Activities of Davor ŠKRLEC related to 2015/2320(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on how best to harness the job creation potential of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)?
Amendments (9)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Commission and the Member States to focus efforts on regions with low take-up of financial instrumentESI funds, including scale-up financing for the transition from start-ups to SMEs, in view of the important role of financial products in operational programmes, the EFSI and the EIB Group operations and to concentrate support from ESI funds primarily on SMEs as driving forces for the European economy;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges both the Member States and the Commission to make significant progress in further simplification of EU funding by 2017 with regard to application, management and monitoring/control of projects by introducing an EU-wide public procurement procedure, complete e- cohesion, a single audit based on risk, the reduction of data and information requirements and the elimination of gold- plating through extensive regulatory optimisationased on objective analysis and the principle of proporionality;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines the importance to fulfil the ex-ante conditionality relating to the Small Business Act which shall help improving the environment and administrative procedures for business development and entrepreneurship as well as the uptake of funding opportunities for SMEs;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Strongly encourages to introduce entrepreneurship in school curricula in order to foster entrepreneurial interest and talent, as identified in the Small Business Act;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Recalls the gender gap as also identified in the Small Business Act; Is concerned about the on-going low participation of women in starting-up and running a business; Requests the Commission and the Member States to pay particular attention to the gender dimension when supporting SMEs and to provide incentives for increasing women's participation;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the role of predictive regulation and process facilitation in the context of rapid developments in the knowledge-intensive and highly innovative SME sector including social-economy enterprises, bearing in mind its role in smart specialisation and the EU Urban Agenda, and looking ahead to the Pact of Amsterdam;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Invites the Commission and the Council to provide further support for COSME, Horizon 2020 and Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs in the context of the MFF review/revision, given their crucial role for SMEs locally and regionally and the important effects of innovation and clustering with special attention to promoting existing and creating new green jobs;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recognizes the high potential of SMEs with respect to the creation of new and sustainable jobs, as well as to make existing jobs more green; Encourages to integrate the principles of circular economy in order to achieve economic growth and to create quality jobs in the SMEs sector;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Encourages to invest further efforts in order to benefit from the potential of SMEs to turn ecological challenges into business opportunities (Green Action Plan for the SMEs) and to promote the shift towards the green economy; Promotes the creation of business opportunities through integration of green business models and green technologies, as well as the Green Public Procurement on all governance levels;