Changes from report parliamentary committee draft to plenary report

Removed32. Calls on the Member States to support marginalised young people in accessing formal education;

Added57. Welcomes ongoing work on a European degree label as part of the European Education Area, including through the European universities initiative; calls for further progress towards the development of a genuine European degree, ensuring quality, academic integrity and recognition across the EU, in order to strengthen the European Education Area and enhance the international attractiveness of European higher education;

Removed33. Calls on the Member States to significantly increase public investment in education systems and address teacher shortages;

Added58. Stresses that youth policies should also support traditional sectors of the economy, such as agriculture, craftsmanship and processing;

Added59. Calls on the Member States to support marginalised young people in accessing formal education and accessible learning environments; encourages the Member States to strengthen cross-sectoral coordination among youth-related services, in order to prevent early leaving from education and training and to support transitions into further learning, training, community participation or employment;

Added60. Calls on the Member States to increase public investment in education, strengthen school systems and address persistent shortages of qualified teachers and educational staff by improving professional development opportunities, working conditions and career attractiveness, including through improved pay and targeted recruitment strategies, and by supporting teacher training and retention, particularly in rural and remote areas; calls on the Commission to address these issues in the upcoming EU teachers and trainers agenda, and strengthen the take-up and dissemination of Erasmus+ teacher academies;

Added61. Calls on the Member States to put in place effective, affordable and accessible mechanisms for young people to acquire relevant skills, taking into account the recommendations on the establishment of individual learning accounts;

Digital education and media literacy

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Changed34.62. Urges the Commission and the Member States to strengthen digital skills and media literacy education throughacross all forms of formal, non-formal and informal learning, includingwith withina schoolview curricula,to youthfostering workcritical thinking, combating disinformation, promoting safe, responsible and digitalinclusive platforms,online behaviour and preventing cyberbullying, in alignment with the basic skills action plan and the EU’s efforts to strengthen democratic resilience, with particular attention to vulnerable and marginalised groups;

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Added63. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure consistent enforcement of the Digital Services Act and the Audiovisual Media Services Directive to protect minors online and to integrate structured media literacy, critical thinking and algorithmic awareness education into the post-2027 EUYS;

European Citizenship education

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Changed35.64. RecognisesWelcomes the addition of citizenship education as a basic skill in the basic skills action plan, but recognises the need to develop a more coherent policy on citizenship education; calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, to present an EU strategy on citizenship education; emphasises that citizenship education, including digital citizenship education, should be built into formal, non-formal and informal educationeducation, systems;in order to foster active citizenship, critical thinking, intercultural skills, participation in democratic life and engagement with EU values;

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Changed36.65. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to disseminate and exchange good practices,practices on citizenship education by gathering and exchanging guidelines, materials and resources through an EU toolbox, including teaching materials;materials, and to ensure that these are accessible and adaptable to diverse educational contexts and learners, while supporting teacher and youth work training to ensure their effective use in different educational and community settings;

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Changed37.66. Calls on the Commission to develop specific training modules on democratic citizenship education for teachers, trainers, leaders, policymakers and everyone who takes part in Erasmus+ or the ESC;

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Added67. Calls on the Member States and civil society to actively promote comprehensive civic education for young people, meaningful youth participation in democratic processes at local, national and EU level, including through youth exchanges, volunteering projects and collective mobility activities;

Added68. Encourages the Member States to exchange good practices on initiatives that facilitate youth participation in elections, democratic processes and civic initiatives;

Non-formal and informal education, volunteering and youth work

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Changed38.69. Urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the European Youthyouth Workwork Agendaagenda is translated into action and funding plans;

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Changed39.70. Calls on the Member States to strengthen the formal recognition of competences acquired via non-formal and informal learning, including volunteering and youth work, through qualification frameworks, Youthpass and Europass, training standards and accreditation systems, thereby enabling mutual recognition and mobility; underlines the key role of volunteering in equipping young people with skills and competences that enhance their employability, and calls for volunteering to be duly recognised and promoted;

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Added71. Regrets that validation frameworks remain uneven, complex and insufficiently accessible in practice, and calls for clearer procedures, guidance and support so that young people and employers can use them effectively;

Added72. Calls on the Member States to provide guidance for employers on Youthpass and Europass; reiterates that volunteering is not a substitute for traineeships or jobs and must not be equated with employment;

Added73. Believes that the Member States should strengthen the recognition of volunteering as professional experience and professionalisation of youth work and non-formal and informal learning, to ensure that such experience is meaningfully recognised;

74. Calls on the Member States to encourage higher and vocational education institutions to award credits for volunteering activities and increased cooperation with education institutions in creating these synergies, including under the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS credits) and the European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training (ECVET credits) and, where possible, by recording volunteering experiences as digital credentials or micro-credentials;

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Changed41.75. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the national agenciesagencies, and youth and volunteering organisations.