Activities of Silvia-Adriana ȚICĂU related to 2010/2245(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Innovation Union: transforming Europe for a post-crisis world (debate)
Amendments (19)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to Article 179(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), according to which '(1) the Union shall have the objective of strengthening its scientific and technological bases by achieving a European research area in which researchers, scientific knowledge and technology circulate freely, and encourage it to become more competitive, including in its industry, while promoting all the research activities deemed necessary by virtue of other Chapters of the Treaties',
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 b (new)
Citation 1 b (new)
– whereas, under Article 179(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the Union shall 'encourage undertakings, including small and medium-sized undertakings, research centres and universities in their research and technological development activities of high quality; it shall support their efforts to cooperate with one another, aiming, notably, at permitting researchers to cooperate freely across borders and at enabling undertakings to exploit the internal market potential to the full, in particular through the opening-up of national public contracts, the definition of common standards and the removal of legal and fiscal obstacles to that cooperation,'
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A – point 2
Recital A – point 2
the transition to sustainable • the transition to sustainable management of resources: climate management of resources: change, renewable energy, water renewable energy, water scarcity, scarcity, floods and efforts to floods and efforts to secure and secure and substitute critical raw substitute critical raw materials; materials;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A – point 2 a (new)
Recital A – point 2 a (new)
• climate change;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas a mere 30% of European researchers are women and only 13% of heads of European research institutes are women,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas earmarking 3% of the EU's GDP for research and development up to 2020 could create 3.7 million jobs and annual GDP could grow by some €800 million up to 2025,
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas the number of researchers as a share of the population is well below that of the US, Japan and other countries,
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point 2
Paragraph 6 – point 2
• well-coordinated cooperation and support at EU, Member State and, regional and local level;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point 3 a (new)
Paragraph 6 – point 3 a (new)
• the promotion of creativity and of a spirit of innovation among citizens;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls upon the Commission and Member States to step up their implementation of high-speed internet, particularly in rural and isolated areas, as a platform for spreading knowledge and exploiting untapped creative potential in those areas;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the EU, national and, regional and local authorities to stimulate social innovation and to provide public funds in support of it; stresses that social innovation should be included in funding and support programmes such as the European Social Fund, the Framework Programmes (FPs) and the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP);
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses the importance of the Erasmus programme for young entrepreneurs and calls on the Commission and the Member States to maintain this programme also in the future financial perspective;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to introduce a better method of financing innovation, by creating synergies and merging Research & Development & Innovation (R&D&I) support programmes where possible, for example the FPs, Joint Technology Initiatives, the CIP, Joint Programmes, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology and the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan, and to direct structural funding and parts of the Common Agricultural Policy funds and Emission Trading Scheme auction revenues to innovation; joins the Council in calling for a new balance between trust and control, and between risk-taking and risk avoidance;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Draws attention to the fact that those participating in the innovation process have to deal with different procedures and eligibility criteria both in the various European programmes and between the latter and national programmes; this results in red tape, high costs and a waste of time and opportunities; calls for a joint commitment on the part of the Commission and the Member States to implement a simplification and convergence process in respect of the selection procedures and eligibility criteria used in the European Research and Innovation area;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Stresses the importance of doctoral programmes for European innovation and proposes developing a European framework for doctoral programmes which encourages lifelong learning and involves businesses in supporting, promoting and using the results of research; calls on the Member States to eliminate any legislative or administrative obstacles which might limit the access of interested parties to doctoral programmes;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to re-evaluate the whole ecosystem of innovation with a view to removing unnecessary barriers, for example to access to loans for universities;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to begin revising the Operational Programmes in the first half of 2011, so that the Member States, under the current financial perspective, increase the efficient absorption of the Structural Funds for competitiveness and innovation;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses that a strong and balanced intellectual property rights (IPR) system is one of the key framework conditions for innovation; calls on the Commission to develop a comprehensive intellectual property strategy, – and, where appropriate, to submit legislative proposals – which balances inventors’ rights with promoting wide use of and access to knowledge and inventions;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Urges the Member States to direct their public procurement towards innovative and eco-efficient products, processes and services; calls, therefore, on the Commission, in its legislative proposals, to facilitate innovation enabling public procurement, including a review of pre- commercial procurement opportunities, and calls on the Member States to increase their greeco-efficient public procurement;