Good morning dear colleagues, we will start our session today with a very very important debate Timely debate and relevant debate. We are We're gonna talk about the European year of skills And we have some gas speakers important gas speakers Like commissioner for jobs and social rights Nicholas Schmidt Drago's Pizlaro a chair of the committee on employment and social affairs of the European Parliament Eugen Siebel the executive director of the European Center for the development of Vacational training Noelia Cantero Director of the European Association of regional and local authorities for lifelong Learning and our dear Kali Tanya Ristova chair of the Sadek Commission at the COR Last October and following the president of the European Commission State of the Union address The European Commission presented its proposal to make 2023 the European year of skills so the Diagnosis in that communication is one that we at local and regional level are very aware of and that has to do with for example The mismatch in some labor sectors between needs and availability of workers The need to provide adequate training and skills development to achieve the twin transitions The absolute necessity to continuously provide lifelong training to keep a motivated up-to-date And dynamic workforce or how to better equip the young captivate talent integrate the migrants and Prevent a decline in the competitiveness of our economic and productive tissue local and regional authorities have a key responsibility in tackling all these challenges to Debate on how we can do that. I will now Give the floor. I think first we have a video We don't have a video do we have a video We're having a video Europe is facing many challenges the climate crisis and the green transition demographic change and digitalization the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war against Ukraine all this Impacts the labor market too many Europeans struggle to find a decent job and the demands are ever-changing Europe must build the future now Regions and cities are on the front line to achieve that promoting skills development training and lifelong learning all over Europe Dear colleagues, it's my great pleasure and honor to give the floor to Commissioner Schmidt Thank you so much for taking the time to be with us and to share with us your thoughts your views About such an important landmark as the European years of skills commissioner. You have the floor for 10 minutes Thank you very much presidents and Dear members of the committee. So first I I would express my Great appreciation for the work you are doing We had a very important and interesting Discussion on the European year of youth and the necessity to have a very active youth policy and now I must say the committee is leading in in the preparation of the year of Skills and there is obviously a continuity between the year of youth and the year of skills we know all that we are in a Extremely rapid period of changes of Transformations and this commission has started with very very ambitious Programs on one hand Make Europe climate neutral Which is a huge huge enterprise a huge project? by 2050 But minus 55 percent by 2035 which means tomorrow and also Close the gaps between Europe and other important Economies in the world in the development of digital technologies and all this is about Europe's position in the world. It's about our competitiveness, but it's also about our economic and social model and That's why at the end It's an issue which every citizen is concerned by it's an issue of How can we take along everybody and this is the issue of the year of skills? because now we notice that a majority of companies a majority of companies Complain and sometimes cannot invest because they have difficulties At the level of hiring The skilled people they need this is reducing our growth potential. This is reducing our competitiveness For the future and therefore The year of skills is a message, but it is also an invitation for very concrete actions and Therefore, I'm very happy that the Committee of Regents has now put this on your agenda But also with the very very concrete Ideas and proposals and why is it so important for regions and local authorities To invest in people to invest in skills Well, our ecosystems our industrial ecosystems They are very much linked to regions. They are very much linked to local to local environments and If we want these ecosystems to thrive if we want to help these ecosystems to change and to transform Well, you can only do that in close cooperation with the local and regional Authorities and you are representing the local and regional authorities. So I think this is why skills policy is so Has so much to do with your own Responsibility by the way in many countries in many member states local and regional authorities have responsible responsibilities at the level of education, but also skills skills institution Now That's why this year will be important and we have to make this year a great success You know that the president of the Commission presented a few days ago the Green Deal Industrial Plan This is Europe's response Among others to the famous American plan IRA, but it is also finally a Continuation of what the Commission has proposed from the beginning of its mandate the Green Deal but it is Focusing on the development of Europe's industry Because we all understand now that industry is at the heart of our economic Of our economic strengths It's at the heart of our International and global competitiveness and this especially at the moment where Globalization is changing changing a lot where we had Partly due to covered a lot of impacts on the global supply chains Where industries for instance the automotive industry the committee is very much dealing with Sometimes had to stop production because they did not have The components to produce cars So I think there is an awareness now that Europe has to give a new strong impetus to its industrial development But this industrial development will be based on new technologies It will be based on knowledge. It will be based on innovation It will be based on automation and all that means that we have to reskill Millions millions of people we assume that About half of the Workforce in Europe has to be reskilled in the next few years Which is an extremely vast Enterprise we have we have to engage in and I like very much that what you have said in your Resolution when we talk about The complete shift in skill set and mindset Skill set obviously we have to be aware that a lot of new skills have to be learned and I'm very happy that the director of our Agency Set if up is here and we are working a lot on these skills set We're working a lot. What kind of new skills are needed? What are the new jobs and what skills are needed for these jobs? And on the other hand, it's a question of mindset because we have to be aware that if we have to skill up skill We skill so many people we have to convince them that this is an investment Which is in their advantage in their interest when industries have to reskill part of their their Employees they first have to convince them that this is a good thing for them There is sometimes a lot of distrust when people hear that after years they have done a job They have to be reskilled and I think this is also the importance of this year of skill to tell every citizen that it is an investment in his or her future in The future of young people especially those who are left behind the needs We have three million needs. We have discussed that during the discussion around the year of the year of youth, so I think In that perspective, we have to make this year of skills a success We have to invest a lot of money here, but this is not a cost. This is a real investment and Again, we have had this interesting meeting on automotive. This is one sector, but it's not the only one There are a lot of sectors which have to go through a complete transformation. I'm coming from a steel area With my Luxembourgish colleague here. They know how this steel area has been transformed and Steel industry is not an old industry. It's an industry which is now going into totally new technologies Green steel, that's what we have to realize if we want to keep a steel industry in Europe And I think for all kinds of reasons not just employment, but also strategic reasons We have to keep this kind of industries in Europe But this means also that a lot of people working in these industries have to be reskilled have to learn a lot of new Technologies my last word is about digital Well, there is a gap in Europe on digital. We have still 40 percent of people who have no or very low digital skills and this year should be really the create incentives for more and more people to get Basic but also higher digital skills We have to invent also the right ways to teach people to reskill them We will not send millions of people back to school We have to find innovative ways how we can do that how we can reskill and also how to appreciate Finally their level. That's one of the ideas is to really create Objective measurements how far people have for instance digital skills, which is Extremely important for all companies and especially as a means. Thank you. Thank you commissioner now I would like to give the floor to have an input from The committee of the region side namely from our SADAC Commission I would like to