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"Mr President, we are moving on from culture to education, professional training, competences and qualifications, and in my mind the two are linked.
Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Europass is the realisation of the type of policy that citizens expect from us. I think that it is a good project and I thank you for your support.
On 17 December 2003, the Commission adopted a proposal aimed at rationalising the European situation in terms of transparency of qualifications and competences. I am sure you are aware that this was a step forwards in the construction of the Europe of education and training. It is also a major tool to benefit citizens and enable free movement. Through this initiative we wished to provide real assistance to all those who want to have their qualifications recognised in another Member State, to give them more opportunities to find a job.
This initiative was explicitly requested by the Council in its resolution of 19 December 2002, and was well received by the Council and Parliament. Several improvements have been made to the Commission proposal without any substantial objections, and I welcome this consensus on both the objective and the content of our proposal.
What is the proposal? It incorporates five existing documents into a coordinated portfolio called Europass, covering qualifications and competences from a perspective of lifelong learning: the European CV, which concerns personal competences; the language portfolio, multilingualism, which we had advocated so strongly over the last five years, the MobiliPass, which replaces and extends the current Europass-Training; the Diploma Supplement, which concerns higher education qualifications, and its equivalent for professional training, the Certificate Supplement.
By mentioning these various documents, I do not want you to think that is the end. Europass is supposed to be an open framework, and other documents may be added in the future. I am thinking, for example, going back to our youth policy, of voluntary activities that citizens do during their youth or adult lives, and social and civic action, which should be taken into consideration, because they are part of the personality of a human being
Although we agree on our approach to this matter, a number of amendments have been adopted. The Commission accepts them, with some exceptions. Amendment No 7 is not acceptable in its current format. It gives the national Europass agencies the additional task of making a guide to mobility available to every citizen. This task is not part of their primary responsibilities. Following the modifications proposed by the Council, a modification to this amendment was suggested, stating that Europass national agencies fulfil this task 'where necessary'. With this addition, the Amendment would be acceptable.
Amendment No 12 is also not acceptable in its current form. Firstly, the MobiliPass must be completed by the sending and host organisation and not by one or the other. Secondly, the third language into which the MobiliPass can be translated must be a widely spoken language. If it established joint responsibility between the sending and host organisations and did not confine itself to a third language or only widely spoken languages, the amendment would be acceptable.
Amendment No 5, which highlights the role of social partners in the development of future sectoral initiatives, is in principle acceptable to the Commission. Following the changes proposed by the Council, a modification was proposed, removing the specification 'sectoral'. This modification is also acceptable. The same applies to Amendment No 8, which can be modified in the same way.
As you can see, Mr President, there is nothing insurmountable. The important thing is that this proposal aims to implement a service for citizens to help them to have their competences better valued, and we agree on this point. I therefore welcome the efforts made by Parliament and the Council to ensure that it is swiftly adopted so that citizens can use the tool from the beginning of 2005."@en1
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