10 Amendments of Ignazio CORRAO related to 2019/0152(COD)
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 2
Annex I – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 2
A decade after EIT’s establishment, the pace of innovation has accelerated dramatically. Innovation is reshaping economic sectors and society as a whole, disrupting existing businesses and creating unprecedented opportunities as well as new challenges. With a shifting global economic order and international competition on the rise, the EU’s dependence on talent and its capacity to innovate is growing. Co-design, collaboration and co-creation across disciplines and between education, business and research have never been as important as today to contribute to address global challenges related to climate change and unsustainable use on natural recources, digital transformation, demographic shifts or the future of healthcare, including the spread of pandemics, and food.
Amendment 178 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 1 – point 1.2 – paragraph 14
Annex I – point 1 – point 1.2 – paragraph 14
In the backdrop of persisting regional disparities in innovation performance, the EIT launched a Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS) in 2014 to widen its regional outreach to modest and moderate innovator countries. Through the RIS, the EIT has to further expanded its activities across Europe and offers now opportunities for regions with low innovation performancein countries with modest and moderate innovation performance as defined by the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) and the Regional Innovation Scoreboard to engage in knowledge triangle activities as part of the a KIC community. This is also reflected in the share of EIT funding allocated to EU- 13 partners (8.3% as compared to 4.8% in Horizon 2020 as of 2018).
Amendment 187 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 1
Annex I – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 1
The EIT is part of the overall Horizon Europe framework that aims, inter alia, to deliver scientific, economic/technological and societal impact so as to strengthen the scientific and technological bases of the Union; deliver on the Union strategic policy priorities, foster its competitiveness in all Member States, including in its industry, and contribute to tackling global challenges, including the Sustainable Development Goals. A core condition for being successful in this endeavor is to respond to the persisting need to increase innovation capacity across the Union and to bring R&D results to the market. There are in particular three challenges the EU faces that will guide EIT’s actions in 2021- 2027 as reflected by its general objectives.
Amendment 250 #
The EIT wishall further increase its regional impact through an enhanced openness towards potential partners and stakeholders and a better articulated regional strategy of KICs, including links to the relevant Smart Specialisation Strategieof the KICs towards a wide range of pan- European potential partners and stakeholders, a balanced geographical coverage, a strengthened dissemination and exploitation of results and a better articulated regional strategy of KICs. When selecting partners, projects or new co-location centres, excellence will be the criterion of choice. In cases of equal quality of evaluation KICs shall give priority to those proposals that: - include a higher number of regions and countries that have modest and moderate innovation performances according to the European Innovation Scoreboard and the Regional Innovation Scoreboard; - involve regions and countries that commit to contribute with ESI funds. In addition, each KIC shall be required to develop and implement a multi-annual strategy, integrated in its business plans, aiming at strengthening the relationship with regional and local innovation actors. Where relevant, KICs should demonstrate links with Smart Specialisation Strategies and with the activities of thematic platforms and interregional initiatives, including with the Managing Authorities of ESI Funds. The EIT shall continuously monitor the implementation of these territorial strategies including the leverage effect on the ESI Funds. The EIT shall also monitor how CLCs operate and how they integrate in the local innovation ecosystems.
Amendment 253 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.1 – point 2 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.1 – point 2 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
The EIT Regional Innovation Scheme, steered by the EIT and implemented by KICs, has been so far run on a voluntary basis. From 2021 on, the EIT RIS wishall become mandatory and an integral part of the KICs’ multi- annual strategyies. The EIT will continue to provshall ensure that RIS activities are used as a bridge guidance and support to KICs in the preparation of multi-annual EIT RIS strategies and in their implementation. EIT RIS activities will continue with improved(i) towards relevant Research and Innovation Smart Specialisation Strategies thereby catalysing other investments, especially ESI funds and (ii) towards the integration of potential new partners thereby extending the KICs' geographical coverage. The EIT shall continue to provide guidance and support to KICs in the preparation and implementation of multi-annual RIS activities so that they support to the innovation capacity of countries and regions that underperform , including outermost regions, that have modest and moderate innovation performances according terms of innovationo the European Innovation Scoreboard and the Regional Innovation Scoreboard. The EIT budget devoted to implementing EIT RIS activities wishall be at least 10between 10 and 15% of the overall EIT support funding to KICs, thereby increasing thefacilitating an increased number of KIC partners from targeted regions. Activities supported through the RIS wishall aim to:
Amendment 279 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 4
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 4
Activities wishall be implemented by the EIT through the KICs in an open, engaging with local stakeholders and civil society, in an open, transparent and targeted way which will aim at increasing the innovation capacity in higher education in order to integrate a wider number of HEIs in innovation value chains and ecosystems across the Union. These activities will complement have to further intervention of the EIT on education as core part of the Knowledge Triangle Integration activities of KICsgrate education in each KICs’ Knowledge Triangle, in particular through making them more open and accessible to non-partners of the KICs. The impactKICs shall integrate their activities aiming to strengthen the innovation capacities of the HEIT woulds in the multi-annual strategy and shall report on those activities to the EIT. The EIT shall ensure that the activities have a reach beyond the KICs and contribute to the EIT's core mission of boosting European sustainable economic growth and competitiveness by reinforcing the innovation capacity of Member States, in line with the Horizon Europe goals of fostering entrepreneurial and innovation skills in a lifelong learning perspective, including increasing the capacities of HEIs across Europealways taking into account the gender dimension.
Amendment 284 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 6
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 6
The EIT, through its Governing Board, will play a steering, supervising and coordination role in the implementation and monitoring of the activities that will be run by the KICs. PEach KIC shall pay particular attention will be paid to ensuring: an open and inclusive approach to attract HEIs beyond the KICs’ partners aiming to ensure the widest geographical coverage possible; an inter-disciplinary and inter- sectoral approach; a broader participation of women in sectors where they are underrepresented and a link with the European Commission Smart Specialization Strategy, relevant thematic platforms such as the Policy Support Facility and the EIT RIS.
Amendment 310 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.3 – point 3 – paragraph 2
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.3 – point 3 – paragraph 2
In its international cooperation and global outreach activities the EIT, in consultation with the KICs and the Commission, wishall focus on positioning their innovation model among other successful innovation activities, on effective tackling of global societal challenges, contributing to relevant international initiatives and the Sustainable Development Goals, on ensuring access to talent and enhanced supply and demand of innovative solutions. The EIT and KICs wishall plan and perform and report on their international activities in close collaboration with the Commission, in compliance with the Horizon Europe approach and other relevant EU policies, and under the supervision of the EIT Governing Board.
Amendment 318 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.4 – point 4 – paragraph 2
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.4 – point 4 – paragraph 2
Amendment 361 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 2
Annex I – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 2
Around EUR [2500] million (83,3 % of the total EIT budget) is envisaged to fund existing and new KICs and includes EUR [200] million for the Regional Innovation Scheme, and an adequate amount, of at least 3 %, for the establishment of new co- location centres. Through the introduction of a co- funding rate, the KICs are expected to mobilise a further EUR [1500] million of other public and private sources. The budget for the launch of two new KICs (to be launched in 2022 and 2025, respectively) will be around EUR [300] million. Should additional budget to that of the EIT become available, the EIT could also launch additional KICs.