give the floor to the chair of the SADAC Commission Mrs. Eristova you have the floor for three minutes. Thank you very much Dear president the commissioner dear chair of M committee dear colleagues ladies and gentlemen After hearing such an inspiring Messages, I will try to complete the vertical image of the skill landscape in Europe Of course from the perspective of the local and regional to begin I would like to underline how important is the role of local and regional authorities in skill policies and To immediately inform you that the committee of the regions will contribute to the successful Implementation of the European ear of skills by ensuring that our objectives take into account a strong local and regional perspective as the Resolution that the committee of the regions adopted in December says and it Expresses the hope that the territorial dimension will be reflected in my capacity as a chair of the committee of the SADAC Commission I can tell you that skills will represent a priority policy area for us in the coming years Not only this year I also want to stress that we will engage to address the new challenges that have Emerged after the many crisis that we have been suffering and their consequences like the COVID-19 Pandemic the war in Ukraine the energy crisis We will also pay attention to the need to speed both the green and digital transition as well The demographic changes and brain train our focus will be on the Reaffirming of the need of the investments in skills so that we have to unlock better Opportunities for all and let me say especially for the young people I would like to underline that by putting people at the heart of lifelong learning policies For the improvements can be achieved in the effective deployment of resources for the development of the education and training and in this regard validation procedures for skills, which are acquired Outside the formal education system are a vital part of a fundamental changes of the European model of vocational and training system The local level is becoming increasingly important in Implementing skill management and often has a more innovative approach even though local innovative capacities frequently suffer from the Institutional support because of the lack of financial and human resources and not because of the vision and genuine interest Two important aspects would like to mention here It is harnessing talent in European Union regions and the demographic change The loss of young and educated workforce is a huge problem and challenge for communities across the European Union and here I would like to mention something which we are realizing very strongly that in the long term any change or transition to a sustainable and competitive economic model which is based on the knowledge economy Would seem very difficult to be achieved as a scenario if disparities between territories are widening Therefore the committee of the regions wants to see and the regional and local authorities as a strategic partners in the design Implementation and monitoring of the relevant strategies Implementation because of the important role that we play and for this reason I would like to thank for the proposal to involve our committee in the work of the national Coordinators and just one more sentence being in the committee of the regions as a member of the committee So close to our citizens we can be very helpful in continuing the debates and also participating in The situations where we can improve the involvement of local and regional authorities in the better skill Implementation. Thank you very much. Thank you Mr. Drago's Piz Laro welcome to the committee of the regions and thank you so much for taking the time to be with us I will now give you the floor for around three minutes Thank you, thank you very much dear president dear chair Christova honorable members of the committee of regions I Wouldn't like to repeat what the Commissioner has just mentioned. I just want to say that focusing this year on skills and on human capital In the EU it's not a choice. It's a must Year 2023 represents for the European Parliament a Momentum for rethinking the way we invest in skills developing human capital and piloting new approaches that can correspond To our changing needs and this is not just about what we can achieve this year. It's about paving the way for the future It's an important legacy that we will be working together. We see on this year You have heard clearly the link between skills and the new Green Deal industrial plan our attempt to to keep the Compativeness of the European Union and this is very clear right now The messages from the private sector are crystal clear 40% of the SMEs are Saying that they have problems in fighting the right skills and there is a big problem of skill mismatch and skill shortage So there is a clear connection between what we are investing in human capital and what we can deliver in the economy And for that I would say very clear and loud that Economic and social objectives can no longer be treated separately and operating in silos This has been a model that showed its limits That's why the discussion is not about the social or labor issues It's it's clearly about the economic future of the union about your competitiveness and again It shouldn't be competitiveness versus fairness And this is the second very important reason for your skills that the skills Investing in skills investing in human capital means basically investing in the social models the best way to be sure that we have Fairness and equity and we have cohesion and convergence would be to have better paid jobs Quality jobs adapted to the future of the labor market, and this is something that is very important We are living right now a period with increasing cost of living where a lot of people are living in precarious conditions And we need to respond and this is one of the best possible responses investing in people last but not least localizing skills I Believe that the issue of competence is a very important issue when it comes to social or related competence But right now I really believe that it's time to pick the best possible place to do the job to invest in Properly and implemented That's why I see that We need to enlarge the European pact of skills in order to reach more people at regional and local level and the local and regional Partnerships between the business sector academic sector local and regional authorities civil society are essential The parliament has actually put that forward and pleaded for that for the RF approach Repower approach that's what that didn't go You know as as planned basically because we were always in an emergency thing, but right now we need local pact for skills We need developing local strategies for employment and and supporting the development on one stop shops and local hubs for skill development So this can go without saying that the implementation of this year and of this agenda cannot be done without the local involvement And this is a critical aspect that is part of the way in which we want to negotiate from the European Parliament the content of the Year of skills we need city employment agencies We need an involvement of the municipalities and cities in delivering this full package of quality social services That can allow skills and by the way the shortage that we have and we are often looking outside the EU to get more people to work But the we are have a lot of people that are inactive in our societies And that means that we need to activate them in the best possible place to do that would be at local level So this being said I'm really glad that they I can pass this message from the European Parliament To you that we are looking for a fruitful partnership for the implementation of the European your skills. Thank you so much Thank you Now I give the floor to our guests. Thank you so much for being here. Mr Jürgen Siebel from set a fob. You have the floor for three minutes Yes, thank you president. Thank you all the other distinguished speakers and honorable members of this committee I would like to resonate what what miss? rest of us said and also drivers piece la roo It cannot be just for one year and in fact city fob For city fob every year is a year of skills because we are the European Union agency for skills And for vocation education training qualifications, but we provide skills intelligence That will help policy makers to take the right decisions at all levels European But down to leave a regional and local as well And I think that it's a year the year of skills should be a to champion the people and their skills as a sort of the lever to make us a competitive as an Economy as was said before but also for helping people in societies to prosper and grow in their own right and Ultimately the green and digital transitions will be skills Transformation journeys. That's what we clearly see your city fobs European skills and jobs survey says and commissioner Schmid Quoted this that 52% of adult workforce in Europe needs some digital upskilling and we're not talking coding or AI We're talking basics one in five European adults in the workforce need basic digital skilling Navigating the internet and social media another 30 to 30 percent 30 to 40 percent need training in such basic things as the word processing and dealing with spreadsheets and so it is a An unprecedented skills a