AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION RELATING TO THE ADOPTION OF A COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMME IN THE FIELD OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE EUROTECNET II
Date: 1990-01-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU programme, fight against unemployment, integration into employment, new technology, technological change, vocational training

COMMISSION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

COM  (89) 612  final 

Brussels, 22 January 1990 

Amendment  to the proposal  for a 

COUNCIL  DECISION 

relating to the adoption of a 
Community  Action  Programme  in the field of 
Vocational  Training and Technological  Change 

EUROTECNET II 

(presented by the Commission pursuant to the 
third paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty) 

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Explanatory memorandum 

The Commission  accepted ten amendments proposed by the European 
Parliament to the text of its proposal for a decision relating to the 
adoption of a Community,action programme  in the field of vocational 
training and technological change (EUROTECNET II). 

The first amendment adds a new recital referring to the  need  for 
measures to guarantee the principle of economic and social cohesion. 

The second amendment adds the words " with the help of the social 
partners'' to the article which outlines the role of the programme vis a 
vis the Member States. 

The third amendment specifies the "application" rather than the "use" of 
innovative approaches, and indicates that co-operation between Member 
States should be on the transfer of methodologies. 

The fourth amendment consists of minor rewording caused by the third 
amendment. 

The fifth amendment aims to involve the social partners  in the research 
and analytical work linked to the programme. 

The sixth amendment  re-enforces co-operation with the social partners at 
all levels of the vocational training systems. 

The seventh amendment ensures that the social partners will benefit  from 
the dissemination process. 

The eighth amendment provides for better access by women to training 
with a high technology content and to occupations in which they have 
been traditionally under-represented. 

The ninth amendment broadens the scope for assistance from CEDEFOP. 

The tenth amendment aims to provide a report on the funding and 
evaluation of the interim results of the programme 

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Amendment to the proposal for a 

COUNCIL DECISION 

relating to the adoption of a Community action programme in the 

field of vocational training and technological change 

EUROTECNET II 

Original text 

Amended text 

Recital no. 8 bis (new) 

whereas it is necessary for 
specific measures to be taken 
to guarantee the principle of 
economic and social cohesion: 

Article 1, unchanged 

Article 2, para 1 unchanged 

Article 2, para 2 

The EUROTECNET II programme is 
designed to complement and 
reinforce policies introduced 
in Member States by: 

Article 2 (a) 

(a) promoting the use of innovative 
approaches by identifying within 
each Member State a number of 
relevant model demonstration 
projects and by setting up the 
linkages required for demonstration 
projects to contribute to 
innovation and co-operation within 
and between Member States; 

The EUROTECNET II programme is 
designed to complement and 
reinforce policies introduced 
in Member States with the help 
of the social partners by: 

(a) promoting the application 
of innovative approaches by 
identifying within each Member 
State relevant model demonstr 
ation projects and by setting 
up the linkages required for 
demonstration projects to 
contribute to innovation and 
co-operation within and 
between Member States on the 
transfer of methodologies: 

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Article 2 (b) 

(b) strengthening co-ooeration 
between Member States on the 
exchange and transfer of 
methodologies, the joint 
development of  innovative 
approaches and the improved 
contacts between  training 
specialists in this field; 

Article 2 (e) 

(e) undertaking  the necessary 
research and analytical work in 
the field of new skills and 
qualifications to enable future 
provision  for basic and continuing 
training to be adapted, and 
contributing to the flexibility of 
training systems through a 
stimulation of work on open and 
flexible learning approaches and 
other innovative methods 
identified during the course of 
the programme; 

.(b) encouraging  the joint 
development of  innovative 
approaches and the  improved 
contacts between  training 
specialists  in this field; 

undertaking, with  in particular 
the involvement of the social 
partners, the necessary  research 
and analytical work in the field 
of new skills and qualifications 
to enable future provision for 
basic and continuing training to 
be adapted, and contributing to 
the flexibility of training 
systems though a stimulation of 
work on open and  flexible 
learning approaches and other 
innovative methods  identified 
during the course of the 
progn 

Article 2 (f) unchanged 

Article 3 unchanged 

Article 4 perm 1 unchanged 

Article  4 (a) 

(a) strengthen  co-operation  at all 
levels between  the vocational  training 
systems. This co-operation  should 
include public and private provision 
and the participation of the social 
partners and all sectors of the 
economy,  to ensure  the adaptation of 
training systems to take account of 
technological change: 

(a) strengthen  co-operation at 
all  levels between  the vocational 
training  systems. This co 
opérât ionj_e^taMj^heAjii.tiL_the 
participation of the social 
partners, should  include public 
and private provision of all 
sectors of the economy; 

Article 4 (b), unchanged 

Article 4 (c) 

(c) stimulate  the development of 
innovative approaches  through the 
establishment  of experimental or 
demonstration  training actions. 
Such actions should be designed 
to contribute  to the development 
and  improvement  of the provision 
for vocational  training and 
should also be widely  disseminated: 

(c) stimulate  the development of 
innovative approaches through the 
establishment  of experimental or 
demonstration  training actions. 
Such actions should be designed 
to contribute  to the development 
and  improvement  of  the provision 
for vocational  training and their 
results should be made known to 
the social partners and be widely 
disseminated; 

Article 4 (d) unchanged 

Article 4 (e) 

(e) promote equal  opportunities 
for men and women,  in particular 
to facilitate the retraining 
or re-entry  into employment of 
women whose careers are affected 
by technological  change or who 
want  to take up work again with 
the necessary  acquisition of hew 
skills and qualifications; 

(e) promote equal  opportunities 
for men and women,  in particular 
to facilitate: 
- access by women to training 
programmes with a high technolog 
ical content where they have 
traditionally been under-
represented: 
-  the retraining or re-entry  into 
employment  of women whose careers 
are affected by  technological 
change or who want  to take up work 
again with the necessary 
acquisition of new skills and 
qualifications; 

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Article 4 (f) and  final para unchanged 

Articles 5 and 6 unchanged 

Article  7 1st para unchanged 

Article  7 para 2 

The Commission  shall draw as 
appropriate upon  the assistance 
of the European Centre  for the 
Development of Vocational 
Training  (CEDEFOP) in the 
implementation  of this programme. 

Article 8 unchanged 

The Commission  shall draw upon the 
assistance of the European Centre 
for the Development  of Vocational 
Training  (CEDEFOP) in the 
implementation  of this programme. 

Article 9 paras 1 and 2 

The Commission  shall submit during 
1992an  interim  report  to the Council 
and to the European  Parliament on 
the implementation  of EUROTECNET II 

The Commission  shall submit during 
the first half of  1992 an  interim 
report to the Council and to the 
European  Parliament on the 
implementation  and arrangement  for 
funding of EUROTECNET  II and a 
report evaluating  its results 
having regard to the objectives 
defined  in Article 2. 

The Commission  shall by 30 June 1995 
submit  to the Council and the European 
Parliament a final report on the 
experience and results of EUROTECNET 
II having regard to the objectives 
set out and defined  in Article 2, 
including an evaluation of  its 
operation. 

The Commission  shall by 30 June 
1995 submit  to the Council and the 
European Parliament  a final report 
on the experience and results of 
EUROTECNET II having regard to the 
objectives set out and defined  in 
Article 2. 

Article 9 para 3 unchanged 

Article 10 unchanged 

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