Activities of Jens NILSSON related to 2013/2008(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the European Commission’s 7th and 8th progress reports on the EU Cohesion Policy and the Strategic Report 2013 on programme implementation 2007-2013 PDF (240 KB) DOC (121 KB)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. Whereas empirical evidence shows that the economic and, financial and social crisis has brought the convergence process to a halt or has even reversed it, thus aggravating disparities between regions and bringing to an end a long period during which regional disparities in GDP per head, and unemployment within the EU, had been consistently decreasing, while at the same time affecting more severely the weaker regions in the Union;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. Whereas the crisis affects all European regions and cities negatively, thus increasing the importance of cohesion policy funding also in transition and more developed regions;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. Whereas cohesion policy will continue to be the main source of EU public funding in the context of the multiannual financial framework 2014-2020, and whereas cohesion policy new framework is putting all the emphasis on the need to concentrate investment in those few areas deemed to be most importanteffective, such as employment (in particular youth employment), training and education, SMEs, innovation, energy, environment, information and communication technologies and urban development and cities;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. Whereas the need to achieve more with less resources has motivated the inclusion of smart specialisation in the new cohesion policy framework (CPR), in order for regions to take a strategic and less fragmented approach to economic development through targeted support for research and innovation;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that although the alignment with the Europe 2020 strategy is important, it is essential not to lose sight of the aims of economic, social and territorial cohesion, which were put at serious risk as a consequence of the crisis; calls for decisive action to maintain cohesion and for emphasis to be placed on investments in infrastructural projects in basic sectors such as transport, telecommunicationsectors with a long term potential for creating jobs and new innovations, and with a view of decreasing costs and energy; usage.
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that – evidence notwithstanding that local and regional authorities are being involved in the preparation of Partnership Agreements – further action must be taken to reinforce the territorial dimension of the governance system of cohesion policy, the Europe 2020 strategy and the European Semester, by ensuring real dialogue, coordination and complementarity among the different levels of governance, on one hand, and consistency of the priorities established at those levels with the needs and specificities identified at national, regional and local levels, on the other, while still allowing, where appropriate and necessary, some policy issues to be dealt with in a top-down manner;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that cohesion policy is best placed to give the Europe 2020 Strategy the necessary territorial dimension needed to tackle both the very relevant growth differentials within the Union, and within Member States, and ensure that growth potential is utilised also in the union's outermost and most sparsely populated areas, and the fact that differences in institutional capacities means that the different regions cannot use the given targets as references in the same way;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Believes that all regions phase the challenge of creating sustainable growth and enhancing resource efficiency, underlines in this regard the job creation potential in energy efficiency investments, and the need for further investments in research and development across Europe;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages the Member States to explore synergies between cohesion policy financing and other sources of EU funding (such as for TEN-T, TEN-E, CEF and other programmes) as well as with financing provided by the European Investment Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; urges the Member States to simplify and improve access to the funds available in order to stimulate SMEs, the social economy, local municipalities and other interested beneficiaries to make use of them;