Verbatim report of proceedings

Monday, 10 December 2018 - Strasbourg

European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) - European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) - European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions (Eurofound) (debate)

  Marian Harkin, on behalf of the ALDE Group. – Madam President, the revision of the Regulation on the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) will, I believe, significantly help to ensure more coordinated, efficient and streamlined work-streams. The greater synergies between all three agencies will enable significant knowledge-sharing and efficiency gains. This will reinforce Cedefop’s role in providing evidence-based information and analysis, as well as tools, and that, of course, is pivotal for better decision-making.

I believe that the tripartite nature of Cedefop is important, in terms of its roles as an expression of social dialogue, as a link to citizens and as an expert adviser. Transparency has also been improved, with new rules on preventing and managing conflicts of interests at all levels.

Finally, I’d like to commend Cedefop’s initiative on a new strand of work on digitalisation and the future of work. This is timely and relevant, and it will benefit all our citizens.