transformation that we are looking for and strategic foresight Which is one of the things that we provide in this field will help us see how things are trending and where we have to Address what kind of skills gaps and here vocation education and training as maybe the fastest and most Responsive form of education to skills gaps that are emerging And because it's so close to the labor market and involves the social partners at all times And is also broken down to regional levels as was rightly said by by the chair of the Sedeck Committee And is a key player in this way to address those kinds of skills shortages However, I would like to make one point and resonate was what Drago's Pizarro said It's also about activation And here we have to couple not only skills formation with also with job design Because there's so much skills under utilization in the EU It's hardly believable almost half of the workforce do not feel challenged in their current roles So here is also a role maybe for the employers to create jobs that are interesting and that are generating that are learning conducive and are allowing people to grow to their full potential and With those remarks, I would like to close. We're excited To be part of this journey of the European Year of Skills as the agency for skills in Europe. Thank you so much Thank you And now I will give the floor to our guest speaker Novelia Kanterov director of the European Association of Religious Journal Local and local authorities for lifelong learning. You have the floor for three minutes. Thank you Dear distinguished speakers, dear audience Mark Twain said never let formal education get in the way of your learning and that's the essence of Lifelong learning as humans. We are predisposed to evolve learning skills, habits, competencies and It is that this lifelong learning. It's about on-the-job training It's about apprenticeship vocational courses upskilling and reskilling adult learning It's important for an individual's employability But also it has social inclusion active citizenship as well as great access or fulfillment and improve mental health The European Association of regional and local authorities for lifelong learning or a lull and its members Recognize these and place the well-being impersonal and professional development of citizens at the forefront in our post-covid world Under the presidency of the Basque government ministry of education and with our board members from the regions of Brittany, Tuscany, Catalonia, and Baden-Bootenberg LL strive for supporting people to excel in a just and inclusive twin transition by Prioritizing investment and regional policies for education and training Through our for working group and our recently launched gender equality task force our members search challenges and good practices acquire new knowledge and participate in joint projects in topics such as vocational Excellent youth entrepreneurship support to needs and also as my specialization strategies all funded at the Erasmus Plus and Interact Europe Erlal priorities for this year and mainly in our work plan for 2023, which is available on our website Given the present context after the COVID pandemic and the work in Ukraine What can we do to level up our societies? Europe's regions need to set up a skills governance processes and ecosystem that can quickly come up with appropriate solutions to the needs of our people and territories at Erlal we believe that regions and local authorities Have a privileged position to mobilize local stakeholders through skilled councils Committees or networks that can recognize Nurture and develop talent Erlal trust the European year of skill will set up a milestone in the life of the association And we are grateful to embark on this journey for the European year to be a success and in line with the communication on harnessing talent in Europe's region the regional and local level must be further stressed and the Adquisition of a skill should be understood in a lifelong learning context which include but is broader that only responding to labor market needs We would like to suggest that the EU institution Augment their efforts regarding communication strategies for the year in order to mask the might impact Erlal is planning many initiatives to celebrate the year of skills and we will serve them with all of you in you We are organizing a regional summit for a political representative in Brussels where we are planning to draw attention to the fundamental position that the regional authorities have in supporting Europe's talent and in shaping our future to finalize I would like to remind everyone that on 11 of February We are celebrating the United Nations International Day of women and girls in science Gender equality is essential to achieve full human potential and sustainable Development, let's make every day in the European year of skills and location to nurture Develop and celebrate talent. Thank you Now it's time to give the floor to our members. We'll start by the political groups It's I will now give the floor to mr. Emil buck for four minutes Dear commissioners meet dear colleagues in the present changing world of work Having the right skills is essential for our success Skills as we know are the natural bridge between education and employment Skills are important for Europe and for every city and every region of the European Union Having a skilled workforce is crucial for the economical development and competitiveness of our region But let's face the reality in Europe More and more people are losing their jobs either because of economic crisis or because of technological progress But innovation technology green and digital transition also bring new jobs We need major investments in skilling reskilling and upskilling of the labor force in order to respond to the people Needs of jobs in the end the job is the best form of social protection So very welcome to this initiative The next point I want to emphasize is the major impact that EU cohesion policy can have on skills especially Through the european social fund and european regional development fund skills and cohesion together An example which commissioners meet already mentioned and thank you for that The EU has set a very ambitious objective to end the sales of passenger cars with an internal combustion engine by 2035 Which would require major transformation of the automotive and supply industry regions We must ensure that this transition will be just fair and successful By safeguarding the economic and social cohesion in every european region impacted by the transition leaving as we know no region behind The european year of skills 2020 is free is an important step in ensuring that every person has the opportunity To acquire the skills needed to succeed And that every person is better equipped to meet the challenges of the future in a changing world The future belongs to those who invest in education In their skills and in the lifelong learning the european year of skills 2023 Is a great opportunity for us to encourage every citizen to take this step The quality of life of every european citizen depends on our investment in education Skilling upskilling re-skilling and lifelong learning process And this is probably the best investment for the democratic future of our europe Now it's time for action We as locally regional authorities are ready to be involved in a very pragmatic year of skills for jobs and personal achievements of our citizens Thank you I would like to give the floor to our colleague carl ein slumberz for four minutes Monsieur le commissaire monsieur le député européen mesdames messieurs chers collègues Le groupe PSE se félicite vivement de la désignation de 2023 comme année européenne des compétences Des changements à l'intérieur et entre les secteurs les catégories professionnelles Font apparaître d'importants défis en matière de perfectionnement des compétences et de reconversion Cela doit se traduire par une action visant à garantir que les travailleurs acquièrent les compétences nécessaires Pour traverser les transitions vertes et numériques en cours et qui se passent d'ailleurs de plus en plus rapidement Si ceci est plus facile pour les travailleurs hautement qualifiés et jeunes il s'agit d'un vrai défi pour ceux Peu qualifiés et âgés susceptible de voir leur emploi disparaître Les prévisions de compétence jouent un rôle crucial dans la facilitation et l'orientation des changements et des transitions Car il fournissent un aperçu fondé sur des données probantes de tendance du marché du travail Et d'une série d'autres évolutions sociétales et de leurs implications Nous assistons à un vrai changement de paradigme Les jeunes doivent être préparés à des métiers qui n'existent pas encore au moment de toute l'école Et l'apprentissage tout au long de la vie devient vraiment central Nous sommes particulièrement reconnaissants aux CDFOP pour son travail très conséquent dans ce domaine Pour bien gérer les écosystèmes de compétence, il faut une coopération étroite de plusieurs acteurs I incluent les autorités territoriales dans la conception et la mise en oeuvre des politiques en matière de compétence Toutefois, la notion même de compétence n'est pas définie de la même manière dans l'ensemble de l'Union Ce qui entrave la reconnaissance mutuelle et la portabilité des compétences C'est pour ça que notre groupe réclame un cadre européen pour