The EU budget should be "a catalyst for growth and jobs across Europe, notably by leveraging productive and human capital investments".[67] However, the share of EU resources allocated by Member States on employment, human capital development, health and social policies - notably through the ESF - has decreased since 1989.

10. Recalls that the EU and its Member States are collectively the biggest financial donor to the UN budget; recalls that the commitment of the EU is reflected not only in the financial amount but also in collaboration with human capital and technical know-how; insists, therefore, in the spirit of the ‘Delivering as One’ initiative (one leader, one budget, one programme, one office), on the need to ensure a higher degree of visibility for EU funding channelled through the UN, as well as an efficient use of the funds concerned; requests that the Commission and the EU Member States press the UN to ensure the consist ...[+++]ent implementation of the UN Transparency and Accountability Initiative, and asks them to keep Parliament fully informed in timely fashion regarding the UN’s implementation of EU contributions;

29. Expresses concern about the high youth unemployment figures observed in a number of Member States and the negative employment prospects; notes with concern the European Union's limited ability to attract high-quality human capital while there are significant human capital flows towards third world countries; recognises that the European Union holds vast potential in terms of high-quality human capital and calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up action in order to tackle youth unemployment through programmes and concrete action at European and national l ...[+++]evel; welcomes in this regard the statement of the European Council calling on the Member States to introduce national schemes akin to the Youth Guarantee and urges the Member States to back up this plea with swift and concrete action at national level so as to ensure that young people are either in a decent job, education or (re-) training ; considers that the European Union should step up its efforts to achieve the employment objectives of the EU 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, including reduced taxes on labour aimed at attracting more investment in the labour-intensive sectors of the economy;

Free movement of workers can be fostered through a European common policy for the development and valorisation of human capital based on knowledge and long life learning and of employability of workers able to adapt to changing production models and economic dynamics.

1. Urges the Member States, in the light of the Lisbon Strategy and the need to cover social risks and secure the sustainability of the social security and pension systems and maintain the core of the European social models, to make more progress in balancing social expenditure and social activation and, furthermore, to attract and retain more people in quality, secure and mandatory social insurance employment, promoting growth and job creation and access to employment on the basis of greater market transparency, to modernise social protection systems (for example through greater differentiation in benefit formulas and funding mechanisms ...[+++]) and to increase investment in human capital by promoting research and development and innovation and through better education and vocational training in the context of lifelong learning for all;

1. Urges the Member States, in the light of the Lisbon Strategy and the need to cover social risks and secure the sustainability of the social security and pensions systems and maintain the core of the European social models, to make more progress in balancing social expenditure and social activation and, furthermore, to attract and retain more people in quality, secure and mandatory social insurance employment, promoting growth and job creation and access to employment on the basis of greater market transparency, to modernise social protection systems (for example through greater differentiation in benefit formulas and funding mechanism ...[+++]s) and to increase investment in human capital by promoting research and development and innovation and through better education and vocational training in the context of lifelong learning for all;