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"Mr President, the common position for adopting the Parliament and Council decision on the Europass seems eminently sensible, and one wonders why it took so long to achieve it following the completion of the single market 12 years ago. The difficulty is not in adopting this proposal but in implementing it. Mrs Novak's explanatory statement helpfully highlights the role envisaged for the national Europass centres to coordinate all the activities laid down by this decision.
But this is not some detailed administrative role. If the proposal is to have the maximum benefit, implementation entails direct and continuous contact by the national Europass centres both with universities and colleges and also with employers' organisations. I wonder whether, in his reply to the debate, the Commissioner might dwell on this point and indicate how he sees the national Europass centres successfully undertaking this work?
The other – related – point I wish to raise is the question of monitoring the system. The initial evaluation period will now take place after three years – originally it was proposed after four years – and thereafter at intervening four-year timescales. I would have thought it unlikely that after the initial evaluation period radical changes would be made; so what that really means is that it is not until the system has been up and running for seven years that the Commission is going to be able to take a view on it. That seems rather a long way off. I wonder whether the Commissioner might dwell on that point as well?"@en1
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