la reconnaissance et la validation de la formation de l'expérience professionnelle et surtout de l'apprentissage non-formel et informel Nous soulignons la nécessité d'une garantie des compétences donnant accès à une formation des employés de qualité et inclusif Nous pensons également que les apprentissages et les stages de qualité pour les apprenants de tout âge devraient être disponibles mais aussi correctement rémunérés afin qu'ils ne deviennent pas une forme de main-d'oeuvre bon marché Nous sommes également fermement convaincus que les systèmes d'enseignement et de formation professionnelle devraient être suffisamment attrayants et bénéficiaient d'un meilleur statut afin de contribuer à réduire le décrocher à scolaire et à améliorer l'employabilité des personnes Cela nécessite des investissements publics durables pour garantir la formation des chômeurs et des personnes peu qualifiées afin qu'ils acquièrent des compétences de base certifiées des aptitudes professionnelles et des compétences clés menant à des qualifications Il est également urgent d'investir durablement dans les apprentissages de qualité, la participation des adultes à l'apprentissage tout au long de la vie et la formation des employés Cela devrait être prioritaire dans le cadre du semestre européen et du plan de relance en prév ayant un soutien accru au perfectionnement et à la reconversion par le biais des fonds structurels et d'investissement européen Nous devons veiller à ce que les transitions écologiques et numériques soient justes et inclusives Pour ce faire, nous devons donner aux gens les moyens de suivre le changement et d'acquérir les compétences résilientes Les collectivités locales et régionales sont des acteurs clés aux matières de sensibilisation efficaces et de promotion de l'éducation et de la formation tout au long de la vie Unissant donc nos efforts pour faire de l'année européenne 2020 un véritable succès Thank you, now the floor goes to colleague Reis-Perman, you have the floor for three minutes Thank you Chairman and welcome to our esteemed guests I think a lot of the good things have already been said today On behalf of the renewal group I will continue in Dutch I think it's very important oh no I'm sorry I'll continue in Dutch I think that it is very important to focus on two things that sometimes get less attention than wishes can be in this discussion The one is the importance of an integral approach and the other is the importance of the medium-term professional education, people with just practical skills We have a continent that is in transition, an energy transition, we have an energy crisis even, we have to go to a sustainable economy, we are getting more and more skills, digital transitions, I think that the different transitions are already done this morning That means that other questions are still being asked about our workforce And I would like to give you an example of how we approach this in the Netherlands practically of a village Urk, a village of 20,000 inhabitants, it does not seem so big but it is with 80 percent of the Dutch fishing industry one of the most important centers for fishing in the North Sea region The municipality of Urk already deserves literally centuries to catch his bread by fishing That is a fairly limited economic activity with a fairly limited amount of skills that belong to it, very practical skills But with rising energy prices and the arrival of windmills in the North Sea region with the ever-growing fishing stands in the North Sea region The economy of Urk diversifies To ensure that we keep an economy that is fit for the future it is important that we invest in the whole community Together with the rich, with the municipalities, we are working on a maritime cluster and to create a new port In this port, not only fishing is brought to the country, as is now the case but also maintenance and overhaul of all kinds of ships Together with the universities and HABO, we are working on a sustainable energy transition From Urk, a lot of windmills will soon be placed on the North Sea and maintained This diversification of the economy is very important also because the fishing sector is heavily affected by Brexit We see in Urk that it is very important to focus on people with practical skills The people who work with their hands The people who play this continent every day We need an integral approach on all levels of the government to make our total business life to ensure that the people get the right skills and that there is the right working opportunity for them to ensure that we stay strong and social in this continent Thank you The European economy is moving, the economy is moving The working economy is becoming more and more important to the dynamic working market Because the greening and digital transformation is the foundation of the working market ecosystem we need to continue such a long-term policy which will protect our regional economy The Hungarian government recognized the digital sector as a working force and it was a goal to increase the ability to play the game and to digitize the economy more jobs will be available in the field than the number of jobs that digitize This is why the goal of the Hungarian National Digital Education Strategy is to prepare the employees, the digital workers market while the digital workers program is to experience the digital part of the field to experience the importance of digital workers and to develop the digital skills of the employees The transformation and the further transformation can solve two problems The work environment and the working environment can be a single choice which can be achieved in the long term for all the good working economy The whole life is a continuous study, like this so it is more than a single achievement In addition to the work environment, This is a significant problem for the development of public spaces, which in turn needs to be addressed to the regions of the area, which have been affected by the spread of good-looking people, and the economic conditions of the society. I think it is important to highlight the European regional societies, including the EGTC, which are actively active in the Hungarian-Slovak-Hungarian cooperation. In the so-called RESTART action plan, which was founded by the Estonian-Slovak-Hungarian-Nitra regional government-based Pontibus-EGTC Coordination, it is the goal of the action plan, which is to provide the economic cooperation that is involved in the peripheral situation in the first place, as well as to reflect on the challenges faced by the potential of the first place. For example, in terms of the development of the image of competition, for example, in areas such as the active period, social distancing and housing thinking. Our goal is to bring together complementary ways of implementation and services. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Kieran McCarthy, the floor is yours for two minutes. Thanks, Mr. President. Dear Commissioner, can I just say thanks very much for once again being at the forefront of a fantastic concept like the European Year of Skills. For me, yes, it is important, on behalf of the European Alliance Group, it is important that jobs and human capital have a focus. I would like to pull the narrative back to what Ms. Cantira was saying on the importance of lifelong learning. I am very, very lucky that in my own city of Cork, in the south of Ireland, we have had for the last over 12 years organize an annual lifelong learning festival with over 100 events. And the motto is, investigate, participate and celebrate. Not only, yes, we are building an economy, we also need to build a society. I think it's an ideal year to put a focus on society, building a society capacity as well. In my city out of the lifelong learning festival, we've also created learning neighborhoods. So we've brought together an ecosystem of people with different interests. And I've seen firsthand in my own community the building of community capacity, the building of a sense of place, place making, inclusiveness, sense of empowerment. And I think the smallest idea on learning can actually have a huge ripple effect on someone's life. On a citizen, on someone maybe who hasn't changed anything in their life for a while. And I think one of the key words that has been coming out this morning a lot is that the world is changing. But I think to change as well, you need to learn. We all need to learn new skill sets throughout life. And one of the elements that came out of the European pillar of social rights in the last few years is that access to lifelong learning as a right. There was an ambitious target set of 60% of adults should be participating in learning every year by 2030. I think my question to you, commissioner and the honourable member of the European Parliament is that how do we actually get to that? That's 60%. Also, the lifelong learning was a key point in the conference in the future of Europe. I sat as a member of the culture, education, sports and youth panel. And there was massive discussions on lifelong learning. Thank you. Thank you. Member Tine Radindia, you have the floor for two minutes. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Member Schmidt, Thomas Schmidt, you have the floor for one minute. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Member Gamalio Aller, you have the floor for one minute. