CELEX: 51991PC0206
Language: en
Date: 1991-06-14
Title: AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION AMENDING DECISION 87/569/EEC CONCERNING AN ACTION PROGRAMME FOR THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR PREPARATION FOR ADULT AND WORKING LIFE ( PETRA )

No C 181/16                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                12. 7. 91
               Amendment to the proposal for a Council Decision amending Decision 87/569/EEC concerning
               an action programme for the vocational training of young people and their preparation for adult
                                                  and working life (Petra) (')
                                                         (91/C 181/04)
                                                      COM(91) 206 final
               (Submitted by the Commission, in accordance with Article 149 (3) of the EEC Treaty on 24 June
                                                              1991)
               O OJ No C 322, 21. 12. 1990, p. 21.
                         ORIGINAL TEXT                                                    AMENDED TEXT
                        Twelfth recital                                                  Twelfth recital
Whereas there is a need to respond to new challenges                Whereas there is a need to respond to new challenges
 facing initial vocational education and training, in               facing initial vocational education and training, in
particular by raising its status, adapting its content,             particular by raising its status, adapting its content,
increasing its coherence and flexibility, stimulating               increasing its coherence and flexibility, stimulating
cooperation between its providers, strengthening appren-            cooperation between its providers, encouraging involve-
ticeship and work-based training, improving vocational              ment and financial support by industry, strengthening
guidance and attracting more girls and young women                  apprenticeship and work-based training, improving vo-
into technical and scientific fields;                               cational guidance and attracting more girls and young
                                                                    women into technical and scientific fields;
                                                                                           New recital
                                                                   Whereas the Petra programme may contribute to the
                                                                    development of vocational training for young people
                                                                    particularly in the less-developed regions of the
                                                                    Community;
                           Article 1                                                        Article 1
                            Point 1                                                         Point 1
             Paragraph 1 of amended Article 1                                   Paragraph 1 of amended Article 1
1.    A programme is hereby adopted for a three-year                1.    A programme is hereby adopted for a three-year
period from 1 January 1992 to support and supplement,              period from 1 January 1992 to support and supplement,
through measures at Community level, the policies and              through measures at Community level, the policies and
activities of the Member States in doing their utmost to           activities of the Member States in doing their utmost to
ensure that all young people in the Community who so               ensure that all young people in the Community who so
wish receive two or more years' vocational training                wish receive two or more years' vocational training
leading to recognized vocational qualifications, in                leading to vocational qualifications recognized by the
addition to their full-time compulsory education.                  competent authorities of the Member State in which they
                                                                   are obtained, in addition to their full-time compulsory
                                                                   education.
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                        ORIGINAL TEXT                                                   AMENDED TEXT
             Paragraph 2 of amended Article 1                                Paragraph 2 of amended Article 1
                          Point (c)                                                       Point (c)
(c) stimulate and support practical cooperation and the         (c) stimulate and support practical cooperation and the
     development of training partnerships, both trans-              development of training partnerships, both trans-
     nationally and within each Member State, between               natiohally and within each Member State, between
     training providers, industry and other promoters of            training providers, industry and other promoters of
     local and regional development, so as to achieve a             local and regional development, so as to achieve a
     more effective use of training resources, improve the          more effective use of training resources, improve the
     transfer of experience and increase awareness of the           transfer of experience, particularly for the benefit of
     European aspects to be taken into account in the               the less-developed regions, and increase awareness of
     development of initial vocational training;                    the European aspects to be taken into account in the
                                                                    development of initial vocational training;
                          Point (d)                                                       Point (d)
(d) develop opportunities for young people in technical         (d) opportunities for young people in technical and
     and vocational education or other forms of initial             vocational education or other forms of initial
     training, and for young workers, to benefit from               training, and for young workers, young job seekers,
    periods of training or work experience in other                 and the young unemployed, to benefit from periods
     Member States, so as to add a European dimension               of training or work experience in other Member
    to their training and to increase their mobility at             States, so as to add a European dimension to their
     Community level;                                               training or work experience, and to increase their
                                                                    mobility at Community level;
                           Point 2                                                         Point 2
               Point 1 of amended Article 3                                    Point 1 of amended Article 3
1. support for transnational cooperation between                1. support for transnational cooperation between
   initiatives of the kind set out in Article 2, including         initiatives of the kind set out in Article 2, including
   specific assistance to those involving young people in          specific assistance to those involving young people in
