Boosting skills in the Union – opportunities for vocational education and training in times of transition

Tabled by Afroditi Latinopoulou, Antonín Staněk, Majbritt Birkholm, Vilis Krištopans, Gerolf Annemans, Barbara Bonte, Tom Vandendriessche, Paolo Borchia, Susanna Ceccardi, Anna Maria Cisint, Aldo Patriciello, Silvia Sardone, Raffaele Stancanelli, Isabella Tovaglieri, Tamás Deutsch, Viktória Ferenc, András Gyürk, György Hölvényi, Balázs Orbán, Kinga Gál, Annamária Vicsek, Ernő Schaller-Baross, Csaba Dömötör, Enikő Győri, António Tânger Corrêa, Tiago Moreira de Sá, Jaroslav Bžoch, Klara Dostalova, Jaroslav Knot, Ondřej Knotek, Tomáš Kubín, Jana Nagyová, Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová, Mathilde Androuët, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Valérie Deloge, Jean-Paul Garraud, Fabrice Leggeri, Thierry Mariani, Philippe Olivier, Pierre Pimpie, Julie Rechagneux, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Alexandre Varaut, Christophe Bay, Marie Dauchy, Mélanie Disdier, France Jamet, Anne-Sophie Frigout, Angéline Furet, Catherine Griset, Aleksandar Nikolic, Gilles Pennelle, Rody Tolassy, Séverine Werbrouck, Pascale Piera, Jordan Bardella, Matthieu Valet, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal, Jorge Martín Frías, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Hermann Tertsch, Elisabeth Dieringer, Roman Haider, Georg Mayer, Petra Steger, Harald Vilimsky, Virginie Joron, Tomasz Buczek, Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik

27. Recognises the essential role of vocational Removed: occupations Added: education and training in safeguarding Europe’s Removed: manufacturing Added: industrial base, energy security, transport systems, construction sector and strategic Removed: infrastructure, and emphasises VET’s potential to deliver quality jobs for the green transition as well as social economy opportunities; Added: infrastructure; calls on the Member States to Removed: position Added: strengthen vocational training and apprenticeships in line with the actual needs of national labour markets and businesses, particularly SMEs, in order to address labour shortages and preserve industrial and traditional know-how; stresses the importance of investing in the skills of the existing workforce and supporting the retraining of workers affected by industrial restructuring; underlines that vocational education and training Removed: as a cornerstone of skills development, particularly for women and young people, and to leverage the next multi-annual financial framework (MFF) to finance upskilling and reskilling in strategic sustainable sectors; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen cooperation in the development of VET learning environments, curricula and practices that respond to the needs arising from the ecological transformation, ensuring that topics such as the circular economy, construction and renovation of sustainable, affordable and climate-resilient housing, energy efficiency and the energy transition are adequately addressed, and that future professionals are equipped with the knowledge, skills and competences needed to drive sustainable transformation across industries and businesses; Added: should contribute to reindustrialisation, the preservation of local employment and EU competitiveness, while fully respecting Member States’ competences in education and training;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE788.351