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Member Ufukaya, you have the floor for one minute. Thank you, Mr. President. Many colleagues mentioned that we are facing big changes, such as the green and digital transition. And I welcome the year of the skills. My colleague mentioned that it's a good transition from the year of the youth as well. And I understand that we focus on civic participation and on the labour markets. But we shouldn't forget education. Most European programs focus on universities. And I think we should throw down the hierarchy in education that universities are always better. Our youngsters who go to vocational education should be proud because they are making Europe. We need them to keep the green economy of tomorrow going. So I hope in the upcoming year we can focus on vocational education and put it in a higher level in Europe. And I hope that the best skilled smart hands that the world can provide. Thank you. Thank you. Member Dietmar Brooks, you have the floor for one minute. Andros Karajanis, you have the floor for one minute. Thank you very much. Thank you. Member Elia Delmilio, we have the floor for one minute. My region, Lombardy, has been among the first regions in Europe to have made a regional partnership within the scope of European skills. This initiative represents the important in the process of strengthening the competitiveness of the productive Lombard system. The main challenge that the region faces is to orient the industrial and economic policies. So we propose to focus the activity of the European year on these issues. Initiatives and events and projects to promote not only the national European level but also the line with the principle of subsidiarity. Guarantee a regional agreement between the national and regional coordinators in the planning of the initiative of the European year. Favor the strengthening of regional dimensions in the 14 European parts of the existing competences. Thank you. Thank you. Member Isold Reis, you have the floor for one minute. Yes, a nice good morning, Mr. Chairman, Mr. Commissioner Schmidt. The essential advantage, like Germany, for example, organized the professional training, is the unique connection of theoretical knowledge and practical education. Through this flexibility, one can, but also women, be on new trends like digitalization and set the transformation well, normally, but that only works when the training content is at the height of time and unfortunately, this has not happened in Germany in a long time. The new professional fields have not yet arrived in the professional schools. The training content does not always correspond to the current requirements. That is why the year of the competences is also a call and good, because we do not manage the new challenges without well-educated experts successfully. And it is very important to me that the people, namely, are allowed to live themselves. And Mr. Peslaro has called it so beautifully to invest in people. That should be our compass. Thank you. Member Markus Wollner, you have the floor for one minute. I would like to express my thanks to our speakers and guests at the podium that this year the competences are so intensely emphasized. I come from a region in the west, Austria, around and around the bottom, where the question of competition will be that everything will be decided. We have come under 4% with a youth unemployment, that is, we have in fact full responsibilities in our region and a great lack of expertise. I would especially like to support the development of skills because it is simply about the competitive power of the regions. In Europe in general, but also in Europe in general, we will show that if we, in terms of artificial intelligence, let us depend on Americans and Asians, then we will lose our strength in competitive in other areas of digital competences. It is a bit like the German speakers in Austria, there is an excellent model and we combine theory with practice very well and I would say that in this direction, especially with the youth, and I am grateful that this has been specifically mentioned, even more about engagement. Thank you very much. Thank you very much, Mr. President, Mr. Commissioner. Competence in the environment means, on the one hand, knowledge and skills that the digitalization has been mentioned, education and orientation knowledge. Competence serves the security of freedom, not only in terms of assessment, education and competence is human rights. You must not only see this from the economic perspective, but you have to see it from the people, so there is also a strong connection to social rights. Education for the place is decisive. It is about regional offers everywhere in the regions of the European Union for all depending on the social situation, the gender, especially with girls and young women, you have to put a focus on the age and the change. The decision is, we must not leave anyone behind. This is important for the recognition. It is not important where they are, how they are and when they are but that they are recognized. Competence in the environment is a key to freedom and justice. You are the key to the revolution. Thank you. Your floor is yours for one minute. Thank you, Mr. President. I will speak on creation. Investigation in people is always the most important investment. We congratulate the decision of the European Commission. We can support this initiative for the European New Year, which is a complex problem with which the whole European Union is today . On the one hand, we have some interest, because of the automation, while there is some new that requires high education. We also have a big problem with lack of working power in numerous activities, without which I cannot imagine a modern way of life, tourism, construction, and many others, even more reflected in the new members of the European Union that we have in the West. As the city of Načun, the city of industrial development, the city of Krapinsko-Zagreb, the city that has one of the most active active forces in the whole of the Republic of Croatia and the economy that is developing in every communication with the working sector. Thank you. Thank you. Commissioner Schmidt, I know you have to leave. Thank you. Thank you very much. Very briefly. First, I would really thank you for the debate and your remarks. On the pact of skills, I would very strongly invite regions to join. There are already regions part of the pact of skills. I think this is a place where a lot of good initiatives can be developed. Second, 60% of long-life learning has an average for Europe. Each member state has committed to increase the participation of workers in long-life learning. This can be done by better organization of long-life learning, by financial support including European funds. Third, vocational training. I think this is absolutely important. I fully agree. We have to support vocational training. We have European Alliance for apprenticeships and this really has to show that vocational training is the form of the future. This is the form which allows people to transit from education to jobs, but also it is the right way how to reskill and upskill people during their professional life. And finally, I want to attract your attention to a communication the commission has adopted recently called harnessing talent in Europe's regions. And this is important because we see that in many regions we have demographic decline. We have a decline in the workforce. And I think this is a big issue for economic, social, territorial cohesion. And the idea is precisely to put forward a new talent booster mechanism. A mechanism that will support EU regions facing a talent development trap to train, retrain and attract people because their future finally depends on skilled people who remain in the regions. And also on their capacity to attract people to further develop and sometimes also transform the economy in these regions. Thank you. Thank you, commissioner. Thank you so much for coming. I will now give the floor to Jurgen Siebel for reaction in two minutes. Yes, thank you. And I would like to respond to many of your statements very good thoughts in there. In particular, of course, it is like music to my ears that so many speakers and then including the commissioner in the end said that VET vocation education training is the form of the future that it is at least at equal footing with higher education and equally important. I think that is something we can preach and preach and preach because repetition, as you know, is the mother of belief. I would like to make one remark to a specific comment that came from the greens from Mr. I liked this linking to the young and I would like to make one more aspect of vocation education and training, especially its work based variation a key issue here for the greening success of our economies and societies because the young people all belong to this generation and they have the mindsets they are thinking in green ways and there is no better way for companies and hence for economies and societies than integrating these young people early on for instance in apprenticeships where they can be change agents within the organizations where they live and where they strive and acquire their first steps in a career. So I think that is an important lever that should not be underestimated. Then there were remarks from several speakers