   their planning, organization and implementation,                their planning, organization and implementation,
   which encourage the personal and vocational devel-              which encourage the personal and vocational devel-
   opment of young people in vocational and technical              opment of young people in vocational and technical
   education or other forms of initial training, and of            education or other forms of initial training, and of
   young workers, who have left the education and                  young workers, young job seekers and the young
   training system, through cooperative or integrated              unemployed, who have left the education and training
   vocational education, training and guidance measures.           system, through cooperative or integrated vocational
   Such cooperation shall in particular promote within             education, training and guidance measures. Such
   the Community:                                                  cooperation shall in particular promote within the
                                                                   Community:
   — vocational training or work experience placements             — vocational training or work experience placements
        abroad for young people in initial training and                 abroad for young people in initial training and
        young workers,                                                 young workers,
   — joint training of trainers, and                               — joint training of trainers, and
   — joint development of European training modules,               — joint development of European training modules,
        and of qualifications and certificates related to               and of qualifications and certificates related to
        them;                                                          them;
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                          ORIGINAL TEXT                                                      AMENDED TEXT
                                                                                          Amended Article 3
                                                                                               Article 3a
                                                                                                 (new)
                                                                   In implementing the programme, the vocational training
                                                                   placements in another Member State should be duly
                                                                   attested.
                                                                                          Amended Article 4
                                                                                              Paragraph 2
                                                                                         Second subparagraph
                                                                                                 (new)
                                                                   The report shall state in detail the extent to which the
                                                                   objectives set out in Article 1 on the two or more years
                                                                   of vocational training have been achieved and, if the
                                                                   objectives have not been achieved, what difficulties were
                                                                   encountered by the Member State.
                              ANNEX                                                             ANNEX
                            ACTION A                                                          ACTION A
                             Point 1.1.2                                                       Point 1.1.2
                              Point (d)                                                         Point (d)
(d) develop opportunities for young people in technical and voca-  (d) develop opportunities for young people in technical and
     tional education or other forms of initial training, and for      vocational education or others forms of initial training, and
     young workers, to benefit from periods of training or work        for young workers, young job seekers, and the young
     experience in other Member States, so as to add a European        unemployed, to benefit from periods of training or work
     dimension to their training and to increase their mobility at     experience in other Member States, so as to add a European
     Community level;                                                  dimension to their training and to increase their mobility at
                                                                       Community level;
                                                                                              Point (e) (a)
                                                                                                 (new)
                                                                   (e) (a) reduce social and economic imbalances between young
                                                                            people in the Community.
                             Point 1.1.3                                                       Point 1.1.3
                              Point (a)                                                         Point (a)
(a) all forms of vocational training, below university level,      (a) all forms of vocational training, below university level,
    following the completion of the period of full-time                following the completion of the period of full-time
    compulsory education, or general education at (upper)              compulsory education, or general education at (upper)
    secondary level, and providing a structured training               secondary level, and providing a structured training
    programme, part of a programme or complementary elements           programme, part of a programme or complementary
    to it, in order to enable young people to gain a recognized        elements to it, in order to enable young people to gain a
    vocational qualification;                                          vocational qualification recognized by the competent auth-
                                                                       orities of the Member State in which it is obtained;
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                           ORIGINAL TEXT                                                         AMENDED TEXT
                               Point 1.1.5                                                          Point 1.1.5
                             Second indent                                                       Second indent
    young workers up to the age of 25, i.e. young people who are           young workers, young job seekers and the young unem-
    already in employment and who wish to complement their                 ployed up to the age of 28 who want to develop their vo-
    initial training with a period of work experience abroad.              cational knowledge and enrich their practical experience
                                                                           through an exchange activity which provides a work
                                                                           experience abroad.
