Activities of Gianluca BUONANNO related to 2014/2240(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Research and innovation in the blue economy to create jobs and growth (A8-0214/2015 - João Ferreira) IT
Amendments (5)
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Maintains that the blue economy should be defined in broad terms covering all sectoral and inter-sectoral activities connected with oceans, seas, and coastal areas, including forms of direct and indirect support; draws attention to the cross-cutting importance of innovation for all these activitiedetailed and unambiguous terms; draws attention to the cross-cutting importance of innovation in all sectoral and inter-sectoral activities connected with oceans, seas, and coastal areas, be they traditional or emerging;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for an appropriate financial framework to be established in order to stimulate the development of the blue economy and job creation with appropriate salaries that are proportionate to productivity, combining and coordinating the financial instruments available – structural and investment funding (EMFF, ERDF, ESF, Cohesion Fund), the research framework programme, and so forth; points out that the instruments should be better geared to the needs of individual stakeholders – public institutions, businesses, especially SMEs, non- governmental organisations, etc. – and the opportunities being offered widely publicised;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Points out that energy from the seas and oceans, be it in the form of fossil fuels and above all in the form of renewables, has great potential from the point of view of utilising domestic resources and diversifying energy sources; stresses that prospection for, and the exploitation of, these resources has to allow for technology transfer requirements, especially as regards the training of skilled and highly qualified workers, as well as meeting stringent environmental sustainability criteria; draws attention to the potential multiplier effect of these activities in terms of jobs and related activities, both upstream and downstream;