4 Amendments of Martina WERNER related to 2016/2147(INI)
Amendment 12 #
D. whereas the economic and financial crisis was a determining factor in the design of H2020, and new current challenges (such as populism, inequalities, migration and terrorism) and new political and economic paradigms, terrorism and the increasing technological competition with other world regions), new political and economic paradigms and continuing megatrends such as digitalisation, climate change and the transition to sustainable mobility are likely to shape the next research programme;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Understands that the FP intends to incentivise industry participation in order to increase R&D spending by industry16; regrets that industries have not increased their share of R&D spending; asks the Commission to assess the added value of funding forcknowledges the value of industry-driven instruments such as Joint Technology Initiativestruments (JTIs), which account for a large share of the budget17, andin particular for cooperation on R&D which is vitally needed throughout the value chain; calls on the Commission, given that the JTIs account for a large share of the budget17, to ensure that the funding in question is used effectively and to assess the coherence and transparency of all joint initiatives18; _________________ 16 Two-thirds of the 3% of GDP for R&D should come from industry. 17 In total, the 7 JTIs account for more than EUR 7 billion of the H2020 funds, ca. 10% of the whole H2020 budget and more than 13% of the actual available funding for H2020 calls (ca. EUR 8 billion/year over 7 years). 18 See Council conclusions of 29 May 2015.
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes the fact that Open Access is now a general principle under Horizon 2020; highlights the fact that the number of publications linked to projects up to December 201621 shows that new policies on enforcing the free sharing of data and ideas are required in order to make all scientific data produced by future projects available by default, as the 100% objective is still a distant goal; _________________ 21 OpenAIRE report: In H2020, 2017 (19%) out of a total number of 10684 projects have ended and 8667 are ongoing. OpenAIRE has identified 6133 publications linked to 1375 H2020 projects. OpenAIRE has identified 6133 publications linked to 1375 H2020 projects.
Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Notes that R&D investment by industry has not significantly increased; in view of the generally scarce resources for public R&D spending, calls for industrial competitiveness to be supported by differentiating between mature and emerging sectors, thus allowing larger or more mature industries to participate in projects more at their own cost or through loans; calls for greater flexibility for JTIs, so that simplification, greater transparency and clarity facilitate the involvement of SMEs in particular;