                          Last subparagraph                                           Last subparagraph (English version)
The programme does not concern young job seekers and young            The programme does not concern young job seekers and young
unemployed as they represent major target groups for actions          unemployed as they represent major target groups for actions
implemented within the framework of the Community's structural        implemented within the framework of the Community's
policies and, in particular, the European initiative.                 structural policies and, in particular, the Euroform initiative.
                               Point 1.2.6                                                         Point 1.2.6
                              First indent                                                         First indent
    training or work experience placements abroad for young               training or work experience placements abroad for young
    people in initial training and their trainers, and for young          people in initial training and their trainers, and for young
    workers,                                                              workers, young job seekers and the young unemployed,
                               Point 1.2.7                                                         Point 1.2.7
                          First subparagraph                                                  First subparagraph
7.    In the case of young workers, the implementation of            7.      In the case of young workers, young job seekers and the
training and work experience placements in another Member            young unemployed, the implementation of training and work
State shall build on the experience of the third joint programme     experience placements in another Member State shall build on
for exchange of young workers. In particular, these placements       the experience of the third joint programme for exchange of
shall provide new vocational or training experience for the          young workers. In particular these placements shall provide new
participants which will:                                             experience, of vocational training or work experience, for the
                                                                     participants which will:
— develop their vocational knowledge and enrich their practical      — develop their vocational           knowledge  and   enrich   their
    experience,                                                           practical experience,
— promote their awareness of the problems of the working             — promote their awareness of the problems of the working
    world, and                                                            world, and
— bring them into contact with the working environment of the        — bring them into contact with the working environment of
    host country.                                                         the host country.
                          Last subparagraph                                                   Last subparagraph
The duration of such placements shall normally be three months,      The duration of such placements is normally three months. The
but they may last up to one year where, by the nature of the work    placements could be shorter or could be extended until one year
experience and its training objectives, a longer period is required. if the nature of the working experience or the objectives of the
                                                                     training justify it.
                                                                                                  Point 1.2.1.9
                                                                                       Second and third subparagraphs
                                                                                                      (new)
                                                                     Special attention shall be paid to enterprises, including small
                                                                     and medium-sized enterprises which should be given greater
                                                                     opportunity to engage in mutual exchange programmes.
                                                                     Moreover, they shall take appropriate measures to ensure that
                                                                     every effort is made so that the opportunities offered by the
                                                                     programme are as widely known as possible.
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                         ORIGINAL TEXT                                                        AMENDED TEXT
                            Point 1.3.12                                                       Point 1.3.12
                           Third indent                                                        Third indent
— the costs of preparatory language training,                      — the costs of preparatory language training, which shall be
                                                                        sufficient to ensure that initial lack of language skills shall
                                                                        not be a barrier to any potential participant,
                            Point 1.3.13                                                       Point 1.3.13
13.    In calculating the aid to each Member State, quantitative   13.     In calculating the global financial aid to each Member
objectives will be assigned in relation to the number of young     State, and taking into consideration the necessity to ensure an
people from 15 to 25 years in its population. Inspired by models   equilibrium in the flow of exchanges in the Community, quanti-
applied in the Erasmus and Comett programmes and taking into       tative objectives will be assigned in relation to the number of
consideration the need to ensure a balanced flow of exchanges in   young people from 15 to 28 years old in its population.
the Community, the calculation will also take account of:
                                                                   The method of calculation shall also take into consideration:
— the gross domestic product of each Member State,                 — the GDP of each Member State,
— the geographical distance between Member States.                 — the geographical distance between Member States, and
                                                                   — the average travel costs.