on the importance of recognition, validation and in particular also of non-formal and informal forms of education that is also at the heart of what CELIFOP is doing. We are engaged in even global networks working on these kinds of activities to facilitate one of the most important aspects that is a skills driven migration policy which now also the European year of skills calls for so we have to become better in these forms of validation and with that I think I can close again thank you very much for having us or having me with you for today thank you. Thank you so much Jurgen for being here now I give the floor for conclusion for final remarks to Noelia Cantero for two minutes. Thank you Mr. President. I would like to thank all the comments that have been mentioned because I think you have given us a wide example of all the innovative practices that are happening at regional and local level and I think we should praise all of them like the Lifeline Learning Festival in Cork or the skills strategy in Galicia and many many many others so thank you very much I can see the work of our association reflected somehow in all of your voices and I would like just to re-indicate a bit that what we are doing today what we are talking about today we need to do it from a humanistic approach it's about every single individual in Europe is about every single learner we have been heard from commissioners that there are 3 million students in Europe this is really huge it's an incredible loss of talent and we need to move we have also heard that there are many adults who don't have the basic skills and last night for example in the Belgian news I heard about dropping out or for young people from vocational courses so we really need to mobilize ourselves and tackle those issues. We know that the regions have the responsibility to accompany citizens in this process and we know as well that some of our regional authorities are already another administration quite a stretch so I would recommend you to not only invest in the people but also invest in yourself in reinforcing your team and in reinforcing your efforts and one way also of doing it would be to work in European networks to work through association and as commissioner was saying to join the pact for skills we are also member of the European alliance for apprenticeship which has been great experiences and forum for us to exchange our challenges so thank you very much for all your comments and I hope that we can continue this dialogue during the year and even during many many many years to come thank you. Thank you so much this concludes our point I would like to thank our guest speakers


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Jesus commanded us to go and make disciples of all nations.  Well, welcome to Hope Today. I'm Anna Schmidt, and I am with Amy Schaefer today, and Amy, it's good to be with you, and we've got a good conversation coming up. Thank you, Anna Schmidt. I love to say that new last name. Coming up in just a moment, you're going to meet a group of young people who are on fire for the Lord. Tom will be joined by youth with a mission, Pittsburgh, and you're going to see how God is using them to share the good news of Jesus across the globe. And I know that we've talked about YWAM a lot. Tom is passionate about YWAM, but okay, think about it, youth with a mission. What if there were middle-aged with a mission, and older with a mission, and teenagers with a mission, and what if we all carried that sense of mission in our life? I wonder if the world would not be a different place. Absolutely. God's no respecter of age or gender or anything. So the truth is, if we are children of God, we have been commanded by Jesus to go and spread the good news of Jesus Christ. You know, I also want to just say quickly, YWAM is a cornerstone cares partner. And so for those of you who partner with us know that with our cornerstone cares arm, we give a portion of every gift that comes in here to go out and help spread the gospel through these missionaries and organizations that are doing powerful things. So cornerstone televisions taking the gospel over the airwaves, but these organizations and ministries are taking the gospel on the ground. Boots on the ground is what you always write. Take it to the street. That's what we do. That's right. We sure do. Well, today on this Thursday, we're going to have some lots of fun and play Stump the Host. All right. So our theme is from the Book of Acts today. And here is the first question. On what day did the apostles first speak in tongues? On the day of Pentecost. Right. Yeah. I was saying Pentecost. Is there anything more specific? Was it a specific day or just on the day of Pentecost? Okay. We're saying Pentecost. Final answer. All right. We need our, where's our bling? Our skin fit. There we go. They were ready for the X. I think so. And we got them. So Pentecost that is in Acts two. Okay. Here's another question. In Lida, Lida, Peter healed a man named Aeneas. What was his illness? Oh my. I mispronounced both names. I just think we should just say hard name. Or blind. I mean, there's blind. There's lame. There's leprosy. Take our pick. Take one. A, B, or C. We would love to hear from you. The lovely family. So you pick. Let's just say that he had leprosy. All right. We're going to have to go into Acts chapter nine for that story. You know what's weird is to like read the Bible. And then honestly some, it's not like we have the Bible memorized, but it's like that name didn't even register with me. And I've read the book of Acts. So, but it's good because it makes me think I need to go back and really pay attention and dig into those details. I know. But also our producer loves to stump us. Keep us humble. All right. Final question. Where was Paul at the end of the book of Acts? Oh man. We don't even get like multiple choices. I need a multiple choice on this one. Or Tom. We need to like or Tom is doing a deep dive study in the book. Honestly, I would have to guess on this one. Yeah. Take a guess. I don't, where was he? Painful. Can we just say X? Let's just say we need to change this up a little bit. Don't you think? Okay. Here's the deal. You have been judging us. You've been thinking those girls, that team, they don't know the Bible. Well, now it's our turn to try to stump you, the viewer. That's right. Stump. Never supposed to point at the camera, but today is our only time because we have a Bible trivia question for you, our lovely audience. Here is your question. Are you ready? Who was Saul's first missionary companion? You have a multiple choice. That's not fair. We're a little jealous. Here's our four choices. A, Peter, B, Ananias, C, Barnabas, D, Silas. So we'd love to hear from you. If you go to our CTVN.org website, fax slash stump, you can play along and select what you think the answer is. We'll reveal the results on tomorrow's program and one randomly selected person who votes will win a prize pack that includes this t-shirt and this book. So make sure you answer. Go to our website now and once again, go to CTVN.org backslash stump to play along. How fun. It's so much fun. We hear from so many of you that you love stump the host. We know that you are playing along at home will now see your chance to get involved. You have a question of your own and you have the opportunity to win a cool prize. I like prizes. Let's now go over to Tom who is standing by with some very special younger guests. What would it be like to take a bunch of young people to countries around the world? Would they be able to do any ministry? Would they be able to share the gospel? That was what Lauren Cunningham's vision was and we are with Youth With a Mission today. Youth With a Mission Pittsburgh or you'll hear us say, why wham? But they're with us today. They just got back from Brazil where they had a tremendous outreach. We're going to hear all about that. I just want to introduce them to you and get to know them a little bit. First of all, let's welcome everybody. We've got the whole team here. So let's give yourselves a hand. We've got the whole team here. So we've got Cole and Lauren and Savannah and Malachi and guys, thanks for being with us. So you have just been through a discipleship training school, right? Yeah. Okay. All right. So Cole, maybe you're on staff there. Maybe you could explain what is a DTS. So a DTS is a discipleship training school. It's a five-month-long school. It's broken up into two parts. So your first part is going to be your lecture face. This is where you're really going to begin to know who God is. Hear his voice and start to understand his character and his nature. So you're going to go through a lot of times of prayer, a lot of times of worship, as well as hearing from different pastors and speakers. We have weeks that are dedicated to pride or hearing God's voice. That sounds like a fun week, pride week. I mean, just kidding. It sounds like God really deals with some things in our hearts, doesn't he? Yeah. Exactly. But yeah, it's just really about knowing God. Like you said, it's heart surgery. So a lot of growth takes place in those three months. And then it's a training school. So those three months are learning how to equip the students. And then we go overseas for two months and we share the gospel. And that was in Brazil at this time? Yeah. Yeah. So, Lauren, tell me