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Madam President, I speak today on behalf of the Committee on Culture and Education. As a committee, we support the new skills and jobs initiative very much, of course, and we believe it is exactly what is needed to make a difference at this time in the crisis on the naturally fluctuating labour market, by reassessing the needs of the market. Our committee also made a planning proposal, of course, which was passed by consensus, and which calls for cooperation between labour and education ministries in setting limits that will specify what kind of education we will need for employment over the next 10 years at least. Naturally, when talking about education, which is the primary aim of this initiative, we must not forget what comes first, in other words, excellent preparation. We discovered that some of the professions we are training people for are not competitive, and that the humanities, for example, are in decline. The main thing from our perspective is the very important emphasis on vocational training, manual work, technical subjects (IT), technology and languages. We believe that investment in education and the cooperation of multiple programmes at EU level can reduce the alarmingly high level of youth unemployment. We would also be delighted to continue giving financial support to existing programmes operating in the EU, such as the Leonardo da Vinci programme, for example, which helps with vocational training. In our opinion, it is also very important to recognise diplomas and qualifications and, of course, to equip young people with the skills they will need. I hope this report will ultimately go down well, since we, as the Committee on Culture and Education, have various reservations about it, as does my political group, but I am currently talking on behalf of the Committee."@en1
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