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

29. Stresses that technological Removed: innovation and digitalisation, including Added: innovation, artificial intelligence and Removed: automation, require Added: automation must always remain human-centred while safeguarding industrial competitiveness and that they require the continuous upskilling and Removed: reskilling; emphasises, in this context, the increasing importance of accessible training and basic, sustainability and digital skills for all workers for their current or alternative careers; calls on the Commission to establish an individual right to training for workers as proposed in the Draghi report on the future of European competitiveness16 , available during working time and at no cost to workers; 16 Draghi, M., The future of European competitiveness, September 2024, p. 19 Added: reskilling of workers; calls for training policies that respond to actual labour market needs, prioritise employability and preserve the flexibility of national training systems; underlines that access to training should be promoted through cooperation between employers, workers and social partners, without imposing uniform EU obligations on enterprises;

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