Activities of Ivan JAKOVČIĆ related to 2015/2282(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs (A8-0162/2016 - Rosa D'Amato) HR
Amendments (15)
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the European Entrepreneurial Region (EER) award exists since 2009, launched by the Committee of the Regions to encourage the implementation of the Small Business Act for Europe (SBA) at regional and local level;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Supports therefore the European Entrepreneurial Region (EER) Award, aimed at identifying and rewarding EU regions with outstanding, future-oriented entrepreneurial strategies applying ten principles of ‘Small Business Act for Europe’;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is concerned about the low absorption of funds devoted to SMEs in certain Member States in the 2007-2013 programming period, and warns that the underlying reasons need to be addressed in order to avoid any recurrence of the same problems in the 2014-2020 programming period, such as the administrative procedures making it cumbersome for SMEs to apply for the available funds, should be addressed in order to avoid any recurrence of the same problems in the 2014-2020 programming period; regrets the too general and incomplete nature of the existing studies at European level and in the Member States on the efficiency and real impact of Structural Funds on SMEs and particularly on small and micro enterprises in terms of gains in competitiveness, innovation and job creation;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the fact that the Commission is paying increased attention to good governance and high-quality public services; recalls the importance for SMEs to have a transparent, consistent and innovative public procurement set-up; calls on contracting authorities that wish to group contracts to take care not to exclude SMEs from the process by the sheer scale of the final lot, since larger contracts could carry more cumbersome criteria; urges therefore that obstacles faced by SMEs in bidding for contracts be removed as far as possible; stresses the need to continue with the strict application of anti-error and anti-fraud measures without adding to the administrative burden;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates its calls to enhance transparency and the participation of all relevant regional and local authorities, civil society stakeholders and interested parties; reiterates, therefore, the need for implementation of the partnership principle as detailed in the Common Provisions Regulation and the Code of Conduct on Partnership; deplores that while RLA were consulted in most cases, their involvement did not amount to full partnership as outlined in the European Code of Conduct on Partnership; Regrets that RLA have rarely been sufficiently involved in drafting the PAs and OPs as the role they are often given is more that of a stakeholder rather than that of a partner;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates its calls to enhance transparency and the participation of all relevant regional and local authorities, civil society stakeholders and interested parties; is concerned that still many SMEs organizations in the Member States are not really involved and often only informed without being adequately consulted; reiterates, therefore, the need for implementation of the partnership principle as detailed in the Common Provisions Regulation and the Code of Conduct on Partnership;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to identify and reduce, at the earliest possible stage, obstacles preventing the efficient use of funds for SMEs, and to provide specific recommendations for action and guidance; emphasises Parliament’s role in the supervision of results-oriented implementation;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Asks the High Level Group on Simplification to draw attention to the need for SMEs toeliver concrete proposals on how to simplify procedures in the management of ESI Funds for SMEs; underlines that simplification should be directed towards reduceing the administrative burden and simplify procedures in the management of ESI Fundson beneficiaries, more flexibility of the management and control systems, stronger focus on risk assessment and correct allocation of responsibilities of all authorities, while continuing thinking the right balance between accountability and simplification;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Asks the High Level Group on Simplification to draw attention to the need for SMEpropose practical measures to reduce the administrative burdenand financial burden SMEs project managers have to face and simplify procedures in the management of ESI Funds; requests that such simplification measures respect Small Business Act rules of ´´Only once´´ and ´´Think small first´´, and be conceived and implemented at different levels in total cooperation with representatives of different categories of SMEs in order to meet their specific needs;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to urgently find a lasting solution to the backlog of payments related to regional policy, including in the application of and to properly apply the Late Payment Directive, so as to ensure that SMEs, as project partners, will not be deterred from taking part in support programmes and projects during the current programming period on account of payment delays;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Reiterates that digital is profoundly changing the whole world, also in terms of SMEs opportunities and new challenges that derive; reiterates therefore the importance of supporting initiatives to make digital part of the education and training or re-training systems for youth, jobseekers and workers; calls to support strengthening the innovative uses of ICT by SMEs, in particular the digital literacy, e-learning, e-inclusion, e-skills and related entrepreneurial skills;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Asks the Managing Authorities to take into consideration the characteristics, with an emphasis on underdevelopment, depopulation and high unemployment rates, and specific competences of individual territories, with a view to promoting both traditional and innovative economic sectors; calls on the Commission to draw up specific programmes which embody all relevant green growth elements for SMEs; stresses the need for youth entrepreneurship potential to be used to the full in the context of green growth, as a way to reconcile economic growth with environmental sustainability;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the managing authorities, where there is a need, to step up the inclusion of the available funds for technical assistance;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recalls that often small and micro enterprises, which do not have the internal human, financial and organizational resources to be directly involved in ESIF, can only have such an access via their local organizations and associations; calls therefore to better support their collective actions and activities of coaching/ mentoring; notes also that the technical assistance of Thematic objective 11 must benefit to all the partners referred to in Article 5 of the CPR on partnership and that it is still usually reserved to administrative services; calls therefore to ensure the access of the territorial SME organizations to the provisions of TO 11 and to capacity building measures;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Commission, when preparing cohesion policy for the post- 2020 period, to increase funding for the strengthening of the competitiveness of SMEs;