about the lecture phase. Is there anything that sticks out to you? A lot of things stuck out to me for lecture phase. When I first came in, I didn't want to be there. So completely honest with you. I was going through a lot when I first entered DTS. But just like the way that they go in depth about so many topics, like God really showed me so much about myself and so many things I was carrying with me. One of the weeks was dealt with dealing with like your heart and all the word curses that people had like spoken over you. And I didn't realize how heavy my heart was with that. So it's like each week there was like something specifically that like God like touched, you know, and the ways that he made me grow. And like, I can honestly say that like lecture phase changed my life and like changed my relationship with Christ completely. So we're not talking like academics here. We're not like, you know, you're not getting a grade for, you know, biblical Hebrew or anything here. It's again what's going on in your heart. Yeah. It feels academic sometimes. But it's cool because it's like they make you write, you know, reflections and stuff like that and keep journals. So it's like you're not just passively going through the course, but it's like you're really forced to sit and analyze like, okay, what is God really saying to you? And so you're like constantly in circles where people are like asking you about like, okay, so what's God doing in your life today? And then you're surrounded by all these other students where God is working on their hearts as well.  So it's just like really cool how lecture phase is structured. Well, let me ask you about that. So you've got all these people that are digging around in their hearts and is there ever any conflict? Is there is there issues?  Yay, Iowa. Gina, give a call out to Iowa. Tell me what did God do in your heart? He did surgery. I came into DTS. I wanted to come to Pittsburgh. So I was a Christian. I'd been walking with the Lord for a year, but it was a very passive relationship. So I came into the program and I had no expectations. I was just like, this is my end to come to the city. And then after this, I'll go do my own thing. And the first week, our base director, Mark, he gave, he had a week of teaching just about hearing from God and understanding like intimacy with Christ and what that relationship looks like. And that was something I was unfamiliar with. Even though I grew up in church, it was very like conservative Baptist church. I wasn't really familiar with the spiritual intimacy involved in that. Yeah, my heart was like blown to pieces the first week. And I remember we had this, so we have daily devotional times in the morning. And we were all kind of sprawled out across the room. And I had my devotional time. And I was like, God is actually listening to me. Like he's actually hearing what I have to say. He's actually in conversation with me. So I started off with a very minimal understanding of what that was. And so that first week just was the beginning of paving that for me. Yeah. All right. Yeah. So let's take a, so you have this for like three months, right? It's three months of intense. It's kind of like retreat sort of for three months instead of a weekend. But then you go on outreach from Malachi. Tell me about that. What was it like to like all this whole group? You've had three months together. You've probably gotten close. What's it like to go to another country and share the gospel? Yeah. So for me, I was like kind of delayed because my passport. So I got to Brazil two weeks later after everyone else. Okay. And yeah, like during the lecture phase, most of us came into the DTS like confused on a search for God or we were called to do it. So like during that time, we're just being worked on. Our hearts are being searched. Our hearts are being, we're getting convictions and we're just like really being worked on. And during that time, it's like really personal everyone. So we're all going through it together. So like it did like unify us during that time. And then yeah, like testimonies, especially like hearing about each other's lives before we all came into DTS and brought us together. And then going on outreach. That was like a whole different monster that brought us together really fast, especially doing ministry, just seeing just doing it with each other, like seeing how like we can share the word, share the good news of Jesus with each other and like just the presence of God being with us.  I mean, you're going to confront somebody with the gospel at some point. So what was that like? I mean, that's not the easiest thing to do in the world. How did how did that feel?  How did I feel like when you had the opportunity to share with someone? At first, it's like you're uncomfortable because it's like, especially in America, we're not used to just going up to people and talking to random people. But it's like the Holy Spirit like really speaks through you. And a lot of the stuff you'll say, like you don't even really think of like, you don't think you would say this, like the Holy Spirit reveals things to you about these people that you speak with that you wouldn't normally know. And it's like it's really life changing, like the amount of tears we've seen just by just having encounters with these people, praying with these people, just like really getting into their lives, getting to know them, because some of these people, nobody talks to them. And they don't get to experience this. Like they don't get to talk to people about things that have been on their hearts. And like the Holy Spirit leads us to people that the Lord's been working on. Like a lot of the time people had dreams and visions, like days or weeks in advance that left them. Yeah. Wow. And so that the Lord just opened the door. And I guess about 200 people came to the Lord during this time. So Lauren, back to you.  I think the powerful thing that God did, he did a lot of amazing things, but it's like the way that he used each of our testimonies to like minister to people who are going through similar things that we had no idea they're going through similar things. So like in my life I struggled with suicidal thoughts, depression. I struggled with like in terms of mental health, I struggled a lot with that. And that's something that God redeemed and like saved me from because nobody else knew about that, except for him. And it was just me and him throughout the whole thing. And so it's like lecture phase. God was really like working on my heart to heal a lot of the stuff that led me to the depression and heal like a lot of stuff that you know led me to where I was at during that time, that dark period of my time of my life. And then it's like we go to Brazil and all of a sudden God's like bringing me like all these people who like struggle with depression, who struggle with like mental health. And it's a really different culture because you guys were in the favelas and everything right in the really like difficult situations. Maybe you could speak to that. Yeah, so we had this really powerful encounter in a favela. So for those people who don't know a favela is basically just like a slum in South America. And Brazil has a lot of them. They have like the largest one in South America. So there's a lot of poverty and corruption and basically drug cartels run these. It's like their own government. They have their own system. So we had the privilege of actually entering a favela because we were affiliated with the local church. So only select churches are allowed to go and they're actually like surprisingly receptive. They allow prayer and so it was it was a really powerful time of evangelism. But we were horrified because we walked in and it's all the houses are built on the mountain and there's no escalators or anything. So it's just like flights and flights of stairs up and we walk in and there's this wall and you have all these houses and there's immediately two guys with huge machine guns and we're all looking at each other like okay. We did not talk about that in Pittsburgh at the time. That wasn't on the DGS training. I don't remember what to do with the guy with the machine gun. The gun safety. I don't remember that. So but it was so beautiful because they received our pastor and our pastor actually prayed over them. And so we made our way up up this huge flight of stairs and our different translators and leaders were just kind of telling us and about the environment there and what kind of things go on. So yeah we talked to so many different people and there's so many stories in that. But at the very end we encountered this couple and they were a missionary couple and they felt led to live in the favela. So it was a pastor and his wife and they were older in age. And the pastor we were evangelizing with knew them. So we all stopped and we were discussing with them. And they had this like outdoor patio areas. We were all kind of like clumped together in their patio and they were sharing about their ministry there that they were called to. And it was so powerful to hear from them because no one knows them. You know had had we not known that pastor we would have never encountered that that couple. But I felt like I received a download from God in that moment. Like this is what a high call looks like in the Christian walk. Like they are executing the high call