Activities of Ivana MALETIĆ related to 2014/2149(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Towards an integrated approach to cultural heritage for Europe (A8-0207/2015 - Mircea Diaconu) HR
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION towards an integrated approach to cultural heritage for Europe
Amendments (7)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that cultural heritage projects are often examples of innovative and sustainable economic activities which create jobs and develop the business and research capabilities of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)e has positive impact on smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, competitiveness and job creation; therefore calls on the Commission to encourage Member States to invest in cultural heritage and infrastructure as well as education, skills and trainings, cultural entrepreneurship and innovation, when projects clearly contribute to the fulfilment of goals set in the Operational Programmes and Europe 2020 Strategy;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to establish more comprehensive approach to culture having in mind role of the culture in the urban infrastructure developments, preservation of monuments, capacity building and support of SMEs;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Notes that integrated approach to cultural heritage in the ESIF is still to be further straighten; calls on Commission to monitor closely and guide Member States on integrating cultural heritage in local economic development, considering tangible and intangible assets comprehensively;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Considering that protection, promotion and development of cultural heritage could be financed from different funds (ERDF, ESF, EAFRD, EMFF); and that funding opportunities are also under different thematic objectives, calls on the Member States and the Commission to report in their progress and respectively strategic reports on investments in cultural heritage and results achieve;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the concentration of funding advocated in the context of the revision of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) regulation can oftenin very specific and limited cases be achieved by supporting large-scale projects for which the budget exceeds the EUR 50 million threshold;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that this ceiling, in particular because it relates to total costs, rather than total eligible costs, couldannot seriously limit Member States’ ability to finance such projects since cultural infrastructural projects could be combined with cultural educational projects, projects for SMEs etc. and in this way total invested amount can be much higher than 5 million euros;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. CTherefore calls on the Commission to reconsider the figure of EUR 5 million, given that itencourage the effective combination of funds for financing could detract from Member States’ ability to disburse spend ERDF funds effectivelytural projects, and to introduce flexibility in the case of specific projects when investment in infrastructure exceeds limit of 5 million euro;