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B-9-2020-0400 → TA-9-2020-0373

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B-9-2020-0400 resolution motion of 9 Dec 2020
To
TA-9-2020-0373 Adopted text of 17 Dec 2020
Changes
5 changes to the text
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+3 added · −2 removed · 7 changed
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Title (from)
on the Council Recommendation on vocational education and training (VET) for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience
Title (to)
Council Recommendation on vocational education and training (VET) for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience
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Change 1

ChangedO. whereas it is likely that young people will suffer disproportionately from the consequences of the economic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of unemployment; whereas in August 2020, having risen rapidly in the previous months, youth unemployment stood at 17.617,6 % in the EU and 18.118,1 % in the Euro area (compared to 14.114,1 % and 15.415,4 % respectively in August 2019) and whereas it is expected to rise further in the near future and keep many young people trapped in precarious and non-standard forms of employment or inactivity with insufficient social protection; whereas the EU must make youth unemployment and those not in education, employment or training (NEETs) one of the top political priorities to avoid creating another ‘lost generation’ as a consequence of the current crisis, which will also have a detrimental effect on the mental health and lives of millions of young people; whereas VET is a key factor for preparing learners for democratic societies and successfully entering and participating in the labour market;

Change 2

ChangedR. whereas in 2017, 4.34,3 % of pupils in lower secondary education in the EU followed vocational programmes, with this share reaching 47.847,8 % for upper secondary education and 92 % for post-secondary non-tertiary education; whereas in 2017, 46.746,7 % of all graduates from vocational programmes in upper secondary education in the EU were female;

Change 3

ChangedV. whereas in 2015, almost one third (30.5(30,5 %) of all companies with 10 or more people employed in the EU-28’s business economy provided IVET, although this proportion varied greatly across the Member States;

Change 4

ChangedW. whereas in 2015, 72.672,6 % of companies employing 10 or more people in the EU-28 provided CVET to their staff; whereas this marked an increase on 2005 and 2010, when the corresponding shares were 59.759,7 % and 65.765,7 %;

Change 5

Changed1717. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to analyse and provide support and solutions for the requests made by VET stakeholders in the recent EU survey undertaken by the Commission between March and May 2020 on the challenges and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on vocational education and training; supports, in particular, in addition to the creation of a common EU platform for VET, the development of virtual reality simulation systems and other digital tools for VET education with the aid of research projects and test phases, the creation of vocational online open courses (VOOC), virtual European projects such as Erasmus virtual, an EU YouTube channel on VET for the general public, European training weeks, and, furthermore, making ESF and the future ESF+ more flexible and able to fund educational technology, training for teachers and trainers, and the implementation of e-learning;

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European Parliament (2020). “Changes between B-9-2020-0400 and TA-9-2020-0373”. Text, 17 December 2020. from B-9-2020-0400, to TA-9-2020-0373. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/B-9-2020-0400/compare/TA-9-2020-0373 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
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@misc{epw-text-2020-12-17,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Changes between B-9-2020-0400 and TA-9-2020-0373}},
  year = {2020},
  date = {2020-12-17},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/B-9-2020-0400/compare/TA-9-2020-0373}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/B-9-2020-0400/compare/TA-9-2020-0373},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Text. from B-9-2020-0400, to TA-9-2020-0373. Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}