Activities of Ivan JAKOVČIĆ related to 2014/2245(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Investment for jobs and growth: promoting economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU (A8-0173/2015 - Tamás Deutsch) HR
Urban dimension of EU policies - Investment for jobs and growth: promoting economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU (debate) HR
Amendments (8)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the fact that the economic crisis has seriously and for a long term damaged economic, social and territorial cohesion, cresulating inadditional huge differences between Member States; recalls that since the onset of the crisis over 3.8 million jobs have been lost in manufacturing in the EU1 ; __________________ 1 Industrial Scoreboard 2013, Commission Staff Working Document, p.6.
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Commission to recognise the full potential of culture in contributing to economic development and in improving social cohesion; stresses, in particular, the role of Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) and the digitisation of cultural heritage as drivers for regional development, and highlights the importance of cohesion policy instruments in improving and increasing the number of jobs created directly in the cultural and creative sectors and indirectly in other sectors;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that culture and tangible and intangible cultural heritage are key elements for the attractiveness of cities and regions and for economic development through cultural tourism; calls on the EU’s cities and regions to use the cohesion policy instruments efficiently in order to boost cultural and socioeconomic development that draws on the cultural distinctiveness of European countries, regions and cities.
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for more social and coordinated public investments of the Member States, local and regional authorities, without which it will be impossible to reach the target of raising industry’s contribution to GDP to as much as 20 % by 2020; recalls that all investments and projects should enhance environmental protection.
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Emphasises that cohesion policy needs to be conducted within the spirit of properly functioning multi-level governance, combined with an effective set-up for responding to the requests of the public and businesses, and with transparent and innovative public procurement, all of which is crucial to enhancing the policy’s impact; stresses, in this regard, that, notwithstanding the importance of decisions taken at EU and Member State levels, local and regional authorities often have primary administrative responsibility for public investment, are more familiar with the situation and requirements at local and regional level, and have a greater political interest in carrying out projects to meet citizens’ needs, and that cohesion policy is a vital tool enabling these authorities to play a key role in the EU; stresses that this level of responsibility should be taken into consideration, in keeping with the partnership principle;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy to act without delay, through specific bodies, expressly with a view to remedying shortcomings in national regional policy implementation systems and improving the work of national managing agencies in order to increase the uptake of earmarked cohesion policy resources;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy to analyse the execution and performance of national systems for EU regional policy, correlating them with various assumptions (structure, OP system, ratio of national OPs to regional-level OPs, role and responsibilities of ministries in the EU regional policy implementation procedure, subsidiarity, role of national, regional, and local authorities in implementing EU regional policy, handling of national contributions to project financing, degree of decentralisation, etc.); believes that the purpose of the above should be to determine priorities regarding the shortcomings occurring in given national systems; considers that, to some extent, the fact that Member States have different regional policy systems determines the quality of execution and the achievement of results;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Believes, as regards the long term, that cohesion policy has to allow for disparities in levels of development, social and economic assumptions, conditions, resources, comparative advantages, and development opportunities, as well as for differing development needs in individual Member States, when it comes to shaping the cohesion policy to be pursued after 2020; considers that such an approach would create the preconditions for a high standard of implementation in individual Member States and for the attainment of objectives at EU level;