and they were such powerful. They were such a powerful couple. It was great. Right. Right. Yeah. Well and again that that that story you told anybody that wants to go to DTS you're not necessarily going to have to go into a machine gun area. Hopefully not. But what I love about why I love about these guys is you just go where God leads you. So I'm going to ask you this call. If someone's watching this they say wow my my daughter son is graduating from high school or college and don't know what to do. How can they get involved. There's YWAM across the world. We're just the one located in Pittsburgh. But it's just like a Google search away. You just look up YWAM and apply and then from there whatever base you select they just just reach out through an email or a phone call. DTS is always the types of training schools always the way in. Right. That's like the first thing. So you go through that time. Well just a you know a really awesome to see God put together a group of everybody from all over the place. All the different countries different. You mean you're all from all over America and Canada and everything and. And so Malachi just what would you say is the thing that's going to stay with you more than anything. I would say during the outreach like the realness of God. He really like showed us his face. He really showed us like he answered our prayers. And for me especially like I'm a pastor's kid. So I was really confused going into this. And I was like on a search for God for myself. And during outreach God would answer prayers within like hours sometimes. Just showing us his presence showing us these people that are in need for him. And how we've all experienced that void inside of us that emptiness and we've tried to fill it with fill it with whatever just fill in the blank like drugs alcohol relationships and like just going out there in Brazil and seeing all those people and just seeing that they have that same feeling as we do that we did. And that the only answer that can fill that void is Jesus. And we're here to share that with them.  And I think that will really stick to stick with me. Well I appreciate what you guys have done. And I know I believe I believe that it blesses the heart of God when he sees people cross their culture cross their political boundaries and bring the gospel. And thank you all so much for sharing with us today. Discover what God's word has to say about healing and deliverance bestselling author John Eckhart makes topical Bible study easy with his new book scriptures for faith deliverance and healing. 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Let's start now the final section of chapter six six point five about the average value of a function This is gonna be our final application of integration in this chapter. We'll actually return to Applications of integration again in chapter eight But before we do that we're gonna develop some more techniques of integration Because as we've noticed in many of these examples we've done although setting up the integral was a huge challenge The actual computation integral was a fairly it was fairly simple, right? And that's not a principle. It's gonna be true for forever, but that's a discussion for another day What I want to talk about this idea is average values to give you some understanding what that is Suppose we have some data set and it's a very simple data set So we have numbers v1 v2 v3 up to some final value v in like these could be like homework averages you have in like a hypothetical calculus 2 class, right? If you want to find your average Homework score. Well the idea is you just take v1 plus v2 Plus v3 all the way up to vn so you add together all the values and then you divide by the total number of Data points you have there how many homework assignments were there in a slightly more compact form This looks like 1 over n times the sum as I goes from 1 to n of the vi's And so this this is how one would find the average Homework score or the mean homework score right there. It's a very fairly simple idea So could but that this works only if you have a finite sum could we turn this into an infinite sum of some kind? Such as an integral and the add the idea is going to be the following Let's take our x-axis right here And we'll have some function That sits above it. Maybe you look something like this and We have two specific values in mind We have this x equals a and x equals b and so looking at the region below the function here We're interested in what would the average value? the average value of F on the interval a to b What would that look like well trying to mimic the the average formula we talked about here for this Finite list of data points Let's try the technique of accumulation if we subdivide the domain into smaller pieces So we have some x1 x2 Xi minus 1 xi you get the basic idea here look at just a single interval right here Let us consider This as a let's let's continue the subdivision of the interval right here Let's let's consider this as like a few isolated finite points right here. So if we choose xi Star we have this f of xi star right here and we choose just represented as for each interval Then we have this we have a bunch of values right here We have this f of x1 star plus f of x2 star and we proceed all the way up to This f of xn star we have all these data points, right? And so just assume that instead of a continuous function. We just have this isolated sequence of points Right, and if we take the average of those things well, we would take that sum and divide it by n That would give us the average and like we saw above This would look like 1 over n times the sum of f of xi star as i ranges from 1 to n And so this would give us the value we could then take then our average value Which is often denoted f sub a v e The average value then we can take the limit as n goes to infinity of 1 over n times the sum As i goes from 1 to n of f of xi star And so that would give us the average value of the function taking the limit of these Approximate solutions, right because as n gets bigger and bigger bigger you take more data points and better accurately and more accurately Calculates the average value thus taking the limit gives the true value, but unlike other applications of the integral of integrals that we've seen in the past And the present form this limit it is an infinite sum, but it's not a Riemann sum And therefore this doesn't immediately translate into a It doesn't immediately translate into an integral because a Riemann sum we need a delta x which we don't have here Now it turns out it's not too hard to fix that because all we have to do is multiply this thing by b minus a over b minus a That is multiply by the length of the of the interval over itself The reason we do that is because if you take the b minus a on top And couple it with the 1 minus n that's already present those two powers combined to make A captain delta x right here And so if you if you kind of put that around you get your delta x and then you're going to keep this b minus a sticking around And so with this adjustment We can rewrite this as 1 over b minus a I took the b minus a over here out because it's constant with respect to n Then we get the limit As n goes to infinity Of the sum Where i ranges from 1 to n f of x i star times delta x Now the limit of this sum, which is now a Riemann sum will be the integral We get 1 over b minus a times the integral from a to b Of f of x dx And so we get a very nice simple formula for this idea of average value The average value of a function will be the area under the curve Divided by the length of the interval So we get 1 over b minus a times the integral of f of x here And this is summarized in this average value formula that we see right here. The average value Is going to be the length of interval That is the area under the function divided by the length of the interval Let's see an example of this. It doesn't get much more complicated than what you've seen already here so So Consider the function f of x equals 1 plus x squared Let's find the average value of f on the integral negative 1 to 2 In terms of a formula the average value f of the average value of f This is going to look this will look like 1 over 2 minus a negative 1 Times the integral from negative 1 to 2 Of f of x, which is 1 plus x squared Dx that's all there is to it I'm simplifying the interval there 2 minus a negative 1 is a is 3 so the length of the interval is 3 Find an anti-derivative for 1 plus x squared. We get x plus x cubed over 3 Plug it in negative 1 and 2 When you plug in 2 you're going to get 2 plus 8 thirds Then we plug in negative 1 you're going to get a negative 1 minus a third And so of course negative 1 Minus a negative 1 is actually a plus 1 there so you get 2 plus 1 which is a 3 And then we're going to get Like I'll likewise mean distribute the negative sign on to the negative 1 third You're going to get a positive 1 third plus 8 thirds is 9 thirds Which of course is the same thing as just a 3 And so you get 3 plus 3 which is 6 6 over 3 and we see that the average value is going to be a 2 And so in terms of computing average value That's what we get and so in essence what we've now computed is that the middle y coordinate for this function would be the y coordinate y equals 2 this is the middle of the function


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