gaps in mental health service provision and better adapt public systems;

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 #

Alexis GEORGOULIS, Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

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 #

Alexis GEORGOULIS, Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

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 #

Alexis GEORGOULIS, Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

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, and to develop adequate opportunities within the new EU Strategic Framework on occupational health and safety at work1a,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; calls on the Commission to already set the ground for proposing a tripling of the said Union programmes in the next Multiannual Financial Framework; _________________ 1a https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52021 DC0323&qid=1626089672913#PP1Conte nts

Amendment 121 #

Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Loucas FOURLAS, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Peter POLLÁK, Asim ADEMOV, Milan ZVER, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

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 #

Irena JOVEVA, Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Monica SEMEDO, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ

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 ~~income, gender, health status~~socio-economic background, gender, health status, nationality, citizenship 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 124 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

~~(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, health status and region of origin, especially in rural and outlying areas; 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 125 #

Hannes HEIDE, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO

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 ~~their accessibility~~access for all, regardless of family background, 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 126 #

Alexis GEORGOULIS, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Diana RIBA I GINER, Irena JOVEVA, Hannes HEIDE, Romeo FRANZ, Niklas NIENASS

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 #

Alexis GEORGOULIS, Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

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 #

Alexis GEORGOULIS, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Diana RIBA I GINER, Irena JOVEVA, Hannes HEIDE, Romeo FRANZ, Niklas NIENASS

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 #

Alexis GEORGOULIS, Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

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 #

Hannes HEIDE, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO

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 worker~~volunteers and professionals in youth work and youth organisations, cultural creators and sports coaches in broadening their knowledge in youth outreach and strengthening the international and multilingual dimensions, particularly in view of the European Education Area to be achieved by 2025;

Amendment 132 #

Hannes HEIDE, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO

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~~, particularly in view of the European Education Area to be achieved by 2025~~;

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 #

Alexis GEORGOULIS, Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

6. CUnderlines 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, students, parents and relevantly specialized experts and scientists, and the integration of cultural and sporting activities, and promoting the development of creative and social skills;

Amendment 135 #

Alexis GEORGOULIS, Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

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 ~~for a~~on the Commission and the Member States to develop a common 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;

Amendment 137 #

Hannes HEIDE, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO

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 #

Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Irena JOVEVA

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 #

Alexis GEORGOULIS, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Diana RIBA I GINER, Irena JOVEVA, Hannes HEIDE, Romeo FRANZ, Niklas NIENASS

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 #

Hannes HEIDE, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the closure of ~~schools, spaces for~~early childhood education and care, schools, spaces for youth welfare and youth work as well as 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, emotional and mental well- being, and for their social and professional inclusion;

Amendment 140 #

Irena JOVEVA, Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Monica SEMEDO, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ

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 #

Hannes HEIDE, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO

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 #

Alexis GEORGOULIS, Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

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)

6 b. 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-being1a, including the impact caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the impact of culture on mental health, wellbeing and overall health; _________________ 1a https://op.europa.eu/webpub/eac/educatio n-and-training-monitor- 2021/en/chapters/chapter1.html

Amendment 145 #

Hannes HEIDE, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO

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 #

Alexis GEORGOULIS, Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

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 #

Hannes HEIDE, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO

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 #

Alexis GEORGOULIS, Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

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 Highlights the urgent need to create an inclusive, creative, dynamic and healthy learning environment from an early age in order to reduce the risk of psychophysical disorders in adulthood; urges the Member States, in this context, to ensure the inclusion of all forms of art, i.e. music, theatre, cinema, documentary, animation, visual arts, dance and new experimental art forms in school curricula notably providing for active creation processes and performances by students in ways that offer the opportunity to students to participate actively and enhance their creativity, to express themselves freely and to explore their talents; underlines that art can be an ideal component for interdisciplinary projects and can promote critical skills, thus should not be limited in art classes; in addition, urges the Member States to promote sports activities in schools, including activities addressed to children and youth with disabilities; underlines that sport like art can help the inclusion of children who are excluded for all possible reasons; recalls that arts and sports in school curricula may strongly help combatting global challenges on youth and education including learning difficulties and learning disorders, as well as bullying a~~dulthood;~~ nd hate-speech;

Amendment 149 #

Loucas FOURLAS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

Amendment 15 #

Alexis GEORGOULIS, Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

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 #

Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Loucas FOURLAS, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Peter POLLÁK, Asim ADEMOV, Milan ZVER, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

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 #

Hannes HEIDE, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO

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 #

Chiara GEMMA

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 #

Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Loucas FOURLAS, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Peter POLLÁK, Asim ADEMOV, Milan ZVER, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

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; underlines the fact that in disadvantaged and/or rural areas those activities constitute the only opportunity for children and young people to socialise, increase the sense of citizenship and maintain a good level of mental health;

Amendment 155 #

Alexis GEORGOULIS, Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

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 #

Hannes HEIDE, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO

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, 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 those with fewer economic opportunities;

Amendment 157 #

Irena JOVEVA, Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Monica SEMEDO, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

Amendment 158 #

Amendment 159 #

Alexis GEORGOULIS, Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

Amendment 16 #

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 learning progress and their intellectual, physical and mental well- being, and for their social and professional inclusion;

Amendment 160 #

Alexis GEORGOULIS, Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

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 #

Alexis GEORGOULIS, Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

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~~teams and clubs, cultural associations~~, youth~~ (museums, cinephile clubs, music and dance schools etc.), youth and student organisations, educational and university bodies education social partners, 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 163 #

Irena JOVEVA, Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Monica SEMEDO, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ

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 #

Hannes HEIDE, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls for more coordination at European level between Member States, local and regional authorities and local representatives of sports and cultural associations, youth organisations, educational and university bodies 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;(Does not affect the English version.)

