Devising a "European Investment Plan" to create new jobs, reallocating EU structural funds to projects to create them for young people, and introducing a "European Youth Guarantee" to ensure that they are not without jobs for more than four months, are among the proposals set out by MEPs in a resolution, adopted Thursday, on measures to tackle youth unemployment.

Volunteering is a way to remain active, in contact with the world of work, and can even help to find a job. A "European Skills Passport" could certify official recognition of skills, acquired or demonstrated through volunteering, both for professional and learning purposes. A report voted by the Culture and Education Committee on Thursday calls on EU Member States to create an appropriate legal framework and national strategies to this end.

Poslanci vyzvali členské štáty na zabezpečenie lepšieho financovania vysokých škôl, sprístupnenie vysokoškolského vzdelávania študentom zo všetkých sociálnych vrstiev a podporu študentskej mobility a vzdelávania v zahraničí. Podľa uznesenia, ktoré v piatok (20.04.) schválil Európsky parlament, by mali byť študentské programy pravidelne prispôsobované potrebám pracovného trhu s cieľom zvýšiť konkurencieschopnosť európskeho vysokoškolského vzdelávania.

Ak sa chce Európa vysporiadať s dopingom, násilím na štadiónoch a ovplyvňovaním výsledkov zápasov, jej opatrenia musia byť koordinované na celoeurópskej úrovni, uvádza sa v uznesení, ktoré dnes (02.02.) schválil Európsky parlament.

Uzávierka pre podanie prihlášok na Mládežnícku cenu Karola Veľkého bola predĺžená do 13. februára, jej piateho kola sa teda môže zúčastniť viac ľudí. Postup na podanie prihlášok je veľmi jednoduchý.

Compulsory schooling until the age of 18 throughout the EU and second-chance schools could help reduce the rate of school drop-outs, say MEPs. MEPs adopted a resolution on Thursday calling on Member States to carry out education reforms targeting young people most at risk of quitting school early.

Francúzsky film „Les Neiges du Kilimandjaro“ (Snehy Kilimandžára) režiséra Roberta Guédiguiana sa stal víťazom filmovej Ceny LUX za rok 2011. Predseda EP Jerzy Buzek dnes (16. novembra) odovzdal cenu producentovi filmu počas slávnostného ceremoniálu v Štrasburgu. Film poukazuje na nespravodlivosti v spoločnosti, politické a odborové konflikty, a vyzýva na toleranciu.

Digital equipment is too dear for small independent cinemas to be able to keep up with the digital revolution, say MEPs in a resolution voted on Wednesday. The text calls for specific EU subsidies to help them to invest in production, archiving 3D projection, HDTV or Blue-Ray technology.

A voluntary European heritage label may from 2013 be granted to symbolic sites for Europe's history or integration, further to a decision taken by Parliament on Wednesday. Particular attention will go to "transnational" sites, given their special symbolism for Europe's common history.

The EU should initiate strict, even penal, measures, against doping, match-fixing and violence in sports stadia, and also set up a European data base listing people banned from stadia, says a draft resolution voted by the Culture and Education Committee on Thursday.