Amendment 165 #

Catherine GRISET

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, educational and university bodies 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 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 #

Irena JOVEVA, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Monica SEMEDO, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ

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 #

Hannes HEIDE, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO

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 #

Alexis GEORGOULIS, Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

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~~calls on the Commission to create an independent EU educational platform, so that EU public schools are not depending on private platforms; points out that it must address the wider structural gaps caused by the lack of digital infrastructure and digital tools across different countries as well as reaching rural, insular, peripheral and all remoted areas as well as families at risk of poverty;

Amendment 17 #

Irena JOVEVA, Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Monica SEMEDO, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ

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- being, and for their social and professional inclusion;

Amendment 170 #

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

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 area~~across all Member States as well as in rural and peripheral areas; emphasises that the curricula of all educational institutions should include digital skills learning, enabling proper use of digital tools;

Amendment 171 #

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

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 area~~across different countries as well as in rural and peripheral areas and the necessary training for teachers and educators to be able to make the most out of these tools and infrastructures;

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 ~~it must address the wid~~efforts should focus on generalising digital literacy at all levels of society to address the wide geographical, gender, social, age and other structural gaps ~~caus~~that are aggravated by the lack of digital infrastructure and digital tools, in particular in rural and peripheral areas;

Amendment 173 #

Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Loucas FOURLAS, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Peter POLLÁK, Asim ADEMOV, Milan ZVER, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

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 ~~in rural and peripheral~~notably in rural, remote, mountain and social disadvantaged areas;

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 #

Catherine GRISET

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 ad~~, with the Member States, to redress the ~~wider~~ structural gaps caused by the lack of digital infrastructure and digital tools in rural and peripheral areas;

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 #

Alexis GEORGOULIS, Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

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; ensure that Member States take the necessary measures to reinforce their digital infrastructure, the connectivity and the methods used by schools and learning centres for digital education and learning and reiterates the need to accelerate the reforms implementing the digital transformation ensuring that all Europeans can take advantage of it;

Amendment 179 #

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~~, in particular in the framework of Recovery and Resilience Facility that respond to local needs in order to close regional all gaps, including gender, economic and social inequalities, and ensure financial support to the Civil Society of education, schools and relevant public facilities, so that the technologies, innovations, learning and support facilities and tools required to ~~continue~~ensure continuous and quality education and training are available and accessible to all, leaving no one behind;

Amendment 18 #

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

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- being, and for their social and professional inclusion;

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 sothus ensuring that the technologies, innovations, learning and support facilities and digital tools required to continue quality education and training are available and accessible to all;

Amendment 181 #

Alexis GEORGOULIS, Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

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~~all existing 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 gender, religion, ethnic or regional origin and socioeconomic background;

Amendment 182 #

Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Loucas FOURLAS, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Peter POLLÁK, Asim ADEMOV, Milan ZVER, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

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 ~~continue~~ensure quality education and training are available and accessible to all;

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 #

Irena JOVEVA, Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Monica SEMEDO, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

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 #

Hannes HEIDE, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO

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 #

Alexis GEORGOULIS, Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

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- being, and for their social and professional inclusion;

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 #

Hannes HEIDE, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO

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 #

Alexis GEORGOULIS, Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

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 ‘ culture of innovation’ across the EU and to ensure that high-quality learning materials, pedagogical approaches and tools are accessible and available to all, for free, leaving no one behind;

Amendment 195 #

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

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 innovation’ across the EU and to ensure that high-quality learning materials, pedagogical approaches and digital tools are accessible and available to all;

Amendment 196 #

Hannes HEIDE, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO

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 #

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

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 #

Hannes HEIDE, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO

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 #

Alexis GEORGOULIS, Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

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 #

Hannes HEIDE, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO

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 #

Alexis GEORGOULIS, Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

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 #

Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Loucas FOURLAS, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Peter POLLÁK, Asim ADEMOV, Milan ZVER, Sabine VERHEYEN, François-Xavier BELLAMY, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

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 #

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

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

Amendment 203 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

Amendment 204 #

Hannes HEIDE, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Highlights the need to ~~monitor~~accompany developments in, and the consequences of, technological and digital advances through cooperation and dialogue with young people directly and with experts, educators and representatives of civil society;

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 #

Alexis GEORGOULIS, Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

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 #

Alexis GEORGOULIS, Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

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 #

Alexis GEORGOULIS, Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

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 #

Irena JOVEVA, Laurence FARRENG, Ilana CICUREL, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Monica SEMEDO, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ

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 ~~in order to~~, while reduceing online violence~~, harassment and fake news~~ and cyber bullying, harassment, social exclusion, internet addiction and fake news; furthermore, special attention should be paid to combat health and safety impact of digital education usage, such as screen fatigue while promoting the teachers, education personnel’s and students right to disconnect;

Amendment 21 #

Alexis GEORGOULIS, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Diana RIBA I GINER, Irena JOVEVA, Hannes HEIDE, Romeo FRANZ, Niklas NIENASS

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 #

Alexis GEORGOULIS, Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

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 #